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PHOTO JOURNAL: New Year’s Day jazz concert

Caton Castle Lounge in Baltimore: featuring Bobby Watson, Warren Wolf, Curtis Lundy, Eric Kennedy, and Jordan Williams.

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JAN Best of 2023

JAN Editor Christopher Burnett’s favorite albums of 2023 list, with audio embeds, and reasons why.

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Why Charlie Parker Remains Significant

Musings In Cb (ARTICLE) “Why Charlie Parker Remains Significant” I read that the Miles Davis masterpiece album “SEVEN STEPS TO HEAVEN” turned 60 years old on July 16 of this year. And it validates that all thoughtfully done professional music truly has no expiration dates. Regardless of any music genre labels applied to it. Another […]

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JULY REVIEWS

ALBUM:BOOK OF SECRETS ARTIST:PATRICK CORNELIUS Watch the official video Video by Luke Marantz Listen to the album Another great album by Patrick Cornelius. His writing continues to reverently move the music into our times. The playing is superb throughout. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Available everywhere. — Christopher Burnett, JAN Patrick Cornelius: Alto Saxophone Behn Gillece: Vibes Art […]

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REVIEW: Simeon Davis

All in all this is an impressive effort from Simeon Davis, both for his writing and his playing. With luck and perseverance, he will certainly have a great future in creative music.

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JAN SERIES: Next Generation Perspectives

Article by Joshua Rivera and Jackson HarrisonCompiled and Edited by Christopher Burnett Jazz Artistry Now poses two questions in our “Next Generation Perspectives” series to jazz artists who are current Fellows as well as Alumni of the Kansas City Area Youth Jazz program. We believe that it is important to hear from our youngest musicians. […]

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Christopher Burnett’s Favorite Albums of 2021

Here’s my list of 10 favorite albums released in 2021 and why I selected each of them…

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Part 2.2 of David Adler’s Favorite Albums of 2021

Mr. Adler returns with the second part of his “Favorite Albums of 2021” list. Please note that albums are not listed in any particular ranking order.

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David R. Adler’s Favorite Albums of 2021

Here are 10 of David R. Adler’s favorite album releases of 2021 along with his review commentary. Albums are not ranked in any particular order and are embedded into the article as a reference for listening.

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Scott Yanow’s 2021 Picks

“Even during the pandemic, thousands of worthwhile jazz recordings were released in 2021. Some are cutting edge and seek to move the music ahead while others are creative within the context of established styles. Here are ten that remained in my memory long after I played them. Next month I will list ten equally rewarding recordings that are reissues or historical recordings from earlier times.” ~ Scott Yanow, JAN

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Kenny Washington – a personal reflection

Conversationally, he was most engaging and charismatic – a baby-faced authentic New York character who drew me into what became an ongoing sphere of influence, within a few seconds.

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Great Jazz Communities Inherently Have Great Jazz Infrastructures

By Christopher Burnett It was dark when we crossed the blue bridge over the Missouri River and pulled into the City of Leavenworth, officially known as “The First City of Kansas” and also hometown to such music industry luminaries as Melissa Etheridge and the phenomenal LA-based woodwind artist Gary Foster. I am a native of […]

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Lee Morgan: Completing the Lighthouse

The Lighthouse Café in Hermosa Beach, California, still in existence, practically rivals New York’s Village Vanguard in terms of historic live jazz albums to have issued from its bandstand.

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Guitar Albums in Review

Tom Guarna’s penchant for sonic exploration is closer to Mr. Loueke than to Mr. Pinheiro, though his warm, overdriven guitar tone is nothing like either of theirs.

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BIRD AND THE BLUES

I already know what I want for Christmas, “Charlie Parker: The Mercury & Clef 10-Inch LP Collection.”

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SOLO JAN

It’s no mystery why the year 2020 would prompt a good number of solo albums. And yet 2020 isn’t unique in that regard: jazz has a legacy of unaccompanied performance stretching back to Jelly Roll Morton, the stride pianists, Art Tatum and so many others.

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WINTER JAN

Here are several 2020 releases that should be on everyone’s playlists. Featuring the new works of Logan Richardson, Patrick Cornelius, Arthur White and MERGE, and Marcus Lewis Big Band our Editor’s Picks cover a relatively broad modern spectrum.

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Stanley Lawrence Crouch (December 14, 1945 – September 16, 2020)

In his work there was a certain adamant refusal to sign on with and regurgitate what everyone else was saying. For better or worse.

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REVIEW: The Possibility of Change by Fernando Huergo Big Band

Artist: Fernando Huergo Big Band Album: The Possibility Of Change © Copyright 2020 – Fernando HuergoLabel – Outside In Music Reviewed By Scott Yanow THE POSSIBILITY OF CHANGE Jazz Artistry Now – In his career so far, bassist-composer Fernando Huergo has appeared on over 160 albums as a sideman and previously led 11 albums. Born in Cordoba, Argentina […]

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JAZZ MARKETING: It’s not as bad as it seems

SOCIAL MEDIA FOR ARTISTS IN THE TWENTIES Article by Christopher Burnett A quarter-century ago using the Internet was still relatively new to most of the music industry. Most major jazz artists didn’t need to use it at all. And my searches for many of them online back then validated that they indeed didn’t. The old gatekeeper […]