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Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Jimmy Smith: Midnight Special – Blue Note 4078

Read "Jimmy Smith: Midnight Special – Blue Note 4078" reviewed by Marc Davis

by Marc Davis

The history of jazz is filled with great pairs: Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn--Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker--Dave Brubeck and Paul Desmond--Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul. Add one more pair to the list: Jimmy Smith and Stanley Turrentine. Smith was the ground-breaking organist, steeped in the blues, who introduced the Hammond B-3 ...

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News: Performance / Tour

A guitar master's take on jazz - It's about much so more than the music

A guitar master's take on jazz - It's about much so more than the music

Guitarist Pat Martino quickly set the tone with a blistering revisit of the boppish “Lean Years" at his concert Wednesday, February 4 with the Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra. “Lean Years," which first appeared on Martino's 1967 Prestige album Strings!, remains one of his signature tunes.  The program also included two other Martino originals ("Inside Out" and ...

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Article: Album Review

Randy Brecker with the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble: Dearborn Station

Read "Dearborn Station" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

The renowned DePaul University Jazz Ensemble continues a tradition begun more than twenty years ago by performing and recording at the oldest historic jazz club in Chicago, the Jazz Showcase located in the historic 'Printer's Row' district of the Dearborn Station area. The Dearborn Station live recording also maintains another on-going tradition and that is documenting ...

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News: Music Industry

Charles Lloyd Signs To Blue Note

Charles Lloyd Signs To Blue Note

More than 50 years into an already legendary career, 2015 is shaping up to be a momentous year for Charles Lloyd. As reported today in The New York Times, the esteemed saxophonist and composer has signed with Blue Note Records and will release his first album for the iconic label in 30 years with the April ...

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Article: Live Review

Bill Mobley, Andrew Beals, Jeff Pittson, Mark Hagan, Jimmy Madison At The Old '76 House

Read "Bill Mobley, Andrew Beals, Jeff Pittson, Mark Hagan, Jimmy Madison At The Old '76 House" reviewed by David A. Orthmann

by David A. Orthmann

Bill Mobley, Andrew Beals, Jeff Pittson, Mark Hagan, Jimmy Madison The Old 76 House Mark Hagan's Jazz Salon Tappan, NY January 21, 2015 Jimmy Madison, the first of the band to arrive, wheeled his cymbal case in on a portable carrier and surveyed the array of drums, cymbals and ...

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Article: Lyrics

I 10 CD nel CD player di... Jerome Sabbagh

Read "I 10 CD nel CD player di... Jerome Sabbagh" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero

by Vincenzo Roggero

01. Kristin Slipp/Dov Manski -A Thousand Julys (Sunnyside -2013). Interessante lavoro sugli standard da parte di questo duo voce e piano/wurlitzer non convenzionale ma pienamente centrato. 02. Johnathan Blake -Gone, but Not Forgotten (Criss Cross -2014). Tributo ad alcuni grandi musicisti scomparsi recentemente e alle loro composizioni. Grandi interpretazioni da parte ...

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Article: Book Review

Jazz in the New Millennium: Live and Well by Rick Mitchell

Read "Jazz in the New Millennium: Live and Well by Rick Mitchell" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Jazz in the New Millennium: Live and Well Rick Mitchell 339 Pages ASIN: #B00N2331GC Dharma Moon 2014 Much of jazz analysis and reportage is history; the exposition and re-exposition of old forms and older artists. Precious few books written about jazz today have contemporary artists or movements as ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Gov't Mule Featuring John Scofield: Sco-Mule

Read "Gov't Mule Featuring John Scofield: Sco-Mule" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Since the news came out that Gov't Mule was finally releasing Sco-Mule, a collaboration with broad-minded jazz guitarist John Scofield, there's been plenty of speculation and anticipation. The power trio began as a part-time side project for then-Allman Brothers Band guitarist/singer Warren Haynes and bassist Allen Woody but, along with drummer Matt Abts, was so well-received ...

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Article: Live Review

Jazzdor 2014

Read "Jazzdor 2014" reviewed by Vittorio Lo Conte

by Vittorio Lo Conte

Ben ventiquattro concerti, dal 7 al 21 Novembre 2014 per la ventinovesima edizione del Jazzdor, festival tenuto a Strasburgo e dintorni, anche oltre il confine con la Gemania, come vedremo. Questa volta è stato dedicato alla figura del contrabbassista Jean Jacques Avenel, spesso protagonista. Jazzdor si è oramai consolidato come uno dei più ...

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Article: Rediscovery

Steve Khan: Eyewitness

Read "Steve Khan: Eyewitness" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Steve KhanEyewitnessAntilles1981 Today's Rediscovery represented a significant turning point for an artist who'd already made a name for himself in the '70s as part of the scene that included The Brecker Brothers, David Sanborn and Mike Mainieri. Guitarist Steve Khan, along with playing with many of the artists in ...


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