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Jonathan Lindhorst reviewed bassist, composer, and turntablist Zack Lober's Ancestry Project, performed at the IBeam performance space in Brooklyn on January 27th. The music drew from a range of styles, and was written as accompaniment to a pre-recorded interview with Lober's grandfather, who was a Canadian bandleader in the 1950s.
The band included pianist John Escreet, saxophonists Dave Binney and Chet Doxas, and drummer Dan Weiss.
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Concert Review: Bassist Zack Lober's Ancestry Project originally appeared on About.com Jazz on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 12:01:28.
Read about pianist Herbie Hancock, from his early days with the Miles Davis Quintet, to his current career of balancing popular music styles with jazz.
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Artist Profile: Pianist Herbie Hancock originally appeared on About.com Jazz on Monday, January 30th, 2012 at 10:43:10.
A new artist profile for the jazz logs: saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter.
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Artist Profile: Saxophonist and Composer Wayne Shorter originally appeared on About.com Jazz on Friday, January 27th, 2012 at 13:12:21.
Read Douglas Detrick's review of Polylemma, the album by drummer Joe Hertenstein, trumpeter Thomas Heberer, bass clarinetist Joachim Badenhorst, and bassist Pascal Niggemkemper.
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Album Review: 'Polylemma' by Hertenstein, Heberer, Niggenkemper, and Badenhorst originally appeared on About.com Jazz on Wednesday, January 25th, 2012 at 13:02:48.
Jon Lindhorst reviews Frame, the new album by saxophonist, bassoonist(?!), and composer Ben Wendel, featuring pianists Tigran Hamasyan, Adam Benjamin, Gerald Clayton, guitarist Nir Felder, bassist Ben Street, and drummer Nate Wood.
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Album Review: 'Frame' by Ben Wendel originally appeared on About.com Jazz on Monday, January 23rd, 2012 at 11:30:33.
Happy New Year from jazz.about.com. Check out my list of favorite jazz reviews and interviews of 2011!
2011: A Year in Reviews originally appeared on About.com Jazz on Friday, December 30th, 2011 at 14:56:06.
Sam Rivers died on December 26th in Orlando, Florida. The saxophonist who played too "out" for Miles Davis back in the '60s was 88 years old. Read his artist profile.
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RIP Sam Rivers originally appeared on About.com Jazz on Thursday, December 29th, 2011 at 12:30:08.
Along with his review of Michael Bates' Acrobat: Music for and by Dmitri Shostakovich, Douglas Detrick offers this interview with Bates about how the music of a classical composer inspired Bates to make a jazz album.
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Interview with Bassist and Composer Michael Bates originally appeared on About.com Jazz on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 at 18:42:09.
Douglas Detrick reviews Acrobat: Music for and by Dmitri Shostakovich by bassist and composer Michael Bates.
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Album Review: 'Acrobat: Music for and by Dmitri Shostakovich' by Michael Bates originally appeared on About.com Jazz on Tuesday, December 27th, 2011 at 18:37:34.
Douglas Detrick reviews Breaking News, the latest release by the New World Jazz Composers Octet, led by saxophonist and flautist Daniel Ian Smith. The album, while tightly arranged and executed with skill, lacks imagination in terms of improvisation and formal structure.
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Album Review: 'Breaking News' by the New World Jazz Composers Octet originally appeared on About.com Jazz on Monday, December 26th, 2011 at 13:47:43.