Jazz News

Enter the Smalls Live "Winners' Choice" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
October 24, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Smalls Live—Winners' Choice" giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on November 22nd. Click here to enter the contest

(Following David Kikoski at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Smalls Live

Each winner may choose one of the following albums:

David Kikoski Trio—Live at Smalls For David Kikoski's ...

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Saxphonist Jason Robinson Interviewed at All About Jazz...and More!

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
October 25, 2010

Saxophonist Jason Robinson is alert and ready to work his place in the scheme of things, from jazz itself and music at large, to the existential particulars of philosophy. A supple technician with a penchant for abstract thought, he splices together different strains of theory and logic with combinatory takes on period, school and style. A deeply ingrained reverence and sense for jazz history comes out in his carefully calibrated, often composed body of multivalent, multicolored music. Equally informed by ...

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Bassist Linda Oh Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: Fully Altered Media
October 26, 2010

In an arena that is overwhelmingly dominated by her male counterparts, bassist Linda May-Han Oh is going to be a force with which to be reckoned. Her auspicious self-produced debut, Entry (2009), was lauded by critics, and was one of pianist Vijay Iyer's top picks for 2009. Her technical know-how is solidified by visceral, emotive and gutsy performance. Oh walks softly and lets her double-bass do the boasting, and does so impressively. With the buzz slowly getting out about her ...

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Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green Lock Horns at the Jazz Standard

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
October 23, 2010

One of the great jazz stories of 2009 and 2010 has been the partnership between alto saxophonists Rudresh Mahanthappa and Bunky Green. The career of Mahanthappa, a Guggenheim Fellow and Downbeat Rising Star, has taken off, thanks to some strong post-Coltrane style playing of his own and his association with Vijay Iyer and other new bright lights on the jazz scene. Green is a different animal altogether—now 75, the saxophonist had a brief stint with Charles Mingus and played around ...

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Antibes Jazz Festival Summer 2011

Source: Travel Management Consulting LLC
October 23, 2010

Dear Jazz Aficionado, this is for you! Cool Sounds +Jazz + French Rivera = You enjoying yourself with the Mediterranean Sea as your backdrop! We want to personally invite you to join us on a spectacular trip to the French Rivera and The Antibes Jazz Festival coming this summer 2011: July 12th-25th. The festival celebrated its 50th year anniversary this past summer 2010. We don't want you to miss another year! Share this fantastic journey with friends, family, clients and ...

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Andre Canniere Group at The Oxford - November 1st

Source: Bridge Arts
October 23, 2010

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"Use Your Words" CD by Jeremy Plays Guitar features Madeleine Peyroux, Leo Sidran

Source: Beth Blenz-Clucas
October 22, 2010

New York —A new CD by Jeremy Plays Guitar called Use Your Words has won 2010 Awards from Parents' Choice and the National Parenting Publications of America. Jeremy Zmuda and coproducer/early childhood educator Elizabeth Bicknell, brought in a host of musical talent for Use Your Words, with musical styles ranging from jazz to rock, pop to country-folk, and lively performances by Madeleine Peyroux, Kirk Douglas (The Roots), Joy Dragland and Leo Sidran (Ben Sidran's son). The new and original songs ...

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Hammerax Is A Hit With Diverse New Endorsers Marco Giovino, Terry Bozzio and Omar Hakim

Source: JCM Media
October 22, 2010

Clearwater, Florida,—Hammerax, famed for making out-of-the-ordinary bronze instruments with sustain and musical effects that go well beyond the sonic possibilities of traditional cymbals, has launched an innovative, diverse endorsement program. New artists who have joined the Hammerax family include drumming legends Terry Bozzio and Omar Hakim, and current Robert Plant skinsman Marco Giovino. Hakim Sticks To Hybrid Hammerax Drummer Omar Hakim is among the world's most elite drummers, a top call recording and touring star who has played with everyone ...

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