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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
In his work with the Wayne Shorter Quartet and with his own trio, Grammy-winning pianist Danilo Perez has been acclaimed for his Pan-American originality and musical fearlessness. On his new orchestral CD Across the Crystal Sea, which was arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman, Perez draws deeply on his lyrical gifts. Produced by Tommy LiPuma, with renowned engineer Al Schmitt at the controls, the...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
In his work with the Wayne Shorter Quartet and with his own trio, Grammy-winning pianist Danilo Perez has been acclaimed for his Pan-American originality and musical fearlessness. On his new orchestral CD "Across the Crystal Sea," which was arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman, Perez draws deeply on his lyrical gifts. Produced by Tommy LiPuma, with renowned engineer Al Schmitt at the controls, the...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
TAKE A JAZZ JOURNEY TO NEWPORT AND SPEND THE DAY AT THE JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL AUGUST 9 and/or 10 Saturday: Aretha Franklin, Wayne Shorter, Chris Botti, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, Ledisi, Christian Scott and Many More! Sunday: Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Anthony Hamilton, Soulive, George Wein, Esperanza Spalding, Guillermo Klein and Many More...
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Explore : Anthony Hamilton, Aretha Franklin, Artists, Bill Frisell, Dave Holland, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, Music, Rhythm and Blues, Sonny Rollins, Soul
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Mark Weinstein scored a Best Latin Jazz Flautist Grammy honor for Con Alma (Jazzheads, 2007). To follow that up, he turns to bebop with Straight, No Chaser, a mix of original and cover tunes, including some composed by such jazz icons as Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins and Thelonious Monk. Weinstein was a trombonist and composer for many years, performing with Chick Corea, Cal Tjader, Tito Puente, Lionel...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Every June since 1998, the city of Essaouira celebrates the music of the descendants of African slaves called "Gnaoua". This year musician Wayne Shorter and Justin Adams mixed with the Moroccan music masters called "Maâlem".
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I V Y Paris (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008 at 6pm Legendary jazz musician Herbie Hancock, known for playing with the likes of Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter and Chick Corea. An audacious pianist renown for harmoniously mixing in elements of Jazz into soul,...
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Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 06/16/2008
Since the single track editions of Stormy Monday seem to be pretty popular, here’s another one from a recent Wayne Shorter Quartet gig in Philly. The band, featuring Danilo Perez on piano, John Patitucci on bass and drumming superstar Brian Blade, is widely considered to be one of the greatest working jazz units under the [...]
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liveDaily News Blog (Free subscription) | 06/13/2008
(LiveDaily.com) Aretha Franklin [ tickets ] has been tapped to headline the 2008 JVC Jazz Festival [ tickets ] Aug. 9 in Newport, RI. The Queen of Soul will be joined at this year's Newport fest by Sonny Rollins [ tickets ] , Wayne Shorter [ tickets ] , Chris Botti [ tickets ] and Herbie Hancock [ tickets ] , among... continued
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/05/2008
Leading off this Sunday with Lionel Loueke, a phenomenal new voice on guitar, Connecticut Guitar Society (CGS) brings its dinner/concert "Summer Jazz Series" back for an encore season. Loueke, a West African protege of Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Terence Blanchard, serves his tangy mix of American jazz and traditional African music as he leads his trio Sunday at 6:30 p.m. at Sweet Jane's restaurant,...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 06/04/2008
Here's something I've been saving for a slow day--that is, a day when I haven't prepared a new posting. It's Freddie Hubbard in 1962 at age twenty-four, getting famous with Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. To many, this was the Blakey band. It had Wayne Shorter, Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Reggie Workman and Hubbard. Watch for Blakey's smile when Hubbard tears into the second chorus of his solo...
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breath of life (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
This week we start with classic Miles Davis, then move to a survey of work by hip-hop vocalist Vinia Mojica who is featured on a trillion songs you've heard forever and just didn't know who was singing. Finally we do a round robin of investigations of Wayne Shorter's composition "Footprints" featuring Miles Davis, Jazz Jamaica [...]
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breath of life (Free subscription) | 05/26/2008
Featuring original lyrics by Ms. Norby, “African Fairytale” is a truly inspired interpretation of Wayne Shorter’s classic composition.
