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		<title>We&#8217;re Back: Pianist Denny Zeitlin&#8217;s New Trio Album for Sunnyside</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 17:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As&#8221; Rifftides readers have undoubtedly noticed, it has been a long time since we posted. We are creating a new post in hopes &#8221; that it will open the way to resumption of frequent reports as part of the&#8221; artsjournal.com&#8221; mission to keep you up to date on jazz and other matters. Pianist Denny Zeitlinâ€™s stunning new trio album [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Brief Hiatus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Mclennan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2020 16:47:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rifftides has been unable to post for many days because of computer problems. Its proprietor, Doug Ramsey, has asked us to assure Rifftides readers that the blog will resume as soon as difficulties are resolved.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bley, Swallow, Sheppard: Life Goes On</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 22:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it takes a while to catch up. Case in point: Carla Bley&#8217;s, Andy Sheppard&#8217;s and Steve Swallow&#8217;s Life Goes On. ECM released the album on Valentine&#8217;s Day. But the Rifftides staff (blame me) somehow managed to overlook what would ordinarily have been a quick and enthusiastic response to a nifty album. Swallow is all [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The New One By John Scofield And Friends</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2020 03:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several Rifftides readers have expressed concern that this blog has appeared infrequently of late and asked if the staff are all right. We are fine. Thank you for asking. Back to business: John Scofield brings together a pair longtime colleagues for a new collection reminding us that his range and flexibility are among the greatest [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recent Listening, In Brief</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2020 03:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Michelle Lordi,&#8217;s&#8221; Break Up With The Sound &#8221; (Cabinet Of Wonder) runs an eclectic course from Hank&#8221; Williams&#8217;s heart-tugging country classic &#8220;I&#8217;m So Lonesome&#8221; to songs by Ms. Lordi herself, &#8221; plus pieces by Cole Porter and members of The Beatles. It is popular, mostly American, music that maintains C&#38;W earnestness without sliding into the heart-on-the-sleeve sentimentaility that constricts [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Big Band Of Canadians</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2020 00:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jim Wilke (pictured above) tells us about the next program on his&#8221; Jazz Northwest, and where to hear it. Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra&#8221;  (Hersog, front &#38; center) photo by Robert Iannone CD Debut of Daniel Hersog Jazz Orchestra on Jazz Northwest, June 7 on 88.5 KNKX A rich collection of original compositions and arrangements by Daniel [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>On Memorial Day, Thoughts Of A Friend</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2020 04:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every Memorial Day, I think of someone who became a friend under demanding circumstances. Some years, I share that thought with Rifftides readers. MEMORY OF A FRIEND First posted May 30, 2011 There is someone I think of every Memorial Day, and many other days. Cornelius Ram and I were among a collection of young [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Frantisek Uhli&#8221;&#8216;s Welcome New Album</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2020 05:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Some time ago, I wrote on Rifftides, &#8220;The Czech Frantisek Uhli&#8221; is one of the greatest bassists in the world. He works frequently in the trio of his countryman pianist Emil Viklicky, another great European player about whom most Americans know little. I just ran across a brief note I made when I was in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Paul Desmond &#038; His Canadians,  The Complete Set At Last</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2020 02:36:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mosaic Records reports that the first release of Paul Desmond&#8211;The Complete 1975 Toronto Recordings has sold out. The seven-CD set features the former Dave Brueck Quartet alto saxophonist &#8221; with his prized Canadian rhythm section of guitarist Ed Bickert, bassist Don Thompson and drummer Jerry Fuller. Mosaic&#8217;s Michael Cuscuna says that he expects the next batch [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Matthew Shipp&#8217;s Piano Equation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Matthew Shipp: The Piano Equation (Tao Forms) The dictionary defines equation as &#8220;the act of making equal.&#8221; In his engrossing new solo album, pianist Matthew Shipp creates eleven new pieces of music in which the equality of his powerful hands is important to the venture&#8217;s success, but not as important as the fertile imagination that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lee Konitz, 1927-2020</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2020 06:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lee Konitz died today in a New York City hospital. He was 92. Known primarily for the individualism of his &#8221; alto saxophone work, Konitz in his later years also played soprano saxophone. Using aspects of phrasing, rhythm and tonal quality adapted from the great tenor saxophonist Lester Young, Konitz in the 1940s developed into one [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Iverson, Harrell And The Gershwins</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2020 21:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Perhaps a good way to buoy spirits in this dispiriting time is to call your attention to music that gives the Rifftides staff a lift&#8230;in hopes that it may do the same for you. Pianist and composer Ethan Iverson&#8217;s recent collection&#8221; Common Practice has moments that are helpful in that regard. Iverson put together a quartet [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Weekend Listening Tip</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2020 04:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jim Wilke sent us a weekend listening tip, illustrated: Jay Thomas photo by Daniel Sheehan Seattle Jazz Hero Jay Thomas featured on Jazz Northwest, Sunday April 12 Multi-instrumentalist Jay Thomas was named a Seattle Jazz Hero recently by the national Jazz Journalists Association, and will be featured opening this week&#8217;s Jazz Northwest&#8221; with a pair of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Recent Listening: Ernesto Cervini&#8217;s Tetrahedron</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2020 03:06:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Canadian drummer Ernesto Cervini&#8217;s Tetrahedron&#8221; manages to meld elements of contemporary electronica&#8221; with references to developments in the six decades since John Coltrane&#8217;s &#8220;Giant Steps&#8221; innovations and Ornette Coleman&#8217;s free jazz turned the music in new directions. Cervini enlists electric bassist Rich Brown, the daring New York guitarist Nir Felder and alto saxophonist Luis Deniz. From the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2020 Jazz Heroes: The Complete List</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug Ramsey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2020 23:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Each year, the Jazz Journalists Association recognizes musicians, writers, broadcasters and others who have made important contributions to the health and success of jazz in their parts of the United States. Here are the new honorees. For the list of 2020 heroes and their biographical sketches, scroll down and click on the names of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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