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Six-time Grammy And Two-time Latin Grammy Winner Arturo O’farrill To Deliver Jazz-Con 2025 Keynote: In The Key Of Influence
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Nu Jazz Publicity
Jazz-Con 2025 is honored to announce that Arturo O’Farrill—six-time Grammy Award winner, two-time Latin Grammy Award winner, pianist, composer, bandleader, educator, and cultural advocate—will deliver the keynote address In the Key of Influence on Monday, September 15, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (EST). This special pre-recorded keynote interview will be a centerpiece of Jazz-Con 2025, offering rare and candid reflections from one of the most influential figures in jazz today. O’Farrill’s Grammy record speaks for itself: 8 wins ...
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Six YouTube Clips: Terry Gibbs
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
I love Terry Gibbs. Like Shorty Rogers, Chubby Jackson, Teddy Charles and so many other jazz players, Terry had and still has wild, enthusiastic energy. And given that it rained in New York for two days and expected to return again tomorrow and Friday, what better way to perk up than with music by Terry. I'm betting that many of you have never heard or seen the following clips of Terry before: Here's one of several albums made by Terry ...
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Saxophonist Rahsaan Barber Renews His Creative Energy, Ambition With 'Six Words,' Releasing September 6 On Jazz Music City
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Saxophonist Rahsaan Barber greets the arrival of a new phase in his musical career with the September 6 release Six Words on Jazz Music City Records. The album features Barber’s eponymous, eight-part suite—his first—performed by his sextet Everyday Magic, which he formed with the help of a grant from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (where Barber is an assistant professor of jazz studies and saxophone). The “six words” of the title refer to a statement Barber once ...
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Stan Getz: Six New Videos
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Fortunately for us, Stan Getz was one of the most documented jazz saxophonists on videotape during concerts both here and abroad. Six clips of Getz that recently went up at YouTube: Here's Stan Getz and trumpeter Chet Baker with Jim McNeely (p), George Mraz (b) and Victor Lewis (d) in Stockholm in 1983... Here's Getz playing Wayne Shorter's Infant Eyes, with Getz (ts), Andy LaVerne (p), Mike Richmond (b), Billy Hart (d) and Efrain Toro (perc) in Oslo, Norway, on ...
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Mark Watkins Enhances His Celebrated Saxophone Quartet With 'Four + Six,' To Be Released March 29 On Jazz Hang Records
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Terri Hinte Publicity
Mark Watkins envelops his long-running saxophone quartet in lush, billowing textures on FOUR + Six, the band’s deliriously tuneful sixth album, set for a March 29 release on Jazz Hang Records. Watkins augments the core quartet of himself (soprano and tenor saxophones), Sandon Mayhew (tenor sax), Ray Smith (alto sax), and Jon Gudmundson (baritone sax) with Corey Christiansen (guitar); a three-piece rhythm section of Justin Nielsen (piano), Braun Khan (bass), and Kobie Watkins (no relation, drums); and the esteemed Gardner ...
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Jazzahead! 2023 Announces Thirty-Six Showcase Artists / Bands
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Michael Ricci
The jury’s decisions have been made, jazzahead! 2023 at MESSE BREMEN continues to take shape–there is a definite buzz of anticipation here! Out of no fewer than 576 applications, 32 artists and bands have been selected to perform at the world's largest jazz trade fair from 27 to 30 April. These are in addition to the four “Commissioned Works”, collaborative bands brought into being by invitation, which were outlined in the most recent press release. As well as the “Commissioned ...
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The Six: Complete Recordings, 1954-;56
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Not many jazz fans are familiar with the Six, a progressive jazz sextet in the mid-1950s with roots in Dixieland of the late 1940s. The migration from one style to another was an interesting one, with personnel changes and a shift in feel. What's especially enlightening is the line that runs from Dixieland to bop. Both share frantic, hot instrumentals coming and going as well as a passion for high energy and harmony. Now we can hear all of the ...
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Six Smokin' and Grillin' Mixes
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Today in the U.S., it's Memorial Day, a national holiday when Americans think about loved ones who fought and perished in wars. But it's also the first unofficial day of summer, a weekend of family get-togethers, a day of BBQ smoking and grilling, and even shopping sales. If you're firing up the smoker or grill today—or anytime this summer—here are six lengthy playlists perfect for keeping you and your guests in the groove: Here's four hours of Southern soul... Here's ...
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Paris Combo New Album 'Quesaco?' Is Out May 6, 2022 On Six Degrees Records
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Press Junkie PR
Paris Combo, the French quintet Variety describes as possessing “a seemingly endless supply of catchy hooks and imaginative lyrics,” is back with a new album, Quesaco? The full-length release is their seventh studio album, but also the last recorded with the group’s late singer/songwriter Belle du Berry, who died suddenly on August 11, 2020, aged just 54, following a brief battle with cancer. Stream their latest single “Seine de la vie parisienne" here. Hailed by Billboard as “a vocalist/accordionist and ...
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Six Bands That Swing Hard
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Once upon a time in America, big bands could swing their tails off. Count Basie was the gold standard, but there were many lesser-known bands in the 1950s that could rock the house. In some cases, they were studio bands assembled just to record one album. In other cases, they were touring working bands making a stop in the studio. Top musicians loved getting the call for these sessions, since the work reminded them of their big band days and ...
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