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Regina Carter let the Milwaukee crowd 'Know'
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Who knew? Who in the 900-plus audience for the Regina Carter Quintet at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee knew? A few found out when they joined many dozens of others after the fourth and final concert of the 10th annual Hal Leonard Jazz Series to buy Carter’s brand new CD. What audience members heard in concert...
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Concert Review by Tim Cowling
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Pinky Winters Quartet
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Pinky Winters (Vocals), Tom Garvin (Piano), Chris Colangelo (Bass), Kendall Kay (Drums)
Pinky Winters cooly swung in her free and easy style, giving respect to the melody and soul to the lyrics. It was an impressive performance.
A leisurely mood lingered on "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" This tune was given new meaning by a slow excursion into sweet romanticism....
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Concert Review by John Gilbert
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Mariza: A Diva Worthy of the Name
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Mariza, born in Mozambique, living in Portugal, is a truly amazing singer – she is a singer of Fado, a folk form that is Portugal’s country blues and torch song/cabaret rolled into one. Her presentation Sunday night at the nearly sold-out show at Chicago’s classy but unpretentious Hot House – one of THE BEST places in this windiest...
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Concert Review by Mark Keresman
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Judy Wexler Quartet
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Judy Wexler has a sense of time and a innate feel for the lyric, two important ingredients, and when you add clarity of tone to the mix, you have one fine vocalist.
From "Baby, Baby All The Time" to "Get Out Of Town" Wexler cut a wide swath, alternating jazzy hipness on the former and dusky counsel on the...
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Concert Review by John Gilbert
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A Lyrical Thread in Brötzmann's Fibers
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The Amherst Unitarian Meetinghouse was literally packed for the first concert of a seven venue tour, mastered by Michael Ehlers, of the Peter Brötzmann Trio which included, of course, Brötzmann on tenor and taragato and the pinnacle of rhythm sections, William Parker on bass and Hamid Drake on drums.
The trio played two sets. The texture was outstandingly...
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Concert Review by Lyn Horton
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Music For Six Musicians
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Tuesday night at the Village Vanguard proved to be an amazing night of unique music, played by some of the most talented musicians around: Don Byron, clarinet and percussion; James Zollar, trumpet; Leo Traversa, electric bass; George Colligan, piano; Milton Cardona, congas; and Danfis Prieto on drums. The ensemble is known as “Music for Six Musicians,” and has been...
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Concert Review by Darren Nealis
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Guitar Great Assembles Fantastic Quartet
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Over the past 20 years, Mike Stern has assembled various bands to showcase his compositions. The latest incarnation with Richard Bona on electric bass/vocals, Terri Lyne Carrington on drums, and Bob Franceschini on tenor saxophone is one not to be missed. This collection of excellent musicians proved to be perfect for performing Mike’s blazing modern be-bop tunes, as well...
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Concert Review by Darren Nealis
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THE AULOCHROME
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In Belgium, the country of its original inventor, Adolphe Sax, the saxophone has recently been reinvented by François Louis. Known worldwide albeit only by saxophone players and flutists as the inventor and builder of a complete new range of legendary mouthpieces, reed ligatures and reeds, Louis has invented the instrument of the third millennium.
Mel Lewis’ 1984 “20 Years...
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Viewpoint by Jempi Samyn
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Gimme Asylum: Asylum Street Spankers Come Alive in Chicago
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Don’t confuse Austin’s Asylum Street Spankers with the down-into-the-dustbin-of-History neo-/retro-/whatever Swing/Lounge knee-deep-in-sharkskin trend that thrived in the hep urban environs of LA, SF, et. al. in the 1990s. Not that there wasn’t any good music in it – Squirrel Nut Zippers and Frenchy were and are still pretty swell – but a great deal of it was musically...
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Concert Review by Mark Keresman
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Matt's Metaphysics
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In 1998, Matthew Shipp played the piano in a performance with Other Dimensions in Music in Amherst, Massachusetts. This was the first avant-garde music concert I had ever attended and the first about which I would attempt to write and successfully did.
Matthew’s music was familiar to me by way of the radio. Any prior awareness...
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Viewpoint by Lyn Horton
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Patti Austin - 'BeboperElla'
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On Easter Sunday evening, I saw Patti Austin at Kimball's East. Her current show is called BeboperElla which is a tribute to the music from the Bebop era and celebrating the music of Ella Fitzgerald. It also featured music from her Grammy-nominated album "for Ella." Her band and backing vocalists were comprised of the very talented...
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Concert Review by James Knox
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Laurel Masse in Concert
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The granddaughter of Leonard Kranendonk, for 40 years the baritone voice of Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians, returned to her gramps’ home state and nearly his hometown of little old Oostburg, up near Sheboygan, der.
So did the founder three decades ago in the Big Apple, at the age of 20, of one of the great jazz vocal combos of...
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Concert Review by Tim Cowling
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An Evening with Lizz Wright...
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Webster's defines radiance as the quality of being radiant. It is further defined as radiating beams of light or brightly shining even glowing. The radiance that I speak of is that which vocalist/songwriter Lizz Wright gave as she performed on a rainy Monday evening at the Cerritos Center for Performing Arts. Her warmth and natural beauty filled...
