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§ Updated September 8, 2006 §

I am the Editorial Director of All About Jazz - New York, the free monthly guide to New York's jazz scene.
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Interviews

Alyn Shipton, author of A New History of Jazz
Jack DeJohnette
John Tchicai
Gunter Hampel
Alex Von Schlippenbach
Barre Phillips
Willem Breuker
Don Friedman

Profiles

Tomasz Stanko
Han Bennink
Evan Parker
Steve Lacy
Albert Mangelsdorff
Enrico Rava
Abdullah Ibrahim
Richard Davis
Wayne Shorter
Mats Gustafsson
Ken Vandermark
Bobo Stenson
Paul Bley
Joe Fiedler
Paul Dunmall

Concert Reviews

Montreal Festival 2001 § Andrew Hill Iridium 2001 § McCoy Tyner Trio/Mal Waldron Trio Blue Note 2001 § Muhal Richard Abrams Double Trio NY Society for Ethical Culture 2001
Andrew Cyrille/Michael Carvin; Joseph Jarman Quintet NYSEC 2001 § Chick Corea's Now He Sings Now He Sobs Trio Blue Note 2001 § John Hollenbeck's Quartet Lucy Tonic 2001
Derek Bailey/John Zorn/Reggie Workman/Joey Baron Tonic 2001 § Avram Fefer's Feferfonix Orchestra Tonic 2001 § 2001 New York City Jazz Concerts in Review
Adam Lane with John Tchicai, Paul Smoker, Barry Altschul Knitting Factory 2002 § Pat Martino Trio Iridium 2002 § Avram Fefer Trio Knitting Factory 2002
Assif Tsahar/Peter Kowald/Gerald Cleaver Knitting Factory 2002 § John Abercrombie:Jackalope CB's Lounge; Quartet Jazz Standard 2002 § Art Davis and the Circle of Five Knitting Factory 2002
Milford Graves/Peter Brötzmann/William Parker CB's 313 Gallery 2002 § Wadada Leo Smith/Anthony Braxton Tonic 2003 § Evan Parker/Alex Von Schlippenbach/Paul Lytton Tonic 2003
Montreal Jazz Festival 2003 § Jazz Festival Berlin & Total Music Meeting '04 § Montreal Jazz Festival 2005 § Montreal Jazz Festival 2006 § Montreal Jazz Festival 2006 § Highlights in Jazz 2006 § Peter Brötzmann/Han Bennink Vision Club 2006 § Steve Reich @ 70 Carnegie Hall 2006 § Roswell Rudd/Mongolian Buryat Band Zankel Hall 2006 § Andrew Hill Merkin Hall 2006 § Dunmall/Rogers/Levin/Gonzalez The Stone 2006 § Peter Bernstein Trio Village Vanguard 2007 § Re:Action Quartet Barbčs 2007 § Lou Donaldson Quartet Birdland 2007 § Vandermark 5 Union Hall 2007 §

