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Interview

Singer/Multi-Instrumentalist Quentin Moore Interviewed Today at All About Jazz!

Source: John Kelman
August 2, 2011

While much has been recently written about the “graying" of jazz and the audience who listens to it, young musicians seem to continually discover (and rediscover) its enduring value—and not just the value of jazz as its own standalone genre, but the benefit of incorporating aspects of jazz, such as improvisation and arrangement, into music of every type. Quentin Moore is one such musician. Though his 2009 debut, Vintage Love, and 2011 follow-up, “Quentinized" (Mixtape), both self-produced, unapologetically present large, ...

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Event

NEA Jazz Masters Program Morphs into Museum of Jazz Masters

Source: John Kelman
August 1, 2011

By Fradley Garner It's happened every year since 1982, but it won't again after 2012, when the honors- loaded gravy train arrives at its 30th and last stop. The National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Master Awards, America's highest honor in its own music genre, then goes the way of the space shuttle. For three decades, the arts endowment has honored living legends that have made vital contributions to the music. With this new class, 124 awards will have been ...

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Interview

Singer Roseanna Vitro Interviewed at All About Jazz!

Source: John Kelman
August 1, 2011

While the back panel of vocalist Roseanna Vitro's The Music Of Randy Newman (Motéma, 2011) says “File Under: Jazz/Pop/Vocals," those labels don't do her justice. Vitro's vocals are a conduit to the very core of American music—from blues and rock to soul and jazz—and her recorded output over the past three decades speaks to her talents and wide-ranging abilities in all of these arenas. Some vocalists who have been dubbed “jazz singers" are afraid to move outside of the borders ...

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Music Industry

Philadelphia's jazz elders riff on the golden times

Source: Michael Ricci
August 1, 2011

The walls of Conference Room 310 at WRTI are lined with a gray cushion that dulls sound. To the roomful of elderly jazz musicians who came of age in smoky, boisterous clubs, the acoustics can be challenging. “I can't hear a thing in this room!" exclaims Morris “Mo" Bailey, stationed in a motorized wheelchair at one end of a conference table, wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap. Bailey, a 79-year-old saxophonist turned composer, suffers from muscular dystrophy in his legs ...

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Festival

The Oslo Jazz Festival 2011 Program is Complete

Source: All About Jazz
August 1, 2011

The Oslo Jazz Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, and having confirmed Humcrush/Sidsel Endresen, Fredrik Kronkvist Quartet and Desafindao, the anniversary program is complete. The festival is also proud to announce this year's Young Star and Showcase bands. Keyboardist Ståle Storløkken (Supersilent) and drummer Thomas Strønen (Food) are Humcrush. As a duo Storløkken and Strønen collaborate on a fascinating level, and their music both exists within and over the gap between analog and digital sound. Singer Sidsel Endresen is ...

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Performance / Tour

Kelley Suttenfield Band at The Kitano on August 10th, Sets at 8 & 10pm

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 1, 2011

Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 8-11:15pm Kelley Suttenfield Band in Concert Featuring: Kelley Suttenfield, voice Michael Cabe, piano Tony Romano, guitar Matt Aronoff, bass Brian Adler, drums at The KITANO 66 Park Avenue (@ 38th St), New York, NY Sets at 8 & 10pm, no cover, $15 minimum Reservations strongly advised, tel: 212-885-7119 “Once [Suttenfield] arrived on the bandstand, she immediately made her ...

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Recording

CIRCA: Featuring Former YES Members Tony Kaye and Billy Sherwood Release New CD "And So On"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
August 1, 2011

Los Angeles, CA—Prog fans across the globe are buzzing with excitement about the new CD release by CIRCA: featuring former YES members Tony Kaye and Billy Sherwood. 'And So On' is the 4th release from the innovative progressive rock ensemble and currently available at the band's official website www.circahq.com Along with veteran YES rockers Tony Kaye (keyboards) and Billy Sherwood (guitar, vocals), CIRCA: features Johnny Bruhns on guitar and Ronnie Ciago on drums. “Although the album was not written as ...

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Recording

Armen Nalbandian to release new trio album with Nasheet Waits and Eric Revis, and duet album with Han Bennink on August 23rd

Source: Blacksmith Brother
August 1, 2011

On August 23rd, pianist/composer Armen Nalbandian will release two new recordings via his label Blacksmith Brother Music. The first being a live recording with drummer Han Bennink from January 2008 entitled Coup de Grace. The second being a follow-up to his 2007 trio recording Manchester Born, features Nalbandian on the fender rhodes and in a trio setting featuring bassist Eric Revis and drummer Nasheet Waits. The album comprises of all original compositions by Nalbandian and is entitled “Quiet, as it's ...

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