All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Live Guitars From New York: Lou Reed, Marc Ribot, Larry Coryell, Kenny Burrell, Elliott Sharp, James Blood Ulmer and Nels Cline Lou Reed/John Zorn Le Poisson Rouge September 2, 2008 John Zorn/Milford Graves/Marc Ribot Le Poisson Rouge September 4, 2008 One of these two John Zorn gigs cost more to...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
This 75th birthday bash for and with guitar master Kenny Burrell brought together his quintet with Hammond B3 maestro Joey DeFrancesco and flute virtuoso Hubert Laws as special guests. As if that wasn’t juice enough for an evening, for the first half dozen sides of this gala, Burrell had an historic meeting with the Gerald Wilson Orchestra. The opener, a Wilson tune, “Viva Tirado,” is an undulating...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
"I'm just trying to play the good notes," says Kenny Burrell, lighthearted laughter accompanying his response to the question of how he would characterize his style of guitar playing. The reply betrayed the genial humility that has long distinguished him as one of the music's truly gracious gentlemen. Burrell has been playing the "good notes" for well over half-a-century now, his lengthy resume and...
Jazz@Rochester (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
It's time to take your next Exodus To Jazz, which is bringing in drummer Ulysses Owens Jr. and his USO Project this Friday, October 3, 2008, at the Clarion Riverside Hotel. You may have been impressed by his drumming as...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
On Aug. 29, 2008, several hundred bicyclists took to the streets, where they stopped traffic in an effort to promote awareness of bicyclists on the roads. Critical Mass happens the last Friday of every month.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/13/2008
Steve Howe--best known as the legendary guitarist for Yes, Asia, and GTR, and who almost singlehandedly is responsible for elevating Rock Guitar to an art form--will perform in Ottawa on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at Barrymore's Music Hall - 323 Bank St. This tour coincides with the release "The Haunted Melody" and represents a new creative high for the guitarist...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Clea Bradford, a jazz singer who spent her formative years in St. Louis, has died of complications from breast cancer at age 67 in a Washington, DC hospital.Born in Mississippi and raised in Charleston, MO and St. Louis, Bradford (pictured) was a protege of trumpeter Clark Terry and saxophonist Jimm...
Metro Times Music Blahg (Free subscription) | 08/31/2008
Saturday was officialy the first full day of music at the 29 th Detroit International Jazz Festival . It was also the day I realized it was impossible for me to hear all the music the festival organizers scheduled. I bet other journalists assigned to cover the four day event felt the same. However the concerts I attended were outstanding.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Even before the 29th Detroit International Jazz Festival kicked off Friday evening in downtown, 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.
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.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
Originally published August 25, 1996 Kenny Burrell had been in New York for about a year when the grapevine brought tales of a wizard named Jimmy Smith who was playing modern jazz on the organ and tearing up the East Coast clubs.
motel de moka (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Image: Inca Pan. A short playlist with some latin and jazz influences for a relaxed evening with your favorite pets and gin cobblers. Yusef Lateef - The Plum Blossom Eastern sounds (Prestige / 1961) Nina Simone - See-line Woman Broadway-blues-ballads (1964) Kenny Burrell - Moon and Sand Moon and sand (Concorde / 1979) Dorothy Ashby - Lonely girl Afro-harping (1968) Fortin-Leveille - Soleil Soleil (e.d.p....
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
At the Bowl, these greats, each reaching the 90-year mark, show how it's done. Jazz pianist Hank Jones and composer-arranger Gerald Wilson will celebrate their 90th birthdays over the next two months, but their performance at the Hollywood Bowl Wednesday night was full of youthful vibrancy, the pair demonstrating the skillful mastery that comes from seven decades spent perfecting their art...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola September 2008 Lineup Kicks off with Edmar Castaneda and Kenny Burrell Then the 4th Annual Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival: Featuring Nnenna Freelon, Rickie Lee Jones, Jessica Williams, DIVA Jazz Orchestra with Marlena Shaw, Gloria Lynne, Renee Rosnes and More! Diet Coke, the world's leading diet soft drink, and Jazz at Lincoln Center, the not-for-profit arts organization dedicated...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
The National Guitar Workshop is proud to our new website (guitarworkshop.com) that outlines our 25th season of presenting quality music workshops across the country and featuring guest artists such as Paul Gilbert, John Scofield Trio, Lisa Loeb, Kenny Burrell, Vernon Reid, Sonny Landreth, Michael Angelo Batio and many more...
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Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival
Great month-long festival highlighting the contributions of women to the art of jazz. Held every September at Jazz at Lincoln Center's Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola....
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