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Listening Tip: Ingrid Jensen, Benny Green

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
September 11, 2010

On his Jazz Northwest program this weekend, Jim Wilke will be playing the Ingrid Jensen-Benny Green concert that he recorded at the Port Townsend Festival in July. The trumpeter and the pianist appeared with drummer Jon Wikan, Dawn Clement on Fender Rhodes piano and bassist David Wong. According to Wilke's alert to the broadcast, the band “brought the near capacity crowd to its feet at the end of the concert." Photo by Jim Levitt I wasn't at Port Townsend this ...

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Saxophonist/Composer in the Chicago Tribune and the New York Times

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
September 11, 2010

19/8 Records Artist—Saxophonist/Composer GREG WARD Featured in The Chicago Tribune and The New York Times Greg Ward's Fitted Shards South Side Story Available September 28, 2010 at CDBaby.com and iTunes Features: Greg Ward—Alto saxophone, compositions, Rob Clearfield—Keyboards, piano, synth, Jeff Greene—Upright/Electric bass, Quin Kirchener—Drums/percussion Chicago saxophonist/composer Greg Ward (now based in NYC) is an integral player in a number of distinct coteries of the contemporary music scene. In addition to leading his bands, Fitted Shards and The Greg Ward Sextet, ...

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Wow! More Savory Snippets

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
September 11, 2010

Last Tuesday night at the Jazz Museum in Harlem, Loren Schoenberg played us Teddy Wilson, Bob Zurke, Benny Goodman, and Count Basie recordings we had never heard before (and he's going to keep it up for three more Tuesday evenings in a row). And today he and Michael Cogswell, director of the Louis Armstrong Archive at Queens College (a most inviting and convivial place) did a radio show for NPR's WBUR. Click on the link below and hear these tantalizing ...

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Bass Legend Jeff Berlin's New CD Lives Up To Its "High Standards" With The Critics

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
September 11, 2010

Clearwater, FL—The recent buzz surrounding bass legend Jeff Berlin's latest CD release High Standards has been nothing less-than spectacular. The new CD, featuring Danny Gottlieb and Richard Drexler, has been receiving rave reviews worldwide by fans and music press alike, much to the elation of Jeff Berlin the bass maestro himself. “It gets a bit depressing when the only person in the world telling people how special I am as a bassist is my mother," Jeff Berlin jokes. “These reviews ...

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Xavier Casellas' New Album Unguarded Smiles Now Available at E-Music Sites

Source: Michael Ricci
September 11, 2010

Now, after the release of YESTERDAY'S SUN (Fresh Sound Records) in 2006, the presentation of which brought him to present it at 38th Barcelona International Jazz Festival and the renown Dizzy's Club at Lincoln Center in New York, Xavier Casellas has just released his second album entitled UNGUARDED SMILES. Casellas has penned tunes by great artists such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau, Emilio Solla, Oscar Feldman or Frederic Mompou enlisting a wonderful NYC jazz scene line up led by Emilio ...

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Jared Gold - Out of Line (2010)

Source: Something Else!
September 10, 2010

By Pico Maybe it's just me, but I think we're in the midst of a full-fledged revival in jazz organ, led by a newer generation of players who have gone beyond mimicking the tried and true voicings of Jimmy Smith, Jack McDuff and Richard “Groove" Holmes. In that group of innovative new B-3 specialists I'd include Larry Goldings, Sam Yahel, John Medeski, Neal Evans and Gary Versace. Recently, I've come across another fresh face who I believe in merely two ...

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The Friday Morning Listen, 9/11 Special Edition: Greg Brown - In the Hills of California (2004)

Source: Something Else!
September 10, 2010

By Mark Saleski OK, so tomorrow is the 9th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. This has been approaching and I'd been hoping to have something enlightening to say about it, but so far...well...let's just say that I'm still waiting for some inspiration. Also, let's just say that current invents in this country have not exactly been helping matters. But before I get to that, let me refresh my own thoughts from ...

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Unearthed Ray Charles Rarities Set for Oct. 26 Release on Concord; Johnny Cash Duet

Source: CHC Network
September 10, 2010

THE GENIUS IS BACK Unreleased Ray Charles Recordings Are Focus Of Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters Oct. 26 Concord Records Release Features Surprise Duet With Johnny Cash LOS ANGELES, Calif. —Concord Records is celebrating the 80th birthday of the legendary Ray Charles with a special gift for his legions of fans: Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters. This treasure trove of newly discovered recordings, highlighted by a duet with fellow icon Johnny Cash, will become available at ...

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