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Enja Records
by Donald Elfman
Matthias Winckelmann's favorite recording of the hundreds he's made is the one just finished. Over the years, he's documented music from all over the world and of many different stripes and has always been eloquent and passionate. His label Enja has been in existence for 38 years and a look at the catalogue tells you that ...
Freihofer's Jazz Festival: One Great Weekend
by R.J. DeLuke
Freihofer's Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, New YorkJune 27-28, 2009Freihofer's Jazz Festival, in its 32nd year, provided an outstanding array of music and musicians and added to its legacy--started by George Wein in 1978--in fine fettle on June 27 and 28 in the upstate New York community of Saratoga Springs. For producer Danny ...
Venissa Santi: Bienvenida
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The high art of Bienvenida is no accident. This is because its principal performer is the miracle behind it all. Venissa Santi is one of those supremely talented new vocalists who blazes--comet-like, across the musical horizon--but once in a lifetime. She joins the likes of Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, Sheila Jordan, Elis, Rosa, Celia and Flora ...
National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters
Nation's highest honor in jazz is bestowed on eight living legends Washington, DC - The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the recipients of the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Award -- the nation's highest honor in this distinctly American music. The eight recipients will each receive a $25,000 grant award and be publicly honored ...
J.D. Walter: Being a Verb
by Victor L. Schermer
J.D. Walter is a jazz singers' singer--a purist and an innovator. Although his style has been compared to many vocal titans, it is in the same breath, uniquely his own, and he has become a singular phenomenon on the music scene. Respected and lauded by the great musicians of the contemporary circuit, ...
Bess Durey: Arctic
by Raul d'Gama Rose
There is something ethereal about the Arctic Canadian sky--especially one that is visible in winter. Nothing can begin to describe the kind that can be seen on a clear night. The perfect way to communicate what it feels like is through a song. But to make this a metaphor for loneliness and loss, and describe it ...
We Insist! Freedom Now Suite
By Max Roach
Label: Candid Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Driva' Man; Freedom Day; Triptych (Prayer, Protest, Peace); All Africa; Tears For Johannesburg.
Abbey Sings Abbey
Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2007
Track listing: Blue Monk; Throw It Away; And It
Down Here Below & Bird Alone
Featuring the music of Abbey Lincoln
Duration: 9:26
Abbey Lincoln: Abbey Sings Abbey
by Suzanne Lorge
At almost 77 years of age Abbey Lincoln has been composing, writing and/or performing for almost sixty years, and Abbey Sings Abbey is a stunning collection of some of the singer's most memorable works. Lincoln is a writer of some depth and the eleven original tunes on this CD offer strong testament to her ...
