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Eight New Joan Chamorro Videos From Spain
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
This holiday weekend, a special treat. Instead of my usual post of WSJ links and rounds-ups, I have a wonderful surprise that I'll tell you about momentarily. We'll return to the usual weekend format next week. Nearly a month ago, Jordi Pujol, owner of Fresh Sound Records, shared with me eight videos he made when he saw Joan Chamorro and the Sant Andreu Jazz Band on June 11 at the Jamboree jazz club, one of Barcelona's oldest jazz clubs, dating ...
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Video: Joan Chamorro and the WDR Big Band
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Earlier this week, Kurt Kolstad send along an email that included a link to the following clip. In May, Germany's WDR Big Band performed Darn That Dream, arranged and conducted by Joan Chamorro, the musical director of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band in Barcelona, Spain. Alba Esteban (below) of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, performed the baritone saxophone solo with grace and beauty. Frankly, it's one of the most endearing ballad solos on the instrument that I've heard in some ...
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'And All That Motive'—A New Jazz Mystery Audiobook by Joan Merrill
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Joan Merrill
Joan Merrill, author of the Casey McKie jazz mystery series, announces the release of her latest audiobook, And All that Motive, narrated by longtime Bay Area jazz radio host Alisa Clancy. Set at a festival near San Francisco, And All that Motive has Casey racing against time to solve the killing of jazz singer Sid Satin and remove suspicion from her best friend, club owner and singer Dee Jefferson. Sorting through a raft of suspects, Casey unravels the mystery with ...
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Joan Mar Sauqué: Album & Interview
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Let me start off by saying you're about to be turned on to an exceptional trumpet player. If you already know Joan Mar Sauqué, then you know what I'm talking about. If not, you can thank me later, after you say “Oh, wow." A bunch of weeks ago, Joan Mar Sauqué sent along an email with an invitation to check out his latest album, Gone With the Wind (The Changes). The album features Joan on trumpet, Josep Traver on guitar ...
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Beautiful Cat: Joan Chamorro
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Joan Chamorro is a jazz hero. A brilliant musician who plays bass, saxophones and clarinet, Joan is the founder and director of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, a youth band in Barcelona, Spain. All you have to do is watch him in action in video clips to see the love he spreads and receives from his ensembles. He proves that for great jazz to flower, you need to encourage kindness and respect as well as hard work and determination. He ...
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Joan Torres And Michael Manring Share The Stage At SFJAZZ on August 23
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Joan Torres
Inspired by redefining music genres and pushing boundaries, Joan Torres Music presents a one-of-a-kind live performance at the SFJAZZ Center on August 23rd 2018 showcasing the great Michael Manring, The Barely Jazz Ensemble, and the cross-continental Joan Torres’s All Is Fused. The night starts with Manring opening the show, and grows progressively more collaborative as musicians from around the Bay Area synthesize new sounds on stage together for the first time. A final set from Joan Torres’s All Is Fused ...
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joan Stiles
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Joan Stiles' birthday today!
Pianist/composer Joan Stiles has been gaining recognition for her highly creative approach to the jazz tradition. She recently joined the roster of pianists who have appeared on Marian McPartland’s PianoJazz show and she was profiled on WBGO’s hour-long “Jazz from the Archives” broadcast. Her 2nd CD, Hurly-Burly garnered a 4-star review from Downbeat Magazine and topped JazzWeek Radio charts. Ted Panken writes... Read more.
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Jazz Musician of the Day: Joan Stiles
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Michael Ricci
All About Jazz is celebrating Joan Stiles' birthday today!
Pianist/composer Joan Stiles has been gaining recognition for her highly creative approach to the jazz tradition. She recently joined the roster of pianists who have appeared on Marian McPartland’s PianoJazz show and she was profiled on WBGO’s hour-long “Jazz from the Archives” broadcast. Her 2nd CD, Hurly-Burly garnered a 4-star review from Downbeat Magazine and topped JazzWeek Radio charts. Ted Panken writes... Read more.
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Soulful, High-Energy, Jazz Vocalist Joan Minor Brings Her Latest Sparkling Show “April In Paris - Soulful Jazz With Parisienne Sass” To The Bay Area
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Joan Minor
ANGeLiCAS, Redwood City welcomes back Paris-Based American vocalist Joan Minor, for limited return engagement with The Joan Minor Quartet. In five years, the Joan Minor Quartet has established a distinguished musical footprint from touring widely in France and across Africa. Strengths and interests of individual members result in mesmerizing performances, including syncopated rhythms picked up while touring the African continent. Favorites like “Willow Weep For Me" and “Love For Sale," take on new dimensions when performed by these musicians. Anchored ...
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Soulful, High-Energy, Jazz Vocalist Joan Minor Brings Her Latest Sparkling Show "April In Paris - Soulful Jazz With Parisienne Sass" To New York
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Jazz in the Village
New York’s The Metropolitan Room welcomes back Paris-Based American vocalist Joan Minor for a limited return engagement with The Joan Minor Quartet. In five years, the Joan Minor Quartet has established a distinguished musical footprint from touring widely in France and across Africa. Strengths and interests of individual members result in mesmerizing performances, including syncopated rhythms picked up while touring the African continent. Favorites like “Willow Weep For Me" and “Love For Sale," take on new dimensions when performed by ...
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