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News: Performance / Tour

Twin Cities Jazz - Week in Review, May 13-19

May 20, 2011

Seldom is a weekend as jazz-packed as last weekend. But next weekend looks just as jazzy! My personal highlights for the past week: Guy Klucevsek and Zeitgeist at Studio Z (5/13). Klucevsek starred as both composer and accordionist, from tango to fugue to blues, from tributes to Satie and Ligeti to remembrance of 911. (See blog) ...

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News: Recording

First Impulse: The Creed Taylor Collection 50th Anniversary

May 20, 2011

It was 50 years ago this year that ABC Records, having recent success with such pop acts as Paul Anka, Buddy Holly and others, decided to create a specialty label specifically designed for jazz music. One of the company's most successful producers, Creed Taylor, who had already brought the company a significant modicum of success creating ...

News: Opinion

Jazz Takes a Back Seat at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

May 20, 2011

This was originally posted by Brian Ross (Managing Editor of Truth-2-Power.com) on The Huffington Post on 5/8/11. Brian makes some excellent points about the state of the music today. Feel free to discuss below. Yes, I speak jazz heresy: Maybe it is time that the promoters of the annual April/May music festival in New Orleans fess ...

News: Trends

58.5% Of British Music Buyers Only Purchase CDs...

May 19, 2011

In 2011? Yes, according to trade group BPI, which just released the stat as part of its 'Annual Yearbook.' Actually, the 58.5 percent figure is for 2010 and also includes some fringe physical formats, though CDs easily dominate this category. “Taken as a whole, 58.5 percent of music buyers bought physical formats only in 2010, down ...

News: Performance / Tour

St. Vincent, Arthur H, and More Perform Tom Waits Rain Dogs

May 19, 2011

PERFORMING 1985 ALBUM RAIN DOGS IN FULL Dates have been announced for an unforgettable evening as a stellar cast of singers and musicians revisit Tom Waits' classic 1985 album Rain Dogs. The record has emerged as an object of fascination for Waits fans. In a very personal evocation of the New-York slums, the album's nineteen tracks ...

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News: Recording

David Gibson - End of the Tunnel (2011)

May 19, 2011

The sweet, liquid and brassy sound of a trombone has been a major cog in the jazz machine since around its inception, bigger at some times more than at others. These days, it doesn't enjoy the stature and popularity it used to, and I often wonder why when I listen to a record by, say, Curtis ...

News: Trends

Vinyl Projected to Grow More Than 25 Percent in 2011...

May 19, 2011

We've certainly questioned the hype surrounding vinyl, especially when compared to numbers for CDs or even album downloads. But instead of hitting a plateau or fading out, signs are pointing to aggressive growth in 2011. How much growth, exactly? At a NARM presentation in Los Angeles last week, Nielsen projected a gain of more than 25 ...

News: Recording

Jan Garbarek Group: Photo With... (ECM 1135)

May 18, 2011

Jan Garbarek Group Photo With... Jan Garbarek tenor and soprano saxophones Bill Connors guitar John Taylor piano Eberhard Weber bass Jon Christensen drums Recorded December 1978 at Talent Studio, Oslo Engineer: Jan Erik Kongshaug Produced by Manfred Eicher ...

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News: Interview

NYU Jazz Interview Series: Stefon Harris

May 18, 2011

"I'm gonna get a t-shirt that says, I HEAR DEAD PEOPLE," proclaimed Stefon Harris just prior to our interview when I asked him what he thought about the state of jazz radio. While his passion and drive are spawn from the traditions of jazz music, Stefon is definitely a trailblazer who lives in the present and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town: Rain, Rain, Go Away! Perhaps Some Hot Jazz Will Dry It Up?

May 19, 2011

Thursday, May 19, 2011 A. Giannavola @Lemoncello, 6:00 pm Gap Mangione @ The Pittsford Grill, 6:00 pm Art Loves Jazz 2011, sixth annual gala fund-raising event to benefit Jazz90.1 @ Artisan Works, 565 Blossom Road in Rochester, 6:30-9:30 pm Jazz Dawgs @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Joe Santora Trio with Emily Kirchoff @ Michael's Valley Grill, ...