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Take Five With Akua Allrich
by AAJ Staff
Meet Akua Allrich: Jazz vocalist Akua Allrich is a musician of extraordinary talent and crowd-moving passion. For the past two years she has been electrifying audiences in and around the nation's capital with sold-out performances. With the 2010 launch of her independently produced album, A Peace of Mine, the young artist's music and concerts ...
New Voices and the American Song Book
by Franz A. Matzner
Monk Vocal CompetitionKennedy CenterWashington, D.C.October, 2010 One of the premier jazz events of the year, the annual Thelonious Monk competition rarely fails to deliver. Each year the jazz elite gather to celebrate the legacy of Thelonious Monk and to recognize up-and-coming talents of the jazz world via ...
Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchesta / Vaughn Wiester / Chie Imaizumi
by Jack Bowers
Buselli--Wallarab Jazz OrchestraMezzanineOwl Studios2010 After veering slightly off-course recently with several albums devoted in part to backing singers, the outstanding Indianapolis-based Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra is back in a more pleasing instrumental groove on Mezzanine, profiling the compositions and arrangements of co-leader / trombonist Brent Wallarab. The first ...
Greg Ward's Fitted Shards: South Side Story
by Mark F. Turner
Like many musicians, Chicago saxophonist/composer Greg Ward (now based in New York) is juggling multiple gigs: working with names from Al Jarreau to Von Freeman; recording diverse projects with Mike Reed's People, Places, and Things or electronica artist Guillermo Scott Herren aka Prefuse 73; and even conducting an orchestra for hip hop artist Lupe Fiasco. In ...
Jim Rotondi: 1000 Rainbows
by Bruce Lindsay
1000 Rainbows swings beautifully, drawing together a few original tunes from trumpeter Jim Rotondi and some out-of-the-ordinary classics that are delivered in real style by a classy quintet. The New York-based Rotondi has been in the jazz scene for more than 20 years and has an extensive back catalog of recordings as a leader. This is ...
Al Jarreau Back on Tour
Al Jarreau resumed his world tour with a sold-out show near Frankfurt, Germany, in the city of Hanau. He performed for a thrilled, and loudly appreciative audience.On the day before the concert, Al hit the studio to try out his voice and do some recording. The result is a new song, entitled “Double Face," ...
Al Jarreau to Resume Touring on Aug. 3
Jazz star Al Jarreau's management has sought to clarify circumstances surrounding his health and hospitalization on the singer's website. Ihe statement posted, which also indicates that the tour will resume August 3 in Hanau, Germany, at Amphitheatre Schloss Philippsruhe, clarified that 'Jarreau did not collapse during a performance as had been reported in the ...
Al Jarreau's Recovery 'Going Well'
Jazz star Al Jarreau's recovery is “going well" following his recent health scare and he could be released from hospital as soon as this weekend, according to his doctor.The 70-year-old Grammy winner had been receiving treatment at a hospital in the French Alps following his collapse last week, moments before his set at a ...
Al Jarreau Stable After Heart Problems
Jazz and soul music legend Al Jarreau is in a stable condition in a Southern French hospital. This after the performer was hospitalized in the small Alpine town of Gap after complaining of a rapid heartbeat. He was moved to Marseille from Gap and he is reported to have stabilized. He is reported to have thanked ...
Al Jarreau Hospitalized, Listed in Critical Condition
Jarreau collapsed during a concert on Thursday night in Barcelonnette, France There are only two recording artists in the history of the music industry to have been awarded with Grammys in three separate musical categories. One is the late “King of Pop," Michael Jackson, and the other is Al Jarreau, who has been honored in the ...
