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Backgrounder: Maynard Ferguson - Around the Horn
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Recorded in November 1955 and May 1956, Maynard Ferguson's Around the Horn With Maynard Ferguson remains a spectacular album. All 12 tracks were composed and arranged by the late Bill Holman, and the band was top notch. The band featured Ferguson (tp,b-tp,vtb); Buddy Childers and Ray Linn (tp); Bob Burgess (tb); Herb Geller (as); Georgie Auld and Bill Holman (ts); Bud Shank (bs); Lorraine Geller (p); Buddy Clark (b on tracks 1–4) and Ray Brown (b on tracks 5–12); Alvin ...
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The Recording Industry's Music Performance Trust Fund Invests $1.1 Million in Grants to Communities to Celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month
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Michael Ricci
The recording industry's Music Performance Trust Fund (MPTF), a leading non-profit organization enriching lives and uniting communities through the power of music, wrapped up its annual initiative to present admission-free live musical performances celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) in April. Nearly 5,000 professional musicians in 78 markets across North America performed for appreciative audiences from Honolulu to Saskatoon to New Orleans and beyond. Events were held in parks, libraries, schools, art galleries, assisted living residences, community centers, churches, and other ...
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Atlas Maior Celebrates Vinyl Release 'Hadal Deluxe Edition' With Vinyl Release Show On June 7th At Monks Jazz Club
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Press Junkie PR
The internationally lauded global jazz ensemble Atlas Maior is presenting a culmination of their creative work from 2020-2024 with their very first vinyl release Hadal Deluxe Edition. The new record is due out on June 7th, and will be celebrated at their record release party at The Monks Jazz Club, Austin, TX! Hadal Deluxe Edition vinyl is reflective of Atlas Maior’s highly collaborative nature and features original and cross-cultural collaborative compositions. Reflecting back on a career of musical journeys, Atlas ...
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Backgrounder: Sonny Stitt's Night Crawler
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
When I was collecting Sonny Stitt albums as a kid in the early 1970s, my purchases divided into three categories: not bad, meh and perfection. Back then, there was no internet. Instead, I listened religiously to jazz FM radio stations and entered favorites in a small notebook that fit in my back pocket. Everyone I knew had one. Then you hunted for the ones on your list and took chances on others that either came highly recommended or looked good. ...
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Winner Of The 7th Annual Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition Announced
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Frank Vardaros
The Blues Alley Jazz Society is pleased to announce the winner of the 7th annual Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition—Dani Assis (New Canaan, CT). 2nd Place Winner is Aviana Gedler (West Des Moines, IA), and 3rd Place Winners are Angelina Kolobukhova (Minsk, Belarus), Arvin Ma (Shanghai, China), and Tina Hashemi (Charlottesville, VA). The competition included some of the most musically versatile student vocalists from around the globe and has attracted submissions from continents and countries as expansive as the First ...
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Stan Getz: Copenhagen Unissued Session 1977
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On January 29, 1977, tenor saxophonist Stan Getz was in Copenhagen, Denmark, performing at the city's famed Jazzhus Montmartre club. He was joined by Joanne Brackeen (p,el-p), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b) and Billy Hart (d). The next day, the quartet went into a studio in Copenhagen and recorded an album for SteepleChase Records. The club material from the 29th was released as Live At Montmartre, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2: Stan Getz Quartet. The studio session tapes from the 30th ...
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Jon Burlingame on Peter Gunn
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the late 1950s, millions of Americans were undergoing a midlife crisis. From their perspective, rock 'n' roll had turned their kids into teenage adversaries who took all of their hard work during World War II and the post-war years for granted. As baby boomers aged and the culture began shifting to a younger demographic, many middle aged men trapped in jobs yearned for their youth and freedom, while many women grew weary of their many thankless tasks in suburban ...
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Announcing Preliminary Jazz 2024-25 Season At New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ
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AMT Public Relations
Tickets Go on Sale Friday, May 10, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. New Jersey Performing Arts Center 1 Center Street Newark, NJ 07102 (888) 466-5722 Free-$149. To purchase, contact NJPAC at 1.888.466.5722 or visit NJPAC.org. SUN 9.29 @ 7:00 p.m. Herbie Hancock Herbie Hancock – piano 14x GRAMMY winner Herbie Hancock returns to NJPAC in a highly anticipated one-night only concert. The last time he graced the NJPAC stage was in 2017 as a special guest with ...
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Backgrounder: Jazz Sounds From Peter Gunn
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
One could argue that Henry Mancini picked up where Bill Holman left off. As noted earlier this week, Bill's arrangements for recordings captured the sound of 1950s Los Angeles' jazzy cool, with his charts clutch-shifting like brand-new cars cruising the region's many freeways. Mancini's music, by contrast, was for TV and the movies, and captured the city's jazzy, sleek elegance as well as the cool of stardom and wealth. In effect, Mancini widened out Holman's sound of catchy melodies using ...
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Wolfgang Schalk Announces New Album 'Dear Earth' Showcasing A Tribute Track To Arnold Schoenberg
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Wolfgang Schalk
Wolfgang Schalk, the acclaimed LA-based Austrian guitarist/composer, announces his latest album, Dear Earth, a heartfelt dedication to our planet and a testament to the power of artistic expression. Featuring nine original compositions, Dear Earth marks Schalk's ninth album as a leader and follows his critically acclaimed release, ObSession (Frame Up Music, 2019). With a stellar band featuring the remarkable rhythm section of Grammy Award-winning bassist Carlitos Del Puerto and Grammy-nominated drummer Oscar Seaton, with outstanding contributions from Latin Grammy-nominated pianist ...
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