All About Jazz

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If you're familiar with All About Jazz, you know that we've dedicated over two decades to supporting jazz as an art form, and more importantly, the creative musicians who make it. Our enduring commitment has made All About Jazz one of the most culturally important websites of its kind in the world reaching hundreds of thousands of readers every month. However, to expand our offerings and develop new means to foster jazz discovery we need your help.

You can become a sustaining member for a modest $20 and in return, we'll immediately hide those pesky Google ads PLUS deliver exclusive content and provide access to future articles for a full year! This combination will not only improve your AAJ experience, it will allow us to continue to rigorously build on the great work we first started in 1995. Read on to view our project ideas...

Album Reviews

Daily album reviews—from independent to major label releases

Zara McFarlane
East Of The River Nile

Pedro Martins
VOX

Tamara Obrovac Transhistria Ensemble
live@ZKM

Aviva Endean
cinder: ember: ashes

Colin Linden & Luther Dickinson
Amour

Macuco Quintet
Friendly Signs

Patchwork Jazz Orchestra
The Adventures of Mr Pottercakes

Lucian Ban & Alex Simu
Free Fall

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Interviews, columns, concert reviews, and more

Interview with Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Sirius Juju and Unspeakable Garbage at Jerry's on Front

Live From Philadelphia
Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Sirius Juju and...
By Geno Thackara

Interview with The Sound Of Progress: Lioness And Ellen Rowe

Multiple Reviews
The Sound Of Progress: Lioness And Ellen Rowe
By Dan Bilawsky

Radio
A Focus on Tony Malaby
By Bob Osborne

Interview with South African Saliency: Reza Khota, Carlo Mombelli, Andrew Lilley, and Mandisi Dyantyis

Multiple Reviews
South African Saliency: Reza Khota, Carlo Mombelli, Andrew...
By Dan Bilawsky

Interview with Thelonious Monk Revisited

Radio
Thelonious Monk Revisited
By Ludovico Granvassu

Interview with Jorge Rossy Live At BIMHUIS Amsterdam

Radio
Jorge Rossy Live At BIMHUIS Amsterdam
By BIMHUIS

Interview with Blue Note's Tone Poet Series

Highly Opinionated
Blue Note's Tone Poet Series
By Patrick Burnette

Interview with Pt. 5, Digital Drink Coasters?

Mind Your Business
Pt. 5, Digital Drink Coasters?
By B.D. Lenz

Interview with American Descendants of Slaves Empowered Through the Arts, Social Media #ADOS, and Activist Preaching

Beauty, Love and Justice: Living A Coltranian Life
American Descendants of Slaves Empowered Through the Arts,...
By Christine Passarella

Listen

Discover new jazz!

Track of the Day
Radio Programs

Jacob Wise
Panther Burn

EJ Hughes
Ghosts In The Machine

Antoine Karacostas
Aharisti (Ungrateful)

Martin Lindholm
Moving Forward

Quinsin Nachoff
Path of Totality

Mandy Lagan
My Old Man

Jim Brenan
Jocasta

Wadada Leo Smith
Rosa Parks: Pure Love

Songs to Aging Children Come
Source A Broad Spectrum

February Birthdays and Snooky @100
Source Gifts & Messages with Dr. Jazz

Make It Big!
Source Jazz Bastard

A Focus on Tony Malaby
Source World of Jazz

Burning Ghosts, Alister Spence and More
Source One Man's Jazz

It All About the Sax with Kyle Nasser
Source The Crazeology Radio Show

News

Sponsored announcements from the industry

Recording
Ed Roth Releases New Album Jazzland Out February 22 On Funzalo Records

Event
Matt Mitchell Kicks Off Elysium Furnace Works' 2019 Season In Beacon, NY

Award / Grant
Los Angeles Based Independent Jazz Label, BFM Jazz, Wins Five Grammys

Tenor Saxophonist Mike Lee New Release February 18th Song For All Of Us Featuring Lenny White, George Colligan, Dave Stryker & More!

Recording
Tenor Saxophonist Mike Lee New Release February 18th Song For All Of Us Featuring Lenny White,...

