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Article: Big Band Report

Brett Favre Isn't The Only Comeback Kid

by Jack Bowers
August 28, 2009

The ink was barely dry on last month's report that trumpeter Rob Parton had decided to break up his superlative Chicago-based JazzTech Big Band after more than twenty years at the helm before Parton was back with a brand new ensemble, one whose purpose, he says, “is to mirror that of the European Radio Orchestras where ...

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Article: Book Review

The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide

by Jim Santella
August 28, 2009

The Jazz Singers: The Ultimate Guide Scott Yanow Softcover; 280 pages ISBN: 978-087930-825-4 Backbeat Books 2008 Anyone ever asked you to list your favorite CDs for a desert island stayover? What would Tom Hanks and Wilson listen to if they had had the foresight ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Bob Albanese

by AAJ Staff
August 12, 2009

Meet Bob Albanese: Bob Albanese was born in Newark, N.J. in 1957. Growing up and the Jersey shore, he began practicing the piano at age 8. At age 15, he won top honors in the Garden State Talent Expo which culminated in a solo performance at the Garden State Arts Center in Holmdel, N.J. This was ...

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Article: Book Excerpts

Jazz Orchestras

by Nick Catalano
August 7, 2009

This excerpt appears in New York Nights: Performing, Producing and Writing in Gotham (IUniverse, 2008). In addition to the productions of the dance band shows, being a Performing Arts producer meant that I had the opportunity to present artists from every genre imaginable. I steadfastly tried to adhere to some sense of objectivity listening ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Jacksonville: Big City, Big Band, Big Plans

by Jack Bowers
August 5, 2009

Almost everyone who's even mildly interested knows that the big band scene in the US isn't what it used to be. On the other hand, the big bands aren't yet dead, as some alarmists have claimed, or even on life support. Thanks in part to college and armed services programs, there are perhaps as many or ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Marcus Goldhaber

by AAJ Staff
July 26, 2009

Meet Marcus Goldhaber: Born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Marcus developed a passion for Jazz alongside a 1928 Ivers & Pond upright piano, on which his mother casually played countless standards. Inspired by his upbringing, along with a clear inheritance of the musical gene, Marcus graduated later with a BFA in Musical Theatre from ...

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Article: Interview

Faith Gibson: Shooting for the Big Moon

by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
June 10, 2009

Jazz vocalists have struggled through the years to make room for their contributions to the art of improvisation that appear effortless. Their voices are their instrument, an instrument that has to compete with tenor saxophones, drum kits or trumpets; an instrument whose strength rests in the necessity humanity has to communicate with others. To ...

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Article: Interview

Deborah Brown: Jazz Diva Extraordinaire

by Victor L. Schermer
May 26, 2009

Deborah Brown is one of the finest jazz vocalists in the business, a “singer's singer" with a magnificent voice and mind-boggling technique. Vocalist J.D. Walter mentioned her as an inspirational teacher and mentor in a recent AAJ interview but, despite being very possibly one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, due to her own ...

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Article: Interview

Lola Danza: Free To Sing Free

by AAJ Staff
February 25, 2009

Free jazz has wound its way through many permutations since arriving in the early '60s. An important custodian of its new directions is vocalist and composer Lola Danza, of Brooklyn. Danza is a graduate of Berklee College of Music, Boston, and stayed in Boston for a few years after graduating, developing her ...

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News: TV / Film

Anita O'Day - The Life of a Jazz Singer - Film Opening

February 19, 2009

A film about the jazz singer Anita O'Day may be opening near you. Anita O'Day: The Life Of A Jazz Singer won the “2008 SATELLITE Award winner for Best Documentary – International Press Academy". Read the All About Jazz review Visit our website to find an opening near you! About Anita O'Day Born Anita ...