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A novice bassist at 17, a professional bassist at 18, sideman to legendary trumpeter Chet Baker at 20, sideman to legendary pianist Bill Evans at 23, dead in a car wreck at 25: Scott LaFaro became and remains one of the greatest and saddest stories in the history of jazz.

Pianist Randy Ingram 's fine new recording, The Road Ahead , exemplifies smooth jazz, though thankfully not in the sense of the FM radio genre.

This is a fascinating two disc set that collects music that the great saxophonist Ornette Coleman recorded in a concentrated session in September of 1971.

Since he was neither as gonzo as Lester Bangs nor as infuriatingly smarty-pants as Robert Christgau, music critic Gary Giddins never attracted the same attention as did his contemporaries in rock-writing circles.

NPR: Wilson is 'One of the Finest Saxophonists in the Business" JAZZIZ: 'An Especially Skilled and Sensitive Jazz Saxophonist" Acclaimed saxophonist Steve Wilson shifts from sideman to center-stage in the months ahead, with a series of events celebrating and honoring the work of jazz legends Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Ornette ...

Sony/BMG Music Entertainment : CK 94740 . Reid Anderson : bass Ethan Iverson : piano David King : drums For all the immediate appeal the Bad Plus offer with polished and nearly flawless performances on this disc there is also the deft use of form.

In the instances that European and American improvisers have commingled and produced concerts and recordings, especially in the halcyon days of European free improvisation , a significant number of these situations resulted from expatriation.

Not Two Records Guitarist Joe Morris continues his 2002 experimentation with the double-bass. On Fine Objects , he leads a trio of saxophone, bass, and drums through two of his own compositions, a couple of trio improvisations, and other compositions by Ornette Coleman , Eric Dolphy , Larry Clinton and Petr Cancura .

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, AAJ Managing Editor John Kelman wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.

Decca Music Group Limited : 289 466 745-2 . Symphony No. 1 Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra Zubin Mehta : conductor Symphony No.

Jazz offers ample opportunity to hear diametrically opposed ideas and approaches coming from similar ensembles .

October 13th, 2009 [4:09PM] Posted by: Michael Mannheimer 2 COMMENTS In an era where music blogging often amounts to the use of ALL CAPS, quibbling about numerical ratings , and naming your favorite chillwave band, it can be hard to get excited about a jazz festival.

Pianist Paul Giallorenzo locates the jazz he makes with his quintet somewhere in the early 1960s, when post-bop was getting ready to explode into free jazz and its pioneers were rooted in swing, but thinking outward thoughts.

It was cool in Bombay that July in 1985, or was it 1986. Somehow the year does not seem to matter quite as much as it did when the phenomenon first occurred.

Vibraphonist and composer Steve Shapiro has recorded with such diverse artists as Steely Dan, Ornette Coleman, Phil Collins, Spyro Gyra, Regina Belle and They Might Be Giants.

What makes the 27th annual San Francisco Jazz Festival special? It's easy - the music knows no boundaries.

In the six years that he was active in the music industry, Scott LaFaro had a more notable career than many other bassists have in a much larger lifetime.

Jazz at Lincoln Center opened its fall season on Saturday night with a repertory tribute to Ornette Coleman.

One rad thing about being quite possibly the most revered jazz musician alive is you can play whatever you want, in terms of both songs and instrumentation, which explains why Ornette Coleman, holding forth in Jazz at Lincoln Center's gorgeous Rose Theater, plays saxophone, trumpet, and violin in the first two minutes of his first song, "Following ...

$69.50-$89.50. 8pm. 2. AFE Society duo Nitin and Terence Kissner may be rooted in techno, but theya TMve bumped up the mutant house factor in their bookings, making British DJ/producer Matt Tolfrey an ideal guest.