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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 02/01/2010
One of the hardest working men in jazz, bassist Christian McBride, leads a big band at the Iridium in New York City for the last episode of season 2 of Jazz it Up! In the first of two feature songs, tenor saxophonist Todd Williams caresses a blues as McBride co-signs on bass and voice; during the second, McBride's uptempo composition "The Shade of the Cedar Tree," the big band lifts the groove...
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I'm Getting Tired of Useless Desires... (Free subscription) | 01/15/2010
Here's the initial line-up for the Glee Club in Birmingham, which features Kathryn Williams on tour, with the launch of her new album, "The Quickening" MON 18 JAN FYFE DANGERFIELD (GUILLEMOTS) - last few tickets! + VILLAGERS (Conor – solo set) (Album - Fly Yellow Moon & Single - She Needs Me) "A revelatory solo debut album from the Guillemots main man. Dangerfield demonstrates...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
DOCUMENTARY DETAILING RACISM/DISCRIMINATION FACED BY WORLD RENOWNED JAZZ MUSICIAN JON HENDRICKS AS WWII SOLDIER TO MAKE U.S. DEBUT AT THE AFRICAN DIASPORA FILM FESTIVAL AT THE RIVERSIDE THEATRE Currently 87, Hendricks to be on-hand Following Screening for Q&A with Audience A documentary entitled Blues March: Soldier Jon Hendricks -- detailing the life of current jazz great Jon Hendricks during...
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Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Swiss-born jazz singer Beat Kaestli has a soft spot for America's heartland. It's where he discovered soul music. "It was life changing," Kaestli...
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LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
New York singer Tessa Souter has sent LondonJazz this piece about her friend and mentor Sheila Jordan's performance at the Royal Opera House yesterday. When Sheila Jordan fills in for Kevin Mahogany in the Four Brothers vocal group with Kurt Elling, Mark Murphy and Jon Hendricks, the band is renamed Three Brothers and a Mother. Perfect. Because Sheila Jordan is a mother, not only to her beloved actual...
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Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER **** CONCERT HALL, PERTH
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Scotsman.com Living - Books (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
FOUR decades haven't diminished the rich four-part harmonies and sheer verve of The Manhattan Transfer, as audiences will discover tomorrow night when the group play the o
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Liberal Values (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Huffington Post gives a good review to Sachal Vasandani’s recent album which I previously plugged here: While Jones hints at jazz, Chicago native Sachal Vasandani is immersed in it. His 2007 debut, Eyes Wide Open, was a stunning effort by a young man obviously enthralled by the classic aura of the jazz singer: piano, bass, drums, [...]
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LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
People still carry the flame. Ronnie's is on a roll. Here's an Honour Roll who was on at the late-night party on the 50th anniversary day itself, 30th October 2009. (Kind completist LondonJazz readers, please get filling in the gaps with the rest of the names, and any thoughts about Ronnie's at 50- I didn't stay to the end..- so this isn't yet, the definitive version.) Top of the bill: Jon Hendricks...
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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...
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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...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
THE LA JAZZ PRO CONNECTION will present FIVE HOURS with LARRY GOLDINGS - Piano and Organ (SET YOUR CLOCKS BACK ONE HOUR SATURDAY NIGHT)on Sunday 11a-4p November 1, 2009 Upstairs at Vitellos.The schedule will be 11a-1:00p Master Class and Improv all instruments welcome 1p-2p Networking lunch -2-4 Master Class and Playing with the PRO"S.Beginners, young professionals and working Pro's! Music fans...
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Culture (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Singer Jon Hendricks has just turned 88. What does a jazz legend like Hendricks accumulate in a long life? First there’s a substantial family dynasty: daughters Michele and Aria, both of them performers since childhood, were sharing the stage and singing with him last night, and other family members -including some tiny great (?) grandchildren – [...]
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Cyrus Chestnut Spirit Jazz Legacy Productions 2009 John Hicks I Remember You HighNote 2009 Ray Bryant In The Back Room Evening Star 2009 Playing solo piano requires, among other things, a distinctive style and enough musical ideas to hold a listener's interest over a period of time. Three new releases feature players amply endowed with both...
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