All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
{{Muhal Richard Abrams = 3246}} and {{Fred Anderson = 3423}} Community Church of New York New York, NY October 16, 2009 {{Muhal Richard Abrams = 3246}} and {{Fred Anderson = 3423}} are not quite of the same island. The same Chicago archipelago, sure, but Anderson has more hovered around than been an active member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). He was there at the...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
There is always room for a new songsmith in jazz. Pianist/composer Jesse Elder is a prodigious new voice in modern jazz, and his debut recording displays not only his nonpareil composing talents, but those of a very skilled arranger and performer. The Winding Shell finds him working with kindred spirit drummer Tyshawn Sorey, the much heralded voice of the new Brooklyn sound. These two artists don't...
Musical Assumptions (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
I'll leave writing a detailed review of the music that Muhal Richard Abrams, George Lewis, and Roscoe Mitchell played at the Chicago Jazz Festival earlier this evening to Michael , and will spend my two cents on the person interpreting the concert visually for people who could not hear the music. This was my first purely instrumental concert with an interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing. I...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Photo of Muhal Richard Abrams provided by the Mayor's Office of Special Events This weekend brings the 31st installment of the Chicago Jazz Festival , packing Grant Park with its usual solid mix of local, national, and international acts. The Festival is broadly split into daytime and nighttime slates, with the afternoon performances spread over three stages: Jazz on Jackson, the Jazz Heritage Stage,...
The Chicago Blog (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
In his book A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music George E. Lewis, the Edwin H. Case Professor of American Music at Columbia University, has produced the definitive history of the Association for the Advancement...
Lingerie Planet (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Best Bets: Lingerie Football League makes its debut Friday Chicago Daily Herald Muhal Richard Abrams conducts The Arthur Hoyle Orchestra from 8:30 to 9:30 pm Sunday, Sept. 6, at Grant Park's Petrillo Music Shell as part of the 31st ...
Latest press releases (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
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ClickPress (Free subscription) | 08/27/2009
Eddie Allen is a trumpeter, composer, arranger; and author-certainly one of the more versatile musicians on the New York jazz scene.
Destination: Out (Free subscription) | 07/23/2009
ONLY ONE SKY CORRECT TRUTH Tyshawn Sorey Koan 482 Music : 2009 TS, drums; Todd Neufeld, electric and classical guitars; Thomas Morgan, double bass and classical guitar. We’re pleased to continue previews of extraordinary upcoming albums with several tracks from Tyshawn Sorey’s Koan, which will be released in September on 482 Music. Tyshawn Sorey is best known as an extraordinary drummer,...
JazzHQ (Free subscription) | 07/20/2009
The Chicago Jazz Festival, now in its fourth decade as one of the city's great free lakefront festivals, continues to be the place where a rich history meets innovative sound. The 31st Annual Chicago Jazz Festival, produced by the Mayor's Office of Special Events and programmed by the Jazz Institute of Chicago, is Sept. 4-6, 2009, held in its longtime home, Grant Park. Three stages, including the Petrillo...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/14/2009
The Chicago Jazz Festival is pleased to announce its brand new presenting sponsor, CareFusion Corporation. This year's festival includes headliners {{Gonzalo Rubalcaba = 3951}} Quintet, {{Dave Holland = 7683}} Big Band and The Arthur Hoyle Orchestra led by {{Muhal Richard Abrams = 3246}}. In a year where many festivals across the nation have been cancelled or put on hiatus, the 31st Annual Chicago...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 05/27/2009
Though it's a bit smaller than usual, thanks to some slow news days over the holiday weekend and a still somewhat-gimpy computer here at StLJN HQ, here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musici...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/23/2009
The pianist Kenny Barron, the producer George Avakian and Annie Ross were among eight recipients of the National Endowment for the Arts’ 2010 Jazz Masters Awards.
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 04/29/2009
1969 NEC President Gunther Schuller hires saxophonist Carl Atkins to head Department of African-American Music and Jazz Studies, the first such program at a classical conservatory. Composer George Russell and pianist Jaki Byard on Atkins' faculty. 1974 Pianist Ran Blake forms Third Stream Department...
HarbourLiving.ca (Free subscription) | 04/25/2009
Nanaimo: A jazz evening not to be missed! The amazing Hugh Fraser (trombone) playes with Pat Coleman (guitar), Ken Lister (bass) and Geoff Bowen (drums)
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