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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Gerald Wilson Orchestra Detroit Mack Avenue Records 2009 Composer / arranger / ageless wonder {{Gerald Wilson = 11438}}, most of whose recent albums (Monterey Moods; New York, New Sound; Theme for Monterey; State Street Sweet) have been built around sectional themes, returns "home" on Detroit to paint an earnest musical portrait of his adopted city, one that not only spawned the nation's...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter is not a musician who's comfortable resting on his laurels. With nearly twenty albums under his belt and no sign of stopping in sight, Hunter continues to wow audiences with the wizardry of his seven-string guitar technique, by which he lays down bass grooves and simultaneously wings guitar solos along the frets with flawless finesse. This has earned him a reputation as...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
How best to describe slide trumpeter {{Steven Bernstein = 16405}}'s singular quartet Sex Mob? Maybe we should start with mercurial musical magician Bernstein himself, whose exotic career as sideman, musical director, arranger and composer has included ten years with {{John Lurie = 8915}}'s Lounge Lizards and stints alongside everyone from {{Bill Frisell = 6859}} to {{Sam Rivers = 10719}}, the Flying...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
From the fruits of winning both a MacArthur ("genius grant") and Guggenheim Fellowship in 2008, alto saxophonist Miguel Zenon, expands his clear vision of modern jazz and Puerto Rican folk music in Esta Plena. With an incisive voice, his involvement with the {{SFJAZZ Collective = 13975}}, {{Guillermo Klein = 16847}}'s Y Los Gauchos and {{Charlie Haden = 7320}}'s Liberation Music Orchestra...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
It is not often that a woman is given much elbowroom in contemporary music, no matter how good she may be. However, when she is as good as Min Rager on First Steps, more than elbowroom had better be made for her and her piano. True, Rager has been preceded by a celestial pantheon of female pianists, including towering personalities {{Mary Lou Williams = 11401}} and {{Marian McPartland, = 9297}}, the...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Artistry in Rhythm, the Ken Poston / Los Angeles Jazz Institute's 2009 homage to the renowned bandleader {{Stan Kenton = 8330}}, was held October 8-11 at the Sheraton LAX Four Points Hotel. As always, there was much to see, hear and admire: films, panel discussions, special presentations and, last but not least, no fewer than nineteen concerts by groups large and small including four lunchtime events...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Charles Tyler was an innovative musician who could unfurl a maelstrom of ideas from just a spark. He played with fire and spirit, finding his muse in free jazz and filling his music with bold inventions. Tyler met {{Albert Ayler = 3538}} when he was 14. He later went on to play with Ayler, whose influence can be heard in his approach. Tyler, however, held his own shining in the company of other free...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Meet The Britton Brothers: Ben and John Britton, said to be "extremely talented" by the likes of {{Chris Potter = 10384}}, have entered the jazz scene confidently with their debut album, Uncertain Living. With a collective approach developed throughout years of playing together, they have arrived to a music that is forward thinking and invites a wide range of listeners. At an early point...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Choosing "I'm Shadowing You" as the opener on Daryl Sherman's fine Centennial Tribute to composer and lyricist {{Johnny Mercer = 9338}} inevitably recalls {{Blossom Dearie = 2320}}. Heretofore that tune has pretty much been the exclusive property of the late vocalist. There are also other, more than passing, resemblances between the two singers, both first-class self-accompanists on piano...
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Earning My Turns (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Spent the weekend in San Francisco to attend three San Francisco Jazz festival concerts and otherwise enjoy the city. The three concerts were all over the place, in a very good way. Friday night we heard the Portuguese/Cabo Verde singer/songwriter Sara Tavares with a strong quartet from Cabo Verde and Portugal. She was suffering from a respiratory ailment (she said flu but I have difficulty in believing...
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Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Every time I go to see and hear the Chuck Wagon Gang, as I do whenever they’re in the vicinity, I go with a mixture of anticipation and dread. Will it be the real Chuck Wagon Gang or will they have messed with it, tried to “modernize” it or something?
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Philippine Sports Update (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao and Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach seem inseparable after almost a decade of enduring professional relationship. Pacquiao will see action on November 14 against Miguel Cotto for the WBO welterweight crown. 'Inseparable, that's how he'll always be Inseparable, just you and me its so wonderful To know you'll always be around me'. So goes the lyrics in a song...
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JeyamArticle (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
It used to be that you had to go to the video store to get a movie. Now, with internet usage exploding, movie downloads are becoming very popular. You will find just about any movie you want with a good movie download site. Below is a small sample.
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Earshot Jazz Festival addresses the question, "what is jazz," mostly by looking forward and outward. But sometimes it looks inward and to the past as it did Saturday night, when the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra performed the work of Ray Charles and Quincy Jones before a full house at the Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall.
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evonnedf8hv | 11/07/2009
NEW YORK (Billboard) –Omara Portuondo's Latin Grammy Award-nominated "Gracias" was released in the United States in 2008, but she wasn't able to tour stateside in support of the album until now. Like other Cuban singers, Portuondo, best known as one of the stars of the "Buena Vista Social Club" album, had been barred from performing in the States since 2003, when the administration of President George...
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assuntapw1yt | 11/06/2009
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eprnetwork | 11/04/2009
Travellers staying in hotels in Madrid next month will have the chance to soak up some culture at one of Europe's biggest musical events. Taking place from November 4th until November 28th, Madrid International Jazz Festival is now in its 26th year and the 2009 edition features a world-class line-up of talented performers.