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"11 x 3" - The Organ Trio new CD release

Source: All About Jazz

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The Louis Armstrong Tapes: The thoroughly human side of a jazz virtuoso

Source: All About Jazz

By Howard Reich Tribune arts critic

FLUSHING, N.Y. -- The raspy voice may be instantly recognizable, but the words come as a shock.

For Louis Armstrong -- whose centennial is being celebrated around the world this weekend -- was not supposed to be an angry, somewhat embittered man. Perpetually cast as eager-to-please in films such as “The Glenn Miller Story" and “The Five Pennies," practically deified as the embodiment of American optimism in Ken Burns' TV documentary “Jazz" ...

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Gong UK Tour 2001

Source: All About Jazz

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NEW JAZZ VENUE IN LONDON

Source: All About Jazz

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Drummer Napoleon Revels-Bey, website and new Cd "New Mo Swing"

Source: All About Jazz

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Critters Buggin Out on the Road with Bachir & Mustapha Attar of the Master Musicians of Jajouka

Source: All About Jazz

Bachir Attar is the leader of the ancient founding family of Trance from the village of Jajouka in Morocco. He and his youngest brother Mustapha are masters of the gimbre, rhaita, drums and lira and possess the healing Baraka given to their family by the Moslem Saint Sidi Ahmed Sheik. In the past, Bachir and Mustapha have collaborated with Talvin Singh, Paul Bowles, Ornette Coleman, Deborah Harry, Sonic Youth, Elliott Sharp, Bill Laswell, Brian Jones, The Rolling Stones, and last ...

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