News from allaboutjazz.com | June 30, 2003
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JUNE GREETINGS FROM AAJ
Visit our monthly welcome page, the quickest way to discover what's cookin' in our jazz lab.
This month we'd like to draw special attention to several opinion and editorial pieces, 13 new art exhibits, and our ever-expanding jazz resource directory. We're also celebrating the work of pianist/composer Herbie Nichols.
NEW RELEASE SHOWCASE
AAJ is proud to showcase the following CDs in June: arranger/composer/pianist Carla Bley's Looking for America, guitarist/vocalist John Pizzarelli's Live at Birdland, guitar trio The E.M.P. Project, vibraphonist Steve Yeager's New Groove Blues and Jazz Orchestra of the Delta's Big Band Reflections of Cole Porter.
Show your support of AAJ by clicking thru to these artists' websites and checking out their exciting new music.
You can hear songs from all the CDs mentioned above on our companion radio station, The Jazz Excursion.
Click here for more information about AAJ's artist promotional services.
INTERVIEWS
May 2003 was a record-breaker for interviews and there was no drop off in June. This month AAJ chatted with:
Eddie Palmieri,
Hotep Idris Galeta,
Michael Blake,
Greg Osby,
John Snyder of Artists House Records (recommended),
Roswell Rudd,
Eddie Henderson,
Jim Hall,
Steve Hass,
Michel Alibo,
The Necks,
Tim Ries and
Concord Record's John Burk.
We also have 11 additional interviews to post over the next two weeks. Fred Jung talked to Hank Jones, R.J. DeLuke rapped with Kurt Elling and Javier Antonio Quiñones Ortiz spoke with Cuban pianist Elio Villafranca. All coming soon.
PROFILES
This month AAJ profiles the work of Carla Bley,
Jaco Pastorius,
Sonny Clark,
Carmine DAmico,
Tony Malaby,
Horace Parlan and
Tony Scott and Buddy DeFranco.
All About Jazz commemorates pianist Herbie Nichols on the 40th anniversary of his death. Read an interview with Roswell Rudd, a retrospective by Frank Kimbrough and view the complete Herbie Nichols discography.
HOT, HOT, HOT!
AAJ is proud to announce the launching of Raul d'Gama Rose's new column, Highly Opinionated. Please reads his inaugural article, Griots on the Underground Railroad Pharoah Sanders and Wayne Shorter. We'd also like to bring special attention to Maitland Jones' new spin on how to organize a Jazz House Party with JazzNights - Intimate Evenings of Great Music in Princeton. And while you're add it, read what Dave Liebman would do if he had $10 million in the bank!
AAJ is reporting daily from two major international festivals. Greg Robb is wrapping up his coverage of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival while Andrey Henkin is just getting started with his coverage of the Montreal Jazz Festival.
We've also posted 13 art exhibits this month by several talented photographers and one very talented painter.
JAZZ RESOURCE DIRECTORY - USE IT!
AAJ's directory system has grown by leaps and bounds over the last month. We've not only added hundreds of festivals and hundreds of jazz societies, but we've also added more venues, musicians, and vinyl record stores. And just this past weekend we created a jazz publicist, jazz print publication, and jazz association/foundation directory.
If you're in any facet of the jazz industry (see categories below) and don't see your listing, please add it today.
TALK JAZZ, 24-7
Over 1,000 members and going strong. More folks
than ever are talking jazz, trading CDs, teaching and being taught -- it's
one of the most active and entertaining online music communities anywhere.
And it's right here!
Hot topics include: What made you a fan of jazz?, Jazz books, What music do you enjoy besides jazz?.
AAJ: BEST WEBSITE COVERING JAZZ 2003
All About Jazz won its second consecutive "Best Website Covering Jazz" award at the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) "Jazz Award 2003" ceremonies held Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at B.B. King's Bar and Grill in New York City. For more information about the award and the awards ceremony, click here.
Chris, Nils and Mike would like to thank all the AAJ contributors who shared their passion, knowledge and spirit with the readers over the last year. Our staff has grown to 500 and many of them have been hard at work championing the music through the site. We tip our fezzes with sincere appreciation.
We'd also like to thank the following organizations for their continued support: Howard Mandel & the Jazz Journalist Association, Don Lucoff & DL Media, and Jim Eigo & Jazz Promo Services.
And while we're at it, pat yourself on the back if you're a frequent visitor who spreads the word about AAJ. Word of mouth has helped All About Jazz reach 300,000 readers a month. We're eternally grateful!
All the Best!
Mike & Chris
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