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AllAboutJazz-New York January 2007 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
January 2, 2007

In a recent conversation with a group of high school students, jazz was discussed in terms that should worry us all. The basic thrust was that jazz was music for old people with little or no relevance to these kids. And since these were teenagers who attend some of the best high schools in the city, their attitude is particularly alarming. We all know jazz' reduction in terms of sales and listenership. But what will things be like in a ...

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Sheet Music and Extended Sale from Jazz Singer/Pianist Blossom Dearie

Source: All About Jazz
December 28, 2006

Now available at www.DaffodilRecords.com:

The First Blossom Dearie Songbook. An attractive folio containing 13 of Blossom's most popular songs. This is not a simple book of leadsheets, it contains Blossom's own arrangements, some she still uses to this day. Mike Renzi helped to create this with Blossom and we are proud to have it back in print for you. On sale for $19.95, through January 31st!

Also...our SALE prices will stay in effect through the end of January...CDs as low ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York December 2006 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
November 27, 2006

As we lean back, seams bursting with turkey and all the leaves cleared in anticipation of upcoming snowfalls, a reflective mood takes over. We think back on the happenings of the past year: a move towards digital-only releases by such artists as Sonny Rollins, Dave Douglas and Bill Frisell and labels like Ayler and more musicians also releasing their own music like Rollins again, Ornette Coleman, Ellery Eskelin and a host of others. We take a moment to remember the ...

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"Nicky's Jazz Christmas" Book and CD: Story and Pictures by Carol Friedman

Source: All About Jazz
November 21, 2006

Rockin' around this year's Christmas tree is everyone's favorite jazz cat. Nicky's Jazz Christmas is a charming musical story that is sure to become an enduring family favorite. The book features more wonderful photographs of Nicky---this time in his holiday finest---along with the rhyming, syncopated text that has been the hallmark of the award-winning “Nicky The Jazz Cat" series. Nicky's Jazz Christmas celebrates a Christmas filled with family, friends, and jazz.

“Calling all uncles, sisters and brothers, snowmen and cousins, ...

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Alive At The Village Vanguard: My Life In and Out of Jazz Time By Lorraine Gordon as told to Barry Singer

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 16, 2006

ALIVE AT THE VILLAGE VANGUARD My Life In and Out of Jazz Time By Lorraine Gordon as told to Barry Singer Hardcover; $27.95

“It's a very sexy game, jazz."

Lorraine Gordon, proprietor of the Village Vanguard and one of the first ladies of jazz for more than 60 years, has just released her memoirs, Alive at the Village Vanguard: My Life In and Out of Jazz Time. Since the 1940s, Lorraine has personally known, ...

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JAZZed Magazine Debuts

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2006

JAZZed: The Jazz Educator's Magazine Debuts: Symphony Publishing Adds To Its Music Pub Ensemble

Boston - JAZZed: The Jazz Educator's Magazine debuted with the October/November issue. Developed by the publishers of School Band & Orchestra and Choral Director magazines, JAZZed is the only independent jazz educator's magazine.

Serving 13,000 high school, college and independent jazz educators across the United States, JAZZed provides practical, hands-on information to help school and independent music educators teach jazz to high school and college students. ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York November 2006 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2006

Though jazz is not overly replete with steamy gossip (imagine a Cosmo story like “Sexy Secrets of Trumpeters Revealed"), it does have its fair share of important news. With that in mind, we inaugurate our What's News column this month, a place to inform our readers of items of general interest to the jazz community. While primarily local in nature, we will try to include those things that are relevant to listeners and practitioners as a whole. So to that ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York October 2006 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
October 2, 2006

We usually reserve this space for an upbeat preview of the issue's features. But several events have transpired recently that call for something a little more political(ly incorrect). Last month's cover story on John Scofield engendered some comments about whether we were a true jazz gazette featuring such an artist. Throughout our history, brief though it may be, there have been numerous individuals and factions deriding us for being too avant garde, or not enough, too populist or too obscure. ...

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