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Article: Album Review

Nick Moran: No Time Like Now

Read "No Time Like Now" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 20, 2012

Part of the appeal of the traditional organ trio--Hammond B3 organ, guitar and drums--is the juxtaposition of the guitar's succinct phrasing slicing through the blurry winter breeze of the B3. Another part is the music's straight-up funkiness. This is music of the city, pioneered by organist Jimmy Smith and guitarists Wes Montgomery and Grant Green. The ...

News: Recording

Belgium-based guitarist Fabien Degryse showcases fingerstyle mastery on new CD

February 11, 2012

For Fabien Degryse, the guitar is an extension of himself. On his latest album Fingerswingin', Degryse uses the guitar to convey his various moods and feelings, from the snappy jubilation of “Bock to Bock" to the sun-drenched contentment of “(In My) Solitude" to the rain-swept infatuation of “Fly Me to the Moon." Each track is sculpted ...

Article: Live Review

Ron Cole Trio: Vientiane, Laos, January 21, 2012

by Ian Patterson
February 8, 2012

Ron Cole TrioMarkTwo Pub and RestaurantVientiane, LaosJanuary 21, 2012 The fact that a jazz trio came from Bangkok to play a swish new venue in the Laotian capital--one that wouldn't look out of place in the City of Angels--says something about the rapid pace of change in Laos. This was ...

News: Interview

Guitarist Kenny Burrell Interviewed at All About Jazz!

February 6, 2012

Kenny Burrell has appeared on so many essential jazz recordings that jazz history and his story seem irretrievably intertwined. Billie Holiday's valedictory rumination Lady Sings the Blues (Verve, 1956)? Jimmy Smith's epochal funk throwdown Back at the Chicken Shack (Blue Note, 1960)? Tony Bennett's Carnegie Hall debut? Kenny Burrell played guitar for them all. Even Jimi ...

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Article: Interview

Kenny Burrell: Every Note Swings

by Chris M. Slawecki
February 6, 2012

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Article: Album Review

Larry Brown Jr.: There Can Only Be One

Read "There Can Only Be One" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
February 1, 2012

A native of the small town of Venice, Illinois, guitarist Larry Brown Jr. is a deeply religious man with a big vision and plans for the future. Not only is Brown a musician and educator, but as founder of the Black Church Music Piano camp and the Music for the Heart non-profit organization, he is also ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge presents Jimi Odell at the Collingswood Community Center on February 2nd

January 23, 2012

Appearing at Jazz in the Wood at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave, in Collingswood, NJ, on February 2nd will be guitarist/singer Jimi Odell with his band. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 856-858-8914. Jazz Bridge, a 501C3 nonprofit that assists our local jazz and ...

News: Obituary

MCG Jazz Remembers John Levy, Our Friend

January 23, 2012

John Levy, manager to countless jazz luminaries, dies at age 99. John Levy, a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master and renowned personal manager for many jazz greats, died on January 20th, less than three months shy of his 100th birthday. His wife, Devra Hall Levy said he was sleeping peacefully in her arms at ...

Article: Album Review

Rick Stone Trio: Fractals

Read "Fractals" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
January 17, 2012

Trio recordings hold a special place in jazz. Bass and drums, teaming with a piano or guitar, give the front man the most room for instrumental self expression (saxophone out front is a different matter). Though he may not be the busiest of guitarists in terms of recording, with a good stretch of time between Samba ...

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Article: Race and Jazz

BAM or JAZZ: Why It Matters

by Greg Thomas
January 12, 2012

Since the last Race and Jazz column, the first of a multi-part discussion with John Gennari--the top scholar on the history of jazz criticism--a firestorm of controversy has arisen surrounding Nicholas Payton's declaration that, to him, the word jazz is dead. He also feels that the word jazz is tantamount to or worse than the “n" ...