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Blaise Siwula, Sten Hostfalt @ Everything Goes Book Cafe NYC

November 14, 2008

Enter the MAMA Records "Randy Brecker - Randy in Brasil" Giveaway Contest

November 13, 2008

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the MAMA Records “Randy Brecker - Randy In Brasil “ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select THREE lucky winner at the conclusion of the contest on December 13th. Click here to enter the contest All contestants will join the Randy Brecker @ AAJ fan network and three winners ...

Trading Fours: A Novel About Music

November 13, 2008

TRADING FOURS captures a single day in the life of four musicians, whose lives intersect in profound ways, much like the very intersection of a musical trading fours that builds to a great dramatic cadence. Los Angeles native Angela Carole Brown is a musician, novelist, and award-winning poet (Heritage Magazine Award), who has brought us her ...

100 Greatest Singers of All Time

November 13, 2008

The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time Our blue-ribbon panel including Bruce Springsteen, Keith Richards and Alicia Keys ranks rock's finest vocalists. Starring: Aretha Franklin, Bob Dylan, Sam Cooke and more. 1 | Aretha Franklin You know a force from heaven. You know something that God made. And Aretha is a gift from God. ...

The Art (and Business) of the James Bond Theme Song

November 13, 2008

A James Bond theme song has two purposes to lead the marketing charge that drives you to the box office and to be a sonic backdrop while nude women dance in silhouette over the opening credits. This may explain why the Bond songbook is not overstuffed with examples of subtlety. Bond tunes are commercials, but often ...

Scenic Anemia Investigates: Jazz Music's Tragic "72" Club

November 13, 2008

Most everyone familiar with classic rock is familiar with the notorious “27″ club, the ever growing group of famous (or famous-ish, in some cases) musicians who met an untimely death at the age of 27. Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Robert Johnson. The list reads like a who’s-who of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. ...

Mel Graves - Jazz Bassist, Composer, Teacher

November 13, 2008

Mel Graves, a gifted bassist, composer and teacher equally at home in the jazz and classical worlds, died Saturday at his Petaluma home of pancreatic cancer. He had turned 62 two days earlier. Mr. Graves was a fluent improviser known for his work with Mose Allison, Denny Zeitlin, Dewey Redman and other top jazz players, and ...

Ten American Bands Chosen to Tour the World

November 13, 2008

Jazz at Lincoln Center and the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs have announced the names of 10 ensembles that will tour with The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program in 2009. American music groups from throughout the United States specializing in jazz, urban/hip hop and other American roots music including blues, bluegrass, ...

The Jazz Session #50: Stevie Holland

November 13, 2008

Jason Crane interviews vocalist Stevie Holland. On her new album, Before Love Has Gone (150 Music, 2008), Holland uses her song selection to tell a personal story. Each song on the album has a particular story behind it, and several are lesser-known gems. Holland is joined on the album by pianist Martin Bejerano, bassist Edward Perez, ...

Dawn of the Jazz Age: Sir Duke Ellington's Adventures in Britain

November 13, 2008

Seventy-five years ago, Duke Ellington and his orchestra's first tour of England transformed how Ellington, American music and African American music were viewed on both sides of the Atlantic. It changed how Ellington viewed his own artistry, encouraging him to experiment further beyond the danceable sounds audiences typically expected of black artists in the jazz world. ...