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Eliane Elias Still Lighting Fires

Source: Jazz Online By Joseph Vella
July 13, 2011

Eliane Elias has been recording one great album after another going back to 1986. I remember first hearing about her when she was a member of Steps Ahead and was featured on their self titled classic from 1983. But it wasn't until her first solo recording titled Illusions where I really took notice of her artistry and became an instant fan. In fact, I remember my late friend, KJAZ DJ Jerry Dean just loved Eliane and her music and would ...

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The Jazz Session #291: Satoko Fujii and Natsuki Tamura

Source: AAJ Staff
July 12, 2011

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: July 4, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
July 12, 2011

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 1 Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White Forever (Concord) 210 192 +18 0 61 1 6 2 2 3 Benny Green Source (JLP) 190 194 -4 0 51 1 8 3 6 6 The New Gary Burton Quartet Common Ground (Mack Avenue) 189 177 +12 1 58 3 6 4 7 1 Eric Alexander Don't Follow The Crowd (HighNote) 167 170 -3 0 50 1 7 5 3 30 Gerald ...

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AccuJazz Internet Radio Launches Five Eclectic Channels

Source: Lucas Gillan
July 12, 2011

If you haven't been to AccuJazz.com in a while, you'll notice a handful of recently-added channels now being offered for your listening pleasure. In the past month or so, we've added five channels to the already possibly overwhelming array of AccuJazz listening options. Read about each of them below, and then get to listening! AACM The AACM is the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, and if you don't know what that is, there's an award-winning, 690-page book that ...

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STLJN Audio Archive: Lester Bowie Quintet Live in Padua, 1978

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 11, 2011

This week's Audio Archive entry comes via the blog Inconstant Sol, and features a commercially unissued live recording of trumpeter and St. Louis native Lester Bowie (pictured) performing with his quintet on April 4, 1978 at Teatro Tenda in Padua, Italy. The set is described by the blogger as “One of the best groups led by Lester playing some Gospels, some Spirituals, some Rhythm & Blues and some Free-Jazz: from the Ancient to the Future!" There are three tracks, labeled ...

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Rockwired.com’s Latest Edition of Jazzed and Blues

Source: Rockwired Media LLC
July 10, 2011

The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features music and an exclusive interview with legendary Motown songwriter Marilyn Mcleod. In this opening segment, Mcleod discusses her debut CD “I Believe in Me," her life in music and her tenure at the songwriting stable of Hitsville U.S.A. where she penned songs for the likes of Diana Ross, Junior Walker and Millie Jackson. The second half of this edition ...

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The Jazz Session #290: Kris Davis

Source: AAJ Staff
July 9, 2011

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Louis Armstrong's Memories and Reflections This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
July 7, 2011

As befits a legend, Louis Armstrong had two birthdays. He always said with a smile that he was born on the 4th of July, 1900. His baptismal birth certificate gave another, less romantic date—August 4, 1901. Honoring “the man who taught the world to swing," this week we hear from people who knew and worked with him, listen to historic recordings and performances by The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. Among those we hear are record producer George Avakian, Metropolitan Opera ...

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