By Jazz News on July 31, 2011
Mrs. T and I returned to Connecticut yesterday to spend a few days in one place after a long stretch of theater-related travel.
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By All About Jazz News on July 31, 2011
Encompassing a wide variety of sounds including traditional African and Arab folk, reggae and dub-step, hip-hop and new cumbia, the SF-based Stronghold Sound presents its first in a line of releases, The Audio Refuge Compilation. Each track is both experiment and firm step in a direction that this group of global artists is putting forth to lovers of tradition and the dance floor…
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By All About Jazz News on July 31, 2011
The Stuttering Foundation, a nonprofit organization helping people who stutter since 1947, has recognized the song “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet,” a 1974 number one hit by Bachman-Turner Overdrive, as being the most unique of the many rock songs featuring stuttering vocals.
Jane Fraser, president of the Stuttering Foundation, said recently, “Not only was ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet’ the first song with stuttering vocals to reach number one, but more importantly it was the first such song that was actually about a real person who stutters and therefore has a human connection to the struggles faced by someone who stutters…
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By Jazz News on July 31, 2011
Donning a yellow cowboy hat, a red neckerchief and a red sash around his waist, New Orleans City Councilman Arnie Fielkow took his New Orleans Carnival know-how across the Atlantic a few weeks ago when he reigned as grand marshal of a Mardi Gras-style celebration in Pamplona, Spain.
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By All About Jazz News on July 31, 2011
On August 23rd, pianist/composer Armen Nalbandian will release two new recordings via his label Blacksmith Brother Music. The first being a live recording with drummer m: Han Bennink from January 2008 entitled Coup de Grace.
The second being a follow-up to his 2007 trio recording Manchester Born, features Nalbandian on the fender rhodes and in a trio setting featuring bassist m: Eric Revis and drummer m: Nasheet Waits. The album comprises of all original compositions by Nalbandian and is entitled “Quiet, as it’s Kept…
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By All About Jazz News on July 31, 2011
The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features music and an exclusive interview with Broadway and television veteran Tom Wopat (The Dukes of Hazard). In this opening segment, Wopat discusses his forthcoming release ‘Consider it Swung,’ working with producer and bassist David Finck and plans for future recordings. The second half of this edition of Jazzed and Blue will feature music from such jazz and blues artists as Le Verroneau, Jane Badler, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Curtis Stigers, The Dangling Success, Marilyn Mcleod, K.K. Martin, Victor Wainwright and the Wildroots and Rod Piazza and the All Mighty Flyers. “Listeners have really taken a liking to the free form segment of the show and quite honestly so have I.” says Jazzed and Blue host Brian Lush. “It’s a real treat to end a long week with a show like this and to kick back and listen to some great music…
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By All About Jazz News on July 31, 2011
Secret Stash Records is pleased to announce our next release: George Danquah’s Hot and Jumpy. It will be available August 9th, 2011. See below for details regarding our plans for limited edition pre-orders!
Hot and Jumpy is one of the funkiest gems to come out of the incredible 1970’s Ghanaian music scene. It is the only known album by this New Edubiase (3 hours NW of Accra) native. He appears to have arrived out of thin air, recorded one of the funkiest albums in African history, and then vanished. However, this isn’t entirely true…
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By Jazz News on July 31, 2011
All About Jazz is celebrating Hank Jones’ birthday today! The oldest of the three Jones brothers , Henry “Hank” Jones was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi and grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, where he studied piano at an early age and came under the influence of Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum.
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By Christopher Loudon on July 31, 2011
Project to benefit relief efforts in Japan; features West Coast artists and a Chris Connor rarity
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By Jazz News on July 31, 2011
A lot has happened on The Death March With Cocktails, but not all of that has appeared online at The Hollywood Reporter.
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