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Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 01/14/2010
A 1960 release, one of Eric Dolphy's first recordings as a leader. He had been working with Mingus as a sideman prior to this. Outward Bound is bop oriented aside from Dolphy's flute and bass clarinet parts. He also adds some of his early avant-garde style. Includes alternate takes and a bonus track. 1. G.W. 2. On Green Dolphin Street 3. Les 4. 245 5. Glad to Be Unhappy 6. Miss Toni Listen 7. G.W....
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Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 12/16/2009
In 1964, the great bassist and composer Charles Mingus toured Europe with what was probably the greatest band of his career. Eric Dolphy on flute, alto saxophone and bass clarinet, Jaki Byard on piano, Johnny Coles on trumpet, Clifford Jordan on tenor saxophone and Danny Richmond on drums made up an epic unit that brought Mingus's compositions to life as never before. This band was well documented...
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Rifftides (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Art Blakey, Live in '65 (Jazz Icons). The Blakey entry in the new Jazz Icons DVD release will come as a surprise even to many of the drummer's most persistent fans. The band it presents in France was not...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/07/2009
Throughout the decades, the bands of trumpet legend {{Maynard Ferguson = 6679}} were, by very nature, heavily brass and ensemble section oriented. Occasionally, Ferguson's pianists were given the opportunity to shine, launching into extended solo tune introductions or brief solos. Some of those pianists were (or would become) stars or leaders in their own right. They included Mike Abene, Allan Zavod,...
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Art Decade (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
Charles Mingus: Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk Some Monday afternoon jazz, from Mingus at Monterey , recorded September 20, 1964. "'Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk' was done for a television show in New York. I could really depict this kind of rich broad. It's bluesy because my sadness for the person. It's angry, it's dirty, it's old-fashioned blues and it...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/05/2009
JAZZ FORUM ARTS presents JAZZ FORUM @ 30 



 A Once-in-a-Lifetime Celebration of Trumpeter Mark Morganelli’s Jazz Forum Lofts 

 “It would be hard to pick one special moment at the Jazz Forum, because 
 there were so many special moments.” --Dr. Barry Harris 
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 04/29/2009
1969 NEC President Gunther Schuller hires saxophonist Carl Atkins to head Department of African-American Music and Jazz Studies, the first such program at a classical conservatory. Composer George Russell and pianist Jaki Byard on Atkins' faculty. 1974 Pianist Ran Blake forms Third Stream Department...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/22/2008
David Weiss has been on the New York scene for a while now, writing and arranging, producing albums, organizing an outstanding octet. He's known for all that. He also plays the trumpet. Quite well, in fact. Although he's played with the likes of {{Jaki Byard = 3798}}, {{Frank Foster = 6786}}, {{Craig Handy = 7385}}, {{Christian McBride = 9209}}, {{Jimmy Heath = 7541}} and a great many others, people...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
New York-based saxophonist Bob Mover is arguably one of the jazz world's best kept secrets. In a career spanning four decades, Mover has shared the stage with the likes of Jaki Byard, Charles Mingus and Chet Baker, yet, for the most part, has flown under the radar of mainstream recognition. It Amazes Me, the saxophonist's first recording as a leader in over twenty years, is a cozy collection of choice...
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Bagatellen (Free subscription) | 10/22/2008
Steeplechase Half a century of hindsight has applied an erosive effect to the pianoless trio’s proving-ground luster. Rollins hit an immediate home run with his epochal Vanguard stand, but these days professional saxophonists take to the instrumentation like ducks to water. As such, Jed Levy’s ability to improvise inventively in the absence of conventional chordal accompaniment [...]
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Bagatellen (Free subscription) | 06/06/2008
Intakt 142 In historically criticizing the international breadth of improvised music, we�re still often quite apt to pigeonhole certain countries and regions as having a specific approach to sound. There�s the �Cleveland sound� exemplified by Albert Ayler and his...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 03/08/2008
Pianist Jaki Byard (1922-1999) is the first one you hear on 2007's great vault discovery, the previously unheard Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy, Cornell 1964 (Blue Note). A favorite of Mingus, who famously disliked most piano players, Byard played with a wide range of jazz musicians and was an acclaimed teacher whose students included Fred Hersch, DD Jackson and Jason Moran. And as the music/jazz...
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