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Merry Christmas!

December 26, 2010

Forgotten Series: Melvin Taylor - Dirty Pool (1997)

December 26, 2010

By Pico Electric blues guitarist Melvin Taylor had been sporadically recording solo albums for 20 years when Dirty Pool arrived—and was somehow just beginning to find fame. Already a hit in Europe, it had taken a steady run of performing in Chicago's famed blues clubs to slowly earn Taylor a well-deserved reputation as an equal talent ...

Take Five With Neil Alexander

by AAJ Staff
December 25, 2010

Meet Neil Alexander: Jazz musician Neil Alexander was performing, composing and arranging by age 14. In 2007 he released Tugging At The Infinite, his fourth CD with his contemporary electric/acoustic jazz ensemble NAIL. As well as managing his own electric and acoustic ensembles, he does sessions as both player and programmer, and works ...

Count Basie: Basie's Beatles Bag

by AAJ Staff
December 25, 2010

Many recording artists covered The Beatles in the '60s; even their own producer, George Martin, released George Martin Instrumentally Salutes The Beatle Girls (One Way, 1966). Pianist/bandleader Count Basie recorded two albums of Beatles tunes in that decade: Basie's Beatles Bag (Verve, 1966) and Basie On The Beatles (Happy Tiger, 1969). Both discs ...

Overview: Newly Adopted FCC Net Neutrality Rules

December 22, 2010

The Federal Communications Commission has approved new rules, which prevent your broadband ISP from blocking websites, but provides wireless providers with added clemency. Tim Conneally, a writer at betanews, has published the most clear-cut overview of what these rules are and what they mean: Basic Rules for fixed Broadband Transparency: Carriers must clearly express to consumers ...

Fulani Haynes Performs Jazz Holiday Show at Cafe Tatant in Boston on December 23

December 22, 2010

Boston Jazz vocalist Fulani Haynes is performing a special holiday show with the Jazz Collaborative at Cafe Tatant at the Roxbury Center for the Arts in Boston on Thursday, December 23, 2010. The newly-opened jazz dinner club is located in Dudley Square in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., dinner is served at 7:00 ...

Jazz Drummer Blackman, Guitar Legend Santana Exchange Vows

December 22, 2010

Guitar legend Carlos Santana, 63, married fiancée Cindy Blackman, 51, in Maui on Sunday! She posed outside with her bridesmaids, though inclement weather moved their actual ceremony from the beach to an indoor venue. Click here for rundown from popsugar.com As many of you know, drummer Cindy Blackman and guitarist Carlos Santana were married Sunday, Dec. ...

The Best of 2010, Part 4: Mainstream and Modern Jazz

December 22, 2010

Many relative newcomers like Sarah Wilson have brought a breath of fresh air to jazz this year. By Pico When scanning the landscape of jazz records from 2010, one thing is clear: there's an awful lot of very skilled and talented jazz musicians out there today, and I would argue that there are more of those ...

Emory Quinn - See You at the Next Light (2010)

December 22, 2010

By Nick DeRiso Emory Quinn doesn't quibble about genre. Heck, this happy-go-lucky San Antonio, Texas-based band can't even stick to one instrument, with its principal members merrily switching from one to another. That makes for a nice metaphor on See You At The Next Light, an album of restless musical ambition and jangly, country-fried delights. The ...

Various Artists - Andrew Vachss' Safe House (Relativity, 1998)

December 22, 2010

Author and attorney Andrew Vachss has spent years fighting the good fight against child abuse and neglect, both in the courtroom (representing only minors) and writing his famous Burke series of dark crime novels. Reading the books, you learn that Burke (and Vachss himself) are deep fans of the blues. This compilation CD, with all of ...