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Lafayette Gilchrist to Release "Soul Progressin,'" Announces East Coast Shows

September 1, 2008

LAFAYETTE GILCHRIST & THE NEW VOLCANOES New Album SOUL PROGRESSIN' Available September 9 East Coast Shows To Follow “...the heir to Thelonious Monk." - Entertainment Weekly “Imagine pianist Billy Preston in the FBI witness protection program; he hides out in the Washington, DC, go-go scene and then the jazz underground; he invents ...

Jam-Packed Sunday Challenges a Jazz Critic's Stamina

September 1, 2008

If any more evidence was needed that the Detroit International Jazz Festival has elevated its product in the last two years, the gloriously stuffed schedule of overlapping talent on Sunday was it. The laws of metaphysics made it impossible to hear it all, and no sane person would even try to ingest as much as I ...

Denver Jazz Musician All Too Familiar with Devastating Effects from a Hurricane

September 1, 2008

Denver jazz musician Henry Butler this weekend called friends who live in his old hometown of New Orleans, checking on how they were as Hurricane Gustav bore down upon the Gulf Coast. Some were getting ready to evacuate. Some planned to ride it out. They are all in his thoughts, said Butler, who lost his home, ...

Origin Records Chicago Jazz Summit

September 1, 2008

Andy's Jazz Club 11 E. Hubbard St., Chicago, IL 60611 {map it} For tickets, call 312-642-6805 or visit andysjazzclub.com To celebrate the thriving and ongoing relationship between Seattle's Origin Records and some of Chicago's top improvising musicians, Andy's Jazz Club presents 8 wide-ranging groups over 4 nights with artists from Chicago, ...

Donna Lee Saxophone Quartet "Mellow" CD

September 1, 2008

Donna Lee Saxophone Quartet release new CD Mellow Mellow contains all new songs composed and arranged by Zdenko Ivanusic and a few traditionals like “When the Saints Go Marching In" and “La Cucaracha". Musicians include Zdenko Ivanusic, alto & soprano; Andrej Henigman, alto; Vanja Ilekovic, tenor; Ales Susa on Baritone. Zivaldo Records Catalogue No. ...

AllAboutJazz-New York September 2008 Issue Now Available

September 1, 2008

September is traditionally back-to-school month so it is appropriate that we feature on our cover this issue Kenny Burrell, not only a legendary and influential guitarist but also Director of Jazz Studies at the University of California-Los Angeles. And continuing the theme of education is our Interviewee, tuba player Bob Stewart, who is an instructor at ...

Death Taxes and Bandwidth Caps

August 31, 2008

Comcast's disclosure of usage caps yesterday points to what may become inevitable across the industry -- restricted, metered broadband services. Demand [for broadband] is rising at a time when relevant supply is actually shrinking ... Elementary economics would suggest that greater pricing power is the inevitable outcome. Craig Moffett Bernstein Research cable and satellite ...

A Short History of "When the Levee Breaks"

August 31, 2008

Led Zeppelin's “When the Levee Breaks" builds upon a former song. In this particular case, the Delta blues classic of the same name created by Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie. On Saturday, a million citizens fled Louisiana for safer ground, after Hurricane Gustav metamorphosed into a Category 4 hurricane in a mere 24 hours. It ...

Gustav's Possible Economic Hit is Widespread

August 31, 2008

Although attention is focused on the petroleum industry as Hurricane Gustav takes aim at the Gulf Coast, billions of dollars are at stake in other economic sectors: New Orleans' trademark tourism industry, the shipping business, sugar harvesting -- and even such niche products as red-hot Tabasco sauce. And, the affected states face another wild card __ ...

Women of Jazz

August 31, 2008