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The Allman Brothers Band: 2012 Beacon Theatre Dates

January 3, 2012

DATES FOR ANNUAL NYC BEACON THEATRE RESIDENCY CONFIRMED The Allman Brothers Band are getting set to honor the 40th anniversary of their iconic 1972 live album Eat A Peach in a big way: they're hailing 2012 as “The Year of the Peach." The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees will start the year with a ...

News: Performance / Tour

Pearl Django at Jazz Alley This Week

January 3, 2012

Pearl Django with Special Guest Martin Taylor January 3-8 at JAZZ ALLEY 2033 6th Avenue, Seattle Reservations: 206.441.9729 Pacific Jazz Institute at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley presents Seattle's own gypsy jazz artists Pearl Django with special guest jazz guitarist Martin Taylor. Band members include Troy Chapman (guitar), and Ryan Hoffman (guitar), Rick Leppanen ...

News: Performance / Tour

Mango Blue Performs Afro-Latin World Music at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on January 5

January 3, 2012

Mango Blue is performing at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Thursday, January 5, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online. A dinner and the show cost $62. To make reservations call 617 562-4111. Led by Ecuadorian composer, bassist and singer Alex Alvear, the band plays all original songs that blend ...

News: Recording

Charlie Haden and Hank Jones - Come Sunday (2012)

January 3, 2012

It's a given that show tunes and Tin Pan Alley songs have provided plenty of fodder for jazz interpretations, especially in the decades before there were enough quality standards written specifically for jazz to fill up a fake book. There's long been another, almost forgotten, source for great jazz treatments, and that's the sturdy old spirituals ...

News: Opinion

Why Labels Hate the Idea of Simplifying Copyrights...

January 3, 2012

Copyright simplification could have monumental implications for the music industry, not just for startups, but also for preservationists, producers, artists, and fans. The only problem is that some of the most powerful companies in this space absolutely hate the idea. The latest example involves copyrights surrounding recordings, which enter this byzantine and confusing terrain if the ...

News: Recording

Boots Mussulli: Mable's Fable

January 2, 2012

Boston-based alto and baritone saxophonist Boots Mussulli never quite achieved the kind of poll-winner fame in the 1940s and '50s that Lee Konitz and Art Pepper did. Mussulli had the misfortune of coming up at a time when the alto and baritone saxophone scene was jammed with extraordinary playing-arranging band talent itching to break out in leadership ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/Spring 2012 Jazz Preview, Part 3

January 1, 2012

Today, we end 2011 with the third and final part of our preview of jazz and creative musicians who are coming to St. Louis in the first part of 2012. (You can see part one here and part two here.) First up are Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, who ...

News: Performance / Tour

Start New Year with Jazz Brunch at Boston Langham Hotel on Sunday, January 1

January 1, 2012

The famous Sunday Brunch at Cafe Fleuri at Boston's Langham Hotel, featuring the Robert Rivera Ensemble, is taking place on Sunday, January 1, 2012. The cost is $65 for adults, $30 for children ages 5-12, and complimentary for children under four. The adult price includes one glass of sparking wine or mimosa. Reservations are available at ...

News: Recording

Jimmy Owens - The Monk Project (2012)

January 1, 2012

I was struck, time and again, by the considered, almost slow-motion attention to detail here, as trumpeter Jimmy Owens and Co. tease out every blues-soaked nuance from the oft-heard music of Thelonious Monk. It's easy to focus on the brilliant convolutions of his music, the blind-alley syncopations and the turbulent chord changes. But there was real ...

News: Recording

Best NW Jazz CDs

December 31, 2011

Starting with a trickle of albums years ago, there's now a constant stream of excellent CDs by NW Jazz artists each year. We'll feature some of the best from 2011 on Jazz Northwest this Sunday at 1:00 PM on 88.5 KPLU. JIM WILKE'S TOP NORTHWEST JAZZ CDs OF 2011 For Pacific Northwest jazz fans in particular, ...