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Aros: Train Song
by AAJ Staff
It might be highly civilized, but Train Song is so unassuming that it never crosses the line into pretense. That's important with music this serious, and it's not to be taken for granted. Aros is an Amsterdam-based sextet co-led by Canadian tenor player Rob Armus and Austrian pianist Marion von Tilzer, and this is the group's second release after a self-titled debut on BVHaast in 2001. Train Song capitalizes on the talents of the group, which include an urbane sophistication ...
read moreNew England Conservatory’s Contemporary Musical Arts Program Shines A Spotlight On Alumni Including Aoife O’Donovan, Sarah Jarosz, John Medeski
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Musical Arts program showcases the musical achievements of department alumni with Coast to Coast, a month-long celebration June 1 – 30, 2023. Featured are artists in a wide array of genres including jazz, folk, klezmer, Indian classical, bluegrass, original music and more. “We couldn’t think of a better way to cap our 50th Anniversary Celebration than shining a light on our brilliant alumni,” says department Co-Chair Eden MacAdam-Somer. “By highlighting their performances during one single month, ...
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Backgrounder: Dodo Marmarosa — Dodo's Back!
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday, I posted about pianist Craig Davis's new trio tribute to Dodo Marmarosa. I also promised you a fabulous Backgrounder album this week by Marmarosa. Well, why not today, since you probably still have Dodo on your in mind. Dodo's Back! is one of my favorites. It's elegant and pushy, with touches of George Shearing in places. Recorded in Chicago in May 1961, the album was released in 1962. Marmarosa was backed by Richard Evans on bass and Marshall Thompson ...
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Craig Davis: Music of Dodo Marmarosa
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Michael Dodo" Marmarosa was a fascinating jazz pianist. Among the first pianists to master bebop in the mid-1940s, he had an accomplished, plush touch. As I wrote back in 2008, Dodo was less aggressive than Bud Powell and more expressive and complex than Al Haig. He preferred a punctuating, full keyboard approach, developing ideas in the middle and widening out to express them." Marmarosa also was much in demand early on. He was skilled enough to play piano for many ...
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Interview: Hank O'Neal on Chiaroscuro Records
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I've known Hank O'Neal since the start of JazzWax in 2007. An information hound since his days with the CIA, he somehow found out about me and JazzWax early on and was always there to help me track down legends to interview. In fact, I think George Wein hipped Hank to JazzWax and me to Hank, now that I recall. Hank, a prolific author and wonderful photographer, has always been a generous jazz angel. He's been there for many people ...
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Santarosa.jazznearyou.com Added!
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz has improved the appearance of the Jazz Near You calendar widget with new graphics and a buy" button to facilitate ticket sales. If you currently do not use our widget, but would like to promote local jazz events on your website or blog, go here. Existing widget users can grab the new code here. Enjoy! Welcome Santa Rosa, CA! We plan to continually add new cities with active jazz scenes to our list of Jazz Near You ...
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Jim Miller Honored as "Jazz Hero" on April 15th at LaRose Jazz Restaurant
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Michael Ricci
Jim Miller—Philadelphia jazz percussionist, composer, recording artist, music journalist, and jazz educator—will be named a “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association on April 15th. The ceremony honoring this jazz icon will take place at LaRose Supper Club, 5531 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, during an evening’s performance by saxophonist Tony Williams, from 6 to 9 p.m. Information: 215-517-8337. Each year, the Jazz Journalists Association gives its “Jazz Hero” awards to those whose exemplary work" keeps Jazz alive and well in ...
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Larry McKenna Receives 3rd Annual Jazz Bridge "Making A Difference" Award Sun. Dec. 16th @ LaRose!
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Jim Miller
Philadelphia jazz saxophone icon Larry McKenna will receive the third annual Jazz Bridge “Making a Difference” Award on Sunday December 16th at LaRose Jazz & Banquet Hall, 5531 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia. The event runs from 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $20. Information: 610-745-3011. This gala is a Jazz Bridge benefit for the Daphne Fund, an organization dedicated to helping Philadelphia area women Jazz and blues musicians. Previous recipients of the “Making a Difference” Award have been Jazz organist ...
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Clarinetist-Saxophonist Anat Cohen Plays With Light And Shade On Her New Album Of Swinging Lyricism And Irresistible Variety, "Claroscuro"
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
Cohen's sixth solo album - to be released on September 25, 2012 by Anzic Records - sees the jazz star at home in a world of music, ranging with her ace band from New York and New Orleans to Brazil and Africa Anat Cohen Celebrates Claroscuro" with a week at The Village Vanguard, September 18-23 Anat Cohen - celebrated the world over for her expressive virtuosity on clarinet and saxophone, not to mention the sheer joie de vivre in her ...
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All-Star, All-Women Jazz Jam at LaRose Jazz Club on December 11th
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Jim Miller
Jazz Bridge and the Sunday Sessions at LaRose Jazz Club, 5531 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA, will join together on Sunday December 11th to raise money for women jazz and blues musicians in crisis and for the wives of jazz and blues musicians. Showtime: 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets: $20.00 For info call 215-517-8337. Appearing that night will be some of the best and the brightest women musicians in the Greater Philadelphia Metro area: Monnette Sudler, Denise King, Miss Justine, ...
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One Track Mind: Sarah Jarosz, "The Tourist" (2011)
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Something Else!
By Tom Johnson Do we need another Radiohead cover? Hasn't everything been said about Radiohead by artists from every corner of the music world? From Christopher O'Riley's albums of sleepy piano solos to premiere jazz pianist Brad Mehldau's definitive readings and the Bad Plus' rave-up of Karma Police," or even Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid's wild antics shown on National Anthem," it kind of seems like maybe we've gotten enough new blood injected into Radiohead to see how important and ...
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