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Article: Year in Review

2021: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
December 31, 2021

The jazz world continued grappling and adjusting in year two of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Jazz Day again went virtual for the most part. Singer Tony Bennett put the final stamp on his touring--and likely recording--career after his Alzheimer's disclosure. Trumpeter Irvin Mayfield was headed to federal prison. The National Endowment for the Arts welcomed four ...

Album

Eberhard

By Lyle Mays

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Eberhard.

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The Jazz All Stars Volume 1

By Vinnie Colaiuta

Label: Le Coq Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: There For Flotus; Tu Were Nui; Log Jammin; There You Go; Afro Blue; Caravan; Rockin and Rhythm; Avalon.

Article: Album Review

Lyle Mays: Eberhard

by John Kelman
August 20, 2021

When pianist, keyboardist, synthesist and composer Lyle Mays passed away at the far too young age of 66 following a long battle with a recurring (but, to this day, undisclosed) illness in February 2020, it was a major loss for his fans. It was an especially deep body blow to those who'd followed his decades-long work ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with Arie Salma

by AAJ Staff
July 15, 2021

Meet Arie Salma Pianist/keyboardist/composer Arie Salma is a versatile musician who focuses on Jazz-Fusion music, many times with World influences. Born to Spanish parents in Israel, Arie was exposed to elements of flamenco, Latin, African and Mediterranean music, which he likes blending with his Jazz playing and compositions. Arie was introduced to Jazz as ...

Article: SoCal Jazz

Bill Cunliffe: Always Doing It The Right Way

by Jim Worsley
March 18, 2021

Most notably a jazz pianist, it comes as more than a surprise that Bill Cunliffe was not in the same orbit as jazz until he was in college. With the sheer volume of top shelf jazz he has written and recorded since, he would seem to have made up for any lost time. That time, those ...

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DreamCatcher

By George Kahn

Label: Playing Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: I Feel Pretty; Just One of Those Things; You and the Night and the Music; Never Let Me Go; One Fine Thing; Dreamcatcher; Going Baroque; Stardust; Tonight; Eva; Don’t Let Me Be Lonely Tonight; Quarantuni Time.

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Tradiciones

By Afro Peruvian Jazz Orchestra

Label: MVM Music
Released: 2020
Track listing: Ritmo, Color y Sabor; La Flor de la Canela; Cuadra 11; Madame Bantu; Maria Landó; El Talara.

News: Event

Pianist George Kahn George Kahn 'Some Good Jazz News' Virtual Viewing Party Premieres on Sunday December 6

December 2, 2020

West Coast Jazz Recording Artist George Kahn Presents SOME GOOD JAZZ NEWS A Virtual Video Premiere Party – Sunday December 6 at 6:00 PM PT Please join George Kahn along with Pat Kelley, David Hughes, Alex Acuña and special guests for SOME GOOD JAZZ NEWS, a Virtual Video Premiere Party This Sunday December 6. ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five with George Kahn

by AAJ Staff
November 16, 2020

Meet George Kahn George Kahn majored in music at Brandeis University and moved to Los Angeles in 1976 to pursue a music career as a pianist and film composer. His jazz recording career now spans over 20 years. The George Kahn Trio album, released in 2018 reached #16 on the JazzWeek Charts. His new album, George ...