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Jazz Friendly Hotels in Boston for This Weekend's Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival, September 25

September 24, 2010

If you're coming to Boston this weekend to attend the 10th annual outdoor Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 25, there are plenty of jazz-friendly hotels in the area that offer high quality live jazz throughout the year. Leading the pack are the Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel in Boston, home of the famous Sculler's Jazz ...

News: Performance / Tour

This Week in Jazz History: September 23 to September 29

September 24, 2010

September 23 Saxophonist/composer John Coltrane born 1926 in Hamlet, NC. Saxophonist/composer Frank Foster born 1928 in Cincinnati OH. Pianist/vocalist Ray Charles born 1930 in Albany, GA. September 24 Trumpeter Fats Navarro born 1923 in Key West, FL. Bassist Charles Mingus records Let My Children Hear Music, 1971. Sarah Vaughan records My Funny Valentine 1973. September 25 ...

News: TV / Film

A Movie About a Guitarist ... by a Guitarist

September 24, 2010

One of the coolest things about Steve Vai is that he is committed to his love of the instrument and music. Many artists have enjoyed artistic freedom, controlling their output and being able to maintain their visions thanks to his Favored Nations label. Several years ago, Vai greenlighted a movie bio-pic about the legendary Hank Garland, ...

News: Recording

The Friday Morning Listen: Pat Metheny Group - First Circle (1984)

September 24, 2010

By Mark Saleski Over at A Blog Supreme, they're tossing around an interesting question: What's The First Coltrane Album You Fell In Love With? That's an easy one for me: it was Interstellar Space. It sort of confused me (OK, it confused the heck out of me!) but I totally dug the barely-controlled energy levels, the ...

News: Recording

Sarah Wilson - Trapeze Project (2010)

September 24, 2010

By Pico “Different and original," “Blur(s) stylistic boundaries," “developed a new music all her own" are phrases that have been used to describe the music of San Francisco Bay area trumpeter and singer Sarah Wilson. Those are just the phrases that popped in my mind as soon as I popped Trapeze Project into the CD player ...

News: Music Industry

Professor Provizer's Bad Jazz Art Gallery

September 26, 2010

Welcome-and abandon all hope, ye who enter here. We'll stop the bleeding and let this stand as a representative sample. Clearly, some of this stuff was knocked off quickly. Some of it seems painfully pre-civil rights, some of it falls squarely in the tchotchke category (thanks, E. Doberman, whose comment inspired this post), some of it ...

News: Performance / Tour

Dave Brubeck Cancels St. Louis Concert

September 25, 2010

This just in: Pianist Dave Brubeck (pictured) has canceled his St. Louis performance that had been scheduled for Sunday, October 17 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Here's the text of the news release StLJN received from the Sheldon:“Due to health reasons, Dave Brubeck has been advised by his doctors to avoid travelling and performing at this ...

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News: Recording

Jazzwax List: 7 by Earl Coleman

September 26, 2010

Earl Coleman is an all-but-forgotten vocalist today. The barrel- voiced baritone was born in Port Huron, Mich., in 1925 and starting singing with bands led by Jay McShann and Earl Hines. In New York in the late 1940s, he became a fixture in the clubs of 52nd Street. Coleman brought enormous feeling to the ballads and ...

News: Festival

Check out Jazzboston at the Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 25

September 25, 2010

JazzBoston, the city's grass roots support organization for jazz musicians, promoters, educators and jazz lovers, has a booth at this year's Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival on Saturday, September 25, 2010 in Boston's South End. Check out these two special programs at the JazzBoston booth: Meet Boston's Musicians informal meet-and-greets with three or four different hometown artists ...

News: Performance / Tour

Chris Botti, Paula Cole, Danilo Perez Headline Busy Friday Night of Jazz in Boston, September 24

September 24, 2010

Boston is brimming with jazz tonight with artists Chris Botti, Paula Cole, Danilo Perez and others in the middle of the city's 10th annual Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival now underway. Trumpeter Chris Botti is performing at the Citi Performing Arts Center, Wang Theatre tonight at 8:00 p.m. Since 2004 he has been the largest selling American ...