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News: Recording

Jemeel Moondoc - Nostalgia in Times Square (Soul Note, 1986)

September 15, 2011

Alto saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc, an open thinking veteran of the 1970's jazz loft scene, cut this forward thinking, yet swinging album for the Italian Soul Note label in 1985. Joining him were a powerful crew of William Parker on bass, Dennis Charles on drums, Rahn Burton on piano and Bern Nix on guitar. Despite just being ...

News: Radio

Will They Notice? Sirius Now Raising Its Monthly Rates....

September 15, 2011

Great service and all, but is Sirius getting a little overconfident here? The company is now raising the monthly subscription charge on its basic package to $14.49, from $12.95 currently, according to details shared earlier today. That's the first basic hike since 2002, and changes go into effect January 1st, 2012. The move comes amidst some ...

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News: Career

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (1970; 2011 Audio Fidelity Remaster)

September 14, 2011

Recorded in the waning days of the 60's, James Taylor's second album became one of a handful of albums that defined the pop and rock landscape in the immediate wake of the Beatles' breakup. Sweet Baby James needs no introduction to just about anyone over the age of 45, but over four decades later, the album ...

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News: Recording

The Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Monterey Moods (2007)

September 14, 2011

By Mark Saleski Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Carter, Jimmie Lunceford, Ella Fitzgerald, Sam Cooke, Sarah Vaughan, Bobby Darin, Julie London, Nancy Wilson, Ray Charles. That's the short list ... of artists that Gerald Wilson has been involved with during his long and storied musical life. A trumpeter, composer, and arranger, Wilson has just ...

News: Performance / Tour

Mexican Jazz Singer Magos Herrera Performs at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on Wednesday, September 14

September 14, 2011

Magos Herrera is performing at Scullers Jazz Club at the Doubletree Suites by Hilton Hotel on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the show are $20 and can be purchased online. Dinner and show is also available for $62. For more details call 617-562-4111. Born in Mexico City, Herrera combines a modern interpretation ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Saxopohonist Andrew Halchak Performing at Bond Lounge in Boston's Langham Hotel on Wednesday, September 14

September 14, 2011

Standout saxophonist Andrew Halchak is performing at the BOND Lounge at Boston's Langham Hotel on Franklin Street on Wednesday, September 14, 2011, from 7:00-10:00 p.m. There is no cover charge. Halchuck is a Berklee graduate who is now pursuing his master's degree at New England Conservatory. He is from Tuscon, Arizona, and has performed across the ...

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News: Video / DVD

Gerry Mulligan's "Jazz America"

September 14, 2011

Gerry Mulligan, Jazz America (MVD Visual). The film's opening alternates clips of Mulligan smiling, playing his baritone sax and speaking. That brief documentary sequence establishes the good feeling that prevails in this 1981 performance at Eric's, a New York club. From there on, it's all music. Mulligan's rhythm section—pianist Harold Danko, bassist Frank Luther, drummer Billy ...

News: Book / Magazine

David Kastin's "Nica's Dream"

September 14, 2011

David Kastin, Nica's Dream: The Life and Legend of the Jazz Baroness (Norton). US patrons of the arts generally fund institutions. In the tradition of European wealth, Pannonica de Koenigswarter helped individuals. She supported and befriended, among others, Charlie Parker, Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk. She shocked her peers and the public, lost her husband and ...

News: Festival

Concert for Kids Kicks Off 54th Monterey Jazz Festival Weekend

September 14, 2011

“Concert for Kids" Kicks Off 54th Monterey Jazz Festival Weekend with Free Jazz Concert at Monterey Fairgrounds, September 15, 2011 Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Will Perform for Hundreds of Monterey County Public School Music Students Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Trombonist Calvin Barthel is Named 15th Jimmy Lyons Scholar at Berklee College of Music Monterey, CA; The ...

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News: Recording

Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt

September 14, 2011

Back when I was a kid, I lived an hour north of New York City in the country. It wasn't my choice. My parents moved there from Manhattan in 1969 for the space and the public schools. As artists, they couldn't afford private-school tuitions in New York for me or my brother, and the public schools ...