By All About Jazz News on August 31, 2010
For the last dozen years, percussionist-composer Anthony Brown’s innovative Asian American Orchestra has reinvented classics of American music by composers Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, and George Gershwin from a Pacific Rim perspective by mixing instruments of European and American vintage with those of various Asian cultures. Now, with the September 28 release of India and Africa: A Tribute to John Coltrane on Water Baby Records, the 16-member ensemble brings its unique multicultural vision to 12 compositions written by and/or associated with John Coltrane…
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By All About Jazz News on August 31, 2010
Bohemian Philanthropy: Songs from the East Village Taps Deep Roots, Bolsters Unique Public School
Most public schools facing the current funding crunch mount desperate donation drives or bake sales. But at the arts-based East Village Community School in the heart of one of New York’s historically bohemian and global neighborhoods, parents, students, and school staff opted instead to raise money by singing compelling ballads, making funky beats, and recalling unexpected family stories…
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By Jazz News on August 31, 2010
The Windhover Center Stage on the corner of Forest Avenue and Main Street will kick off its Fondue Fest lineup at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept.
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By Music Genre: Jazz & Blues on August 31, 2010
The creative concert production agency presents street-savvy jazz artists, often on stage with hip-hop performers like Talib Kweli, Pete Rock and Large Professor. During an informal conversation, the folks behind Revive submitted their picks.
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By Music Genre: Jazz & Blues on August 31, 2010
The saxophonist and composer likes to devise unconventional structures, from disparate inspirations. His new album Harvesting Semblances And Affinities is full of complex music, sure. But that doesn’t preclude liking it.
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By Bill Milkowski on August 31, 2010
An all-star assemblage bops, burns and switches instruments for a good cause in the Hudson Valley
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By Jazz News on August 31, 2010
CLOSE Music News NASHVILLE TN AUG. 31, 2010 – Multiple GRAMMY, Stellar and Dove Award winner, Soul Train Award winner and double RIAA certified Gold-selling artist Israel Houghton highlights the greatest Gospel commandment with Love God.
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By JazzIz.com on August 31, 2010
Frank Wess is revered as a smoothly swinging tenor saxophone player in the Lester Young tradition, as an expert alto saxophonist, and as one of the most influential, instantly recognizable flutists in jazz history. In 2007, Wess received the prestigious NEA Jazz Masters Award. On October 10, in Manhattan, the [...]
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By MilesDavis.com News on August 31, 2010
Want to get a sneak peak at the the Miles Davis Live in Copenhagen concert included in the Bitches Brew Legacy Edition? Head on over to National Geographic Music to watch the exclusive stream now!
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By All About Jazz News on August 31, 2010
NYC based vocal jazz artist m: Robin Aleman will release her latest CD, entitled In Your Eyes, on Wednesday, September 1, 2010. On this recording, as with her debut CD, Robin works with long-time collaborators David Epstein on piano and m: Robert Sabin on bass. They are joined by m: Brian Adler on drums. Also playing is Nathan Childers on Saxophone, featured on 3 of the 14 tracks…
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