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FEATURES

GIVING THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT

by Ron Forbes-Roberts

For the past seven years, Cory Weeds has delivered the ultimate in intimacy for countless jazz fans at his eighty-five-seat, subterranean club in Vancouver's trendy but funky Kitsilano area.As Coda discovers, Weeds's position in the local jazz community is not limited to his role as a club owner.An accomplished saxophonist, record label head and radio host,Weeds’s efforts on multiple fronts have positioned him as an integral part of Vancouver’s vibrant musical scene.

DUO-OLOGY: JODI PROZNICK AND TILDEN WEBB
by Andrew Scott

Vancouver bassist Jodi Proznick and pianist Tilden Webb have quietly established themselves as two-thirds of that city’s top-drawer rhythm section since moving there from Montreal in 2000.Having backed up everyone from Charles McPherson to David “Fathead” Newman, Proznick and Webb are now touring the former’s new album, Foundations, across Canada.

SECTIONS

OPENING NOTES

New York is Now: End of Summer
Emerging Talents:Marianne Trudel
Photo Feature:The Saints
Sybil and the Three Clubs: New Toronto Jazz Ventures
Jazzology and the IAJE
Breakfast with Stacey Kent and Jim Tomlinson
Remembered: Doug Riley, Paul Rutherford, Art Davis, Max Roach

SWINGING CELLULOIDby Michael Borshuk

Sun Ra in Space is the Place.

 

HEARD AND SEEN

Wynton Marsalis, the LCJO and Odadaa!
It Happened in Monterey
Stefano Battaglia at Spoleto
Free Jazz in Atlanta and Detroit

 

TAKE TWO: REISSUES by Duck Baker

Onzy Matthews, Johnny Mercer, Al Cohn, Bud Powell.

JAZZ IN PRINT

Right Down Front by Ron Hudson, reviewed by Joseph Blake

DVDs

Jazz Icons Part II.

RECENT CDs

David Occhipinti’s latest, Jewels and Binoculars, Erik Truffaz, Kenny Davern and more.

FEATURE REVIEWS

Collections of Collective Improvisation
Smalls Records Delivers the Goods

 

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