Album Reviews

Brotherhood of Breath - "Travelling Somewhere"
Globe Unity Orchestra - "Globe Unity '67-'60"
Mark Elf - "Dream Steppin"
Avram Fefer/Bobby Few - "Few and Far Between"
Gordon Beck - "Gyroscope"
Mujician - "Spacetime"
John Surman - "Free and Equal"
Michel Portal - "Arriverderci Le Chouartse"
Jöelle Léandre - "Signature"
Ras Moshe - "Schematic"
Wren/Riley/Stabbins/Sanders - "Four in the Afternoon"
Howard Riley/John Tilbury/Kith Tippett - "Another Part of the Story"
Dave Phillips - "Prayer"
Nucleus - "Live in Bremen 1971"
Various Artists - "VisionFest: VisionLive"
Miles Davis - "Complete Jack Johnson Sessions"
Andrew Hill - "Passing Ships"
Miroslav Vitous - "Universal Syncopations"
Don Friedman - "Waltz for Debby"
Peter Kowald/Miya Masaoka/Gino Robair - "Illuminations"
Bobby Bradford - "Love's Dream"
Alexander von Schlippenbach - "Globe Unity 2002" & "Broomriding"
Evan Parker - "Alder Brook" & "Birds and Blades"
Brotherhood of Breath - "Bremen to Bridgwater"
Kenny Wheeler - "Song for Someone"
Revolutionary Ensemble - "The Psyche"
Keez Hazevoet - "Pleasure"
Mongezi Feza - "Free Jam"
Phillips/Léandre/Parker/Saitoh - "After You Gone" & Dave Holland/Barre Phillips - "Music From Two Basses"
Pierre Favre - "Saxophones" & "Ulrichsberg" (with Irene Schweizer)
Rashied AliArthur Rhames - "The Dynamic Duo"
Sonny Fortune - "Continuum"
John Abercrombie - "Class Trip"
Sonore - "No One Ever Works Alone" & Vandermark/Nilssen-Love - "Dual Pleasure 2" & The Thing - "Garage"
Revolutionary Ensemble - "And Now"
Barry Guy/Marilyn Crispell/Paul Lytton - "Ithaca"
Paul Dunmall - "Awareness Response" & "Go Forth Duck" & "Bridging"
Evan Parker - "America 2003" & "The Bishop's Move"
Gary Windo - "Anglo American"
Alex Skolnick - "Transformation"
Tubby HayesRendell/Carr Qnt. - "Live in London"
Mahavishnu Project - "Phase 2"
Henry Grimes - "Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival"
The Fringe - "Live at Zeitgeist"
Alexander von Schlippenbach - "Compression" & "Monk's Casino"
Tippett/Grew/Riley/Thomas - "Pianoforte"
Graham Collier "Workpoints"/John Surman "Way Back When"
The Thing "Live at Blĺ"/Mats Gustafsson "Catapult"
Four by Peter Brötzmann
Wayne Shorter - "Beyond the Sound Barrier"
Albert Mangelsdorff - "Triplicity"
Erik Hinds - "Reign in Blood"
Don Friedman - "Live at JazzBaltica"
Ken Vandermark - "Alchemia"
Edmund Welles - "Agrippa's 3 Books"
Free Music Ensemble - "Cuts"
Paul Rutherford - "Neuph"/"Iskra3"
Eric Dolphy - "The Complete Uppsala Concert"
Paal Nilssen-Love - "Townhouseorchestra"
Sepia Trio - "Cleft"
Jacob Garchik - "Abtracts"
Jakob Anderskov - "Unity of Action"
Perry Robinson/Ed Schuller/Ernst Bier - "Children's Song"
Barry Guy - "Oort-Entropy"/"Dakryon"
Sam Bardfeld - "Periodic Trespasses"
Joe Fiedler - "Plays the Music of Albert Mangelsdorff"
Steve Swell - "Fire into Music"
Miles Davis - "The Cellar Door Sessions 1970"
Otomo Yoshihide - "Plays Eric Dolphy's Out To Lunch"
Ken Vandermark - "The Color of Memory"
Michael Garrick - "Black Marigolds" & "October Woman"
Soft Machine - "BBC Live in Concert 1971 & 1972"
The Clarinets/Ted Reichman - "My Ears Are Bent"/Curtis Hasselbring - "The New Mellow Edwards"
Nemu Records - "Carnival Skin"/"Mars"
Charles Lloyd - "Sangam"/"Of Course Of Course"
Lee Konitz - "New Nonet"
Industrial Jazz Group - "Industrial Jazz A Go Go!"
Zu/Mats Gustafsson - "How to Raise an Ox"
William Parker's Requiem & Joe Fonda's Loaded Basses
Evan Parker - "The Topography of the Lungs", "Antwerp 1988", "The Eleventh Hour", "Crossing the River"
Solo Sax - "Time Lapse", :Solo (Soprano Saxophone)", "Whirl of Nothingness"
Andrew Hill - "Smokestack", "Andrew!!!", "Pax"
Adam Linson - "Cut and Continuum"/Pierre-Yves Martel - "Engagement & Confrontation"
Alex von Schlippenbach - "Twelve Tones Tales" & "Wintereisse"

Miscellaneous Articles

Out-Of-Print: MPS part one
Out-Of-Print: Attila Zoller
Out-Of-Print: FMP part one
Out-Of-Print: South Africa
Out-Of-Print: Calig
The Vinyl Age
Encore: Henry Grimes
Encore: Steve Tintweiss
Ayler Records
Leo Records
Revenant Albert Ayler Box Set
Footprints: The Life and Music of Wayne Shorter
JAZZ ZOOM: Carryin’ It On
Ebba Jahn: Rising Tones Cross
Encore: Sirone
Derek Bailey: Playing For Friends on 5th Street
Encore: Jacques Coursil
Jazz Journeys to Japan: The Heart Within
Faust: A Silent Movie (1926)
Encore: Noah Howard
Ray Russell: Live at The Montreux Jazz Festival 1983
The Evolution of Jazz in Britain 1880-1935
Fusion Books: Running the Voodoo Down & Power, Passion and Beauty
Encore: Selwyn Lissack
Profile of Downtown Music Gallery
Jazzin' The Black Forest: A Film by Elke Baur
Billy Strayhorn: Lush Life

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