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Philadelphia Music Alliance To Celebrate Billie Holiday Centennial As 1st 2015 Inductee On Philadelphia Music Walk Of Fame

April 7, 2015

PHILADELPHIA, PA: As a special birthday gift to the woman widely considered to be one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century, The Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame is proud to welcome Billie Holiday as its newest inductee today on the 100th anniversary of her birth in the City of Brotherly Love. Billie Holiday, ...

Article: Live Review

Gabriele Coen Trio al Pinocchio Live Jazz di Firenze

by Neri Pollastri
April 1, 2015

Pinocchio Live Jazz Firenze 31.1.2015 Gabriele Coen era già passato da Firenze con il programma del suo ultimo lavoro Yiddish Melodies in Jazz: l'aveva fatto nell'estate di due anni fa, nel cortile della Sinagoga, ed era stato uno splendido concerto. Ma in quell'occasione si era presentato in quartetto con ...

Article: Interview

Glenn Zottola: A Jazz Life - On the Road and In Demand

by Nicholas F. Mondello
March 20, 2015

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 World-renown trumpeter, saxophonist, musical director, producer and entrepreneur. These are but a mere handful of words that describe the vast talent in Glenn Zottola's bag of musical marvels. There are others: child prodigy, creative genius, “musical natural" and aural savant also percolate rapidly to mind. Now ...

Article: Interview

Glenn Zottola: A Jazz Life - The Early Years

by Nicholas F. Mondello
March 19, 2015

Article: Album Review

Anat Cohen: Luminosa

Read "Luminosa" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 11, 2015

Anat Cohen's music is literally all over the map. Across her previous six albums, Cohen has explored the sounds of America, Brazil, France, Cuba, South Africa, and her homeland, Israel; she's addressed the work of John Coltrane, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Benny Goodman, Abdullah Ibrahim, Sam Cooke, Jacques Brel, Edith Piaf, Louis Armstrong, Ernesto Lecuona, Luiz Bonfa, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Freshening classic jazz

March 10, 2015

Trombonist Bill Allred knows how to honor the earliest jazz and the finest in big band swing without sounding dated in any way. He did so with his eight-piece Classic Jazz Band Monday, March 9 in the Charlotte County Jazz Society's concert series in Port Charlotte FL. The Orlando-based octet is a high-energy outfit that knows ...

Article: Film Review

Jazz on Film: Caveat Emptor

by S.G Provizer
March 6, 2015

There are good documentaries about jazz. A person can see the films listed on this site and walk away without reaching for the gas pipe. But, as the furor around the film Whiplash (well, to jazz people it was furor) reminds us, it's wise to keep the bar low. When Hollywood does jazz, it should stick to ...

Article: Book Review

The View From The Back Of The Band: The Life And Music Of Mel Lewis

by David A. Orthmann
February 18, 2015

The View From The Back Of The Band: The Life And Music Of Mel Lewis Chris Smith 399 pages ISBN: #978-1-57441-574-2 University Of North Texas Press 2014 “Good drummers were a rarity and that's all there was to it. There's no ego problem involved, it's just there weren't ...

News: Music Industry

Uncommon jazz trio is spellbinding

February 11, 2015

There is a notable, and rather robust, roster of jazz-playing siblings through the years. A much leaner list of identical twins playing jazz shows that most play different instruments. That makes sense. If you are working together a lot as budding musicians, you need a variety of position players in a band. Peter and Will Anderson ...

News: Performance / Tour

A guitar master's take on jazz - It's about much so more than the music

February 6, 2015

Guitarist Pat Martino quickly set the tone with a blistering revisit of the boppish “Lean Years" at his concert Wednesday, February 4 with the Naples Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra. “Lean Years," which first appeared on Martino's 1967 Prestige album Strings!, remains one of his signature tunes. The program also included two other Martino originals ("Inside Out" and ...