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The Dozens: 12 Essential Max Roach Recordings
Selected by Nasheet Waits
Max Roach did more than anyone to bring jazz drumming into the modern age. In the course of a career that spanned seven decades, he put his stamp on everything from bebop to hip-hop, constantly reinventing his musical persona. In this installment of Guest Artist Dozens, edited by Ted Panken another master drummer, Nasheet Waits, surveys Roach's career and highlights 12 essential tracks.
Read More The Dozens: Twelve Jazz
Perspectives On Björk
Hailing from Reykjavik, Iceland, Björk burst onto the music scene in 1993 with Debut, an album featuring the jazz standard “Like Someone in Love.” Since then, this global star has maintained ties with the jazz world, even earning her biggest hit with “It’s Oh So Quiet,” a swing number dating back to 1948. Jazz artists have returned the respect, covering versions of Björk songs. Brad Farberman highlight 12 worthy renditions in this installment of the Dozens.
Read MoreThe Dozens: Trombone
12 Classic Performances
Back in New Orleans, long before the saxophonists or guitarists showed up in jazz, the trombonists were making their elongated presence felt on the scene. And they're still going strong a century later. Alex W. Rodriguez, resident bone-ology specialist at jazz.com, highlights 12 classic trombone tracks in this installment of the Dozens.
Read MoreInterview: Sonny Rollins
No living artist has done more than Sonny Rollins to define the role of the tenor sax in jazz. He is an iconic figure, a founding father of modern jazz still active and playing at top form in his late 70s. Jazz.com's Stuart Nicholson talks with Rollins in a free-wheeling interview.
Read MoreJazz.com Blog Highlights
Below are links to some of the highlights from the jazz.com blog.

Life on the Road: The Journal of a Traveling Jazz Musician: Frøy Aagre’s three-part article may be the most insightful account you will ever read about the realities of road life for most jazz musicians. It is not a pretty picture, but it was a story that very much needed to be told.
Jazz and Hip-Hop: Can They Really Mix? Jared Pauley presented a smart mini-history of the courtship between jazz and hip-hop in this two-part article. And he also stirred up a mini-war on our blog pages. Alan Kurtz stepped in to annul this unholy union, responding with his typical rebarbative repartee in a memorable piece entitled Hip-Hop is to Jazz as Termitz R2 Wud. Both articles are well worth reading.
Life at Gypsy Jazz Camp: One of the most interesting developments in the jazz world is the great resurgence of interest in Django Reinhardt and Gypsy jazz. Bill Barnes took us into the heart of this subculture in his three-part article on his experiences at a jazz camp devoted to jazz Manouche.
A Jazz Success Story in Vermont: In a series of articles for jazz.com, Willard Jenkins presented case studies on the people and organizations that are keeping the music alive in various communities around the United States. In this installment, Jenkins explored a jazz success story in Burlington Vermont , and talked with Arnie Malina, the man behind it.
Ornette: The Blue Note Years: In this two-part article, Chris Kelsey looked at a controversial period in Ornette Coleman’s career. Blue Note’s move into the avant-garde was a symbolic moment, and produced music that critics are still debating almost a half-century later.
On Discography: If the jazz world is a subculture, then the most cultish members of all are the jazz discographers. Will Friedwald peers inside the universe of the experts who keep tabs on all of the songs.
Where Copyright Goes Wrong: Jazz.com’s Alan Kurtz is best known for his curmudgeonly critiques and the controversies these engender. But he could have been a lawyer (or at least played one on TV) judging by this convincing assault on the current state of US copyright law.
The Once and Future Strings:When electric guitar first showed up in the jazz world, most fans treated it as a novelty effect. But after the impact of Chicago blues, rock-and-roll and other related styles, the plugged-in guitar has become the defining sound of contemporary music. Bill Barnes looks at the state of the guitar in jazz. This three-part article offers historical perspective on the current situation, and assesses the future potential for this instrument.
The Secret Jazz Festivals: These private events allow a small group of insiders to hear a range of up-and-coming artists. Casual fans are not invited, but concert promoters, booking agents and critics get a glimpse of the new generation of talent. But here's the catch: you won't find them in the US. Thierry Quénum, a leading jazz critic based in Paris, offers an inside look.
All About Jazz How-to Tips: Adding Venues, Festivals And Events
Since we started emailing a weekly local concert calendar a few weeks back, website calendar usage has increased significantly (we added over 1,000 events on March 31!).
But our system is only as good as our data and we'd like to ask everyone to submit complete and accurate information and make it look as professional as possible.
