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Something Else! Featured Artist: Stevie Wonder

November 2, 2011

Stevie Wonder will be honored this month as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, during a benefit concert to be held Nov. 11 in Hollywood. We'd like to add to that resume line: Messenger of Funk, Sweet Soul and Pure Unfettered Get Down. Don't believe us? Too young to remember? Let's take a spin through the ...

News: Radio

Sirius Might Be Staring at Its Own 'Netflix Moment'...

November 2, 2011

If you love your Sirius XM, then you probably love music just as much. Which means you have lots of options at your fingertips, most of them free. Sure, Sirius curates the chaos, but do you need that curation, especially when it's not your only hangout? Can you live without your Stern, your MLB, your Shade45? ...

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News: Recording

Darren Johnston's Gone to Chicago, "The Big Lift"

November 2, 2011

Yesterday, Darren Johnston with the Nice Guy Trio.... Today, Darren Johnston with Chicago guys. Darren Johnston's The Big Lift (PFR Porto Franco 031) came out late this past summer (2011) and it's worth tracking down. A great lineup doing some very good music....It's Darren on trumpet, Jeb Bishop on trombone, Jason Adasiewicz, vibes, Nate McBride, bass, ...

News: Festival

The Festy Experience 2011 | Review | Photos

November 2, 2011

By Sarah Moore The Festy Experience 2011 :: 10.07.11-10.09.11 :: Devil's Backbone Concert Grounds :: Nelson County, Virginia The Festy Experience stormed through its second year (thankfully not literally) in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley. Charlottesville's The Infamous Stringdusters put on the whole event on the grounds of the Devil's Backbone Brewery. The David Grisman ...

News: Performance / Tour

Prince: "Welcome 2 Canada" Tour

November 2, 2011

CANADIAN TOUR STARTS NOVEMBER 25 IN TORONTO Prince has announced a series of Canadian tour dates dubbed “Welcome 2 Canada." The 11-date trek kicks off with two nights at Air Canada Centre in Toronto on November 25-26, and will hit Halifax, Montreal, Winnipeg, Edmonton and more. The tour ends on December 17 in Victoria, BC. Tickets ...

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Article: Book Excerpts

Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones

by AAJ Staff
November 1, 2011

This article appears in Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones By Papa Jo Jones As Told to Albert Murray (University of Minnesota Press, 2011). A Different Kind of Living in That Southwest Here is what happened. Basie did exactly what Fats Waller did: ...

News: Interview

Interview: Chick Corea (Part 1)

November 1, 2011

Pianist Chick Corea has had about 20 careers. Which is why New York's Blue Note is turning over the club to Chick and his music for nearly the entire month of November. The unprecedented move not only comes in celebration of Chick's 70th birthday but also his 50 years of playing jazz and influencing the music's ...

News: Recording

Enrico Rava - Tribe (2011)

November 1, 2011

On his last outing, trumpet master Enrico Rava was in a New York state of mind. This time, for Tribe, his head, heart—and most notably—his entire band is firmly back in his native Italy. Rava is, as been mentioned here a time or two before, is a jazz superstar in Italy (and Europe in general). In ...

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News: Recording

Nils Petter Molvaer - Baboon Moon (2011)

November 1, 2011

I had come into writing this review thinking I had already reviewed the prior release by pioneering fusion jazz trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær, Hamada (2009), but found that I hadn't. Odd, because I sure listened to it enough times when it was new. Today this Norwegian's newest one, Baboon Moon is out, and this time we're ...

News: Interview

James Brown: The Singles

October 31, 2011

If there's one artist who's most responsible for fusing jazz, gospel and R&B—and inventing a new form of high-octane soul in the process—it's James Brown. From 1956 to 1981, Brown's trampoline rhythms, high-pitched squeals and horn-fed dance steps lifted soul to a new level while crystallizing the spirit of the civil rights movement and sexual revolution. ...