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Nigerian-Born Vocalist, Composer & Bandleader Douyé Announces 'Stay With Me,' Featuring George Cables
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DL Media
Original Songs. Featuring the Legendary Pianist George Cables, Her Sixth Album Interweaves Three New Songs With Cable-Arranged Standards from the Great American Songbook. Available Today via Groove Note Records Nigerian-born, Los Angeles-based jazz vocalist and songwriter Douyé announces Stay With Me, her forthcoming sixth album and the first of her jazz albums to include original songs. Arriving June 26, 2026, the 13-track album places three new songs by Douyé and Rufus Bordal among 10 Great American Songbook standards arranged and ...
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All About Jazz Publishes Peer Reviewed Long-form Feature On Andy Wasserman And George Russell’s Lydian Chromatic Concept
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Patrick Doyle
All About Jazz, widely recognized as the world's largest and most trafficked jazz content platform, has published a major peer‑reviewed article in its prestigious Jazz in Long Form section titled “Andy Wasserman, George Russell, and the Living Lineage of the Lydian Chromatic Concept.” The feature, authored by Patrick Doyle, is now available at: Andy Wasserman, George Russell, and the Living Lineage of the Lydian Chromatic Concept The Jazz in Long Form series at All About Jazz highlights in‑depth, peer‑reviewed essays ...
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Backgrounder: George Braith - 'Extension' (1967)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Imagine recording an album and waiting three years for it to come out. That's what happened to saxophonist George Braith with Extension (Blue Note), after recording it in 1964 The delay surely had something to do with the fact that he had already released two other LPs for the label—Soulstream (1963) and Laughing Soul (1966). Or it could have been that the album sounded remarkably like Larry Young's Into Something and Unity, released around the same period. Who knows? The ...
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Backgrounder: George Wallington - Showcase (1954)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
George Wallington doesn't get enough credit for being one of bebop's earliest pianists. He played with Dizzy Gillespie and other nascent boppers in clubs on New York's 52nd Street in the mid-1940s. His compositions include Lemon Drop, recorded by Woody Herman, and Godchild, which was included on Miles Davis's Birth of the Cool recordings. He's a fascinating jazz figure. Among his albums, the one I'm spotlighting today is fascinating, both for the personnel and the arranger. Recorded in 1954 for ...
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Who Was George Adams?
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
The reason you may not be familiar with George Adams or his music is that much of it was recorded in Italy. Born in Covington, Ga., in 1940, the tenor saxophonist and flutist did most of his recording as a leader or co-leader in a range of Italian studios. Adams is probably best known for his work with Charles Mingus, including his terrific solos on Changes One and Changes Two, both released in 1975. His finest work was co-leading a ...
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54 Below Presents George Young In Singin' And Swingin' on June 19th
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SM Communication Solutions
54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club, presents George Young in Singin’ and Swingin’ on June 19th at 7:00pm. Mr. Young, an accomplished entertainer, brings his musicianship and vocal dexterity in celebration of Juneteenth and all that this day represents. Through a well curated repertoire of songs George Young will pay his respect to the Harlem Renaissance, to the Apollo, to Baltimore’s Royal Theater (under whose shadow, he grew up), to Broadway, to the songs born out of the never-ending struggles of ...
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Announcing Smoke Jazz Club’s April Line-up Featuring A Special Jim Rotondi Tribute Concert, The Return Of Legendary Artists George Cables, Vincent Herring, And More
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AMT Public Relations
Hailed as the “#1 Jazz Club in New York City (SecretNYC),” SMOKE Jazz Club presents today’s leading artists in April aka Jazz Appreciation Month. The lauded tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III begins the month with a five-night run (Apr 2-6) at the helm of his stellar quartet. SMOKE is thrilled to host a special tribute concert series honoring trumpeter Jim Rotondi featuring the One For All ensemble with special guest Jon Faddis (Apr 16-20). Longtime audience favorites return to the ...
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Wild Tone Artists Takes Over From Reggie Marshall's MarsJazz
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Sujata Subramanian
Wild Tone Artists is pleased to announce its launch as a jazz booking agency, continuing the work of industry veteran Reggie Marshall. After more than 30 years running MarsJazz, Marshall has retired, and Wild Tone Artists will carry forward his mission of supporting jazz musicians. Led by Sujata Subramanian, who has a background in tech and a deep appreciation for jazz, Wild Tone Artists aims to build on Marshall’s work while offering new opportunities for musicians. For Sujata, stepping into ...
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Announcing Smoke Jazz Club’s November Line-up Celebrating Steve Davis' New Smoke Sessions Records Album, 80th Birthday Of George Cables, Thanksgiving Weekend With Vocalist Tierney Sutton And More
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AMT Public Relations
SMOKE Jazz Club continues its 25th anniversary season with a month of some of today’s most essential jazz artists. November begins with audience favorites: trumpeter Nicholas Payton leading his improvisational project Nouveau Standards (Oct 30-Nov 3) followed by trombonist Steve Davis at the helm of his All-Star Sextet celebrating a new SMOKE Sessions Records album (Nov 6-10). SMOKE is thrilled to celebrate the 80th birthday of piano giant George Cables (Nov 13-17), the return of pianist Renee Rosnes (Nov 20-24) ...
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Perfection: George Shearing - I'll Be Around, 1951
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
As you can see, I'm still hooked on I'll Be Around, one of composer Alec Wilder's best songs. He reportedly wrote the music in 10 minutes while riding in a cab in Baltimore. But the words “took much longer," he said in an interview before his death in 1980. Recorded first by Cab Calloway, then by Eugenie Baird with Tony Pastor and after by the Mills Brothers, who made it a huge hit, I'll Be Around was a huge seller ...
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