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News: Performance / Tour

Free Halloween Concert at Boston's Jordan Hall on Monday, October 31

October 31, 2011

Jazz pianist and composer Ran Blake and trombonist Aaron Harley are presenting their 7th annual Shadow of a Doubt Halloween Concert, at Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, on Monday, October 31, 2011, starting at 8:00 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. Students and faculty of NEC's Contemporary Improvisation department—along with guests—perform in ...

News: Performance / Tour

Tom Wandell Trio Performs at Bond Lounge at Langham Boston Hotel on November 2

October 31, 2011

Jazz drummer Tom Wandell and his trio perform at BOND Restaurant & Lounge in downtown Boston on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. The gig is part of the BOND Jazz Experiment, which highlights emerging artists and accomplished performers covering the jazz spectrum, including classic jazz from the American Songbook, rhythm and blues ...

News: Performance / Tour

Pianist Laszlo Gardony Performs at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on November 2

October 31, 2011

Hungarian-born jazz pianist and composer Laszlo Gardony is performing with his band at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the show are $18 and can be purchased online. They'll be performing songs from their newest CD, Signature Time, which features Gardony on piano, John Lockwood on bass, ...

News: Recording

Andrey Dergatchev - The Return (2006)

October 31, 2011

By Mark Saleski There have been pieces of music in my past that have stirred such emotional resonance that I wondered if maybe the music was written for me. Thomas Newman's score for the film “American Beauty": I had to restart the DVD after 15 or 20 minutes because I just couldn't drag my attention away ...

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News: Recording

On Second Thought: Bill Frisell - Live (1995)

October 31, 2011

By Tom Johnson My creative writing teacher in college drilled into us the mantra “show don't tell." Don't tell people your character is heartbroken. Show them. Don't tell your readers that your character is sneaking into a room. Show them that he is insinuating himself there. The difference is between the product and the process. To ...

News: Recording

Joe Cohn - Fuego (Criss Cross, 2011)

October 31, 2011

Mainstream jazz guitarist Joe Cohn recorded this album on November 16, 2010 in Brooklyn, accompanied by a hard hitting crew consisting of Peter Beets on piano, John Webber on bass and Kenny Washington on drums. You would expect a deeply swinging session from the son of famous saxophonist Joe Cohn, and that is exactly what is ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Straight Ahead with John Scofield

October 30, 2011

As observed here a few weeks ago, it's been a pretty good fall in St. Louis for fans of jazz guitar, with George Benson, Stanley Jordan and Ralph Towner all playing here during the month of October. Next up, and in our video spotlight today, is guitarist John Scofield, ...

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News: Recording

Ochion Jewell - First Suite for Quartet (Mythology Records 2011) ****

October 30, 2011

By Joe Higham Ochion Jewell's CD titled First Suite For Quartet released on David Binney's Mythology label, seems already one step ahead of your 'average' first CD release that I often get to hear. With such a grandiose title I was curious to see if a through composed piece of 48 minutes could hold my attention, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Singer Kurt Elling and Kluvers Big Band at Wilbur Theatre in Boston on November 2

October 30, 2011

Grammy Award-winning Jazz vocalist Kurt Elling is performing with the Kluvers Big Band from Denmark at the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on Wednesday, November 2, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets range from $27-$37 and can be purchased online. Elling, who celebrates his birthday at the Wilbur Theatre performance, is considered this generation's premier jazz vocalist. The ...

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News: Recording

The Jeff Gauthier Goatette - Open Source (2011)

October 30, 2011

Long, long before Nels Cline had attained his current status as one of the most original, fearless and bad-assed electric guitarists around, he was an obscure twenty-something acoustic guitarist playing in a small, acoustic combo called Quartet Music, that made four record in the 80s, all currently our of print. This “mini-orchestra" also had in it ...