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News: Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Now Accepting Applications

October 22, 2011

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Festival Now Accepting Applications from Student Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, Composers, Individual Musicians Next Generation Jazz Festival Includes Free Concerts, Clinics, Workshops, and Jazz Competition, March 30 to April 1, 2012 in Downtown Monterey Country's Top Young Players Compete for Performance Opportunities at 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September ...

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Article: Album Review

Le Boeuf Brothers: In Praise of Shadows

Read "In Praise of Shadows" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
October 20, 2011

Projects such as the Le Boeuf Brothers' In Praise of Shadows should help quiet the debate on whether or not jazz is stagnating. The twins--keyboardist Pascal and saxophonist/clarinetist Remy--are talented musicians and award-winning composers who are a part of the new breed of young artists, like trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist John Escreet and bassist Esperanza Spalding, ...

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Article: Album Review

Vince Mendoza: Nights on Earth

Read "Nights on Earth" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
October 19, 2011

It's been 13 years since Vince Mendoza last released an album of all-original music with Epiphany (Zebra, 1999); but it's not as if he hasn't been busy. He's a first-call arranger for high profile jazzers, working on guitarist John Scofield's 54 (EmArcy, 2010), now-deceased keyboard giant Joe Zawinul's Brown Street (Heads Up, 2007), and über-trumpeter Randy ...

Article: Interview

Ambrose Akinmusire: il cuore emergente

by AAJ Italy Staff
October 17, 2011

Intervista di R. J. DeLuke Le sensazioni che la musica Gospel mi dà sono le stesse che provo ascoltando la musica suonata dai grandi del Jazz. È comunque Gospel, anche se suonato con uno strumento. “Il mio strumento preferito è il violoncello," dice il giovane e spigliato musicista intervistato nel suo appartamento a Manhattan agli inizi ...

News: Event

The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959 Tour, A Celebration Of Jazz Icon's Legendary Music

October 3, 2011

Miles Davis. The name alone has become synonymous with jazz music and its place in popular culture, notably the prolific years of 1949-1959, starting with Birth of the Cool. To commemorate these momentous years in jazz and Davis' career, CAMI Music has joined forces with Miles Davis Properties, LLC and Blue Note Records for an innovative ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Segerstrom Center, Orange County, CA, Announces 2011-12 Jazz Schedule

September 15, 2011

The 2011-12 jazz season for Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Orange County, California, kicks off Sept. 25 with the appearance of tenor sax great Sonny Rollins. Appearing here with his quintet, Rollins is one of the few pillars from the golden era of jazz 60 years ago. Following, Oct. 21 and 22, at the center ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Miles Davis Experience 1949-1959 Fall North American Tour

September 13, 2011

A CELEBRATION OF JAZZ ICON'S LEGENDARY MUSIC Miles Davis. The name alone has become synonymous with jazz music and its place in popular culture, notably the prolific years of 1949-1959, starting with Birth of the Cool. To commemorate these momentous years in jazz and Davis' career, CAMI Music has joined forces with Miles Davis Properties, LLC ...

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Article: Album Review

David Binney: Barefooted Town

Read "Barefooted Town" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
August 25, 2011

Since founding Mythology Records in 1998, tireless alto saxophonist David Binney has alternated between issuing ambitious projects on his own label and cutting casual blowing sessions for the Netherlands-based imprint Criss Cross. Continuing this pattern, Barefooted Town is Binney's second release of 2011, following the expansive Graylen Epicenter (Mythology). Despite the limited studio time afforded Binney's ...

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Article: Interview

John Escreet: Music for This Age

by R.J. DeLuke
August 22, 2011

Looking forward--moving forward--is an essential quality to pianist John Escreet, a United Kingdom native who moved to the United States, specifically New York City, in 2008 to pursue an education at the Manhattan School of Music. So is achieving a unique sound and approach, both for artistic and practical reasons.Escreet, age 22 when he ...

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News: Interview

Pianist John Escreet Interviewed at All About Jazz

August 22, 2011

Looking forward—moving forward—is an essential quality to pianist John Escreet, a United Kingdom native who moved to the United States, specifically New York City, in 2008 to pursue an education at the Manhattan School of Music. So is achieving a unique sound and approach, both for artistic and practical reasons. Escreet, age 22 when he moved ...