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Nat King Cole is Reinterpreted on ‘Re: Generations’

The Roots, Cut Chemist, will.i.am, TV on the Radio and others take on the singer’s hits. Carole Cole says her late father ‘would be excited about this. The new project is Re:Generations, which takes signature songs by Cole and reimagines them through the prisms of Latin music, hip-hop, reggae and rock, and features acts such […]

Date: Mar 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz Articles

Workout: The Music of Hank Mobley

Workout: The Music of Hank Mobley Derek Ansell Hardcover; 162 pages ISBN: 978 09550908-8-2 Northway Books 2008 As a tenor saxophone player, Hank Mobley committed the cardinal sin of not adhering to any established stylistic aesthetic, for all of his association with the hard bop idiom. Author Derek Ansell rightly makes much of this in […]

Date: Apr 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz Articles

Marcus Miller: The Man of Many Hats

Pictures of Marcus Miller often show him wearing what is almost a trademark porkpie hat. Truth is, the extraordinary musician wears many hats, some of them simultaneously. He’s proven himself a master of the electric bass in any setting from jazz to pop to funk to R&B, always with a rich, soulful sound. He’s also […]

Date: Apr 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz Articles

April 2008: AAJ Live Calendar, Your AAJ URL, Adding YouTube Tags to your Profile, and more!

All About Jazz continues to develop free tools and services geared for jazz musicians. You may find other great services out there (like MySpace), but none are committed to jazz and jazz musicians like AAJ. Please support out efforts by spreading the word about our offerings. Our new calendar service is a time-saving tool that […]

Date: Apr 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz Articles

Bill Stewart, Stanton Moore, Tobias Gebb: A Trio of Drum Trios

Drum trios? Drum trios and not piano trios or guitar trios? The three releases considered here are by drummer-led trios. They offer vastly differing approaches to performing both standards and original compositions. Bill Stewart, Stanton Moore, and Tobias Gebb all aim to accomplish the same goal–making music–but that is where the similarity ends…Continue Reading >>

Date: Apr 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz Articles

Ari Brown — Live At The Green Mill

Ari Brown Live At The Green Mill Delmark 2007 Ari Brown has deep-running roots and, though in the past he’s been associated with the likes of Lester Bowie, the music on this DVD is more straight ahead than his association with Bowie and the AACM might imply. His band has all the hallmarks of a […]

Date: Apr 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz Articles

Inside Out In the Open: A Film by Alan Roth

Inside Out In the Open: A Film by Alan Roth ESP Disk 2001/2008 Spontaneous improvisation in music has long been relegated to the shadows of public recognition. However much the improvisers themselves have felt estranged from the general culture, they will not be thwarted in their efforts to continue expanding the improvisatory language. It is […]

Date: Apr 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Categories: Jazz Articles