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CONSIDERING CHRIS BOTTI

The talented and handsome trumpeter is the latest lightning rod in the ongoing debate over the corporatization of jazz. In this overview Nick Pitt discusses Botti's recent recorded output while Ottawa correspondent Charles Pope Jr. reviews a performance from his recent Canadian tour.

FOUR OF A KIND: THE BIG EXPLOSION OF SATOKO FUJII
by Marc Chénard

With the simultaneous release of four albums by four different orchestras under her direction, the Japanese pianist and composer has reinvigorated the big-band concept for the new century—and placed herself at the forefront of the style at the same time.

GERALD WILSON: SOUNDTRACK TO A LIFE
by Peter Vacher

Still leading his own orchestra at 88 years old, Wilson’s considerable contributions to jazz have been somewhat overlooked. After his formative years in Jimmy Lunceford’s orchestra, Wilson wrote and arranged for Duke Ellington, Count Basie and many of the biggest names in the music.

SECTIONS
 

OPENING NOTES

That Spanish Tinge: Checking out the club scene in Madrid
Way Out West: Gordon Grdina's great guitar
Emerging Talent: Toronto saxophonist Ryan Oliver's Art of Life debut
New York is Now: Michael Dorf brings Downtown uptown

HEARD AND SEEN

Guelph, Ontario, is attracting big names (and big audiences) during their annual festival and beyond.

OUT THERE by Marc Chénard

Ken Vandermark's theory of progress.

TAKE TWO: REISSUES by Duck Baker

Navigating a grey area with the Lonehill label.

JAZZ IN PRINT

Two new books by Mark Miller.

DVD's

Efor Films collects jazz from the tube.

FEATURE REVIEWS

The latest discs from three of the Marsalis brothers
Blue Note Connoisseur series
The Complete Jazz Lab of Donald Byrd and Gigi Gryce
Anthony Braxton at FIMAV 2005