I've outlined tips (below) on how best to submit events and how to ensure that your events will appear in our weekly geo-targeted email blast.
Adding venues
If the venue you are performing at does not appear in the venue box on the event submission form, then please add the venue. All About Jazz is similar to Wikipedia in that we crowd source our data; unlike Wikipedia we do not have the staff to always ensure accuracy. So, when adding a venue, please include the street name, the city, the state, the zip code and the country. City and zip code are now mandatory and will ensure that your events reach our members weekly. In addition to a complete and accurate venue listing, please make sure it looks as professional as possible. Avoid all lower case or all upper case; spell check; and place information in the correct boxes.
Adding festivals
Like venues, please check to see if your festival exists in our database. If it does not, please add it before you post your event(s). The same rules apply to festivals in terms of completeness and accuracy. For festivals, do not enter “2nd Annual," “5th Edition," etc. Just enter the festival's name. From the event submission form, a festival is the “Newport Jazz Festival" not “Super jam night at Casey's!". A good rule of thumb is, if what you are entering does not include the word “festival," then it's not a festival.
Musician?
If you are a musician and you do not have a musician profile, please add it before submitting your events.
Adding events
Once your venue or festival has been added, you are free to submit events to All About Jazz. The event submission form includes festival, venue and musician name auto complete boxes—so submitting your event will go smoothly and the auto completes will ensure accuracy.
Adding events through the submission form is simple enough, but we strongly encourage venues and presenters to consider exporting their events to All About Jazz in batches. This approach does require the assistance of an XML programmer, but it's a one time and inexpensive task and AAJ has the expertise to help you. Once your feed has been created, All About Jazz will read it nightly and import your new dates automatically.
This isn't rocket science, but we do ask that you exercise quality control when you submit your events. If garbage goes in, garbage comes out, and that compromises our service to our members.
If you have any questions about our venue/festival directories or our calendar of events, please contact me direct.
All the best,
Michael Ricci
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JAZZ MUSIC
Jazz bisa sangat sulit untuk menentukan karena membentang dari waltz Ragtime untuk fusi era tahun 2000-an. Meskipun banyak upaya telah dilakukan untuk menentukan jazz dari sudut pandang di luar jazz, seperti menggunakan sejarah musik Eropa atau musik Afrika, kritikus jazz Joachim Berendt berpendapat bahwa semua upaya tersebut tidak memuaskan. Salah satu cara untuk berkeliling masalah definisi adalah untuk mendefinisikan jazz "istilah" lebih luas. Berendt mendefinisikan jazz sebagai bentuk "seni musik yang berasal dari Amerika Serikat melalui konfrontasi orang kulit hitam dengan musik Eropa", ia berpendapat bahwa jazz berbeda dari musik Eropa dalam jazz yang memiliki hubungan "khusus untuk waktu, yang didefinisikan sebagai 'ayunan' "," sebuah spontanitas dan vitalitas produksi musik di mana improvisasi memainkan peran ", dan" kemerduan dan cara ungkapan yang cermin individualitas dari musisi jazz melakukan ".
Travis Jackson juga mengusulkan definisi yang lebih luas dari jazz yang mampu mencakup seluruh era yang berbeda secara radikal: ia menyatakan itu adalah musik yang mencakup kualitas seperti "berayun", improvisasi, interaksi kelompok, mengembangkan sebuah" suara individu, dan menjadi 'terbuka' untuk kemungkinan musik yang berbeda Krin Gabbard mengklaim bahwa" jazz adalah membangun "atau kategori yang, sementara buatan, masih berguna untuk menunjuk" sejumlah musics dengan cukup umum harus dipahami sebagai bagian dari sebuah tradisi yang koheren ".
Sementara jazz mungkin sulit untuk menentukan, improvisasi jelas salah satu elemen kunci. Awal blues pada umumnya terstruktur sekitar pola panggilan-dan-respon yang berulang, unsur umum dalam tradisi lisan Afrika Amerika. Suatu bentuk musik rakyat yang meningkat di bagian dari lagu kerja dan bidang hollers Hitam pedesaan, blues awal juga sangat improvisasi. Fitur-fitur ini mendasar dengan sifat jazz.
dalam unsur-unsur musik klasik Eropa interpretasi, ornamen dan pendampingan kadang-kadang kiri ke kebijaksanaan yang berprestasi itu, tujuan utama adalah pemain memainkan komposisi seperti yang tertulis.
