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Submitted by Jazz Suite
Amazon is the latest to name its list of The 100 Greatest Jazz Albums of All Time, and like all these things, there are a few head scratchers.
Favorite response so far? The forum thread asking “Are You Guys Nuts?”
The problem with lists are they can’t be all things to all people, and [...]
Wilbur Ware
Submitted by Jazz Note SDP
Wilbur Ware is another beautiful soul whose presence goes easily unnoticed. I have had a lot of Ware in my collection for a long time, but only noticed him about a year ago. For some reason, his album The Chicago Sound caught my eye in the Penguin Guide, and I picked [...]
Infernal Machines is out
Submitted by Secret Society
Infernal Machines is now available for purchase from New Amsterdam Records.
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What people are saying about Infernal Machines
Submitted by Secret Society
“[A] fresh jolt of discovery [...] a potent debut [...] the weight of its achievement feels properly definitive.”
— Nate Chinen, New York Times
“For a wholly original take on big band’s past, present and future, look to Darcy James Argue.”
— Seth Colter Walls, Newsweek
“It’s maximalist music of impressive complexity and immense entertainment value, [...]
Incriminating Evidence 2009.05.08
Submitted by Secret Society
Erica vonKleist
(Photo: Lindsay Beyerstein)
More photos from our CD launch hit at Galapagos are available here, courtesy of official Society photographer/consort Lindsay Beyerstein.
Deepest thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the impending release of Infernal Machines. We are, as always, honored and grateful for your support.
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Infernal Machines CD launch TONIGHT @ Galapagos
Submitted by Secret Society
Infernal Machines is almost upon us, and we are celebrating tonight at Galapagos Arts Space — 16 Front St. in DUMBO, Brooklyn:
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This also the opening night of New Amsterdam’s Undiscovered Islands. NewAm is hosting a pre-party at reBar (just around the corner) beginning 7 PM.
Lots of people have been asking [...]
Peering through the Mist
Submitted by Jazz Suite
New favorite jazz blog JazzWax takes a look at the Harry James recording of Bix’s In A Mist. Did Harry have both Bix AND Bunny in mind? Great read! Sphere: Related Content
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More Motian, More Lovano
Submitted by Jazz Note SDP
The Penguin Guide to Jazz, my jazz Bible, lists Paul Motian’s Sound of Love as one of its “core collection” recordings. Most of my collecting over the last several years has been based on the Guide. Sound of Love is no disappointment. Joe Lovano plays tenor, and Bill Frissel strums his [...]
Afro-Cuban Quartet gigs this weekend
Submitted by Casa Valdez Studios
This weekend I have a few gigs with my latin quartet, which hasn’t been played out much over the year or two. My buddy Steve Abrams is flying up from the Bay Area to play keyboards with me. Steve and I first started playing together in 1985 at Cabrillo College, [...]
Sonny Rollins Complete RCA
Submitted by Jazz Note SDP
In 1960 Sonny Rollins disappeared. He returned to the jazz scene in 1962 with his famous album The Bridge. Over the next two years he would record a series of albums for RCA. I have just acquired The Complete RCA Victor Recordings. I am just now sampling it, but my initial [...]
A World of Jazz in One City – Montreal, Quebec
Submitted by Jazz Suite
Guest post by William MacDonald
Jazz has a long history in Montreal; in fact, it was well known that for many years, Montreal produced more famous jazz musicians and hosted more musicians from elsewhere than anywhere else in the world. This is partly attributed to Montreal being a city that accepts and promotes [...]
Full court press, hands in your chest
Submitted by Secret Society
On the home stretch (I hope) of a new piece, but I remain slack-jawed and goggle-eyed at all the recent attention. In the event you are not yet sick of hearing about me:
Darcy James Argue’s Metal Machine Music — Richard Gehr, Village Voice — nice to see fellow travelers J.C. Sanford and Chris Jentsch [...]
But my time here is brief
Submitted by Secret Society
Completely consumed with preparations for our CD launch hit at Galapagos this Friday, but I thought you should know:
Infernal Machines is now streaming in its entirety.
On May 12 (and thereafter), you will be able to purchase the album (CD+immediate download, or download only) directly from New Amsterdam Records.
Tonight at 6:30 PM Eastern [...]
Jazz Photography - Ken Vandermark
Submitted by EyeShotJazz
Ken Vandermark with the Ab Baars Trio
Here is another photo of Ken from last months concert at the Asian Art Museum. They really had a great thing going on there.
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Firsts
Submitted by Jazz Suite
In another interesting blog, NPR’s Take Five: A Weekly Jazz Sampler, Tom Cole talks about The First Five: One Man’s Introduction To Jazz, and asks, what were your first five. Worth checking out. I’ll have to get back to you on my first five…
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Sinatra rocks
Submitted by Jazz Suite
JazzWax takes a look at what he thinks are Sinatra’s top 10 rock swingers. Ring-a-ding-ding!
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Cardboard materials and carbon-monoxide wallpaper
Submitted by Secret Society
Oh god this is hilarious. Someone actually wrote a story about the “jazz flophouses” on Ocean Avenue. In the New York Times!
Check out Deborah Baldwin’s piece:
CARMEN STAAF, a 28-year-old New England Conservatory-trained jazz pianist, does what she has to do to make ends meet. Last year, she played accordion in a musical [...]
Just Another Joe
Submitted by Jazz Note SDP
Joe Lovano is just another Joe, if the other Joes are Joes like Henderson or Pass. In January of 2008 I was lucky enough to see Lovano in the Orpheum Theater in Sioux Falls, hosted by the SF Jazz and Blues Society. You can find a short review here, from when [...]
Joe Locke Quintet - Ballard Jazz Festival Redux
Submitted by EyeShotJazz
Joe Locke Wails on the vibes at the Nordic Heritage Museum on the final night of the Ballard Jazz Festival.
It was such a busy week that I have not had time to post these photos of the Joe Locke performance. What a concert. Sorry for the delay. Joe presented a stellar quintet featuring [...]
Peter Brotzmann Trio with Eric Revis & Nasheet Waits
Submitted by EyeShotJazz
Peter Brotzmann on clarinet at Poncho Concert Hall, Cornish College Tuesday evening in a Earshot Jazz Spring Series 2009
Here are a couple more shots from the Brotzmann Trio concert.
Eric Revis was on bass
Nasheet Waits was great on drums. Really fantastic performance. The German sax giant teamed with young American jazz stars. Try and catch them next time they [...]
New Jazz Photography of The Thing
Submitted by EyeShotJazz
Ingebrigt Haker Flaten on bass and Mats Gustafsson on Sax Thursday night at Poncho Performance Hall
I just wanted to post one more shot from the Thing concert last night. It was truly an amazing concert. An incredible amount of energy was expended up on that stage. Then next time they come back to [...]
The Thing - Jazz Photography
Submitted by EyeShotJazz
The Thing
Mats Gustafsson Blows real hard in performance Thursday night at Poncho Performance Hall in the last of the April Earshot Jazz Spring Series Jazz which started out so long ago on February 25th with Bill Frisell and Russell Malone.
The Thing- Norway’s most ferocious and refined improvisers are Gustafsson - reeds - Ingebrigt Haker Flaten [...]
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