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News: Video / DVD

Stewart Plays Bryant

June 14, 2011

Reaction to the death of Ray Bryant keeps coming in. Dubliner Colm (Red) O'Sullivan writes from Rio de Janeiro, where he is immersing himself in Brazilian music. He alerts us to video of a fellow Irishman, guitarist Louis Stewart, playing a Bryant composition. Stewart has been an important player in the UK for decades. He has ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #280: Craig Handy

June 14, 2011

Saxophonist Craig Handy is a member of The Cookers, whose latest CD is Cast The First Stone (Plus Loin, 2011). In this interview, Handy talks about playing with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Roy Haynes and other jazz luminaries; about his youthful experiences learning the craft of section playing and how to perform in service to the music; ...

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News: Recording

Art Pepper: Blues for the Fisherman

June 14, 2011

Laurie Pepper, Art Pepper's widow, has just released a four-CD set of Pepper performing in London at Ronnie's Scott's on June 27 and 28, 1980, two years before the alto saxophonist's death. It may well be the finest recording of late Pepper released on Laurie Pepper's Widow's Taste label. There are two reasons for this: First, ...

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News: Recording

Alon Nechushtan -- Words Beyond (Buckyball Records, 2011) ****

June 14, 2011

By Paul Acquaro I seem to like a piano trio that is well marinated in rhythm. No matter how lush—both hands on the keyboard and the sustain pedal pressed—or how spare, if served with that extra dash of flavor, I'm hooked. Alon Nechushtan's 'Words Beyond' hits the spot. From the opening moments of the jaunty 'Muppet ...

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News: Trends

Nielsen Study of Teen's Media Use: All About Mobile

June 14, 2011

Consumer researcher Nielsen recently released highlights from their study of teen's use of media; and they report that kids are more heavily involved with mobile devices than ever, yet are talking less on the phone. They're also watching less tv than older folks and spending less time on the computer. In short, if you're trying to ...

News: Book / Magazine

New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans

June 14, 2011

John Swenson, my music writing collaborator for many years at UPI, is out with a gem. “New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans" (Oxford University Press) captures the determination of New Orleans' stylistically varied music makers to survive after Hurricane Katrina and to help keep the city's soul alive. John has been writing ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Trumpeter Byron Stripling Pays Tribute to Louie Armstrong at Boston Pops Concert on June 14-15

June 14, 2011

Jazz trumpeter Byron Stripling is paying homage to trumpet legend Louie Armstrong in the American Icons concert with the Boston Pops Orchestra, taking place on Tuesday-Wednesday, June 14-15, 2011 at Boston Symphony Hall. Tickets to the concert are $21—$91 and can be purchased online. Also on the program is master clarinetist Thomas Martin for a tribute ...

News: Recording

Demetria Taylor - Bad Girl (Delmark, 2011)

June 14, 2011

If there was ever anyone born with the blues in their blood, it would certainly be singer Demetria Taylor, daughter of blues legend Eddie Taylor and part of a large musical family in the blues nurturing city of Chicago. Ms. Taylor has a strong voice, and likes to takes blues standards and transform them to a ...

News: Music Industry

If Only Winning Wasn't so Complicated...

June 14, 2011

Maybe we've been trained to think in winner-takes-all terms. But as the music industry starts to mature, everyone seems to be waiting for that big victor—that torch-carrying format or experience that trumps everything else; that company that out-and-out obliterates the competition. We want a winner! But maybe it's not that simple. In radio, for example, the ...

News: Recording

Brain Landrus Wields the Baritone with Dexterity on "Traverse"

June 14, 2011

Brian Landrus is a new-ish voice on the baritone. He has one album out on Cadence Jazz. The new one Traverse is on his own BlueLand Records (2011A). It's a quartet date with the potent lineup of Lonnie Plaxico on bass, Michael Cain, piano, and the always swinging Billy Hart on the drums. It's a contemporary ...