Entries Tagged as 'Jazz Articles'
Gov’t Mule and Powder in Vail, Colorado
Gov’t Mule Dobson Arena Vail, Colorado April 10, 2008
Not many rock bands sing about antipsychotic drugs, but Gov’t Mule closed their show Thursday night with the Thorazine Shuffle. It seemed appropriate, too, because it had been snowing most of the day in Vail, had continued snowing through the evening and was expected to snow […]
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Songs With Legs: Carla Bley, Steve Swallow and Andy Sheppard At Birdland, NYC
Carla Bley/Steve Swallow/Andy Sheppard at Birdland Birdland New York City, New York April 10, 2008
The Lost Chords is the name of the quartet led by pianist Carla Bley with her partner, bassist Steve Swallow, saxophonist Andy Sheppard and drummer Billy Drummond. The group has recorded The Lost Chords (Watt, 2004) and, with the […]
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Acoustic Ladyland at Vortex, London
Acoustic Ladyland Vortex Jazz Club London, England March 28, 2008
As the act which opened the new Vortex in 2005, Acoustic Ladyland holds a special place in the hearts of many club regulars. The band returned on March 28 to a full house of over 100 people, with the usual table layout abandoned to […]
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Jane Bunnett: The Spirit’s Dancing in the Flesh!
“The ant’s a centaur in his dragon’s world. Pull down thy vanity, it is not man Made courage, or made order, or made grace, Pull down thy vanity, I say pull down. Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry, Pull down […]
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Larry Gelb: I’ll Remember Love / Song for Pickles
Larry Gelb says he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t writing songs. That may not be overstating the case, as Gelb, now fifty-six, recorded his first album at the ripe old age of thirteen and has written more than eight hundred songs, thirty-six of which enliven these two delightful albums (”The Honeymooners Now” and […]
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Peter Asplund: In a Swedish Way
Peter Asplund, one of Sweden’s most talented jazz trumpeters, gets his inspiration from giants like Louis Armstrong, Clifford Brown and Miles Davis but funnels it through his own, very Nordic filter. “I don’t pretend to sound like an American trumpeter,” he says. “I’m Swedish and that has to come across. As I see it, you […]
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Robert Mitchell and Omar Puente at St. Cyprian’s, London
Robert Mitchell and Omar Puente St. Cyprian’s Church London, England April 1, 2008
This unlikely duo of acoustic piano and electric violin allows Robert Mitchell and Omar Puente to stretch their considerable abilities beyond the confines of a conventional jazz group. Perhaps more unconventional was the venue, literally a Church of Jazz, tucked away […]
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