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Vibraphonist Tom Beckham at Cornelia Street Cafe

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2009

Vibraphonist Tom Beckham Group

Vibraphonist Tom Beckhams new CD Rebound (2008) builds upon the group sound achieved on his previous release, Center Songs (2005) which critics and fans agree “has a sound all its own (Rhapsody.com), with terrific charts, a great sound and an impressive performance” (ejazznews.com). Hes as much a tune smith as a performer (KKJZ). Beckham's playing has been described by critics as “intimate and lyrical" by Bob Bernotas, WNTI, “vibrant and colorful" by allaboutjazz.com, and “delightful and ...

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Rale Micic Trio at Cornelia Street Cafe

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2009

RALE MICIC FEATURES NEW TRIO AT CORNELIA STREET CAFE On Wednesday evening, January 14, one of the most original jazz guitarist and composers on the music scene today, Rale Micic, will present a concert at Cornelia Street Cafe. During past two years, guitarist Micic established himself as one of the most inventive voices in music, leading a quintet featuring jazz great Tom Harrell. His Cornelia Street Cafe appearance marks premiere of his new Trio, including Miriam Sullivan on ...

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Shakera Jones Featured Vocalist with Trumpeter Mike Wade at the University of Dayton

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2009

UNIVERSITY of DAYTON announces CURTIS BARNES: A JAZZ TRIBUTE Saturday, January 17, 8 PM Sears Recital Hall, University of Dayton featuring MIKE WADE QUARTET, with guest vocalist Shakera Jones Hosted by Willis “Bing" Davis, this evening is a tribute to one of Dayton's most accomplished African-American painters, Curtis Barnes. Featuring the classic jazz sounds that so-inspired Barnes, the program's music will feature standards by Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Lester Young and more. A noted trumpet player, Wade is a well-known ...

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Ron Ashenton The Stooges Guitarist Found Dead

Source: Michael Ricci
January 6, 2009

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Punk guitarist Ron Asheton of The Stooges has been found dead in his Ann Arbor home. He was 60.

Ron Asheton, whose scorching and energetic guitar work behind singer Iggy Pop in the Michigan punk band the Stooges established a new model of raw emotion for a succeeding generation of punk, grunge and alternative rockers.

Iggy Pop, center with Ron Asheton, left, and Scott Asheton.

Asheton's body was discovered Tuesday at his home in ...

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Guitar Gods Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck Set to Share the Stage at Japan Concerts

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2009

Two former Yardbirds are set to share the stage: Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck have announced theyll play two shows together at Saitama, Japans Super Arena, on February 21st and 22nd.

The duo have performed together at album sessions, benefits and festivals in years past, but these concerts mark the first time the pair have ever shared the bill for major arena shows. How mighty are these two axmen? Clapton ranked Number Four on our list of the 100 Greatest ...

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The Beatles Catalog Finally Goes Digital

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2009

The Beatles Catalog Finally Goes Digital Thanks To Norwegian Podcasts. (Knock on Wood)

The Beatles will reportedly make a bulk of their musical catalog available as a free, legal download thanks to a series of Norwegian podcasts. In 2001, the Fab Four were the subject of a documentary series entitled Vr daglige Beatles, or Our Daily Beatles, in which Norwegian journalists told the stories behind every track in the Beatles official catalog in chronological order, with the tracks ...

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U2 in Studio/ No Line on the Horizon

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2009

In early December, Rolling Stone traveled to London to visit U2 in the studio as Bono and Co. worked on the upcoming No Line on the Horizon.

The journey was as spellbinding and energizing as you might imagine, and you'll be able to read all about it when our new issue hits newsstands on Wednesday, January 7th. To tide you over, here's a track-by-track preview of 10 choice songs (and you can dig deeper into all our U2 ...

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Jazz Times Review of "Maynard Ferguson Presents Christian Jacob"

Source: All About Jazz
January 6, 2009

Christian Jacob (Concord Jazz)

Pianist Christian Jacob is a wonderful player whose crystalline melodies and expansive harmonies mark him as someone to keep an ear on. Although raised in France, it wasn't until arriving in the States that things started happening. There were tenures with Maynard Ferguson and Gary Burton. And now under the aegis “Maynard Ferguson Presents," Jacob makes an impressive leader debut with Ferguson alums John Patittuci and Peter Erskine. A post-bop modernist touched by the souls of ...

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