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Article: Album Review

Sunny Voices (Various Artists): Sunnyside Cafe Series

Read "Sunnyside Cafe Series" reviewed by Raul d'Gama Rose


The production of a music compilation or sampler may, despite its producers' best intentions, go either way. A fair representation of artists may result in excellent tracks, together with perhaps some indifferent ones, and there is simply no pleasing everybody. However, it is possible to get closer to the mark of overall excellence if the compilation ...

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Article: Live Review

Desmond at the Curtis Arboretum: A Great Taste of Philly Jazz on a Summer Evening

Read "Desmond at the Curtis Arboretum: A Great Taste of Philly Jazz on a Summer Evening" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer


Mary Ellen Desmond Curtis Arboretum Philadelphia, PA July 12, 2009 If you want a picture-perfect setting with a “soiree" feeling for a jazz group, the Curtis Arboretum is it. Located in the Philadelphia suburb of Wyncote, PA, it was created by Mary Louise Curtis Bok, in honor of her father ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Enja Records

Read "Enja Records" reviewed 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 ...

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Article: Live Review

Freihofer's Jazz Festival: One Great Weekend

Read "Freihofer's Jazz Festival: One Great Weekend" reviewed 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 ...

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Article: Album Review

Venissa Santi: Bienvenida

Read "Bienvenida" reviewed 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 ...

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News: Award / Grant

National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters

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 ...

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Article: Interview

J.D. Walter: Being a Verb

Read "J.D. Walter: Being a Verb" reviewed 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, ...

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Article: Album Review

Bess Durey: Arctic

Read "Arctic" reviewed 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 ...

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We Insist! Freedom Now Suite

Label: Candid Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Driva' Man; Freedom Day; Triptych (Prayer, Protest, Peace); All Africa; Tears For Johannesburg.

Album

Abbey Sings Abbey

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2007
Track listing: Blue Monk; Throw It Away; And It


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