All About Jazz Update #45 - March Madness @ AAJ!
Nils
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What's New @ AllAboutJazz.com 20-Mar-2001
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Another banner month from your JAZZY friends at AAJ...
CONTENTS:
* MARCH GREETINGS
* GLOBAL GIGS TO LATIN AMERICA!
* HUNDREDS OF CD REVIEWS
* INTERVIEWS GALORE!
* ARTIST PROFILES
* COLTRANE LINER NOTES
* PAT METHENY IAJE KEYNOTE ADDRESS
* RECENT HAPPENINGS
* POST YOUR PROFILE IN THE AAJ ARTISTS DIRECTORY
* THIRD EAR/SCOTT YANOW BOOK WINNERS
* ARKADIA CD GIVEAWAY
* Spread the Word -- forward this newsletter to a JAZZY friend
-> GETTING STARTED THIS MONTH AT AAJ
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/welc0301.htm
A new page to welcome you every month to AAJ -- it's the quickest
way to discover the most recent additions to our ever-expanding
site.
-> TWO NEW ADDITIONS TO GLOBAL GIGS
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/globalgig.htm
Pablo Gianera takes you on a trip to Argentina with "Latin
American Sketches", and Dave Roberts now reports on the Bay
Area with "Bay Boppin'".
Recent Additions...
"Philly Jazz" by Donald Van Deusen
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/phil0301.htm
"Gateway Grooves" by Terry Perkins
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/gate0201.htm
-> CD / BOOK / CONCERT REVIEWS
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews.htm
Nearly 200 CD reviews, including sets by T.K. Blue, Down to the
Bone, Matt Wilson, Gary Burton, Jimmy Scott, Paul Bley, Tiziano
Tononi, Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather, Jack Costanzo, Citrus
Sun, Joe Lovano, Dave Brubeck, Andy Summers, David Friesen,
and more!
COMBING THE FANTASY CATALOG by Derek Taylor
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/fant0301.htm
This month: Jaki Byard - A Whole History At His Fingertips
COMBING THE VERVE CATALOG by Dave Rickert
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/verv0301.htm
This month: On the Town, Jazz Giant, Introducing Nat Adderley,
and Sing A Song of Basie
"Label M and Live at the Left Bank" by C. Michael Bailey
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/arti0301_03.htm
BOOK REVIEWS
"Afro-Cuban Jazz" by Scott Yanow
"Living the Jazz Life" by W. Royal Stokes
"Rollin' and Tumblin'" by Jas Obrecht
CONCERT REVIEWS
John Abercrombie, The Jazz Composers Collective Festival, Jason
Lindner, Ethan Iverson: Solo Piano, Dave Douglas, Steve Turre,
Ray Drummond, James Carney, Charles McPherson, Brad Mehldau,
Maceo Parker, Ray Brown, Calloway Brooks, Paquito D'Rivera,
Andy Bey and Steve Lacy.
-> MARCH INTERVIEWS
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/interviews.htm
Folks who proved their ultimate coolness by chatting up AAJ this
month include Kenny Barron, Bill Bruford, Oteil Burbridge, Bill
Charlap, Bill Frisell, Larry Goldings, Steve Khan, Yoshi's Marshall
Lamm, Producer Chuck Nessa, Producer Lee Townsend and Carla White.
-> ARTIST PROFILES
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/artists/index.html
This month discover organist/pianist/composer Larry Goldings,
trumpeter Buddy Childers, and avant-funksters Gutbucket.
-> JOHN COLTRANE @ AAJ
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/coltrane/
"PLAYBOY Guide To Jazz" author and all-around good guy Neil Tesser
has graciously offered his liner notes from four Coltrane discs on
Rhino: "Coltrane Jazz", "Coltrane Playes the Blues",
"The Avant-Garde" and "Olé Coltrane". Thanks, Neil!
For more information about Neil Tesser and his book "The PLAYBOY
Guide To Jazz", see his page at AAJ:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/journalists/tesser.htm
TWO NEW DISCUSSION TOPICS
"Did you see John Coltrane perform live? If so, share your story."
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/threads/jc-live.htm
"If Coltrane had lived longer, how would his music have evolved?"
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/threads/jc_musicad.htm
If you're interested in contributing to "JC@AAJ,"click this link:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/coltrane/contribute.htm
-> PAT METHENY IAJE KEYNOTE ADDRESS
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/arti0301_07.htm
Read the transcript from Pat Metheny's 2001 IAJE Conference
keynote address.
Here's an excerpt:
"...we have to stay vigilant in our efforts to address that most
difficult task that faces each and every generation of jazz
musicians, regardless of their era or stylistic bent: the task
of coming up with musical goods that are challenging and
uncompromising, yet fully and utterly compelling to our audiences,
and even in this era of increasingly short attention spans, to
CAUSE listeners to seek out the musical universe that we are
hoping to hip them to."
-> ARTICLES
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles.htm
Here are just some of the articles you'll find this month:
"Expanding Boundaries: Miya Masaoka" by Teri Harllee
"Billie's Last Chorus" by Rob Mariani
"Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise" by Rob Mariani
"Bebop and the Gypsy Heritage" by Derek Brown
"Thank You Mr. Burns" by Peter Madsen
"Mr. Bongo Comes Back From Havana" by Chris M. Slawecki
GENRE ELECTRONICA
"Ten Tabs of E" by Rob Evanoff
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/ambient/arti0301.htm
"The Sounds of Silence" by Rob Evanoff
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/arti0301_05.htm
-> ALWAYS NEW TO AAJ
Dave Ginochio pairs great wine with great Jazz in JAZZ UNCORKED:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/wine0301_01.htm
Download March's PDF issue of AAJ - MONTHLY EDITION
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/me/
Ask Ken Dryden about hard-to-find vinyl & CDs in ASK KEN:
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/dryden/
AAJ Poll: Who is your favorite ACTIVE jazz drummer?
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/polls.htm
-> POST YOUR PROFILE IN THE AAJ ARTISTS DIRECTORY
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/artist_directory.htm
NEARLY 600 ARTISTS have taken advantage of the AAJ Artist Directory
to freely post their own biographies, information about management
and booking, current tour itineraries, new release dates and photos.
If you're an artist, in artist management or press relations, this
is your place in Jazz cyberspace. Don’t rely on others to spread
the word about your music – get it out there yourself, and in your
own words.
Click the link above, then hit "ADD Your Artist Profile Page".
-> THIRD EAR MUSIC GUIDE BOOK GIVEAWAY WINNERS
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/contest/thirdear.htm
And the winners of the Third Ear book giveaway are...
-> ENTER THE ARKADIA RECORDS GIVEAWAY
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/contest/arkadia2001.htm
Enter our Arkadia Records CD Giveaway and win a chance at the
latest from either T.K. Blue, Paul Tobey, Benny Golson, David
Lahm or a compilation of ballads. We'll announce five lucky
winners on April 6th!
All the best!
Mike & Chris
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