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Article: Live From New York

September 2009

by AAJ Staff
September 12, 2009

Jenny ScheinmanLe Poisson RougeNew York City August 4, 2009The chameleon-like but ever electric Nels Cline seemed at first to be an unusual partner for violinist Jenny Scheinman, but if anything the guitarist knows how to make things work and he pushed the quartet (with bassist Matt Penman and drummer Jim ...

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Article: Album Review

Carl Allen & Rodney Whitaker: Work To Do

Read "Work To Do" reviewed by Angela Davis

by Angela Davis
August 15, 2009

On Carl Allen and Rodney Whitaker's Work to Do, their second collaboration with Mack Avenue Records, the musicians focus on groove, beauty and respect for the tradition. Allen and Whitaker provide a swinging backdrop for some of New York's finest and most respected musicians, including guitarist Rodney Jones and saxophonist Vincent Herring, two very ...

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Article: Live Review

Freihofer's Jazz Festival: One Great Weekend

by R.J. DeLuke
July 7, 2009

Freihofer's Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, New YorkJune 27-28, 2009Freihofer's Jazz Festival, in its 32nd year, provided an outstanding array of music and musicians and added to its legacy--started by George Wein in 1978--in fine fettle on June 27 and 28 in the upstate New York community of Saratoga Springs. For producer Danny ...

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Article: Live Review

2009 Freihofer's Jazz Festival: One of the Great Jazz Lawn Parties

by Ken Franckling
July 7, 2009

Freihofer's Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, New YorkJune 27-28, 2009My return visit to to Freihofer's Jazz Festival after an eight-year absence reminded me very quickly that this two-day event remains one of the summer season's great jazz lawn parties. The ampitheater and spacious park-setting of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center provides dual tugs--trips into the ...

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Article: Live Review

Ottawa Jazz Festival 2009: Days 1-3, June 25-27, 2009

by John Kelman
June 29, 2009

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 John Stetch TV Trio / Dave Douglas Brass Ecstasy / Roberta Gambarini Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio / Jimmy Cobb's So What Band; S.M.V. The Botos Brother / Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue / Al GreenTD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ...

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Article: Live Review

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival 2009

by Gary Firstenberg
June 21, 2009

If you want to experience music as wide and as deep as the mighty Mississippi River, it is best to go right to the source. In the lush surroundings of the oldest horse racing track in The Big Easy, the 40th Annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival celebrated a diverse assortment of music, and provided ...

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Article: Live Review

New Orleans Jazz Fest draws 400,000+

by Sandy Ingham
May 18, 2009

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LAApril 22-May 4, 2009There are hundreds of good reasons for jazz lovers to join the crowds at the annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. Reasons with names like Marsalis and Jordan, Batiste and Boutte--families whose musical heritage in the Birthplace of Jazz spans several ...

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Article: Profile

Mark Turner & Fly

by Matthew Miller
April 15, 2009

From the first authoritative notes of Sky & Country, the trio Fly's new release on ECM records, saxophonist Mark Turner lays out a conundrum. Over the ambling underpinnings of bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Jeff Ballard, the saxophonist conjures a sense of ease while unleashing a stream of ideas that take him from the middle to ...

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Article: Interview

Barney McAll: Dynamic Pianist And Composer

by AAJ Staff
April 7, 2009

Composer and pianist Barney McAll is a leading light of the new Brooklyn--the New York borough that is the fount of much that is new in jazz. The spectrum of McAll's music is wide, ranging from mood-setting jazz ensemble recordings to electronica. But it all comes down to the notes, and their relation to each other. ...

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News: Event

Charles Mingus Summit at Manhattan School of Music including 1st Annual Charles Mingus High School Competition

January 29, 2009

3-DAY TRIBUTE, February 20 - 22, 2009 SUE MINGUS and JUSTIN DICIOCCIO, Producers Friday, February 20 at 7:30 pm in Greenfield Hall GUNTHER SCHULLER, Keynote Speaker Panel Discussion with Justin DiCioccio, Moderator; Vincent Herring, Conrad Herwig, Andy McKee, Sue Mingus and Gunther Schuller Saturday, February 21 at 7:30 pm in John C. Borden Auditorium ...