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Jazz Guitarist/Composer Rob Levit appointed Artist-In-Residence at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2002

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Vanguard Records Founder Passes

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2002

Seymour Solomon, co-founder of Vanguard Records, a label that dominated American folk music with stars such as Joan Baez, died Thursday. He was 80. Solomon founded Vanguard in 1950 with his brother, Maynard. The label recorded famed artists like Odetta, Baez and Buffy Sainte-Marie. It also signed such jazz and blues legends as Mississippi John Hurt and Buddy Guy and maintained a strong classical list.

From its earliest days, the Solomons took risks, signing performers like the Weavers and Paul ...

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Morris Code's Brand New Release "Code A La Mode"

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2002

MORRIS CODE “Code a la Mode"

Peggy Morris saxes/flute/vocals Bob Morris basses/keyboards Chris Ceja drums Aaron Lindsey keyboards Mathias Claus keyboards on Sneek'n Richard Parks guitars Don Safranek percussion goosebumps 6:04 mr. tofoolio 4:22 fughedaboudit 5:27 world song 7:59 sweet dreams 6:15 inside out 7:48 sneek'n 6:28 full circle 5:23 ...

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Jerry Fuller: Canadian Drummer Played with Ellington, Peterson

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2002

When drummer Jerry Fuller didn't show up for a gig at the Rex in Toronto on Saturday, July 13, a check of his home found that he had died, apparently in his sleep. I have many fond memories of him beginning in 1962 when I was 27 and began hearing a pair of visitors from the Canadian West – new arrivals on a healthy Montreal jazz scene, Jerry and P. J. Perry (the other exciting newcomer) ...

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Karrin Allyson Releases "In Blue" An Extraordinary Musical Exploration Of The Blues On Her New Concord Records CD In Stores August 13th

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2002

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Nnenna Freelon Releases New CD, "Tales Of Wonder: Celebrating Stevie Wonder" On Concord Records

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2002

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Greg Osby Unveils His Highly Anticipated CD "Inner Circle"

Source: All About Jazz
July 18, 2002

A Remarkable Album Of Adventurous Improvising With Band Mates Jason Moran On Piano, Stefon Harris On Vibraphones, Tarus Mateen On Bass And Eric Harland On Drums

Greg Osby is too restless and curious an artist to settle for merely going through the jazz motions when recording. Like Miles Davis, he is on a quest in search of new ways to give voice to his vision. “My duty is to follow in the footsteps of the masters," Osby says, “by stepping ...

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Jazz Pianist Hank Johnson Performs With His Jazz Trio at Cleopatra's Needle

Source: All About Jazz
July 17, 2002

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