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News: TV / Film

Red Norvo's Spotlight Band on Film

August 1, 2010

The distinguished jazz film scholar Mark Cantor offers another cinematic mystery: “In Back Beats and Rim Shots, Warren Vache and Johnny Blowers discuss a band put together by Red Norvo, under the sponsorship of Coca Cola, for an overseas tour during World War II. The tour never happened, but before the band broke up a film ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Other Places: Kilgore in New York

August 1, 2010

If you live in New York City or are headed there this week, you're in luck. Rebecca Kilgore is in town, sharing a gig at Feinstein's with the tenor saxophonist Harry Allen and his quartet. I learned of her appearance by way of The Wall Street Journal's WSJ.com, which has a New York Culture section that ...

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News: Obituary

Martin Drew (1944-2010)

August 1, 2010

Martin Drew died in London on Thursday of a heart attack. Drew was the house drummer at Ronnie Scott's club for 20 years beginning in 1975. He gained his greatest fame during the same period and into the new century playing around the world in Oscar Peterson's trios and quartets. Recently he led his quintet The ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The David Sanborn Trio with Joey Defrancesco

August 1, 2010

This week, our video spotlight shines on alto saxophonist and St. Louis native David Sanborn, who's coming back to his hometown on Monday, August 16 and Tuesday, August 17 to play at Jazz at the Bistro for the benefit of Jazz St. Louis' education programs.It's something ...

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News: Interview

Latin Jazz Conversations: Zaccai Curtis (Part 4)

August 1, 2010

All musicians carry strong influences during their early development; the way that they build upon those influences and eventually move away from them defines their artistic personality. Young musicians generally drown themselves in their influences during their developmental years, soaking in every possible lesson from each recording. There's a period where the musicians emulates their influences ...

News: Festival

Passion, Grace and Fire - Manchester Jazz Festival Day Four

August 1, 2010

Arun Ghosh Quintet, Stuart McCallum and Simcock/Walker/SwallowithNussbaum, Band on the Wall. mjf introduces: Sam Rapley/Adam Chatterton Quintet, Festival Pavilion. Monday 26th July 2010This was the first of the 'mjf introduces' series of mid afternoon concerts showcasing new jazz talent from around the UK. A great start it was too from the Sam ...

News: Music Industry

Now in Stores (Late May, June and July)

August 1, 2010

We recommend five jazz albums that were released over the past week and here are five new jazz albums that were released over the past month or so that are worth giving a listen to. 1. Jasmine by Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden (ECM Records, May 25, 2010) Jasmine marks Keith Jarrett's first recorded collaboration in ...

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News: Recording

Wynton Marsalis, "The Magic Hour" (2004)

August 1, 2010

By Nick Deriso“The Magic Hour" by Louisiana-born trumpeter Wynton Marsalis was that sweetest of swinging homecomings--like time spent laughing with old friends on a front porch. We have Marsalis returning finally to small-band work--where he once sparked the kind of mainstream interest in a jazz trumpeter enjoyed long ago by the likes of Louis ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Katsuko Tanaka

by AAJ Staff
July 31, 2010

Meet Katsuko Tanaka: Katsuko Tanaka, born and raised in Osaka Japan, resided in California as a Rotary International Foundation Ambassador in the nineties. Being inspired by the live jazz music during her stay in the U.S., she decided to immerse herself into the jazz world. After being back in Japan (Tokyo and Osaka) for ten years, ...

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News: Festival

Iggy and the Stooges: In the Hands of the Fans

July 31, 2010

WIN AN OPPORTUNITY TO FILM AND INTERVIEW IGGY AND THE STOOGES On Friday, September 3 2010, Iggy and the Stooges are putting themselves In the Hands of the Fans. MVD Entertainment Group has launched the site InTheHandsOfTheFans.com to offer fans a once in a lifetime opportunity to film and interview Iggy and the Stooges performing the ...