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Article: Album Review

Lorraine Feather: Ages

by AAJ Staff
January 26, 2010

As the daughter of respected jazz critic, Leonard Feather, Lorraine Feather comes to her jazz pedigree honestly, but more from natural talent than dogged filial loyalty. In possession of a pure, rich voice, she tried acting--along with some discouraging stints in the food industry--before finding her multi-colored niche in singing and composing. Ages, about the epochs ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Charley Langer

by AAJ Staff
January 8, 2010

Meet Charley Langer:Intelligent smooth jazz. Think “Phil Woods meets Boney James." So far, the reviews are very positive: “Charley Langer doesn't waste these tracks. If you take the time to listen, each one reveals a different side of his musical personality... What we see here is a jazz musician as jack of all trades, ...

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Article: Album Review

Acuna/Hoff/Mathisen: Jungle City

Read "Jungle City" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
December 5, 2009

While some accuse the musical innovations taking place in Scandinavia as diluting “America's art form," there's plenty of evidence to the contrary. Many of the artists regularly stretching jazz's boundaries by introducing outside references can play in the tradition; they just choose not to. With Finding Nymo (ACT, 2009), Norwegian trombonist Helge Sunde and his Ensemble ...

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Article: Album Review

Mads Tolling: The Playmaker

Read "The Playmaker" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 24, 2009

He's been around for a few years as a member of the Turtle Island Quartet, but for some he's best known for his work on Stanley Clarke's welcome return to fusion, The Toys of Men (Heads Up, 2007). Either way, The Playmaker isn't the violinist's first release as a leader--that would be Speed of Light (Self ...

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Article: Live Review

Allan Holdsworth Trio: Gatineau, Canada

by John Kelman
October 8, 2009

Allan Holdsworth TrioMaison de la Culture de Gatineau Gatineau, Canada September 28, 2009 In a trio, changing only one member can make a tremendous difference. It's been two years since guitar legend Allan Holdsworth last performed in eastern Canada but, with an eight-city tour focused largely in the province of Quebec, it's ...

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Article: Film Review

Yellowjackets: New Morning - The Paris Concert

by John Kelman
August 6, 2009

YellowjacketsNew Morning - The Paris Concert Heads Up International2009A group that has, on occasion, ventured along the fine line between contemporary jazz and that of the smoother variety, Yellowjackets has always been a performing band. Now approaching its 30th anniversary as a collective, it's the group's eighth year ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Alessandro Bottura

by AAJ Staff
March 27, 2009

Meet Alessandro Bottura: Alessandro Bottura, was born in Italy on 03/06/1984, and started to get interested in music when he was a child, studying piano for five years, then guitar and drums until 2000, when he came to the bass, for which he is self-taught. Alessandro performed many live shows throughout Modena with the rock band ...

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News: Award / Grant

Grammy Winner 2009: Jazz

February 9, 2009

= winner Category 45 Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Randy In Brasil Randy Brecker [MAMA Records] Floating Point John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix] Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball ...

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Lifecycle

By Yellowjackets

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2008
Track listing: Falken's Maze; Country Living; Double Nickel; Dreams Go; Measure of a Man; Yahoo; I Wonder; 3 Circles; Claire?s Closet; Lazaro.

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News: Festival

Jakjazz Finale Lights up the Jakarta Night

December 1, 2008

The 10th Jakarta International Jazz Festival ended Sunday with stunning collaborative performances from the world's jazz icons and one conviction: Jakarta has emerged as a melting pot and a mecca of jazz music. Jazz enthusiasts started swarming into the Istora Senayan area at around 5 p.m. to savor the evening performances from local and international acts ...