contemporary jazz
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Harmony & Abyss by Matthew Shipp
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While listening to Harmony and Abyss, the latest release by Matthew Shipp, the word futuristic keeps coming to mind. So if it’s “future” music, then when do we reach that future? I’m thinking we’re there now. Shipp takes a step beyond his last release, the excellent Equilibrium, and incorporates industrial sounds and free jazz. No…
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Goodbye To 2003
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Happy New Year! I wish you the best in 2004. Looking back on 2003 in modern jazz, one phrase sums is up: Trumpeters Gone Wild! It’s the year that Nicholas Payton went fusion with Sonic Trance Roy Hargrove presents Hard Groove Dave Douglas had a Freak In Russell Gunn continued his challenging of the definition…
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Ndegeocello Jazz Recording, Soulive and More News
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Spike Lee will direct the first video by Lizz Wright from her debut CD Salt. It happens to be my favorite song on the recording too “Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly” Meshell Ndegeocello will release a jazz album on Verve on January 13. The project will be under the name Papillon and the title…
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Chick Corea Elektric Band Concert Report
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John Vidor recently caught one of the few Chick Corea Elektric Band Reunion concerts at The Blue Note in NYC on October 26. John has been kind enough to write this report and supply the pictures below. Thanks, John! Having lived in the New York City area for over 15 years until 1985, and now…
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Review: Warner Bros. Jazz Christmas Party
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Warner Bros. gathered its jazz and contemporary jazz rosters to put together the label’s first holiday collection. But, unlike other label holiday albums, Jazz Christmas Party, doesn’t just feature submitted tracks from its artists. WB artists collaborated together on several songs on this album. Bob James and Béla Fleck duet on “White Christmas. Michael Franks…