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Blue Note Studio Update - April 2008

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2008

Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis - The two modern masters met up last year at Rose Hall @ Lincoln Center in NYC for a take on the blues & standards and the concert was thankfully recorded by the adjoining Lincoln Center studios. The set features Nelson on vocals and Django Rheinhardt-inspired guitar along with Wynton and his working group of Walter Blanding on sax, Dan Nimmer on piano, Carlos Henriquez on bass, and Ali Jackson on drums. We also find ...

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Anthony Braxton Mosaic in the Works

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2008

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Up Close with New Orleans' Native Daughter, Courtney Bryan

Source: Mosnar Communications, Inc
April 5, 2008

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Spotlight: Bridges, Chiemi Nakai and Emmanuel Bizeau

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2008

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Herbie Hancock on Nissan Live Sets | News

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2008

On Thursday March 20th, Herbie Hancock performed in front of 300 fans in LA for the Nissan Live Sets on Yahoo! Music series. Joni Mitchell joined Herbie on stage to perform several songs from his new album, River: The Joni Letters. The night also included performances of classics such as “Watermelon Man, “"Maiden Voyage," and “Rock It" featuring DJ C-Minus, as well as a Q&A session with the audience.

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During April, It's All That Jazz, All Month Long

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2008

It's a sorry world when war affects so many of our concerns, even on the home front, oceans away from conflict. But there are war stories to tell, even as part of Jazz Appreciation Month. Inspired by Ken Burns' recent PBS documentary series “The War," war-related music should highlight a month-long series of events being held at various locations in April. World War II was a time when popular music carried sentiments that bolstered the war effort. Although President Bush's ...

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Jazz Star, Nancy Wilson, Suffers Collapsed Lung

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2008

US jazz singer Nancy Wilson is being treated for a collapsed lung, a spokeswoman for the star has said. Her lung was being reinflated at Hi-Desert Medical Centre in California, where she was in good spirits, the musician's publicist added. She said the cause of Wilson's collapsed lung was not known, but that the 71-year-old suffered from respiratory problems. Last year, Wilson won the best jazz vocal album Grammy for Turned to Blue. Wilson, who has been singing professionally for ...

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Lionel Loueke on Yahoo! Music Live Set w/ Herbie Hancock

Source: All About Jazz
April 3, 2008

Click here now to check out Lionel Loueke on Yahoo! Music Live Set with Herbie Hancock!

Louekes story begins in Benin, a small country in West Africa, where he was born to parents that he describes as intellectual, adding that music was part of everyday life, but not in the family. Fortunately an older brother played guitar and was part of a band that played Afro-Pop music in the style of Fela Kuti and King Sunny Ade. I remember when I ...

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