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News: Recording

John Medeski and Lee Shaw "Together Again" Live

March 23, 2011

Lee Shaw gets into her 84th year with a flair. Her live European CD we covered several days ago (see below). Today it's a CD of her trio (Rich Syracuse, Jeff “Siege" Siegel) plus her former student John Medeski live at the Egg in Albany, Together Again (ARC 2222). Lee sticks to her piano while John ...

News: Performance / Tour

Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26 @ The Jazz Gallery - Bassist/Composer Alexis Cuadrado Celebrates the Release of Noneto Iberico

March 22, 2011

Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records Proudly Announces The New Recording from Bassist/Composer Alexis Cuadrado NONETO IBÉRICO A New Nine Movement Composition Commissioned by The Chamber Music America-Doris Duke Foundation “New Works" grant program, Released on March 15, 2011 CD Release Concerts This Friday & Saturday, March 25 & 26, 2011 at The Jazz Gallery Featuring Alexis Cuadrado ...

News: Performance / Tour

Webster Groves HS Band Visits NYC, Part 2

March 22, 2011

Editor's note: As mentioned here earlier, the jazz band from Webster Groves High School is in New York City this week to perform, take part in workshops and master classes, and hear some live music. WGHS jazz band director Kevin Cole is reporting in from the road via email; you can read part one of his ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #250: Fred Hersch

March 22, 2011

Fred Hersch is back with another solo piano recording, Alone At The Vanguard (Palmetto, 2011). In this interview, Hersch talks about finding the interior resources to play an entire week of solo piano at one of the worlds most famous jazz clubs; his new multimedia piece My Coma Dreams and the near-death saga that led to ...

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News: Interview

Duke Ellington: 1932-1940

March 22, 2011

Don't think of Duke Ellington as a bandleader. Instead, consider him in the same light as other great entrepreneurs like Bill Gates (Microsoft), Steve Jobs (Apple), Larry Page and Sergey Brin (Google), and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook). Ellington came up with a great new idea in the early '20s and ran his band and brand like a ...

News: Recording

Laurence Cook and Eric Zinman - Double Action (Ayler, 2011) ****a1/2

March 22, 2011

By Stanley Zappa Laurence Cook is a national treasure. Why the cultural machinery would rather embrace bourgeois twaddle rather than reward Laurence Cook with a Guggenheim grant or Macarthur award or the key to the city of Cambridge is one of the more egregious betrayals of our modern day. Cook took the drum seat after Milford ...

News: Performance / Tour

Steve Kimock: NYC Residency

March 22, 2011

MARCH 23-APRIL 6, SULLIVAN HALL, NEW YORK CITY TICKETS AVAILABLE AT KIMOCK.COM AND SULLIVANHALLNYC.COM Fresh off a sold-out run in California, Steve Kimock kicks off his NYC residency at Sullivan Hall this Wednesday, March 23. The weekly Wednesday performance runs through April 6 and features an array of special guest performers such as New Orleans legend ...

News: Performance / Tour

Peter Gabriel: North American Tour

March 22, 2011

TOUR TO FEATURE ORCHESTRAL MAKEOVER OF GABRIEL BACK CATALOGUE Legendary singer, songwriter and musician Peter Gabriel will tour North America this summer with the New Blood orchestra. On his last outing, Gabriel redrew the works of Lou Reed, David Bowie, Radiohead. This time out he applies the orchestral makeover to his own back catalogue. The stunning ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience: Spring Tour

March 22, 2011

RETURNS FOR MAY U.S. DATES FOLLOWING LAST YEAR'S SUCCESS AND ACCLAIM “I never imagined that the tour would have received the overwhelmingly positive reactions that it did," says Jason Bonham. “It's been beyond my wildest dreams to come out represent my family, my father and the music of Led Zeppelin." Bonham is talking about the Jason ...

News: Music Industry

My Top Takeaways from #SXSW 2011

March 22, 2011

The din of musicians and companies vying for attention at SXSW 2011 reminded me standing in NYC's Time Square enveloped in a mashup of humanity, honking taxis and blinking Jumbotrons. But several important and sometimes surprising messages did rise above the noise: The Disruption Has Just Started - The music industry is starting to move beyond ...