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Gypsy Jazz Invades America

Gypsy Jazz Invades America

Source: Michael Ricci

Some musicians in the United States are bringing a unique style of French music to American audiences. Gypsy jazz, also known by its French name, jazz manouche, dates back to before the Second World War. While already popular in many European countries, diehard American fans can now hear the distinctive sound of Gypsy Jazz at specialist clubs in cities across the U.S. The sounds of 1930s Paris fill the room at this coffee house in Florida. The Cook Trio ...

Recording

Gifts for the Jazz Fan: Improvise on This List for a Cool Yule

Gifts for the Jazz Fan: Improvise on This List for a Cool Yule

Source: Michael Ricci

Massive Miles Davis group tops jazz fan's craving for these books and CDs Jazz fans are such a discriminating batch that the prospect of buying them Christmas gifts must give non-jazz fans the blues. This year, however, has seen the release of plenty of books and discs that guarantee a swinging holiday. Here's an overview of some can't-fail gifts: The Complete Miles Davis Columbia Album Collection: In the unlikely event your jazz-loving recipient has no recordings of Miles Davis -- ...

Recording

Stations of the Crossover

Stations of the Crossover

Source: Michael Ricci

Jazz keeps looking for back channels to the mainstream. In June, the National Endowment for the Arts announced the results of a survey that showed the median age of the jazz audience has, since 1982, increased from 29 to 46 while diminishing in size by nearly a third. “It's no longer possible for head-in-the-sand types to pretend that the great American art form is economically healthy or that its future looks anything other than bleak," said arts critic Terry Teachout ...

Music Industry

Baritone Saxophonist, B.J. Jansen Joins (ARC) Artists Recording Collective

Baritone Saxophonist, B.J. Jansen Joins (ARC) Artists Recording Collective

Source: JM Creative

Baritone Saxophonist, B.J. Jansen Joins Donald Harrison, John Blake, Gene Perla, George Kahn, Chris Burnett and more on (ARC) Artists Recording Collective. Artists Recording Collective (ARC) was co-founded on December 7, 2007 by alto saxophonist, CHRIS BURNETT; tenor saxophonist, ERICA LINDSAY; and, pianist, SUMI TONOOKA as a professional response to an inherent void within the music industry then. ARC, is an independent label powered by the idea that artists need a home base for their music. ...

Event

Jazz a Special Focus of APAP 2010

Jazz a Special Focus of APAP 2010

Source: Michael Ricci

Jazz plays a featured role in the run-down of APAP 2010 programs and events, thanks to our partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts' NEA Jazz Masters Program and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Those in the business of making and presenting jazz have witnessed many changes, challenges and opportunities in recent years--all of which will be addressed proactively as jazz artists, agents/managers, presenters and yes, jazz aficionados, come together over a five-day period of events and activities (January 8-12, ...

Recording

Czech Singer Marta Topferova Releases "Trova"

Czech Singer Marta Topferova Releases "Trova"

Source: Michael Ricci

Marta Topferova has never been easy to categorize--and that's just how she likes it. Born in the Czech Republic and now a longtime resident of New York, her music is rooted in the myriad sounds and styles of Latin America and the Caribbean. An unusual path, perhaps, but one that she's come by honestly and with great affection and devotion. Now Trova, Topferova's new release on World Village (available Tuesday, December 8, 2009), marks yet another evolution for this vocalist ...


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