Acme Packing Company (Free subscription) | 01/29/2010
More photos » Mike Roemer - AP 4 months ago: Cincinnati Bengals' Quan Cosby (12) gets past Green Bay Packers punterJeremy Kapinos (7) for a 60-yard punt-return during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Mike Roemer) Browse more photos » If there's one area the Green Bay Packers have to improve next season it's the special teams. The...
St. Louis Jazz Notes (Free subscription) | 01/18/2010
Bassist David Certain sends word that he's put together a trio show with guitarist and St. Louis native Marvin Horne ( pictured ) and drummer Greg Bandy for Sunday, March 14 at BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups . Born in St. Louis in 1953, Horne has worked with Chico Hamilton, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, The Dells, Nancy Wilson, Billy Eckstine, James Spaulding, Jack McDuff and many others. He can...
Buns O'Plenty (Free subscription) | 01/17/2010
The legendary bassist's first album as a leader. The last three tracks were not on the original LP. This was shared by Jazzever who's blog seems to not be accessible anymore, so I thought I'd repost it. 1. Dexterity - 6:49 2. Stablemates - 5:56 3. Easy to Love - 3:54 4. Visitation - 4:57 5. John Paul Jones (Aka Trane's Blues) - 6:59 6. Eastbound - 4:25 7. Trane's Strain - 11:05 8, High Step - 8:13...
The Garlic (Free subscription) | 01/07/2010
So sorry Garlic fans, we're out-of-gas this evening, and, possibly, coming to be under-the-weather (the relentless cold weather has been playing havoc with the sinuses) . So, rather then force anything, we're kicking back until (hopefully) tomorrow. We don't leave you empty though ... Monster track here, from Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers (circa 1962 - Curtis Fuller/Trombone, Freddie Hubbard/Trumpet,...
NewBlackMan (Free subscription) | 12/28/2009
PPP, Melanie Fiona, Foreign Exchange and Maxwell top a list of 13 notable performances from 2009. PPP (Platinum Pied Pipers) —“Abundance” from Abundance “Abundance” begins with a Motown backbeat, draws in some boogie-woogie piano with big band flourishes and by the end it’s straight church. “Abundance” is the closing and title track of PPP’s sonic...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 12/23/2009
Art Blakey - At Cafe Bohemia Vol 1 (Indies Japan/Zoom ) Art Blakey - At Cafe Bohemia Vol 2 (Indies Japan/Zoom ) Ben Waters - Shakin In The Makin (Phantom ) Bill Ware - Played Right (Pony Japan/Zoom ) Blue Note Highlights Collectors Box - Blue Note Highlights Collectors Box (Phantom ) Bobby Wellins - Satin Album (Jazzizit ) Bud Powell - Amazing Vol 2 (Indies Japan/Zoom ) Bud Powell - Amazing Vol 3 (Indies...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/15/2009
All About Jazz is celebrating Curtis Fuller's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Curtis FullerCurtis Fuller was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1934. He came to music late, playing the baritone horn in high school and switching to the trombone at age 16. Detroit, at the time, was the breeding ground for an astonishing pool of fresh... more...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/15/2009
Vocalist Sofia Rei Koutsovitis Releases Sube Azul (World Village/Harmonia Mundi) on January 12, 2009 CD RELEASE PARTY - January 7, 2009@ DROM, NYC "As the Argentine singer Sofa Rei Koutsovitis led her multinational band,(...) the passion and clarity with which she assayed a tricky mix of South American rhythms and jazz-inflected harmonies made clear why she has been embraced by New York City audiences...
Field Gulls (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Obviously the subject of Mike Holmgren as Seattle GM continues to be brought up. I can't get away from it, from Steve Kelley to Ian Furness to several commenters on this site. So regardless of whether or not we'd all like it to be a dead issue, there is a feeling out there that he's the best fit to take us back to respectability. Well... let's actually take a real peek at his record as GM from 1999-2002....
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
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...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Wednesday, October 28 Celebrate Hadley Caliman Seattle Art Museum, downtown 7:30pm $18 general, $10 students An all-star quintet featuring renowned saxophonist Hadley Caliman, the legendary Curtis Fuller (trombone), Larry Vukovich (piano), Jeff Chambers (bass), and Eddie Marshall (drums) concludes its Pacific Northwest tour in a special tribute concert to the Seattle-based tenor master...
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The Exodus To Jazz series of jazz gigs continues with the Johnny O’Neal Trio on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009 at the Radisson Hotel Rochester Riverside with sets at 8:00 and 10:00 pm in Frontier Hall at the hotel. Doors open...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Adriana Miki - Sashimiki (Apria Records) Albonetti M. / V. Schaetzinger - Astor Place (Phantom ) Alyson Green - On My Way To You (Phantom ) Architeq - Green & Gold (Phantom ) Ari Roland - New Music (Smalls ) Art Farmer - Modern Art (Disconforme ) Art Farmer - Art (Disconforme ) Art Pepper - Meets The Rythm Section (Jazz Track ) Art Pepper - Pepper Jam (Phantom ) Arturo Cuarteto Puertas - Siete...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
You might not know trumpet player Al Hood, but he's the pro's pro: he's toured with the official {{Harry James = 7966}} and {{Glenn Miller = 9402}} tribute bands, recorded and performed in ensembles led by {{Ray Charles = 5648}}, {{Curtis Fuller = 6873}}, {{Arturo Sandoval = 4051}} and others, and is a longstanding member of the Denver Brass. He's also a tenured professor at the University of Denver's...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Al / Capone - Mr. Smooth (CC Entertainment ) Al Di Meola - Tour De Force:Live (Sony Japan ) Alex Swings Oscar Sings - Heart 4 Sale (Ais ) Archie Shepp - Attica Blues (Hi Horse ) Archie Shepp & Bill Dixon - Quartet (Disconforme ) Art Farmer - Complete Recordings (Disconforme ) Art Pepper - Live In Toronto (Amj Jap/Zoom ) Barney With Shelly Manne Kessel & Ray Brown - The Poll Winners (Disconforme...
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