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Article: Album Review

Wayne Krantz/ Keith Carlock / Tim Lefebvre: Krantz Carlock Lefebvre

Read "Krantz Carlock Lefebvre" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Although notable for being guitarist Wayne Krantz's first studio recording in fifteen years this is, as the title plainly suggests, very much a trio outing. Previously, Krantz, bassist Tim Lefebvre and drummer Keith Carlock have released live recordings through Krantz's website which whilst lacking to a degree in audio quality, nevertheless capture the power and excitement ...

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Article: Interview

Wayne Krantz: Back on Track

Read "Wayne Krantz: Back on Track" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Guitarist Wayne Krantz is one of the great non-conformists. An improviser who avoids stylistic limitations and cliche like the plague, his music draws from diverse elements and welds them sonically to create something quite personal. Krantz has turned his back on recording studios for the last 15 years, choosing instead to release live shows ...

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Label: Abstract Logix
Released: 2009
Duration: 2:51

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Live at Marciac, 1999

Featuring the music of Wayne Krantz
Duration: 10:09

Part one of a three-part documentary on guitarist Wayne Krantz from Marcia, 1999. Krantz's new album with his longstanding trio of drummer Keith Carlock and bassist Tim Lefebvre (also featured here) is out now on Abstract Logix, Krantz Carlock Lefebvre.
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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Sean Nowell

Read "Take Five With Sean Nowell" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Sean Nowell:Sean Nowell is a tenor saxophonist and composer from Birmingham, Alabama steeped in the southern traditions of blues, gospel, jazz, and funk fused with the complex harmonic and world rhythmic concepts that permeate the music of New York City. While in Alabama, he sang in cathedrals with a national touring a cappella ...

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Take Five With Mike Mainieri

Read "Take Five With Mike Mainieri" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Mike Mainieri: Primarily recognized as an award-winning jazz vibraphonist, Mike Mainieri's equally remarkable talents as producer, performer, arranger, and composer have contributed to shaping the cutting edge in music. During '50s and early '60s, he performed with such legendary artists as Buddy Rich, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Coleman Hawkins, and Wes Montgomery. ...

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News: Recording

Guitar Maverick Wayne Krantz to Release First Studio Album in Fifteen Years

Guitar Maverick Wayne Krantz to Release First Studio Album in Fifteen Years

NEW YORK, NY – The boldly inventive improvisations of guitarist Wayne Krantz have long held a fascination for fans of dynamic, uncompromised music. Ex-Sideman with Steely Dan, Michael Brecker and many others, Krantz has focused on live performance for nearly two decades, holding down a residency at New York City’s 55 Bar and documenting the shows ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wayne Krantz

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wayne Krantz

All About Jazz is celebrating Wayne Krantz's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Wayne KrantzEx-sideman with Steely Dan, Michael Brecker, Billy Cobham and others, has made six albums under his own name since 1991; three on the Enja label ("Signals", “Long to Be Loose" and “2 Drink Minimum")... ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Enja Records

Read "Enja Records" reviewed by Donald Elfman


Matthias Winckelmann's favorite recording of the hundreds he's made is the one just finished. Over the years, he's documented music from all over the world and of many different stripes and has always been eloquent and passionate. His label Enja has been in existence for 38 years and a look at the catalogue tells you that ...

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Article: Album Review

Partisans: By Proxy

Read "By Proxy" reviewed by Chris May


London band Partisans has been making the hair stand up on the back of audiences' necks with its supercharged collision of jazz and rock since 1996. By Proxy is the band's fourth album following the acclaimed Max (Babel, 2005), which was the most effective recreation of Partisans' ferocious live sound in the recording studio up to ...


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