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Article: Live Review

Tom Hambridge and George Thorogood: New York, NY, September 27, 2011

by Mike Perciaccante
October 29, 2011

Tom Hambridge and George Thorogood B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill New York, New York September 27, 2011 It was a cool Tuesday evening in New York city. Inside B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill, there were no signs of the so-called recession evident as the cash registers behind the ...

News: Recording

Vocalist Beverly Lewis Conveys Stunning Versatility On Bluesy New Record

October 25, 2011

Vocalist Beverly Lewis knows how to bring the house down, leaving audiences in All Shades of Blues. Her voice emits a raw power that wallops everything in its path. Although she is able to include the various nuances of jazz and country in her repertoire, it is the blues that Lewis lives and breathes. Her singing, ...

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Etta James "Heart & Soul / A Retrospective" On Hip-O Select / Geffen / Chess

October 20, 2011

For better than five decades, the great Etta James has been a musical force—a dynamo in concert; a major R&B hit-maker in the '50s, '60s, right into the '70s; a jazz Grammy® winner in the '90s; and an acknowledged influence on singers from Irma Thomas to Janis Joplin to Christina Aguilera. Throughout that time, James created ...

News: Interview

Something Else! Interview: Blues Legend Duke Robillard

September 29, 2011

Duke Robillard, co-founder of Roomful of Blues and a former member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, has earned high praise from none other than B.B. King—who labeled him “one of the great players." B.B. isn't the only one who's noticed: A Handy award winner for best blues guitarist in both 2000-01, Robillard received a Grammy nod for ...

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Article: Interview

John Scofield: Peaceful Pursuits

by John Kelman
September 26, 2011

Sometimes a recording comes together easily, with a minimum of muss or fuss. Other times, life seems to conspire against it, but that doesn't necessarily mean it doesn't get done, or that it suffers as a result. Sometimes, in fact, it can make the end result even better. For John Scofield-- one-third of a power trifecta ...

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Article: Live Review

Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival: Sept. 2-3, 2011

by R.J. DeLuke
September 23, 2011

Curacao North Sea Jazz FestivalWorld Trade CenterCuracaoSept. 2-3, 2011 The island of Curacao, in the Caribbean Sea, is an exotic place of sun and fun, and maybe the last place to expect a jazz festival. Then again, why not? Jazz music is all over the world, and festivals are global. ...

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Critically Acclaimed Blues Artist Tom Casino Gives Away Free Single

September 14, 2011

Critically acclaimed bluesman Tom Casino has seen the future—and it costs nothing. After receiving substantial airplay on NPR stations and blues programs during the past year, Casino has decided to offer his witty single, “Chopstick Blues," for free. All that needs to be done is to e-mail Casino at [email protected]. Combine the bluesy swagger of Jim ...

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Article: Album Review

Stanley Jordan: Friends

by Larry Taylor
September 7, 2011

In a successful career of over 25 years, guitarist Stanley Jordan has always displayed his versatility--equally adept at blues, straight-ahead jazz and ever inventive with classical masterpieces. His virtuosity and improvisational prowess are a given, and on Friends, he also shows his skill on piano on two numbers. Primarily, he brings in old pals from various ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Big Band Jazz: It's Not Just for Guys Anymore

by Jack Bowers
August 4, 2011

Back in the early '90s, Stanley Kay, one-time back-up drummer for the incomparable Buddy Rich, later a manager of such artists as Maurice Hines, Michelle Lee and Paul Burke and the entertainment director for the New York Yankees, had a good idea: the time had come, he reasoned, to assemble an all-woman big band that would ...

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Article: Interview

Quentin Moore: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

by Chris M. Slawecki
August 2, 2011

Much has been recently written about the “graying" of jazz and the audience who listens to it, young musicians seem to continually discover (and rediscover) its enduring value--and not just the value of jazz as its own standalone genre, but the benefit of incorporating aspects of jazz, such as improvisation and arrangement, into music of every ...