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

Larry Grenadier
The Gleaners

Ustad Saami
God Is Not A Terrorist

Layale Chaker and Sarafand
Inner Rhyme

Yagull
Yuna

Mark Vickness
Places

Eli Wallace
Barriers

Stephan Thelen
Fractal Guitar

Dave Rempis / Brandon Lopez / Ryan Packard
The Early Bird Gets

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Interviews, columns, concert reviews, and more

Radio
Let's Talk About Me
By H William Stine

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

Interview with Gourmet At April Jazz Club

Live Reviews
Gourmet At April Jazz Club
By Anthony Shaw

Interview with 2019 Starts with a Jazz Blast! Part 2

Radio
2019 Starts with a Jazz Blast! Part 2
By Ludovico Granvassu

Interview with Ziv Ravitz Trio Live At BIMHUIS Amsterdam

Radio
Ziv Ravitz Trio Live At BIMHUIS Amsterdam
By BIMHUIS

Interview with Marlene VerPlanck Loves Johnny Mercer

Getting Into Jazz
Marlene VerPlanck Loves Johnny Mercer
By Mark Barnett

Interview with Vijay Iyer Balances The Cerebral And The Fervent

Live Reviews
Vijay Iyer Balances The Cerebral And The Fervent
By Akinfe Fatou

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Track of the Day
Radio Programs

Martin Lindholm
Moving Forward

Quinsin Nachoff
Path of Totality

Mandy Lagan
My Old Man

Jim Brenan
Jocasta

Wadada Leo Smith
Rosa Parks: Pure Love

Tom Neale
Keynvor Atlantek

Jon Lundbom & Big Five Chord
People Be Talking

Trey Wright
Me And Einstein

Pyeng Threadgill's New Porch Music
Source Mondo Jazz

Let's Talk About Me
Source Turntable For One

Funk in a Deep Freeze
Source A Broad Spectrum

Nat@100, Withers ‘Just Because’, Newk & More
Source Gifts & Messages with Dr. Jazz

Ken Fowser, Something Blue, Devin Gray and More
Source World of Jazz

Steph Richards, Kuba Plużek and More
Source One Man's Jazz

News

Sponsored announcements from the industry

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...

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

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

Rising Israeli Jazz Pianist/Composer Guy Mintus Releases Multi-Faceted And Ambitious New Trio Album, Connecting The Dots

Recording
Rising Israeli Jazz Pianist/Composer Guy Mintus Releases Multi-Faceted And Ambitious New Trio Album,...

Consider The Source To Release You Are Literally A Metaphor, Their First Album In Four Years, On March 1

Recording
Consider The Source To Release You Are Literally A Metaphor, Their First Album In Four Years, On...

Website
Jazz Near You Imports GigPress Events for Jazz Musicians

Recording
Greek drummer and composer Billy Pod releases Drums to Heal Society on Puzzlemusik

Website
Jazz Near You Imports GigPress Events for Jazz Musicians

Award / Grant
61st GRAMMY Awards: Jazz Winners

Recording
Greek drummer and composer Billy Pod releases Drums to Heal Society on Puzzlemusik

Ami Molinelli, Rogério Souza, Edinho Gerber Come Together As Duo Violão + 1 On New Album, A History Of Choro, To Be Released On March 8

Recording
Ami Molinelli, Rogério Souza, Edinho Gerber Come Together As Duo Violão + 1 On New Album, A History Of Choro, To Be...

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

Recording
Rising Israeli Jazz Pianist/Composer Guy Mintus Releases Multi-Faceted And Ambitious New Trio Album, Connecting The Dots

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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East Of The Sun by Michael Kocour
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Crosswinds by Christoph Irniger
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Imaginary Friends by Ralph Alessi
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Trio Tapestry by Joe Lovano

Multiple Reviews
Evan Parker and Paul G. Smyth on Weekertoft

Live Reviews
The 2019 Tibet House U.S. Benefit Concert

Radio
Pyeng Threadgill's New Porch Music

Radio
Let's Talk About Me

Live Reviews
JAZZTOPAD 2018

Multiple Reviews
The Grammys' Failure To Recognize 2018's Greatest Rock Records

Radio
Funk in a Deep Freeze

Jazz Story

I love jazz because it's an area of music where I am free to incorporate everything I've experienced in music, including multiple genres and global cultures, and creatively express myself as a composer and improviser
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I love jazz because it's an area of music where I am free to incorporate everything I've experienced in music, including multiple genres and global cultures, and creatively express myself as a composer and improviser. I see jazz as a “big tent” music, and have tried to avoid worrying about what of style of music I play so much as do I express the various styles I've absorbed in a way that is honest and personal. As a guitarist, it means I cover a lot of different sounds, and as a composer it means I draw on a lot of different influences quite freely.
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By Michael Occhipinti
Member since: 2008

Date	Detail	Price
Feb17Sun	Houston Symphony, Steven Reineke Jones Hall Houston, TX
Feb17Sun	Casey Donahew Karbach Brewing Co. Houston, TX
Feb17Sun	James McMurtry Mcgonigel's Mucky Duck Houston, TX
Feb19Tue	Battle of the Bands Warehouse Live Houston, TX
Feb21Thu	Funk You Last Concert Cafe Houston, TX
Feb22Fri	Shannon McNally, Steve Earle The Heights Theater Houston, TX
Feb28Thu	Christoph Eschenbach, Houston Symphony Jones Hall Houston, TX

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