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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Jazz aficionados, musicians and educators will gather at The University of the Arts (UArts) October 30-November 1 for "Brownie Speaks," a symposium and concert series celebrating and documenting the life, music and legacy of Clifford Brown, the influential jazz trumpeter who died in 1956 when he was just 25...
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Rifftides (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Alan Broadbent, Moment's Notice (Chilly Bin). In heavy demand as arranger, conductor and accompanist, Broadbent's schedule leaves him too few opportunities to work with his longtime sidemen, bassist Putter Smith and drummer Kendall Kay. In this welcome set, Broadbent plays...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
It's potentially a very busy week for fans of jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with plenty of noteworthy performances happening over the next few days. Let's look at some of the highlights:This evening, veteran pianist Cedar Walton begins a four-night run with his trio at Jazz at the Bistro. Ar...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
Listening to Russian-born bassist/composer Ruslan Khain's music is like taking a step back in time to the spirited, swinging glory days of hard-bop in the 1950s and '60s. The New York-based musician's debut as a leader, Tie It In, pays homage to the classic sounds of legendary ensembles led by Horace Silver, Art Blakey and Benny Golson...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Home is the name of Oscar Utterstrom's debut CD, which contains ten original songs written by Oscar. The bonus track is "Wicked Game," written by Chris Isaak, and it features vocalist Christina Watson. Guitarist Adam Agati also makes a guest appearance on "4th Avenue." Home is available through iTunes and CDBaby.com...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
On Jazz Wax, Marc Myers's marathon interview with tenor saxophonist, arranger and composer Benny Golson (pictured) started running on September 8 and winds up today. If you are put off by transcribed verbatim interviews, never fear. Myers edits with care, provides appropriate web links and illustrates his pieces lavishly, sometimes to a fault (Golson says -- tongue in cheek, I hope-- "As the future...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Change has been a constant in bassist Ruslan Khain's life. He was born in 1972 in Leningrad when the Soviet Union was still firmly and seemingly irrevocably in place. By 1994 when he was studying classical music at the Mussorgsky College of Music, the impossible had happened. The Soviet Union was no...
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Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Joe Segal's legendary Jazz Showcase has led a somewhat nomadic existence since he opened it in 1947, setting up shop in perhaps sixty different locations. The latest incarnation opened earlier this year in Printer's Row and this past weekend we used a gig by the legendary Benny Golson as an excuse to check out the new digs. Our conclusion: wow! Segal has found a plum spot at historic Dearborn Station...
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Lerterland (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
I returned yesterday from the Detroit Jazz Festival, billed this year as a "Detroit-Philly Summit," with artist-in-residence Christian McBride (Philly bassist extraordinaire). My business there was to speak about John Coltrane with fellow panelists Ashley Kahn, Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson and local Detroit legend Faruq Z. Bey. It was a great time, though I was boxed into a pretty nerdy journalistic role,...
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
The Detroit International Jazz Festival has been celebrating two great cities of jazz this weekend, Detroit and Philadelphia, but the focus narrowed to Philly history early Sunday afternoon at Hart Plaza.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
While the national stars get the lion's share of the attention at the Detroit International Jazz Festival, the event remains a critical showcase for the local heroes that invigorate the Detroit scene 365 days a year.
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Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
About 45 minutes before the 29th Detroit International Jazz Festival kicked off late this afternoon, Detroiter Sylvester Crook was already in a seat at the Compuware Here and Now Stage at Woodward and Congress waiting for the action to start.
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/21/2008
Benny Golson, tenor saxophone stylist and jazz composer of first rank, refuses to rest on his laurels. At almost 80, he's an elder statesman of jazz who could easily cruise and live off the royalties of "I Remember Clifford," "Whisper Not," "Along Came Betty" and others among his 300 compositions. But such a notion is anathema to him...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Award-winning jazz vocalist and brother of Nat King Cole to perform one night only at the OC Pavilion in Santa Ana, near the artist district Santa Ana, CA (PRWEB) August 5, 2008 -- The OC Pavilion is pleased to welcome jazz great Freddy Cole on August 29 at 8 p.m. Doors to the OC Pavilion and Ambrosia Restaurant open at 6 p.m. for pre-show dinner and cocktails...
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Rifftides (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
New: Torben Waldorff, Afterburn (ArtistShare). The Danish guitarist accomodates his early rock leanings to absorption with expansive jazz of the kind that thrives in downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn and is spreading around the world. Waldorff, tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin...
