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Abigail Riccards - Soft Rains Fall (2011)

January 25, 2012

When I first listened to Chicago-based jazz singer Abigail Riccards I had that strange and wonderful feeling of temporarily “forgetting who I was." This is the kind of power that music can have, forcing the attention down to a tiny (and yet immense) point of interest, causing the listener's surroundings to vanish. Riccards' 2008 debut recording ...

News: Performance / Tour

Freddie Washington to Open Black Rep Concert Series on Sunday, January 29

January 25, 2012

Saxophonist Freddie Washington (pictured) and his group will be the first performers for a Sunday night concert series being presented by the Black Rep. Washington will kick off the series at 7:00 p.m. this Sunday, January 29 at the Grandel Theater. A mainstay on the local jazz scene from the 1960s through the mid-2000s, Washington recently ...

News: Recording

JazzSnaps: Randy Brooks (1946)

January 25, 2012

Randy Brooks played trumpet like Harry James. Lots of pep and power with plenty of bent notes. Brooks recorded with Hal Kemp in the late 1930s, Claude Thornhill in '42 and Les Brown in '43 and '44. In 1945, Brooks formed a band that included tenor saxophonist Stan Getz and Getz's vocalist wife Beverly Byrne. The ...

News: Event

NAMM 2012: The Epitome of a Confused Business

January 25, 2012

For those not familiar with NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), it is a trade show featuring everything in music, from the latest recording software to neon guitar strings. Taking place a stones throw from Disneyland, with 1000's of stalls lining the cavernous halls of Anaheim Convention Center, it is seemingly a musicians paradise. Or, ...

News: Technology

Gobbler Gets $1.75 Million to Expand Musician File Management Solution

January 25, 2012

LA based Gobbler, a service that helps musicians backup, organize and transfer large audio and video files, has received $1.75 million to expand the service. Investors in the round include ff Venture Capital, Black Ocean Group, Mindjolt CTO Aber Whitcomb, Facebook VP Dan Rose, ex-Googler Jermey Wenokur, Science's Mike Jones, and the founder of LowerMyBills Matt ...

News: Music Industry

Tribute to Nina Simone at the Beehive on Wednesday, January 25 Features Terri Lynn Washington and Sharon Jones

January 25, 2012

A musical tribute to blues singer Nina Simone, featuring Terri Lynn Washington and Sharon Jones is taking place at the Beehive Jazz Club at 541 Tremont Street in Boston's South End on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 from 8:00 to 11:00 p.m. The night of great music is complimented by Beehive Chef Rebecca Newell's award-winning menu of ...

News: TV / Film

PBS' 'American Masters' to Air New Tribute to Cab Calloway for Black History Month

January 25, 2012

A new documentary on legendary bandleader and showman Cab Calloway will air on the PBS program “American Masters" as part of Black History Month. Cab Calloway: Sketches premieres nationally on Monday, February 27. Best known for his signature song “Minnie the Moocher," his inspirational role in the creation of Sportin' Life for Porgy and Bess, and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Muhal Meets the Warriors Part 1/4

January 25, 2012

Different Than The Different: Bobby Zankel and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound meet Muhal Richard Abrams On April 28 at Montgomery County Community College, Bobby Zankel’s big band the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound will premiere a new piece written for the ensemble by legendary pianist/composer Muhal Richard Abrams. Recently, at his West Philadelphia home, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz at Holmes Series Announces Winter/Spring 2012 Schedule

January 24, 2012

The Jazz at Holmes series at Washington University today announced via email their schedule of free concerts for the winter/spring 2012 semester. The series kicks off this Thursday, January 26 with a performance by vibraphonist Peter Schlamb (pictured) and his group, and continues through Thursday, April 12, when it will conclude with a show co-sponsored by ...

News: Recording

Al Hibbler: Holding a Thrill

January 24, 2012

Before Sam Cooke, before Clyde McPhatter, before Ray Charles and before Earl Coleman there was Al Hibbler. Blind from birth, Hibbler began his recording career in 1942 with Jay McShann's band, when Charlie Parker was in the reed section. Then in 1943, he joined Duke Ellington, a tenure that lasted until 1950. A dispute with Ellington ...