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Elvin Jones

  • Blogs

    April 25, 2011

    Tony Allen brings 'Kindness' to the Cedar stage, 4/23/11

    ​"Monumental," "transcendent," and "unbelievable." These were the words I kept hearing in my head in between all the horn vamps, polyrhythmic shuffles, and body movements that were born of the powerful display on the Cedar Cultural Center's stage this Saturday courtesy of Tony Allen and his seven- ... More >>

  • Music

    December 8, 2010

    Doomtree Blowout, Tricky, Dark Dark Dark, and more

    ​"Monumental," "transcendent," and "unbelievable." These were the words I kept hearing in my head in between all the horn vamps, polyrhythmic shuffles, and body movements that were born of the powerful display on the Cedar Cultural Center's stage this Saturday courtesy of Tony Allen and his seven- ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 8, 2010

    McCoy Tyner Quartet

    ​"Monumental," "transcendent," and "unbelievable." These were the words I kept hearing in my head in between all the horn vamps, polyrhythmic shuffles, and body movements that were born of the powerful display on the Cedar Cultural Center's stage this Saturday courtesy of Tony Allen and his seven- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2010

    Ben Ivascu on crushing the drums: Nine bands, no waiting

    Photo by Erik Hess​"Ben is kind of The Dude....he's a maniac and he holds it down so hard." High praise from Stef Leron "POS" Alexander, but drummer Ben Ivascu lives up to the hype every single time he plays. And chances are that he's playing right now. In a set of cities blessed with some o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 29, 2009

    Piper Jaffray Jazz at Orchestra Hall: McCoy Tyner Quartet

    Photo by Erik Hess​"Ben is kind of The Dude....he's a maniac and he holds it down so hard." High praise from Stef Leron "POS" Alexander, but drummer Ben Ivascu lives up to the hype every single time he plays. And chances are that he's playing right now. In a set of cities blessed with some o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 5, 2008

    Ravi Coltrane Quartet/ Roy Haynes Quartet

    Photo by Erik Hess​"Ben is kind of The Dude....he's a maniac and he holds it down so hard." High praise from Stef Leron "POS" Alexander, but drummer Ben Ivascu lives up to the hype every single time he plays. And chances are that he's playing right now. In a set of cities blessed with some o ... More >>

  • Music

    January 3, 2007

    Delfeayo Marsalis: Minions Dominion

    Photo by Erik Hess​"Ben is kind of The Dude....he's a maniac and he holds it down so hard." High praise from Stef Leron "POS" Alexander, but drummer Ben Ivascu lives up to the hype every single time he plays. And chances are that he's playing right now. In a set of cities blessed with some o ... More >>

  • News

    December 20, 2006

    (Some of) All That Jazz

    Swinging and swooning over 10 of 2006's best jazz albums

  • Movies

    August 31, 2005

    Documentary Or The Truth?

    'We Jam Econo' clocks the Minutemen DIY-style

  • Music

    April 13, 2005

    Hella: Church Gone Wild/Chirpin' Hard

    'We Jam Econo' clocks the Minutemen DIY-style

  • Music

    May 7, 2003

    Flipping the Bird

    With sparrows squawking in the distance, Fog subverts new-age music for the old-soul set

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    Free Jazz

    Tuning in to tune out

  • Music

    December 1, 1999

    The Indestructible Beat

    South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim found a mentor in Duke Ellington, a fan in Mandela, a community in American free jazz, and a muse in his once-lost country

  • Music

    November 5, 1997

    John Coltrane: The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings

    South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim found a mentor in Duke Ellington, a fan in Mandela, a community in American free jazz, and a muse in his once-lost country

  • Music

    August 27, 1997

    Miles Ahead

    South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim found a mentor in Duke Ellington, a fan in Mandela, a community in American free jazz, and a muse in his once-lost country

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