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A Half-Century of McCabe's Guitar Shop

October 12, 2008

Little shop of adorers Hanging from the walls are a saz, a charango, a bouzouki and dozens of djembes, didgeridoos and kalimbas, along with hundreds of ukuleles, mandolins, banjos and guitars variously stringed, shaped, amplified and not. A couple of harp guitars (the baroque axe Robbie Robertson played in The Last Waltz), a 19th-century varietal, and ...

Moogfest 2008 Honors Bob Moog, Features the Moog Guitar

October 12, 2008

New York, NY - Metropolitan Talent and In Touch Entertainment, in cooperation with Moog Music, Inc. presents Moogfest 2008, Monday, October 13 at the Hammerstein Grand Ballroom in New York City. A stellar lineup of top Moog users will gather for an evening of ground-shaking music to honor Bob Moog and commemorate his groundbreaking achievements. This ...

Jazz Musician Alfred Gallodoro Dies in NY

October 12, 2008

Owner of Rusty's Cafe, 'Queen of Toledo Jazz' Dies at Fla. Care Center

October 12, 2008

Margaret “Rusty" Monroe, 89, the centerpiece of Toledo's jazz scene for decades and whose club, Rusty's Jazz Cafe, became a landmark, died yesterday afternoon at a Punta Gorda, Fla., nursing care center. She died from complications of a fall more than a week ago at her home in Punta Gorda. She'd been dealing with cancer for ...

Hartford International Jazz Festival: Danilo Perez, Badal Roy

October 12, 2008

Both Hartford International Jazz Festival opening-night concerts succeeded in demonstrating what makes this annual event special: world-class jazz infused with intriguing multi-cultural elements. Each performance was unique, but both shared a musical melting-pot mindset. Panamanian-born pianist Danilo Perez guided his trio through a tantalizing maze of Latin American and Afro Cuban sonorities. Pakistani tabla drummer Badal ...

Jenny Hill and Todd Isler Perform at Nighttown, Cleveland, Ohio

October 12, 2008

Jenny Hill (saxophonist and composer) and local home-town drummer Todd Isler will perform at Cleveland's Nighttown on Tuesday, Nov. 25th with Kip Reed on bass and Joe Hunter on piano. Also appearing will be some surprise special guests. The music will feature selected cuts from Jenny's latest CD, The Chill Factor, and Todd's new CD, Soul ...

Andrew Hill: Evening Concert & Recording

October 12, 2008

A full evening of pianist and composer Andrew Hills works will be performed by the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra on Thursday, October 16 at 8 pm in The Peter Jay Sharp Theater. This is only the second concert of all Hill works since the composers passing in April 2007, and it would be great to see you ...

Who is the Jazz Video Guy?

October 11, 2008

Al Jarreau Unwraps First-Ever Christmas Release from Rhino

October 11, 2008

AL JARREAU UNWRAPS 'CHRISTMAS' Multi-Grammy Winner Delivers His First Holiday Collection Featuring His Beloved Voice on Classics Like “Winter Wonderland, “White Christmas, “Carol Of The Bells and More Available October 14 from Rhino LOS ANGELES Summer is winding down and Al Jarreau has Christmas on his mind. This fall, the seven-time Grammy winning vocalist will release ...

French Quarter Has Bounced Back, Differently

October 11, 2008

Sloshing your way down Bourbon Street, past the banks of Slurpee-like machines spewing mango daiquiris by the gallon, it's hard to wrap your head around the notion that by dancing to raucous music, eating too much and drinking way too much, you're helping get a fallen American city back on its feet. Even as you grow ...