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Concert Review by James Knox
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Doug Macdonald's Brass and Woodwind Coalition
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Personnel: Jimmy Dykes (Piano)..Harvey Newmark (Bass) Doug MacDonald (Guitar)..Bobby Shugold (Flute)..Phil Feather (Oboe)..Brian Walsh (Clarinet)..Bob Carr (Bassoon)..Bob Summers (Trumpet)..Jack Coan (Trumpet)..Stephanie O'Keefe (French Horn)..Ira Nepus (TBone)..Bill Reichenbach (Tuba)..Jack LeCompte (Drums)..
Doug MacDonald has assembled a most interesting group of musicians with instruments not often heard in Jazz ensembles. This eclectic mix was obviously well thought out by MacDonald because...
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Concert Review by John Gilbert
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Nancy Kelly's West Coast Tour
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When Nancy Kelly strides on stage and picks up that microphone, an aura of excitement pervades the room. One can feel the electricity in the air that always precedes a special performance.
There are many vocalists with certain attributes that enable them to perform acceptably, Kelly goes beyond this. The magical quality of Nancy Kelly lies in the fact...
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Concert Review by John Gilbert
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Preaching from the Edge
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The last of the Magic Triangle Series for its 14th year took place at its old home, Bezanson Recital Hall, at UMass Amherst, Massachusetts on Friday, April 11. The performance - David Murray and the Gwo-Ka Masters: a seven man band for this session made up of Hamid Drake on drumset, Klod Kiavue on Ka drum, Philippe Makaia, also...
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Concert Review by Lyn Horton
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Wayne Shorter's Top Ten Desert Island Picks
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Charlie Parker- "Repetition" (with strings): I chose that because he was going into the future. He was starting to become one of the innovators and he continued going forward. This is an example of Charlie Parker moving forward with other instruments beyond the quartet using strings and orchestras
Dizzy Gillespie - "Things to come": that has a perfect announcement of...
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Viewpoint by Wayne Shorter
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'One Quiet Night' with Pat Metheny
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Pat Metheny fans will again change gears with the Warner Brothers release of Pat Metheny: One Quiet Night in late May. Just one year after the release of the Pat Metheny Group’s Grammy Award winning Speaking of Now, Metheny is coming out with a collection of quieter, moody solo tunes played on baritone guitar.
The most striking note about...
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Viewpoint by Unknown User
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I Can Hear You, Mr. Wilson
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The Green Mill is one of the oldest bars in Chicago – if not indeed THE oldest bar. I don’t know if it was one of the places he owned, but it was one of the favorite hangouts of legendary underworld boss “Scarface” Al Capone. On the walls within are idyllic paintings framed by the kind of...
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Concert Review by Mark Keresman
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Alto Madness
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The Frank Morgan & Sonny Fortune Quintet featuring George Cables is one of the more intriguing units currently on the road. Certainly any one of those names would jump out at you from the page of your local newspaper’s calendar section--Morgan, the legendary bop alto saxophonist and survivor, Fortune, the musical seeker whose fiery sax (this time an...
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Concert Review by Edward Kane
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A SteepleChase Sampler: Part One
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Since the ‘70s, producer Nils Winther has documented European and American jazz artists in a no-frills manner and released a plethora of albums on his own grass roots SteepleChase imprimatur. With an active release schedule, it seems that more albums get released over the course of a year that any one reviewer can possibly make time for and...
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Viewpoint by C. Andrew Hovan
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Rachel Z
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When pianist Rachel Z led her trio into the intimate confines of the 5:01 Bar, you had to forgive her if she was slightly disoriented. Rachel put on hold her solo career and promoting her new CD interpreting the music of Joni Mitchell, Moon at the Window, for a stint touring America’s biggest arenas in the band of prog-rock...
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Concert Review by Jeff Winbush
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Philosophizing Within the Music
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Tucked away in the very depths of original Kingston, NY, is the Uptown Gathering Place. Not only is it a gathering place, but it is also a performance venue. And on March 15, 2003, Joe Giardullo’s Shadow & Light Band completed its tour of the Northeast.
The Shadow & Light Band rose coincidentally out of the tragedy of September 11....
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Concert Review by Lyn Horton
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Jason Moran's View On Jazz is Modernistic
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Houston, Texas has a unique position in jazz history, mainly because numerous musicians have called the city home over the years. They have included Arnett Cobb, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Illinois Jacquet, Milt Larkin, Calvin Owens, Wayne Henderson, Joe Sample, Don Wilkerson, Billy Harper, Wilton Felder, Bubbha Thomas, Ronnie Laws, Hubert Laws and a host of others. Collectively and individually,...
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Concert Review by Sheldon T. Nunn
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Chillout with victor bailey
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The first Jazz Chillout will feature international artists, Victor Bailey (bass), and Bennie Maupin on the saxophone with Peter Horvath (keyboard) and Scott Peaker on the drums.
Without doubt, bassist Victor Bailey belongs to one of the greatest in the last decades. He recorded and toured with artists like Weather Report, Steps Ahead, Bill Evans, The Zawinul Syndicate, and...
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Concert Review by Anthony Younes (Guest Reviewer)
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