Trombonist keeps Legacy alive

By Jazz News on January 27, 2012

Carl Randall, playing sax, and Steve Johnson on trombone, practice with Steve Johnson’s Jazz Legacy band in Johnson’s garage in Sunland on Wednesday, January 25, 2012.

Full Story »

Posted in | Leave a response

Around The Jazz Internet: Jan. 27, 2012

By Jazz on January 27, 2012

On L.A.’s club scene, Harlem’s young musicial residents and the latest BAM discussions.

Full Story »

Posted in | Leave a response

Miles Davis Forever Postage Stamp Featured In The New York Times

By MilesDavis.com News on January 27, 2012

Here is The New York Times’ report on the upcoming Miles Davis and Edith Piaf Forever postage stamps, which will be issued in June. The newspaper wrote:

read more

Full Story »

Posted in | Tagged | Leave a response

Remembering Clare Fischer On Piano Jazz

By Jazz on January 27, 2012

The composer-arranger and jazz pianist, who worked with Dizzy Gillespie, Prince, Cal Tjader and Chaka Khan alike, has died at 83. Hear a conversation and performance with host Marian McPartland.

Full Story »

Posted in | Leave a response

Curtis Stigers to Release Album of Pop, Soul, Folk Covers – News

By Jeff Tamarkin on January 27, 2012

‘Let’s Go Out Tonight’ includes songs by Bob Dylan, Neil Finn, Eddie Floyd, Jeff Tweedy and more

Full Story »

Posted in | Leave a response

PBS tonight: Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Florida’s senior voters

By Jazz News on January 27, 2012

You’ll get to hear Tony Bennett sing, but first “Need to Know” looks at the power of Florida’s elderly voters.

Full Story »

Posted in | Leave a response

TRENDS: Two of the Citya€(TM)S Musical Mainstays Are Soon to Go Silent

By All About Jazz News on January 27, 2012

Two New York City musical mainstays&#151Bleecker Bob’s Golden Oldies, a record store in Greenwich Village and Southpaw, a performance space in Park Slope&#151are calling it quits.

And what will replace them may provide fresh evidence that the city has traded its longtime rock ‘n’ roll edge for something mellower, and a bit corporate…

Full Story »

Posted in | Leave a response

SOCIAL GATHERING: Stone Age Social Networks May Have Resembled Ours

By All About Jazz News on January 27, 2012

If you ever sit back and wonder what it might have been like to live in the late Pleistocene, you’re not alone. That’s right about when humans emerged from a severe population bottleneck and began to expand globally.

But, apparently, life back then might not have been too different than how we live today (that is, without the cars, the written language, and of course, the smartphone). In this week’s Nature, a group of researchers suggest that we share many social characteristics with humans that lived in the late Pleistocene, and that these ancient humans may have paved the way for us to cooperate with each other…

Full Story »

Posted in | Leave a response

Previous Pause Next

CONTEST/GIVEAWAY: Enter the “Jason Stein – The Story This Time” CD Giveaway at All About Jazz!

By All About Jazz News on January 27, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Delmark “Jason Stein&#151The Story This Time” giveaway contest starting today. We’ll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on February 28th.

Click here to enter the contest

(Following Jason Stein at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)…

Posted in | Leave a response

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: L.A. Woman Was the Doors’ Bluesy Masterpiece, and Jim Morrison’s Kiss-off to L.A.

By All About Jazz News on January 27, 2012

In the winter of 1970-71, the Doors hibernated inside their rehearsal studio in West Hollywood to create L.A. Woman. Recorded and mixed in only two weeks, the album was an instant commercial and critical success upon its release.

The following April, with three smash singles and Rolling Stone hailing it as the band’s bluesiest and best effort. Unbeknownst to everyone, it would be their last as a unit, with Morrison dying under mysterious circumstances in Paris that July…

Posted in | Leave a response

TECHNOLOGY: Nikon D4, Canon Eos-1d X: Is $6,000 Too Much for a Camera?

By All About Jazz News on January 27, 2012

Nikon and Canon recently introduced two new state-of-the-art, high-priced DSLR (digital-single-len-reflex) professional cameras. To be exact, the manufacturers of the Nikon D4 list the suggested retail price as $5999.95, and Canon doesn’t list the price of the EOS-1D X on its site, but chatter on the Web puts it somewhere around $6,800…

Posted in | Leave a response

RADIO/PODCAST: Russell Brand to Interview Ringo Starr Live Sirius XM Radio

By All About Jazz News on January 27, 2012

Promotion for former Beatle Ringo Starr’s upcoming solo album will include a “Town Hall” interview with British actor-comedian Russell Brand. Brand will interview the drummer for Sirius XM Radio, one day before Starr releases his newest album, “Ringo 2012.”

“Town Hall With Ringo Starr” will air live from Los Angeles on Jan. 30. Music producer Don Was will moderate the interview, and Starr will perform…

Posted in | Leave a response

Bravo Sonny Rollins, Boo the Kennedy Center – Jazz a la Mode

By Tom Reney on January 27, 2012

Tom Reney has a beef with the Kennedy Center Honors

Posted in | Leave a response