Dalam jazz, Namun, pemain ahli akan menafsirkan sebuah lagu dengan cara yang sangat individu, tidak pernah memainkan komposisi yang sama persis dengan cara yang sama dua kali. Tergantung mood pemain dan pengalaman pribadi, interaksi dengan sesama musisi, atau bahkan anggota audiens, seorang musisi jazz / pemain dapat mengubah melodi, harmoni atau waktu penandatanganan di akan. musik klasik Eropa telah dikatakan media komposer. Jazz, namun, sering ditandai sebagai produk kreativitas egaliter, interaksi dan kolaborasi, menempatkan nilai yang sama pada kontribusi dari komposer dan pelaku, 'tangkas berat [ing] klaim masing-masing komposer dan improvisasi' .
Di New Orleans dan Dixieland jazz, performer bergantian bermain melodi, sementara yang lain countermelodies improvisasi. Dengan era swing, big band datang untuk lebih mengandalkan musik diatur: pengaturan entah tertulis atau dipelajari oleh telinga dan hafal - banyak artis jazz awal tidak bisa membaca musik. solois Individu akan berimprovisasi dalam pengaturan ini. Kemudian, di bebop fokus bergeser ke arah kelompok-kelompok kecil dan pengaturan minimal; melodi (dikenal sebagai kepala "") akan dinyatakan secara singkat pada awal dan akhir bagian, tapi inti dari kinerja akan menjadi serangkaian improvisasi dalam tengah. Kemudian gaya jazz seperti jazz modal meninggalkan gagasan ketat kemajuan akord, yang memungkinkan individu musisi berimprovisasi bahkan lebih bebas dalam konteks skala tertentu atau mode. avant-garde dan idiom jazz bebas izin, bahkan memanggil, meninggalkan chords, sisik, dan meter berirama.
Telah lama ada perdebatan di komunitas jazz atas definisi dan batas-batas "jazz". Meskipun perubahan atau transformasi jazz oleh pengaruh baru awalnya sering dikritik sebagai kehinaan "," Andrew berpendapat Gilbert jazz yang memiliki kemampuan "untuk menyerap dan mengubah pengaruh" dari gaya musik yang beragam. Sementara beberapa penggemar jenis tertentu jazz berpendapat untuk definisi sempit yang mengecualikan berbagai jenis musik juga dikenal sebagai "jazz", musisi jazz sendiri sering enggan untuk mendefinisikan musik mereka bermain. Duke Ellington menyimpulkan dengan mengatakan, "Ini semua musik." Beberapa kritikus bahkan menyatakan bahwa musik Ellington bukanlah jazz karena diatur dan mengatur. Pada teman sisi lain Ellington dua puluh solo Earl Hines's "transformatif versi "komposisi Ellington (pada Earl Hines Dimainkan Duke Ellington dicatat pada tahun 1970) yang dijelaskan oleh Ben Ratliff, New York Times kritikus jazz, seperti" sebagai contoh yang baik dari proses jazz sebagai sesuatu di luar sana ".
Berorientasi komersial atau populer yang dipengaruhi musik jazz bentuk memiliki keduanya lama dikritik, setidaknya sejak munculnya Bop. penggemar jazz tradisional telah diberhentikan Bop, tahun 1970-an jazz [era fusi dan banyak lain] sebagai periode penurunan nilai komersial dari musik. Menurut Bruce Johnson, musik jazz selalu memiliki ketegangan "antara jazz sebagai musik komersial dan bentuk seni" catatan Gilbert itu. Sebagai gagasan tentang kanon jazz adalah berkembang, "prestasi masa lalu" dapat menjadi "... istimewa atas kreativitas istimewa ..." dan inovasi seniman saat Village Voice. jazz kritikus Gary Giddins berpendapat bahwa sebagai penciptaan dan penyebaran jazz semakin dilembagakan dan didominasi oleh perusahaan hiburan besar, jazz adalah menghadapi "sebuah. .. masa depan berbahaya kehormatan dan penerimaan tertarik "David Ake. memperingatkan bahwa penciptaan" norma "dalam jazz dan pembentukan tradisi jazz" "mungkin mengecualikan atau sampingan lainnya yang lebih baru, avant-garde bentuk jazz . Kontroversi juga muncul lebih dari bentuk-bentuk baru jazz kontemporer dibuat di luar Amerika Serikat dan berangkat secara signifikan dari gaya Amerika Di satu pandangan mereka merupakan bagian penting dari pengembangan saat ini jazz itu;. di lain mereka kadang-kadang dikritik sebagai penolakan terhadap tradisi jazz penting.


