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Article: Interview

Steve Turre: Shell 'n' 'Bone Man

by Ian Patterson
February 23, 2009

Few can match Steve Turré's skill as a trombonist. His technical mastery, which has seen him win five Down Beat polls, goes hand-in-hand with a deep respect for the music that has gone before him, and over the course of forty years he has honed his skills with some of the best. Since his formative experience ...

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Article: Album Review

Steve Turre: Rainbow People

Read "Rainbow People" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
February 20, 2009

If the rainbow of the title denoted musical diversity then it would be most fitting in the case of trombonist Steve Turre, as his musical bag is hewn from many colors. Turre is equally at home playing Latin rhythms, blues or straight-ahead jazz--hardly surprising when you consider his apprenticeship with saxophonist/flautist Rahsaan Roland Kirk and singer ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Gary Husband's Drive: Hotwired

by John Kelman
February 16, 2009

Gary Husband's Drive Hotwired Abstract Logix 2009 Keeping one foot in the jazz tradition and the other on a path to where the music not just can go, but must go is a dicey challenge, even for the most forward-thinking. In many respects, it's the musicians who have spread themselves well ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Woody Shaw

December 24, 2008

All About Jazz is celebrating Woody Shaw's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Woody ShawWoody Shaw, Jr. was born in Laurinburg, N.C. on December 24th, 1944 to Rosalie Pegues Shaw and Woody Shaw, Sr. He grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and began playing trumpet at the age ...

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Invitation: Dexter Gordon & Woody Shaw, Live (Unreleased, Vol. 1)

By Woody Shaw

Label: Bopland Records
Released: 2007

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Demon's Dance

By Woody Shaw

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: 01. Demon's Dance (Jackie McLean)- 7:06; 02. Toyland (Cal Massey)- 5:21; 03. Boo Ann's Grand (Woody Shaw)- 6:53; 04. Sweet Love of Mine (Shaw)- 6:01; 05. Floogeh (McLean)- 5:19; 06. Message from Trane (Massey)- 5:29

Article: Album Review

Jackie McLean: Demon's Dance

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 17, 2007

Jackie McLean è stato, oltre che magnifico sassofonista e compositore, un testimone chiave della storia del jazz moderno. Fin dall’adolescenza ha frequentato infatti protagonisti come Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, figurando spesso in incisioni significative di questi autori. In veste di leader, ha vissuto molti cambiamenti stilistici e, pur fedele al linguaggio della ...

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Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard

By Woody Shaw

Label: Sony Music
Released: 2005
Track listing: Stepping Stone; In a Capricornian Way; Seventh Avenue; All Things Being Equal Are Not; Escape Velosity; Blues for Ball; Theme for Maxine.

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Live Volume Four

By Woody Shaw

Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2005
Track listing: When Lights are Low; The Time is Right; It Could Happen to You; Opec; Bye Bye Blackbird.

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Article: Album Review

Woody Shaw: Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard

Read "Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 29, 2005

It's one thing to play the right note, it's another to get it; one thing to play a phrase, another to get to its essence. With academic jazz education more accessible than ever, countless aspiring musicians are learning its vernacular. But music, like all art, is more than technique--it's an indefinable truth that can only come ...