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Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
March 5, 2010

The latest selection of Doug's Picks is posted in the center column, featuring a treasured vocal-piano collaboration, a new young trumpeter, an old free jazz band, a bassist at the helm of an exciting quartet, and a book that recaptures a special place at the end of New York's last golden age of jazz.

Ian Carey Quntet, Contextualizin' (Kabocha). Carey's self-deprecation in his liner notes would have you believe that he's not much of a trumpet player. It depends on ...

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The Claudia Quintet Releases 5th Album, "Royal Toast" on Cuneiform Records May 18, 2010

Source: Fully Altered Media
March 5, 2010

Composer/Drummer John Hollenbeck Continues Prolific Recording Period With Fifth Claudia Quintet Album, Royal Toast, Due May 18, 2010 on Cuneiform Records

On their fifth CD, Royal Toast, The Claudia Quintet raise a glass in salute to their regal muse with a set of new music fit for a king--albeit one with more refined tastes and open mind than your average monarch.

If a round table seems a wholly appropriate setting for this egalitarian ensemble (with an extra place setting this ...

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Ira Gitler's First LP Liner Notes

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 5, 2010

At the dawn of the jazz LP era in the early 1950s, Ira Gitler worked for Prestige Records. As anyone who has owned a jazz LP knows, Ira has written the liner notes to hundreds of albums, including updates to his original notes in the CD and download eras. In short, Ira was among the first to hear many of the recordings we enjoy today and wrote about them for their album jackets. Here's a section from Ira's introduction to ...

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Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 5, 2010

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All-Star Collective One for All Set to Release "Incorrigible" on Jazz Legacy Productions, April 6

Source: DL Media
March 5, 2010

ALL-STAR COLLECTIVE ONE FOR ALL SET TO RELEASE INCORRIGIBLEON JAZZ LEGACY PRODUCTIONS, APRIL 6ALBUM SERVES AS LABEL DEBUT

Their band name suggests the Three Musketeers of 17th century Paris -- inseparable friends who lived by the motto “one for all, all for one" -- though it's probably more accurate to think of these six kindred spirits as the Rat Pack of jazz. Given their longevity, they might also be considered the Rolling Stones of jazz. After more than 13 ...

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Railroad Worker to Italian Superstar, Gianmaria Testa with New Album

Source: Michael Ricci
March 4, 2010

Gianmaria Testa, Solo Dal Vivo (Produzioni Fuorivia)

04/01/2010, Thu: New York, NY: Joe's Pub; 425 Lafayette St.; Tix: $20.00, Doors Open: 7 pm, Show: 9 pm; [email protected]; Tickets - 212-967-7555

“If songs do not live and move listeners on their own, played simply on guitar," Italian singer-songwriter Gianmaria Testa remarks, “then no arrangement or gimmick can save them." Testa's songs live out the lost loves, huddled immigrant masses, and quirky characters that flit across the station platform. They are soft-spoken ...

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New Herbie Hancock CD Featuring Wayne Shorter, Seal, Pink, Dave Matthews, the Chieftains and More Set for Release June 22

Source: Muse Media
March 4, 2010

HERBIE HANCOCK'S “THE IMAGINE PROJECT" SET FOR RELEASE JUNE 22nd; CD AND DOCUMENTARY RECORDED AROUND THE GLOBE AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY TOUR DATES TO COINCIDE WITH HANCOCK'S 70TH BIRTHDAY Hancock joined by Anoushka Shankar, Seal, Pink, Jeff Beck, Konono No. l, Lionel Louke, Ceu, Dave Matthews, Lisa Hannigan, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Chaka Khan, Tinariwen, The Chieftains, Marcus Miller, Wayne Shorter, Oumou Sangare, Juanes and more Los Angeles, California. Herbie Hancock's The Imagine Project, the new CD from multiple ...

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Lisa Hilton to Release New Album "Nuance" June 8th

Source: Michael Ricci
March 4, 2010

The rumble of an early morning voice, a summer breeze, the warmth of a hand on your back, or as Ira Gershwin put it, “the way you wear your hat"—it is the nuances that can touch us as deeply as dramatic events. It's not only what we say, but how we say it, that makes all the difference. For pianist extraordinaire Lisa Hilton, it's not only what she plays—but how she plays it. “Muddy Waters, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Igor ...

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