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The Jazz Session #195: Andrew Lamb

Source: AAJ Staff
August 30, 2010

Two weeks after Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, Andrew Lamb's trio went into the studio to record a response, the album New Orleans Suite (Engine Studios, 2005 & 2010). Now that album has been remastered and reissued to mark the fifth anniversary of the storm and the engineering disaster that flooded New Orleans. In this interview, Lamb talks about his personal connections to New Orleans; the experience of making the record in the days immediately after the storm; and ...

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Lee Ritenour Live in Studio 8/26/2010

Source: Groove Notes
August 29, 2010

Here is a great performance from Lee Ritenour live from the KPLU/Jazz 24 Studios from last Thursday.

When Lee came into the KPLU/Jazz24 studios on an unseasonably cool August afternoon, he arrived with a rhythm section hot enough to raise Seattle's temperature a few degrees: drummer, Will Kennedy and bassist, Melvin Davis. Together, they laid down three delightful tracks; Water's Edge, L.P. (For Les Paul), and Freddie Hubbard's composition, Povo (watch the video below).

Along the way, Lee talked with ...

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Jimmy Cobb and the Kind of Blue Sessions

Source: Miles Davis Online
August 27, 2010

It's eerily appropriate, in a way—Jimmy Cobb is the only musician missing from the photos of the famous “Kind of Blue" recording sessions that decorate his bedroom.

He's also the last one still living, a fact he's reminded of every day he awakens and sees his old friends staring back at him—jazz legends John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and the man himself, Miles Davis. The pictures are a reminder to Cobb, the drummer ...

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Pandora Adds Genre Stations, Celebrates Birthday

Source: HypeBot
August 26, 2010

(UPDATED) Happy Birthday To Pandora, Happy Birthday To... Okay, I'll Stop. Just when you thought that you already had 101 reasons why Pandora is pretty awesome, they've gone and added genre stations to the mix too. These carefully curated genre stations have proven to be a hit with their users and apparently a number of these new stations—specifically “Today's Hits," “Today's Country," and “Today's Hip Hop and Pop Hits"—have risen among of the top 100 most frequently listened to stations ...

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The Jazz Session #194: Shane Endsley of Kneebody

Source: AAJ Staff
August 27, 2010

For more than a decade, Kneebody has been making music thats hard to classify and harder to resist. Their new album is You Can Have Your Moment (Winter & Winter, 2010). In this interview, trumpeter Shane Endsley talks about the bands different approach to recording the new album; the complex series of musical cues the band uses to arrange music live onstage; and how the combination of Theo Bleckmann and Charles Ives led to a recording relationship with the Winter ...

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Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz - "New Grooves"

Source: J. Scott Fugate
August 25, 2010

Soulandjazz.com Presents: Continuum—A Journey Through Jazz Episode 19: “New Grooves" Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" As always, it's absolutely free, completely legal, recorded in rich CD quality, fun for the whole family, and available to listen to right here. I thought it was about time I got my groove back, so I present you with twelve tracks that I've been enjoying this summer to facilitate your own personal groove in these final days ...

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Jacky Terrasson, Jeremy Davenport To Perform In Jazz.FM 91’s 2010-2011 Sound Of Jazz Concert Series

Source: Jessie Frohman
August 25, 2010

Toronto, Ontario (August 25th, 2010)—JAZZ.FM 91's 2010-2011 Sound of Jazz Concert Series returns! The 35th season features 10 special concerts, September 2010 through March 2011, at The Old Mill Inn, Toronto. The season gets underway with two-time Grammy nominee Jacky Terrasson, who burst onto the jazz scene in 1993 after winning the Thelonious Monk Piano Competition. Berlin-born, Paris-raised and New York-based, our Sound of Jazz Concert Series stage is the next stop for this international master of the keys. Trumpeter ...

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JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 16, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
August 24, 2010

TWLW2WArtistTWLWMoveAddRptsPeakWks121Kenny Burrell Be Yourself (HighNote)228267-3906115232Curtis Fuller I Will Tell Her (Capri)201190+11046193541Tamir Hendelman Destinations (Resonance)195151+4415633427—Amina Figarova Sketches (Munich)17183+88347425112Fred Hersch Whirl (Palmetto)147282-13504418644Michael Dease Grace (JLP)139154-1515545775Yotam Resonance (JLP)133134-103441181213Steve Davis Images (Posi-Tone)130127+30483891115Lee Ritenour’s 6 String Theory 6 String Theory (Concord)125128-3042381096Jason Moran Ten (Blue Note)123130-703819111926Cory Weeds The Many Deeds of Cory Weeds (Cellar Live)122104+1813611312106Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke Band (Heads Up)120129-90302913153Dr. Lonnie Smith Spiral (Palmetto)118117+1040113141410Pat Bianchi Back Home (Doodlin')115121-60351061588Mike Clark Carnival Of Soul (Owl Studios)111131-2003381016642Buselli Wallarab Jazz Orchestra Mezzanine (Owl Studios)110148-380436417——Steve Herberman Ideals (Reach Music)105—+1050521027171310Ray Vega ...

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