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Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 3 - May 22, 2010
by Gordon Marshall
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Festival International Musique Actuelle VictoriavilleVictoriaville, Quebec, CanadaMay 22, 2010 In a sense, by definition, experimental artwork can never fail because, as it constitutes experiments, even when the outcome is not the desired one, there is still something to be learned that moves ...
Giuseppi Logan: The Giuseppi Logan Quintet
by Clifford Allen
Giuseppi Logan The Giuseppi Logan Quintet Tompkins Square 2010 In terms of surprising musical rediscoveries, 2010 has started off rather auspiciously with the first recording of reedman and composer Giuseppi Logan in over 40 years. Logan's appearances in the heady days of New York's fire music were scattered but strong ...
February 2010
by AAJ Staff
Jack DeJohnette BirdlandNew York, NY January 5, 2010When Jack DeJohnette hires double-neck guitarist David “Fuze" Fiuczynski and acclaimed altoist Rudresh Mahanthappa as the frontline in his new quintet, he's probably signaling an intention to shred. The legendary drummer did exactly that when he debuted the new Jack DeJohnette Group at ...
Joe McPhee: Alto
by Lyn Horton
It takes a certain amount of confidence for a musician to stand alone on a stage or in a recording studio and play an instrument. One of the few masters of jazz reed instruments, Joe McPhee still proceeds to make music as if for the first time. He is a master of the instruments he plays ...
Old News Borrowed Blues
By Warren Smith
Label: ESP-Disk
Released: 2009
Track listing: Lock the Toilet Door; Rivers State Suite; The Hungarian Gypsy Song; One More Lick for Harold Vick; Free Forms 1-4.
Bill Dixon: Tapestries for Small Orchestra
by Nic Jones
Bill Dixon Tapestries For Small Orchestra Firehouse 12 2007 When this double-CD/single-DVD set hits the market in November 2009, trumpeter Bill Dixon will be 84 years old. In an ideal world--and on the basis of this release that's the world Dixon inhabits--age wouldn't be an issue. His work is that ...
David S. Ware: Shakti
by Russ Musto
David S. Ware's Shakti, his first release since the dissolution of his longstanding quartet, is an outstanding addition to the saxophonist's already extraordinary discography. Ware is reunited with bassist William Parker (a member of the earlier quartet, who goes back to Ware's very first recordings as a leader), with veteran Warren Smith seated in the drum ...
Warren Smith: Old News Borrowed Blues
by AAJ Italy Staff
Nonostante una carriera ormai cinquantennale, gli album pubblicati a nome di Warren Smith si possono contare sulle dita di una mano. Avevamo dunque riposto grandi aspettative su questo Old News Borrowed Blues. Purtroppo la qualità della registrazione è tale da sminuire il piacere dell'ascolto. Un vero peccato perché l'album si preannuncia, sin dal titolo, interessante. Nel ...
Jack Cortner Big Band / Peter Hand Big Band / Chicago Jazz Philharmonic
by Jack Bowers
Jack Cortner Big Band Sound Check Jazzed Media 2009 For someone who waited so long before taking his first swings as leader of his own big band, Jack Cortner shows again on Sound Check, the band's second impressive recording in as many years, that he's got game. He's ...
