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News: Recording

Black Country Communion - Black Country Communion (2010)

September 20, 2010

By Pico When I heard at the beginning of this year that Joe Bonamassa had formed a supergroup with some other heavy hitters and that these guys were in the studio making a record, I gotta admit, I was pretty excited. Bonamassa has pretty much reached the pinnacle and done it all as a solo blues-rock ...

News: Festival

Report from Monterey

September 20, 2010

The Jazz Loft Project was a success at the 53rd annual Monterey Jazz Festival. Many kudos and deep gratitude are due Tim Jackson, Mary Piazza, and Bill Wagner, among many others. Mary approached us many months ago about having some kind of JLP exhibition in their Coffee House Gallery over the weekend. We couldn't use Smith's ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Dan Wilensky

by AAJ Staff
September 19, 2010

Meet Dan Wilensky:Saxophonist, composer, and author Dan Wilensky has toured and recorded with hundreds of artists, including Ray Charles, Jack McDuff, Joan Baez, Santana, Steve Winwood, Donna Summer, R. Kelly, Melissa Manchester, Faith No More, Hall & Oates, Freddie Jackson, Linda Eder, Mark Murphy, James Brown, Deborah Harry, The Manhattan Transfer, David Bowie, and ...

News: Recording

Jammin' at Whitley Bay (July 9, 2010)

September 14, 2010

Jazz musicians know that great truth: if you stay up late, you can always sleep tomorrow. Although the players at a jazz party might seem to have an exhausting schedule, many of them are fueled by the encounters with their peers and heroes—thus, an after-hours jam session often happens. I was lucky enough to be awake ...

News: Performance / Tour

Andy Schumm and His Bixologists at Whitley Bay (July 10, 2010)

September 15, 2010

Andy Schumm is a generous person and musician, and when given a block of time, congenial musical friends, and a receptive audience, he doesn't spare himself. What follows is the first set of a Bix Beiderbecke-themed morning concert at the 2010 Whitley Bay International Jazz Festival, recorded on July 10, 2010. Andy played cornet and piano; ...

News: Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Free Bike Valet Service Provided by Monterey Green Action, September 17-19, 2010

September 18, 2010

Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Free Bike Valet Service Provided by Monterey Green Action, September 17-19, 2010 Parking Arrangements Courtesy of Monterey Peninsula College Shuttles for MJF Patrons Provided by Monterey-Salinas Transit Monterey, CA; The 53rd annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented by Verizon is proud to host its free Bicycle Valet Parking for patrons who are able ...

News: Interview

Latin Jazz Conversations: Danilo Perez (Part 3)

September 19, 2010

Pianist Danilo Pérez spent his early years working hard to earn the knowledge that would create the foundation for a successful career as a leader. Pérez was introduced to the life of a professional musician by his father, a singer whose deep love of music became a central part of his son's life. Pérez began playing ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #200: Dave Liebman

September 19, 2010

Saxophonist Dave Liebman is celebrating an amazing year full of recordings and awards. In this interview, Liebman talks about his lifelong commitment to education; the various honors bestowed upon him recently, including an NEA Jazz Master Award; and why he enjoys playing not only his own music but also the music of giants such as Ornette ...

News: Music Industry

Bill Zavatsky's Ode to Bill Evans

September 16, 2010

Pianist Bill Evans died 30 years ago today. I attended the service for Evans in September 1980 at St. Peter's Church in the base of New York's Citicorp Center. I still remember poet Bill Zavatsky [pictured] reading his poem, To the Pianist Bill Evans. As a tribute to Evans, here is Zavatsky's poem: To the Pianist ...

News: Opinion

Jazz and Self-Determination in Brooklyn

September 16, 2010

The Independent Ear series of conversations with African American jazz entrepreneurs—classic & contemporary — continues, this time in Brooklyn, NY... Remembering The East with Jitu Weusi PART ONE: A jazz fan in development... One of the revelations of the Lost Jazz Shrines of Brooklyn research project for the Weeksville Heritage Center (see elsewhere on Open Sky ...