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Recording

Guitarist John Basile Releases "Amplitudes" on Stringtime Jazz

Source: John Basile
August 20, 2011

Guitarist John Basile returns with a unique solo project featuring multiple guitars in an improvisational journey through a unique selection of material. “In a somewhat strange twist of fate, Amplitudes came about as a direct result of using an iPhone app simply as the sketchpad for the multiple guitar tracks recorded here that hopefully reflect a certain perspective of what jazz guitar is for me. Though initially intended as references for performances with perhaps another guitarist or instrumentalist, the ...

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Interview

Saxophonist Patrick Brennan Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
August 23, 2011

Since moving to New York City in 1975, one-time bassist/painter Patrick Brennan has crafted a musical path that is open in its candor and indebtedness to all facets of black music. Much like trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, the alto saxophonist brews a thicket of his own distinct musical language that “unlike much contemporaneous vanguard music is built specifically upon the potentialities of swinging and polyrhythm." For the astute lay person this means moving the expressive expansiveness of trap playing and ...

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Contest

Enter the "JC Stylles - Exhilaration and Other States" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
August 19, 2011

Recording

Two Virtuosos: Richard Smith and Francesco Buzzurro, Collaborate on New Release

Source: Josh Vittek
August 19, 2011

Los Angeles, CA—Chart topping jazz guitarist Richard Smith and internationally awarded, classical guitarist Francesco Buzzurro announced today the release of their upcoming recording, Un Mondo, Due Chitarre. The 10 song collection will be available online and in hard copy starting September 6. Since their initial meeting in 2005, the two have strived to create a presentation that combines their unique musical backgrounds into an anthology of tunes enjoyable and appreciated by the masses. Un Mondo, Due Chitarre takes its audience ...

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Education

Tanglewood Jazz Festival Presents NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb in Master Class for Drummers

Source: BSO Press
August 19, 2011

LENOX, Mass.—NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Cobb will present a Master Class for Drummers on Sunday, September 4, at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival. The master class —which is free to drum students of all ages— will begin at 12:30pm in the Jazz Café Tent, on September 4, closing day of the 3-day festival. Jimmy Cobb is the last surviving member of the iconic jazz recording “Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis. In the one-hour master class, he will be accompanied by ...

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Event

Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz Selects 12 Semifinalists

Source: Phyllis Kauflin
August 19, 2011

The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz has selected 12 semifinalists to compete in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition. These semifinalists will perform for a panel of esteemed judges including Herbie Hancock, Ellis Marsalis, Jason Moran, Danilo Perez and Renee Rosnes on Sunday, September 11 from 1pm to 5pm at Baird Auditorium, located at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History sponsored by Cadillac. Admission is free on a first-come, first-serve basis. The semifinalists are: Kris Bowers, ...

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Performance / Tour

Joey Berkley Quartet hosts Monday Night Jam in NYC

Source: Joey Berkley
August 19, 2011

Interview

Cleveland, Ohio jazz band modQUAD unites improvisational jazz with funk on new CD

Source: Lauren Rogers
August 19, 2011

The cleverly, playfully named modQUAD has avoided the mistake that improvisational jazz acts often make, especially those who are making their debut. That fatal flaw is in skidding off the rails rhythmically, letting creative egos dominate the groove instead of working collectively towards producing a compelling song. On the Cleveland, Ohio band's new album, It's Not Your Mama's Jazz (or is it?), modQUAD pledges allegiance to funk while working within the framework of jazz, producing a taut, tightly performed collection ...

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