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News: Recording

Short Takes - CDs of Note

September 16, 2010

Bands led by trumpeters are in the spotlight... Miles Davis, Bitches Brew: 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition (Columbia/Legacy) Two weeks after releasing its three-disc Legacy Edition of Miles Davis's genre-smashing Bitches Brew project that pulled jazz together with the commercial rock world, Columbia/Legacy is out with a Collector's Edition. The boxed set includes CDs containing the original ...

News: Special Offers

Chicago Record Stores List Features Jazz on Vinyl

September 16, 2010

Having a hard time finding that jazz recording on an original old-fashioned LP plastic record album? Here is a 2010 list of Chicago Record Stores (some featuring Chicago Jazz on vinyl!) thanks to a guide put together by David Frankel McLean of UpChicago.com...the complete original article can be accessed via the link at the bottom of ...

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News: Obituary

Hadley Caliman Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Info: Jazz Saxophonist "Little Dex" Dies at 78

September 16, 2010

Seattle, Washington area jazz bebop tenor saxman and flautist Hadley Caliman (of Freddie Hubbard band fame), passed away aged 78 years on Wednesday September 8, 2010 after succumbing to liver cancer ...his latest jazz album “Straight Ahead" made the top ten list on jazz charts nationally earlier this year. He was known as “Little Dex" due ...

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News: Festival

Kurt Rosenwinkel Kicks Off Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival in Boston on Wednesday, September 15

September 16, 2010

Jazz guitarist and composer Kurt Rosenwinkel along with his 18 piece big band Orchestra de Jazz de Matosinhos (OJM) opens this year's Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival on Wednesday, September 15, 2010. The concert takes place at the Berklee Performance Center, 136 Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, and starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $25 and ...

News: Opinion

Comfort-Food Jazz

September 16, 2010

By Steve Provizer As Flann O'Brien once wrote, in “At-Swim-Two-Birds": “When things go wrong and will not come right, Though you do the best you can, When life seems black as the hour of night, A pint of plain is your only man." Well, the man was an alcoholic, so ...

News: Technology

Spotify is Now Hitting 10 Million Users. of Which, 500,000 Are Paying...

September 16, 2010

Is this the kind of ratio that makes sense? Spotify is now approaching 10 million users, of which 500,000 are paying premium amounts. Spotify is planning a shindig in London later this month to toast its milestone. Here's the latest tee-total: 10 million users. 500,000 paying subscribers. 7 European countries. $300 million company valuation. 10 million-plus ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Michael Lowenstern

by AAJ Staff
September 15, 2010

Meet Michael Lowenstern:Michael Lowenstern, widely considered one of the finest bass clarinetists in the world, has performed, recorded and toured as a soloist and with ensembles of every variety. Michael has written music for concert, film, dance and various other new media over the span of his 20-year career. Actively involved with technology in ...

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News: Recording

Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records to Release Simple Songs - The Debut Recording from Pianist/Composer Jeremy Siskind

September 15, 2010

BROOKLYN JAZZ UNDERGROUND RECORDS To Release SIMPLE SONGS (FOR WHEN THE WORLD SEEMS STRANGE) The Debut Recording From Pianist/Composer JEREMY SISKIND (Available September 28 at BJURecords.com SIMPLE SONGS (for When the World Seems Strange) features: Jeremy Siskind (piano, compositions), Jo Lawry (voice, Sting, Fred Hersch), Chris Lightcap (bass, Ben Monder, Regina Carter), Ted Poor (drums, Kurt ...

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News: Festival

Jazz This Week: Michael Franks, Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival, and More

September 15, 2010

This week's calendar of jazz and creative music in St. Louis is considerably less crowded than last week's, but there are still several notable events happening around the metro area. Let's go to the highlights: The best-known touring performer in town this week is singer/songwriter Michael Franks, who will play on Thursday at the Ameristar Casino ...

News: Performance / Tour

Zappa Plays Zappa Returning to the Pageant on Wednesday, December 8

September 15, 2010

Zappa Plays Zappa, the Frank Zappa repertory band led by the late guitarist and composer's son Dweezil (pictured), is returning to St. Louis to perform on Wednesday, December 8 at The Pageant. ZPZ previously played at The Pageant in 2006 (reviewed by StLJN here) and again in 2008. This time around, they'll perform Frank Zappa's 1974 ...