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Branford Marsalis, Jane Monheit guest on Jazz After Hours (PRI)

Source: All About Jazz

Branford Marsalis is currently on tour with his quartet - Joey Calderazzo, Eric Revis and Jeff “Tain" Watts. The quartet is in Seattle at Jazz Alley through Saturday night and he came by our studio for a visit on Thursday. He was very expansive, talking about the quartet and his development as an improvising musician. He's quite direct in his comments about the music business and has some good comments about how one learns to play this music. He's quite ...

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Stanley Turrentine: Tenor Titan With His Own Big Sound

Source: All About Jazz

by Kenny Mathieson

Stanley Turrentine had already established his credentials as a lyrical and inventive bop and soul jazz saxophonist by the time his music found a much wider audience in the wake of his crossover hit with his own composition “Sugar” in 1970. Turrentine went on to enjoy several more such hits in a pop-jazz vein in the ensuing years, but returned to a straightahead jazz idiom in the late-80s. Whatever style he performed in, Turrentine was readily identifiable ...

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Michael Weiss Wins BMI/Monk Insitute's Composition Competition

Source: All About Jazz

Pianist Michael Weiss has been selected as the grand prize winner of the 8th annual Thelonious Monk International Composers Competition, sponsored by BMI. At the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., Weiss performed his winning composition, El Camino during the Hand Drum Competition finals on September 10. Weiss was presented the $10,000 grand prize award by BMI vice president Robbin Ahrold and Wayne Shorter.

Michael Weiss has established a formidable reputation, working with such top names as Johnny Griffin, Art Farmer, ...

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Philadelphia Concerts - High Zero Prep Festival, Jim Black, Vandermark 5, Fonda/Stevens, Khan Jamal/Matthew Shipp/Odean Pope - from Sweetnighter Productions

Source: All About Jazz

Sweetnighter Productions - Upcoming Concerts Sweetnighter Productions dedicated to bringing cutting edge jazz to Philadelphia High Zero Preparation Festival featuring two unique quartets with some of the country's most exciting improvisers Wednesday, September 20th, 2000 - 9:30 pm - $12 Carol Genetti (vocals/Chicago) Eric Leonardson (tuned percussion/Chicago) Toshi Makihara (percussion/Philadelphia)

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Steve Griggs New Release and Chicago Gigs

Source: All About Jazz

Greetings! Seattle Saxophonist Steve Griggs is going to Chicago to promote the release of his new Hip City Music release, “The Steve Griggs Quintet: Live!" Recorded by Jim Wilke at Seattle's Jazz Alley, this disk features 10 originals played by Steve Griggs, Jay Thomas (trumpet, sax), Milo Petersen (guitar), Phil Sparks (bass), and Jeff Stitely (drums). Steve's previous 2 releases featured drummer Elvin Jones.

Monday, October 9, 2000 4:00-5:00pm Master Class 7:00pm Concert - Recital hall at Northern Illinois University, ...

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Stanley Turrentine Dies at 66

Source: All About Jazz

NEW YORK (AP) - Stanley Turrentine, a jazz saxophonist whose hit “Sugar" established him in the popular mainstream and influenced musicians in many other genres, died Tuesday. He was 66.

Turrentine died at a New York hospital two days after suffering a stroke, said his agent, Robin Burgess. He lived in Fort Washington, Md., outside Washington, D.C.

Turrentine, who played tenor saxophone, mixed jazz with blues, rock, rhythm and blues and pop.

“His impact on jazz was just astonishing," Burgess ...

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Western Swing Legend Johnny Bush To Release Pair Of CDs

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Barbara Lynn Tribute Set for Antone's in Austin, 9/21

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