May 2012

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Martin Speake Quartet at Herts Jazz Club

Martin leads a broad range of groups and continues to be influenced by many musicians and styles of music.

FESTIVAL/CRUISE: All-New Loops and Variations Music Series Begins June 7 in Chicago’s Millennium Park

Chicagoa€(TM)s Millennium Parka€(TM)s summer concerts continue with the all-new innovative series, Loops and Variations, a mix of new music and electronica. The series of six free concerts will take place on select Thursday evenings June 7 through July 12 and Sunday, August 26, 2012. Start times vary.

Highlights of the series include the pairings of electronic music artists with new music ensembles; local companies such as eighth blackbird and Third Coast Percussion bringing electronic elements to their programs, utilizing the state-of-the-art sound system of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion to its full capacity; and the Chicago premiere of Inuksuit, a large-scale percussion work featuring 100 musicians which will be performed throughout Millennium Park, utilizing the Great Lawn, the BP Bridge and the Lurie Garden…

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Pharoah Sanders – In the Beginning – 1963-1964 Four-CD Boxed Set Includes 2 Discs of Unreleased Music

PHAROAH SANDERS: IN THE BEGINNING – 1963-1964 (ESP-4069)

This four-CD set documents the first recordings of iconic tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, prior to his well known association with John Coltrane. Beginning with two previously unreleased sessions with Ornette Coleman alumni Don Cherry and Paul Bley, followed by Pharoah’s debut date as a leader for ESP-Disk’ and concluding with the first issue ever of the complete the December 30 and 31, 1964 Sun Ra at Judson Hall concerts, Sanders’ only known recordings with the Arkestra…

Jack DeJohnette: 70 Years Of Propulsive, Percussive Mastery

The great jazz drummer is celebrating his eighth decade all year by touring the world and releasing a new album. Here are five songs, from 1966 to the present day, which showcase DeJohnette at the top of his powers.

Edinburgh Fringe offers respite in austere economy

Acrobat Ben Lewis from Circus Oz performs a somersault on Calton Hill with the Edinburgh city skyline behind him during a photocall for their Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows August 1, 2008 .

Jack DeJohnette And Friends: Miles On Their Mind

Veteran drummer Jack DeJohnette stops by the Jazz24 studios in Tacoma, Wash., to perform a studio session with two longtime collaborators: pianist Chick Corea and bassist Stanley Clarke.

Sean Jones, Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts On JazzSet

The trumpeter and the drummer each bring high-energy bands to the Detroit Jazz Festival.

Melody Gardot Aims For The Space Between Notes

Gardot captures the sensibility that guides, shapes and defines so much Brazilian music.

Jazz Variations in Philly

The Sedgwick Cultural Center brought in Philly native and jazz legend, tenor saxophonist Benny Golson who worked with seemingly the entire range of bop, main stream and R&B jazz megastars.

Russell Malone Trio On JazzSet

Following in the footsteps of Wes Montgomery, Malone is a guitarist with great technical skill.