By Mick Carlon on April 30, 2011
Mick Carlon reminisces about the late trumpeter Ruby Braff
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By Christopher Loudon on April 30, 2011
Christopher Loudon on the release of a new compilation of vintage material from the legendary singer
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By Jazz News on April 30, 2011
Published: Saturday, April 30, 2011, 7:24 PM Updated: Saturday, April 30, 2011, 7:47 PM John Boutte has never been hemmed in by one musical genre.
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By All About Jazz News on April 30, 2011
Recent recordings of George Gershwin’s concert works and ‘Porgy and Bess’ may not be Americans’ idea of Gershwin—but is Gershwin, played with love and care and imagination.
“Who says that only Americans know how to play Gershwin?” asks Gramophone magazine this month as it hails a new Gershwin CD from the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the German orchestra that calls itself the world’s oldest. “By this time possibly nobody,” the British record guide answers its rhetorical self…
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By Jazz News on April 30, 2011
Published: Saturday, April 30, 2011, 2:10 PM Updated: Saturday, April 30, 2011, 2:38 PM Last things first: Robert Plant sang at Preservation Hall Friday night.
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By All About Jazz News on April 30, 2011
The 54th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, Sept. 16 through 18, will include hardliners Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Huey Lewis and The News and Poncho Sanchez and His Latin Jazz Band, starring Terence Blanchard, to name a few.
A variety of other jazz and blues greats totaling 500, will perform on eight stages, during three days at the Monterey, California , Fairgrounds. Among them are James Farm featuring Joshua Redman, the John Pizzarelli Quartet, An Afternoon in Treme with Dumpstaphunk and the Hiromi Trio Project…
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By All About Jazz News on April 30, 2011
The m: George Kahn Quintet, featuring George Kahn on piano, returns to the Culver Club in Culver City for an exciting night of West Coast Jazz on Friday, May 20th, 2011. The evening will feature music from George’s most recent highly regarded album, Secrets From The Jazz Ghetto, as well as a very special tribute to the great Horace Silver. Accompanying George Kahn will be: Larry Klimas on sax, John Fumo on trumpet, Karl Vincent on bass and M. B. Gordy on drums…
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By All About Jazz News on April 30, 2011
Mother’s day is rapidly approaching. Usually, the gifts given are flowers and chocolate. But it doesn’t have to be. At least not according to pianist and online teacher Edward Weiss.
Weiss owns and operates a website that teaches adults how to create their own music at the piano. And not just any music, but something called ‘new age’—a style that’s been around for over 25 years and that many women adore…
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By Jazz News on April 30, 2011
Most artists wait until their middle years before having a career crisis, but Michael Kaeshammer had his big moment of doubt when he was in his late 20s.
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By Music Genre: Jazz & Blues on April 30, 2011
The jazz singer has just released her third album, The Lost and Found. She says that after belting her vocals in the past, she took time to fine-tune the best style for her own voice.
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