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Article: Album Review

Charles Lloyd: Manhattan Stories

Read "Manhattan Stories" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
September 24, 2014

In most cases, the folklore of a happening is much stronger than the actual event. The “older I get, the better it was" credo applies to so much of the remembered past. Not so for the only documented recordings by Charles Lloyd's Quartet of guitarist Gábor Szabó, bassist Ron Carter, and drummer Pete La Roca.

News: Recording

World-Renowned Guitar Player Steve Hunter Releases Live CD & DVD

September 24, 2014

Los Angeles, CA - For the first time ever, Blues Rock Guitarist Steve Hunter, renowned for his work with Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed and Alice Cooper, is captured on film playing a career-spanning anthology in an intimate setting with some of the worlds finest players. Also featuring Tony Levin, Phil Aaberg and Alvino Bennett! The DVD, ...

News: Advocacy

Jazz Standard Starts Donating Ticket Proceeds To Jazz Foundation Of America

September 24, 2014

JAZZ STANDARD Starts Donating Ticket Proceeds to Jazz Foundation of America New York, NY: JAZZ STANDARD, one of the world’s premier jazz clubs, today announced its charitable giving plan to contribute proceeds from online ticket sales beginning October 1st to the Jazz Foundation of America (JFA). The selected non- profit organization benefits from the club’s ticket ...

News: Event

New England Conservatory's Jazz Studies Department Presents The Music Of Dave Holland On Thursday, October 9 At Brown Hall

September 24, 2014

Concert Follows Holland Residency at School Join visiting artist-in-residence, renowned jazz bassist/composer and bandleader Dave Holland as he leads New England Conservatory jazz students in a performance of his music following a week-long residency. The concert takes place at 8 p.m. on Thursday, October 9 at NEC’s Brown Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA. The concert ...

Article: Album Review

Mark Elf: Mark Elf Returns 2014

Read "Mark Elf Returns 2014" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
September 23, 2014

Nothing can stop guitarist Mark Elf from making music. He's battled serious health problems, contended with the ups and downs of the music industry for decades, and, most recently, dealt with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the massive storm that flooded his home, delaying the recording of this record for a year. In spite of all ...

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Article: Album Review

Jack Cooper: Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra

Read "Mists: Charles Ives for Jazz Orchestra" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 23, 2014

Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954), one of the first American composers of classical music to earn an international reputation, derived his inspiration from themes he had heard while growing up in Connecticut: hymns, traditional folk songs, marching bands (his father led one), patriotic songs, parlor ballads, Saturday night dances, and especially the melodies of the great Stephen ...

Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Herbie Nichols Trio – Blue Note 1519

by Marc Davis
September 23, 2014

OK, now I'm cheating. At least it feels that way. The next CD on my quixotic Blue Note odyssey is Herbie Nichols Trio, a 1955-56 trio record by the criminally under-appreciated pianist. Great--I'm looking forward to it! I know almost nothing about Herbie Nichols, except that he was an overlooked talent who was often ...

Article: Album Review

Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts: Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts

Read "Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts" reviewed by Roger Farbey

by Roger Farbey
September 23, 2014

The eponymously titled debut album by this trio of Berklee College of Music alumni is led by tenor saxophonist Chris Weller and was recorded between December 2013 and January 2014. The lack of bass in this band doesn't inhibit its ability to engage with rock infused dynamics. Comparisons with other groups are not easy since this ...

Article: Album Review

Lee Konitz, Dan Tepfer, Michael Janisch, Jeff Williams: First Meeting

Read "First Meeting" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro

by Alberto Bazzurro
September 23, 2014

Ogni tanto arrivano a farci compagnia nuove incisioni live pescate in giro per il mondo nel periodo immediatamente precedente l'interruzione dell'attività (per fortuna non definitiva) da parte di Lee Konitz, il cui attempato cuore si è messo a un certo punto a far le bizze. Quando, come in questo caso, il contesto è assolutamente decoroso e ...

Article: Book Review

Matthew Ruddick: Funny Valentine

by Maurizio Zerbo
September 23, 2014

Funny Valentine Matthew Ruddick Arcana Jazz 978-88-6231-346-9 2014 Sapientemente tradotta da Vincenzo Martorella, questa nuova biografia di Chet Baker muove dall'intento di riconsiderare in chiave meno pruriginosa la figura umana ed artistica del trombettista, scomparso tragicamente ad Amsterdam nel 1988. Avvalendosi di un rilevante corpus di prima (interviste) ...