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lifeliberty
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Troy "Trombone Shorty"Andrews
I want to see him next time he's in town
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JedThorp
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I guess it depends on what you like, and what you consider "new." I've been listening to a lot of jazz piano lately...Marcus Roberts (he's been around for a while now,) and Cyrus Chestnut. Terrance Blanchard (trumpet) continues to put out great albums year after year, and is one of my favorites. I'm also loving a young bass player named Esperanza Spalding. Unfortunately, jazz hasn't improved much in the last 25 years, (IMO) aside from some of the newer afro and latin fusion stuff. My advice is to get on Pandora, create a station for an artist you like, and see who else comes up. That's expecially helpful in a genre like jazz where it's hard to know who the good new artists are.
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0Angle
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They might make some people close their ears because of their covers, but The Bad Plus sure do have something figured out. I find it hard to beat Mingus and Monk as composers and up to a few years ago, deceased local legend, Rahsaan Roland Kirk still had live recordings being released.
If you have a chance to catch Eddie Bayard
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=Eddie+Bayard&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&oq=
when he is in town (he has been coming back for Comfest) you would do yourself a treat by catching him. The jazz stage at comfest in general is a great way to catch up on local jazz with no monetary investment, IMOPosted 2 years ago # -
Tenzo
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lifeliberty wrote >>
Troy "Trombone Shorty"Andrews
I want to see him next time he's in town
http://www.capa.com/columbus/events/event.php?e=777 April 3Jazz looses a lot when presented in a theater.
One of the best aspects of Jazz is it's fluidity and ability to change with the audiance. For me, a true Jazz experiance includes influencing the results as part of the audiance. Also, the environment plays a big factor. Wether it's the gritty environment of the Checkboard or the clubby atmosphere of the Blue Note or the crowded intimacy of the Back Room.Jazz includes being in the moment, so to me, observing them on a massive stage lacks a core part of the experiance.
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I don't listen to much jazz, but when I do, I go see my friend, Brad Mellen. He has a gig on Friday, 10pm at Dick's Den and usually plays weekly at Floorspace with Jake Reed. When he's playing with his own group, he does some Coltrane (IIRC), covers of Japanese video game music (Super Mario Bros. 2 and RPGs), original compositions and more.
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lifeliberty
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T, I hear ya. I've never been to the Lincoln theatre. I only used to listen to it at dicks den or other bar places while drinking. B was talking about going to the Voodoo Festival this year in NO for some wedding festivities. but in truth I really haven't listened to much jazz lately. LOL, closest thing lately is White Stripes "in the cold cold night"
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XLD
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These artists may not be the newest, but they’re at least very much active.
Bill Frisell (guitar) – been around a while, but a living legend & still going strong
Brad Mehldau (piano)
James Carter (sax, etc.) – mostly the live stuff where he’s more likely to go ape shit
Marcin Wasilewski (piano) – leading a trio and while backing Tomasz Stanko (trumpet)
Medeski, Martin & Wood – known mostly for jazz fusion, their live traditional acoustic piano recording Tonic is brilliantLocally, I believe Bobby Floyd (p) is king. Mark Flugge(p) is also a big name. Otherwise, I’m also in the dark.
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XLD wrote >>
James Carter (sax, etc.) – mostly the live stuff where he’s more likely to go ape shit
James Carter is exactly what jazz needs to get people interested again.
He played in the Roland Kirk tribute @ OSU a few years back and they couldn't have found anybody alive to better personify him!Posted 2 years ago # -
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Rastapasta
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Brian Auger has an excellent wealth of recordings
scratch that, glanced over 'new jazz'
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Christian Howes I believe is now located in OH again, when he's not world traveling. And his stuff will knock your socks off.
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deraj1013
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Ken Vandermark and the Vandermark 5 recorded a Rahsaan Roland Kirk covers album (Free Jazz Classics Vol. 3) about 5 years ago that was also excellent. The Vandermark 5 played the Wexner Center about 5 months ago. The band is from Chicago.
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deraj1013 wrote >>
Ken Vandermark and the Vandermark 5 recorded a Rahsaan Roland Kirk covers album (Free Jazz Classics Vol. 3) about 5 years ago that was also excellent. The Vandermark 5 played the Wexner Center about 5 months ago. The band is from Chicago.Ding dong dang ITunes only has vols. 3 & 4 packaged(?) together. I dig Sonny Rollins-would you say that its worth the 20 smackers?
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