4Vote!
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Tuesday, January 12, 2009 7:30pm Rose Theater Join the National Endowment for the Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center for a celebration of the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters: Muhal Richard Abrams, Kenny Barron, Bill Holman, Bobby Hutcherson, Yusef Lateef, Annie Ross, Cedar Walton, and George Avakian (A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Award for Jazz Advocacy). The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis...
4Vote!
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Monterey Jazz Festival On Tour In 2010 MJF/52 All-Star Band Features Kenny Barron, Regina Carter, Russell Malone,Kurt Elling, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, And Johnathan Blake 34-Date Tour Kicks Off February 5, 2010 In Connecticut, Continues Through 32 Cities In 17 States From February - May, 2010 December 1, 2009, Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education and presentation since 1958,...
3Vote!
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Chicago-raised New Yorker Jon Irabagon won the Thelonious Monk competition in the USin 2008. Previous winners include Joshua Redman and Jacky Terrasson. His prize included a recording with Concord- it's the first time this has been part of the prize. So far, SO impressive. Irabagon, not doing things by halves, was off into the legendary Van Gelder studios in New Jersey to record with with Kenny Barron...
3Vote!
anthonythompson2009 | 10/29/2009
Kenny Barron Quintet Images (Universal Music) >>>> Download Images (Universal Music) <<<< artist: Kenny Barron Quintet album: Images (Universal Music) Tracklist: 1 So it Seems mp3 2 Jasmine Flower mp3 3 Inside out mp3 4 The Lost Ones mp3 5 Hallucinations mp3 6 Song for Abdullah mp3 7 Footprints mp3 8 Marie Laveau mp3 9 Miss Missy mp3 10 Images mp3 >>>> Download Images
4Vote!
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Chicago-based drummer and composer Dana Hall has been in demand as a sideman for nearly two decades, working with major names in jazz such as Joe Henderson, Branford Marsalis, Maria Schneider, Benny Golson, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, and Kenny Barron. He's also an educator, the musical director of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and--since 2006--leader of an all-star quintet featuring trumpeter Terell...
5Vote!
Rifftides (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
A few times you've linked to Amazon listings for Venus releases, such as the Charlap/NY Trio disc in your new set of picks. Just a caveat about this, of which you may be aware. These are CD-Rs with reprinted liner...
4Vote!
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The new release from 2008 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition winner {{Jon Irabagon = 19186}}, The Observer, hits stores this week (CD and digital) via Concord Jazz Records. Irabagon has assembled a dream-team of musicians, including the stellar rhythm section of pianist {{Kenny Barron = 3659}}, bassist {{Rufus Reid = 10628}} and drummer {Victor Lewis}}, alongside veteran producer Don Sickler...
3Vote!
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
I was really looking forward to hearing this release as I’m a big fan of Irabagon’s no holds barred playing with the collective group Mostly Other People Do the Killing and his freewheeling duet with drummer Mike Pride. After winning the Thelonious Monk competition for saxophone, he was given a chance to record for the mainstream major label Concord and this album is the result. They didn’t...
4Vote!
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Mads Tolling, internationally renowned violinist, violist, and composer, is a two-time Grammy Award winner. He is currently a member of the Turtle Island Quartet and soloist with bassist Stanley Clarke&#8217;s band. Born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, Mads moved to Boston to study at Berkeley College of Music. Mads was immediately recognized as a fresh voice in jazz, and his career went into...
4Vote!
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Gerald Clayton isn't like the average young jazz musician. He was immersed in music studies for a long time (his teachers include {{Kenny Barron = 3659}}, {{Billy Childs = 5688}} and {{Shelly Berg = 4927}}), while gaining experience playing duo piano concerts with Barron, {{Benny Green = 7196}} and {{Mulgrew Miller = 9406}} and also performing as a sideman with the legendary Clark Terry. If that's...
5Vote!
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
An interview with innovative vibraphonist Stefon Harris, who appears at Seattle's Jazz Alley Oct. 13-14.
4Vote!
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
On October 20th, Concord Jazz will release The Observer, saxophonist and composer Jon Irabagon’s newest recording as a leader, Concord debut and follow up to his first album as leader, Outright!, released last year by Innova. Winning the 2008 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition has afforded Irabagon the opportunity to assemble a dream-team of musicians, including the stellar rhythm...
3Vote!
"Bank on California" Money Launderi (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Monterey, CA - The Monterey Jazz Festival presented by Verizon wrapped up its 52nd edition on Sunday, September 20th with a weekend of visionary performances, sonic surprises, and emotionally charged sets from 500 world-renowned and legendary artists. With the weather behaving in typical Monterey fa...... more
4Vote!
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
The 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival presented by Verizon will take place at the Monterey Fairgrounds, September 18 - 20, 2009 with over 500 artists performing on 9 stages for 3 nights and 2 days of the world's best jazz, spread throughout the Festival's 20 acres of magnificent grounds. The Arena/Jimmy Lyons Stage The focal point of the Festival, with a lineup that includes legendary pianist {{Hank...
3Vote!
anthonythompson2009 | 10/29/2009
Kenny Barron Quintet Images (Universal Music) >>>> Download Images (Universal Music) <<<< artist: Kenny Barron Quintet album: Images (Universal Music) Tracklist: 1 So it Seems mp3 2 Jasmine Flower mp3 3 Inside out mp3 4 The Lost Ones mp3 5 Hallucinations mp3 6 Song for Abdullah mp3 7 Footprints mp3 8 Marie Laveau mp3 9 Miss Missy mp3 10 Images mp3 >>>> Download Images (Universal Music) <<<< Tags: download...
Videos