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FEATURES
 

KEEPING TIME: THE ODYSSEY OF CLAUDE RANGER
by Carole Warren; Photos by Barry Thomson

Not much is known about the final few years of one the finest drummers in jazz. In this CODA exclusive, Carole Warren ferrets out a real jazz mystery while paying proper respect to a man that few have forgotten.

PHOTO FEATURE: Dave Holland and Charlie Haden at Newport 2008

As CODA photographer Barry Thomson notes, this past summer’s Newport Jazz Festival was “old home week” for many in the jazz community. Two of this music’s finest bassists (Dave Holland and Charlie Haden) are captured in a candid moment of mutual admiration.

EMERGING TALENT

"Old Soul" Randy Napoleon is the secret weapon in the Freddie Cole Quartet.

IN THE FIRST

Bassist Pat Collins reflects on his development as a player and an educator.

HAPPENINGS
 

OPENING NOTES

A New Look at Don Pullen and the Avant-Garde
Phil Dwyer’s Vancouver Island Jazz Paradise
CODA at MusicFest 2008

HEARD AND SEEN

Barry Harris Trio at The Village Vanguard
French Quarter Festival
Suoni per il Popolo 2008
Ehud Asherie and Jon-Erik Kellso at Smalls NYC..and more

JAZZSCAPE

NEW YORK IS NOW by Kurt Gottschalk

VIEWPOINTS
 

SWINGING CELLULOID by Michael Borshuk

Jazz and Film at the Museum of Modern Art: Bertrand Blier’s Les Valseuses (1974)

FACE/OFF REVISITED

CODA readers respond to The Superiority of the Swing Era vs. To Anyone Who Was Listening (CODA 338 March/April 2008).

TAKE TWO:REISSUES by Duck Baker

Art Farmer Quartet, Kenny Clarke, Big John Patton, Sonny Rollins/Don Cherry Quartet, Henry Grimes and more.

REVIEWS
 

ONSCREEN

Art Blakey Live in San Remo 1963, Buck Clayton in 1961 and 1965, Gerry Mulligan in Sweden and Inside Out in the Open.

JAZZBOUND

Workout: The Music of Hank Mobley, The Little Giant: The Story of Johnny Griffin and High Hat, Trumpet and Rhythm: The Life of Valaida Snow.

CD RECORDINGS

Anthony Braxton/Milford Graves/William Parker, Hadley Caliman, Dawn Clement, Bobby Hutcherson, Claire Martin, MOPDtK, Reptet, Keith Rowe/Seymour Wright, Wadada Leo Smith’s Golden Quartet, Martin Taylor, and Martial Solal Trio.

FEATURE REVIEWS

Tom Harrell, Marilyn Crispell, Near-Jazz Grab-Bag and 24 Hours of Braxton.