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William Parker's "Scrapbook"

Source: All About Jazz

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Verve To Release "Salt", The Exciting Debut Recording From Vocalist/Songwriter Lizz Wright On May 13, 2003

Source: All About Jazz

Throughout its existence, Verve has particularly excelled in recording most of the fiercest chanteuses on the planet. Billie, Ella, Sarah, Dinah, Nina, Betty, Abbey, Shirley, Dee Dee, Cassandra, Diana - so off-the-iconoclastic-genius-meter that we refer to them on a strictly first-name basis. These are the true chanteuses; the rare ones who could sing anything (jazz to blues to pop) and who owned everything they sang.

It's 2003 and fierce young chanteuses are hard to find. Fittingly, Verve has signed 23-year-old ...

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Charlie Mariano Releases Album of Rarely Recorded Standards

Source: All About Jazz

Latest Project an Ongoing and Ambitious Justin Time/Enja Partnership

Charlie Mariano best known through his world fusion ensembles that are engagingly East Indian, is first and foremost a balladeer as exemplified on his latest album Deep In A Dream, a program of rarely performed standards selected and arranged by the saxophonist and pianist Bob Degen. Eight of the 10 tracks are tunes penned by some of the leading songsmiths of Hollywood and musical theatre, and, while ideally suited to jazz ...

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Rappers See the Light, Embrace Jazz

Source: All About Jazz

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Jimmy Smith Converts to the Ambient Sound of Accordions

Source: All About Jazz

Los Angeles - The jazz world was taken aback today at the announcement by Jimmy Smith's management that Mr. Smith has decided to shift his focus from the Hammond B-3 Organ to the Accordion. According to Stan “The Man" Goldblatt, his long-time manager, Mr. Smith has recently discovered the joy of putting that heavy accordion over his chest and letting the music wail from within its bellows. “But it doesn't end there," adds Goldblatt. “Jimmy has renounced hard-bop styled jazz ...

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