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Ravita Jazz’s Releases 'Alice Blue'
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Ravita Jazz
Ravita Jazz released Alice Blue in May of 2025. In the liner notes, jazz journalist and author Raul d'Gama Rosewrote: “Throughout Alice Blue the poetics of musical tradition are impressively maintained. The balance of melody, harmony and rhythm present in compositions and improvisation make this an album worth adding to your collection.” Bassist, composer, educator, and radio host Dr. Phil Ravita leads Ravita Jazz, a dynamic ensemble rooted in modern jazz traditions and creative innovation. As one of the Mid-Atlantic’s ...
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Video: Kenny Clarke Plays 'Black Knight' (1957)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On November 12, 1957, drummer Kenny Clarke was in a recording studio in Paris recording Kenny Clarke Plays Christian Chevallier for French Columbia. His band included composer-arranger Christian Chevallier, Ack van Rooyen (tp), Nat Peck (tb), Hubert Fol and Jean Aldegon (as), Georges Grenu (ts), Armand Migiani (bar), Maurice Vander (p) and Pierre Michelot (b). They were there to record a tricky Chevallier tune called Black Knight. Here it is... Fortunately, a French TV crew was in the studio filming ...
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Backgrounder: Tina Brooks - True Blue (1960)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
No other category of artist in American history had to fight harder to have his or her creativity recognized than the jazz musician. This war was waged on three fronts—with themselves, with the culture and with their record label. If any one of these three battles was lost, the other two often collapsed as well. In the 1940s and '50s, the battle with one's self meant steering clear of drug addiction. The battle with the culture was the struggle to ...
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Loris Donatelli blends tradition and innovation in his debut album 'Blue Taxi'
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Loris Donatelli
“With Blue Taxi, I wanted to create an album that serves as a bridge between tradition and innovation, where every note tells a fragment of life. It’s an intimate yet universal work, a solo project that speaks to those who love to lose and find themselves in music,” says Pescara-born guitarist and composer Loris Donatelli, describing his debut album, set for release on Wednesday, May 14, via PlayCab. Available in digital and physical formats, Blue Taxi takes listeners on a ...
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Perfection: Tommy Flanagan: In the Blue of Evening
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In 1960, pianist Tommy Flanagan recorded The Tommy Flanagan Trio, an album of easy-going jazz for Prestige's Moodsville line. Joining Flanagan was the exceptional Tommy Potter of bass and superb Roy Haynes on drums. By then, Flanagan had made a name for himself as a first-call sideman and would soon become Ella Fitzgerald's accompanist. While the entire album is top-notch, the track that has always stood for its sheer elegance and beauty is In the Blue of Evening. The song ...
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New Jazz Stream with Lazaro Vega From Blue Lake Public Radio
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Klay Woodworth
Blue Lake Public Radio announced today that a new all-jazz web stream is available for listeners. The stream is the over-night programming created by long-time jazz host Lazaro Vega but repeating throughout the day. “We have a lot of jazz fans who don’t want to stay up late,” said Klay Woodworth, Director of Broadcasting. “We have developed this 24/7 stream to give them access to our excellent programming.” The stream is available on the Blue Lake Public Radio website and ...
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Bassist Rodney Jordan Sends A Love Letter To His Hometown With The March 14 Release Of 'Memphis Blue' On Baxter Music Enterprises
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Rodney Jordan, born and raised in the city known as the “Home of the Blues,” rightly channels that heritage on Memphis Blue, his personal tribute to the “soulful people of Memphis,” due to release March 14th on Baxter Music Enterprises. Now based in Tallahassee, Florida, Jordan is joined by his fellow Memphian, trumpeter Melvin Jones, as well as a group of first-rank collaborators who evoke the full spectrum of the South: Atlantan pianist Louis Heriveaux, Charleston-based saxophonist Mark Sterbank, and ...
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Kenny Wheeler Legacy: The Lost Scores
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Kenny Wheeler isn't a household name in many American jazz circles. The Canadian trumpeter, flugelhornist and composer was based in the U.K. starting in the 1950s. As a composer and arranger of jazz orchestral scores, he was among the most inventive, daring and gifted in the post-1960 era. [Photo above of Kenny Wheeler in 1988, courtesy of Ebay] What makes Wheeler fascinating is his fluency in straight-ahead jazz, free jazz and rock. He studied composition with British composer and pianist ...
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King Crimson 'Red 50th Anniversary Edition' 2 CD / 2 Blu-ray & 2 LP 200-gram Audiophile Vinyl Available October 25, 2024
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Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
50th Anniversary editions of King Crimson’s classic 1974 album 4 disc boxed set with 2 x Blu-ray & 2CDs 2 x Blu-rays featuring completely new mixes of the album in Dolby Atmos, 5.1 DTS-HD MA Surround & Hi-Res Stereo by Steven Wilson, New Elemental Mixes in Hi-Res Stereo by David Singleton, a number of extra tracks drawn from the existing sessions reels mixed by David Singleton, all three mixes of the live album USA in Hi-Res Stereo, 5 audio restored ...
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The National Jazz Museum In Harlem Hosts the 'Shades Of Blue' Garden Party On September 21
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Marko Nobles
The National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH) will present the “Shades of Blue” Garden Party & Fundraiser celebrating Miles Davis' iconic Kind of Blue album on the beautiful Kensington Estate in Long Branch, NJ on Saturday, September 21st. This singular jazz in Harlem experience in New Jersey will feature gourmet food, signature cocktails, HATS!, photo and media opportunities and much more. “I'm so excited about bringing the ‘jazz in Harlem experience’ to Long Branch and presenting a selection of the ...
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