News from allaboutjazz.com | December 20, 2001
SEASONS GREETINGS
A monthly page to welcome you to All About Jazz -- the quickest way
to discover the latest and greatest features on our ever-expanding
site.
JAZZ UP YOUR HOLIDAYS
We're bringing in the holidays in grand fashion this month with features ranging from building the ultimate holiday jazz library to suggestions on what to get that someone special. Plus, several new reviews of recent holiday releases...
140+ CD REVIEWS!
Another monthly dose of reviews by our squad of expert reviewers:
Explore new releases from Classical Jazz Quartet, Mike Longo, Henry Threadgill, Omer Avital, D.D. Jackson, Bill Anschell, David Sills, Marc Ribot, Vijay Iyer, Fima Ephron, Kitty Margolis, Harry Allen ... plus many more.
C. Michael Bailey counts down the TOP TEN BEST LIVE JAZZ RECORDINGS. This month... #8 - Smokin' At The Half Note.
Don't forget about our Combing the Catalog Series: reissue coverage from Fantasy,
Blue Note and Verve.
BUILDING A JAZZ LIBRARY
There's more to jazz than Kenny G and Wynton Marsalis. We've posted 14 recommendations (broken down by category) to get you started. Be sure to check back from time to time 'cause we'll be posting new recommendations in the coming months.
TEN CDs I'M LISTENING TO NOW
Ever wonder what jazz musicians listen to? Find out in our first installment of "Ten CDs I'm Listening to Now". This month, picks from Ralph Alessi, Ben Allison, Bill Anschell, Marc Copland, J. A. Granelli, Frank Kimbrough, Adam Levy, Bill Milkowski, Ken Watters and Michael Wolff.
ARTICLES
Plenty of great new articles this month at AAJ.
Kitty Margolis and Life on the Road Less Traveled by Mat Bahl
Big Band Report: Unsung Heroes by Jack Bowers
It's Called The Music Business For A Reason by Chris Burnett
Ask Ken (for hard-to-find/out-of-print recordings) by Ken Dryden
Mingus's Fingus by Rob Mariani
Artist's Dilemma by Mika Pohjola
Jazzology 300: Jazz Beginnings by Emmett G. Price III
AAJ Re-"Discovers" the Silky Soul Singer by Chris M. Slawecki
 for more articles click the ARTICLES menu on the AAJ home page
ARTIST PROFILES
Meet The Herbie Nichols Project, Henry Threadgill, percussionist John Hollenbeck, pianist Vijay Iyer, James P. Johnson, singer Norah Jones, Sun Ra, Mark Murphy
for more profiles click the PROFILES menu on the AAJ home page
INTERVIEWS
This month, we shine the jazz spotlight on Bill Evans, D. D. Jackson, John Lindberg, Mike Longo, Carmen Lundy, Stéphane Mercier, Harrison Smith, Dave Storrs
Rediscover classic interviews with Marc Copland, Herbie Nichols Project and Charlie Hunter.
more interviews
PHOTO GALLERIA
We've posted several new photo exhibits over the last two months...
This month: Jazz Bassist by Joe Smith, Off Camera by Jeffrey Kliman and Motor City Jazz by Chris Hovan. Last Month:
Seeing Jazz by Henry Benson, Jazz Expressions Vol. 2 by Jos Knaepen and
Jazz Drummers by Joe Smith.
more exhibits
NEW SITE DESIGN REMINDER
AAJ keeps getting better and better. We've once again overhauled the site to make it easier and more efficient to navigate -- it's also designed to handle the many new & exciting content areas coming over the next six months.
The most significant change is to the top navigational bar. To access content areas like NEWS, REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, etc., simply drag your mousepointer over a section to invoke a dropdown menu, then select the item of interest.
The top of the page lets you navigate to the primary content areas; the
left panel links to our special content areas like videos, Jazz Uncorked and
Bughouse Comics; and the right panel features our
various sponsors and biz partners.
NOTE: If you're running Netscape Navigator or Communicator 4.x, please ugrade to version 6.2.
It's a major improvement over 4.x and it works.
Happy Holidays!
Mike & Chris
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