This week ends August with celebratory flair, including events for Women’s Equality Day, Record Store Day, and ice cream.
Bop Shop
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Bred in the bone
Joe Fiedler never meant to play the trombone, but that hasn’t stopped him from becoming one of the most in-demand players on the New York scene. Growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1960’s and 70’s, his home life wasn’t particularly musical. His father mostly listened to singers like Roger Miller, but Fiedler’s ears perked up […]
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The Barry Altschul Trio
When Barry Altschul takes one of his epic drum solos, he concentrates with all his might on…nothing. “If you think,” says Altschul, “you’re late. You have to trust your musicality.” Altschul has trusted his musicality in collaborations with many of the greatest artists in jazz. He’ll bring his current trio to Lovin’ Cup Sunday. Altschul […]
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10³²K
There’s no mistaking it when Ku-umba Frank Lacy really gets going. He lifts his trombone to the sky and then plunges it back to the ground in a split second. Up and down the long horn goes while the note he’s suspending spreads far and wide. “I’m into a sort of rarefraction of the sound,” […]
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MUSIC FEATURE: Joel Harrison
Guitarist Joel Harrison may have made his name in the jazz world, but when you go to hear him don’t expect perfect bebop runs. “I approach the guitar as an orchestral instrument in the group, not as the star soloist,” says Harrison, who plays at the Bop Shop on Friday, April 26, “so when I’m […]
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Maximum rotation, maximum joy
It ain’t fair, it ain’t fair! I know that asking people to pick their five favorite records is limiting and frustrating. Imagine the torture it must have been when I posed these questions to those who sling vinyl for a living. I thought their heads would explode. In all fairness, I did it to myself […]
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Still bopping
Three months ago Down Beat magazine ran an extensive article titled “Where to buy jazz.” It wasn’t about large chains that deal in volume; it focused on those small, idiosyncratic stores you might find in the hippest neighborhoods of New York City, Boston, or Chicago. But the picture illustrating the article had a two-word caption: […]
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The Bop Shop bop
Recently, a woman strolled into the Bop Shop in search of some jumpblues. Owner Tom Kohn and his staff were on the case with the speed and enthusiasm of a NASCAR pit crew. “We were like, ‘Jump blues? You need Tiny Bradshaw, Louis Jordan. You need Gene Phillips, Todd Rhodes,’” Kohn recalls. The individual […]
