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News: Performance / Tour

Las Vegas Rat Pack Show Comes to Hanover Theatre in Worcester on November 6

November 5, 2010

What happened in Vegas comes to Worcester, Massachusetts this weekend when The Rat Pack is Back opens at the historic Hanover Theater on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $35, $45, and $55 and can be ordered online or by calling 877 571-7469. The show recreates the nightclub scene of Las Vegas of ...

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News: Interview

Pat Metheny on Paolo Angeli

November 5, 2010

By Pat Metheny In my opinion, Paolo Angeli has developed a significant new direction for the guitar with his innovations in design for our instrument. When I first heard him play his guitar, it was clear to me that the implications of what he and his instrument were offering were challenging and important. His solo concert ...

News: Recording

The Friday Morning Listen: The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (1978)

November 5, 2010

By Mark Saleski It's the last great Rolling Stones album!! Sticky Fingers! Tattoo You! Exile On Main St.! Beggar's Banquet! Goat's Head Soup! Get Yer Ya-Yas's Out! Uh, that one that Brian Jones was sort of on but not too much! Sure, it's a silly argument. It's also fun. Sometimes the arguments make sense. I mean, ...

News: Recording

Pete Levin - Jump! (2010)

November 5, 2010

By Pico A couple of years back keyboardist and composer Pete Levin put forth Certified Organic, the second in a string of Hammond B-3 jazz records he's recently taken an interest in making. It was a thoroughly enjoyable set, one that sizzled and simmered in all the right places, and we had a great time expounding ...

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News: Opinion

"Jazz 911: Rescuing the Great American Songbook"

November 5, 2010

By Steve Provizer When you reach into the faux-velvet bag, there's a feeling of infinite possibility inspired by the virgin letters nestled inside. But you can only get that feeling after you've swept the last set of painstakingly-created words off the Scrabble board. Oddly, I went through the same process when I read Peter Ven Der ...

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News: Recording

Mary Halvorson Quintet - Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12, 2010)

November 5, 2010

Adventurous guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson has been garnering much attention for her work as a collaborator and side person on several notable albums. After taking time to compose new material for quintet, she is back in the leader position, working with Jonathan Finlayson on trumpet, Jon Irabagon on alto saxophone, John Hebert on bass and ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, November 5-11

November 5, 2010

Highlights last week—Hearing Kelly Rossum's edgy score for the 1920 classic, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, with his 8-piece Nicollet Circus Band at MacPhail; hearing guitar wizard Paul Bollenback with Billy Peterson and Kenny Horst at the Artists Quarter; and hearing (very up close) Regina Carter's ethereal Reverse Thread Project with Yacouba Sissoko on the intriguing ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Boris Kozlov

by AAJ Staff
November 4, 2010

Meet Boris Kozlov: Currently serving as a bassist, arranger and Musical Director for the Mingus Big Band, Mingus Dynasty and The Orchestra, as well as leading his own projects, he has also been a first-call bassist for such important jazz acts as Michael Brecker, John Blake, Ray Barretto's New World Spirit, Lew Tabackin, David Kikoski, Alex ...

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News: Education

Nine Women in the Room: A Jazz Musicians' Roundtable

November 4, 2010

Roundtable sisters: From left to right: (top row) Geri Allen, Ingrid Jensen, Terri Lyne Carrington, Esperanza Spalding, Tineke Postma and Helen Sung; (bottom row) Nona Hendryx and Gretchen Parlato by Tom Cole Over the summer, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington brought together some pretty high-profile musicians from all over the world to record The MOSAIC PROJECT: pianists ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town: Snow's Going to Fly Soon... Find Some Thing Hot Around Town to Warm You Up

November 4, 2010

There's actually quite a lot going on. Check out Sunday, which is usually quite quiet. Come back to check from time to time as I often receive “late entrants" to the listings, which are added later with an “Added" graphic. This is especially true if you are one of the 300+ readers who gets Jazz@Rochester via ...