Singer Carolyn Fitzhugh Demonstrates Vocal & Compositional Chops On 'Living In Peace,' Set For March 15 Release By IYOUWE Records

Recording
Singer Carolyn Fitzhugh Demonstrates Vocal & Compositional Chops On 'Living In Peace,' Set For March...

Video / DVD
Pianist Romain Collin Releases Seventh Video In #taurussesh Series

Recording
DarWin Releases Debut Concept Album Origin Of Species Internationally Featuring Drum Legend Simon Phillips

Award / Grant
Los Angeles Based Independent Jazz Label, BFM Jazz, Wins Five Grammys

Bistro Award Winning Jazz Vocalist Shirley Crabbe, With David Budway On Piano, To Appear As Part Of The Overture Concert Series At Rockland Conservatory Of Music

Performance / Tour
Bistro Award Winning Jazz Vocalist Shirley Crabbe, With David Budway On Piano, To Appear As Part Of The Overture...

Video / DVD
Pianist Romain Collin Releases Seventh Video In #taurussesh Series

Event
Matt Mitchell Kicks Off Elysium Furnace Works' 2019 Season In Beacon, NY

Recording
Singer Carolyn Fitzhugh Demonstrates Vocal & Compositional Chops On 'Living In Peace,' Set For March 15 Release By...

Jazz Near You Imports GigPress Events for Jazz Musicians

All About Jazz Top 10 Tracks: January 2019

All About Jazz / Jazz Near You Improvements: January 2019

All About Jazz Improves Press Release Distribution Service

Attention Venues! Share The Top Jazz Venues Poll With Your Social Network And Mailing List

All About Jazz Top 10 Tracks: December 2018

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Swallows & Swans by Florian Ross
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Trio Tapestry by Joe Lovano
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Crosswinds by Christoph Irniger
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Imaginary Friends by Ralph Alessi
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East Of The Sun by Michael Kocour

Radio
Songs to Aging Children Come

SoCal Jazz
Peter Erskine: Up Front, In Time, and On Call

Radio
February Birthdays and Snooky @100

Live From Philadelphia
Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Sirius Juju and Unspeakable Garbage at Jerry's on Front

Multiple Reviews
The Sound Of Progress: Lioness And Ellen Rowe

Multiple Reviews
Satoko Fujii's Orchestras

Radio
Make It Big!

Jazz Story

Jazz combines creativity from the mind, heart, and the gut. It flourishes through structure and uses melody and rhythm to bridge the musician's creativity and the listener's imagination. I try to appreciate all forms of music and styles of jazz but find myself drawn to the “hot music” of the twenties through the early thirties, including its many contemporary incarnations
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Jazz combines creativity from the mind, heart, and the gut. It flourishes through structure and uses melody and rhythm to bridge the musician's creativity and the listener's imagination. I try to appreciate all forms of music and styles of jazz but find myself drawn to the “hot music” of the twenties through the early thirties, including its many contemporary incarnations. Obscure and forgotten musicians of that period also interest me. I also enjoy Baroque and Classical music; much of that repertoire actually shares jazz's emphasis on improvisation, creating tension over an underlying ground rhythm, and exciting formal variation.
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By Andrew J. Sammut
Member since: 2010

Date	Detail	Price
Feb24Sun	Boomtown Brass Band Mkt Bar Houston, TX
Feb28Thu	Christoph Eschenbach, Houston Symphony Jones Hall Houston, TX
Feb28Thu	Clark Beckham Mcgonigel's Mucky Duck Houston, TX
Mar1Fri	Steve Cropper The Heights Theater Houston, TX
Mar1Fri	Robby Krieger Warehouse Live Houston, TX
Mar2Sat	Christoph Eschenbach Jones Hall Houston, TX
Mar2Sat	Kingwood Big Band Lone Star College-kingwood Kingwood, TX	$20 , 15 , 5

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News

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Album Showcase

Swallows & Swans by Florian Ross

Trio Tapestry by Joe Lovano

Crosswinds by Christoph Irniger

Imaginary Friends by Ralph Alessi

East Of The Sun by Michael Kocour

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Christoph Eschenbach, Houston Symphony

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