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Article: Album Review

Pat Martino: Nexus

Read "Nexus" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


This CD is not only a fine addition to the Pat Martino catalogue, it is also of historical importance with respect to his personal and musical development. Recorded at the well-known eclectic nightclub the Tin Angel in Philadelphia in the mid-nineties (the exact date is not given and probably unknown), it is a duet set (or ...

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Article: Album Review

Camila Meza: Traces

Read "Traces" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


All'età di 30 anni, dopo sette di permanenza a New York, la cilena Camila Meza firma il suo primo disco di rilievo, supportata da un'etichetta di primo piano e un gruppo di prim'ordine. Nata a Santiago del Cile, Camila è giunta a New York nel 2009 per studiare alla New School (tra i suoi ...

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Article: Album Review

Brian Bromberg: Brian Bromberg

Read "Brian Bromberg" reviewed by Dave Wayne


Talk about backstory! There are multiple backstories going on with bass virtuoso Brian Bromberg's Full Circle. The first actually involves Bromberg's back. Full Circle marks Bromberg's return to recording and full-on playing since suffering a debilitating spinal injury several years ago. Always a chops-meister, Bromberg truly projects the sheer joy of music-making throughout. Cutting loose seems ...

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Article: Interview

Dave Stryker: Soulful Sound

Read "Dave Stryker: Soulful Sound" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Guitarist Dave Stryker carries a soulful sound that took root in his early years in Nebraska, where he played the blues before finding his way into the world of Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and Pat Martino. More was added to the recipe when, after moving to New York City, he earned his way into the real-time ...

Article: Take Five With...

Roberto Cecchetto e il Questionario di Proust

Read "Roberto Cecchetto e il Questionario di Proust" reviewed by AAJ Staff


All About Jazz Italia: Il tratto principale della mia musica. Roberto Cecchetto: È quello di lasciarsi semplicemente ascoltare. Non amo definire la mia musica da un punto di vista stilistico ma se dovessi farlo la metterei sicuramente in una galassia jazz. AAJI: La qualità che desidero nei musicisti che suonano con me.

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Article: What is Jazz?

The Virtues of Jazz

Read "The Virtues of Jazz" reviewed by Douglas Groothuis


Any jazz aficionado knows the musical virtues of jazz, whether they are a musician, a jazz writer, or simply a committed jazz listener. In classical Western thought (that is, in the musings of cats like as Aristotle and Plato), a virtue is a kind of excellence in performance that flows from a settled habit. One who ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wes Montgomery

Jazz Musician of the Day: Wes Montgomery

All About Jazz is celebrating Wes Montgomery's birthday today! Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States (where he also died of a heart attack in 1968), Montgomery came from a musical family, in which his brothers, Monk (string bass and electric bass) and Buddy (vibraphone, and piano), were jazz performers. Although Wes was not skilled at reading ...

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Article: Album Review

Thad Jones and Mel Lewis: All My Yesterdays: The Debut 1966 Recordings at the Village Vanguard

Read "All My Yesterdays:  The Debut 1966 Recordings at the Village Vanguard" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Offering: Live at Temple University (Resonance Records, 2014), Getz/Gilberto '76 (Resonance Records, 2016), Moments in Time (Resonance Records, 2016)...and these are just the most recent (not to forget several Wes Montgomery) releases. Resonance Records steps up (again) and releases what can only be considered the apotheosis of live jazz performance, All My Yesterdays: The Debut 1966 ...

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Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Not Feelin’ All Right: Guilt and Those Cheap Imported Box Sets

Read "Not Feelin’ All Right: Guilt and Those Cheap Imported Box Sets" reviewed by Marc Davis


When I was in high school in the '70s, I bought a jazz record with an unusual request in the liner notes. The artist--I think it was Chick Corea--asked fans not to tape his record and pass it around to friends. He said (and I'm paraphrasing from memory): “If you like jazz and you ...

Article: Album Review

Wes Montgomery: In the Beginning

Read "In the Beginning" reviewed by Luca Canini


Anche i giganti hanno cominciato da piccoli. Lontani dai riflettori e dalle luci delle capitali del jazz, sui palchi più o meno scalcagnati di una città qualunque. Indianapolis, nel caso di Wes Montgomery. Prima della fama, prima di cambiare per sempre il concetto di sei corde applicato all'improvvisazione, è nel cuore del Midwest che il chitarrista ...


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