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Sony Classical Announces Re-Launch of Okeh Label as Primary Jazz Imprint
SONY CLASSICAL ANNOUNCES RE-LAUNCH OF OKeh LABEL AS PRIMARY JAZZ IMPRINT Label to Put Focus on New and Established Artists Embodying “Global Expressions in Jazz” Upcoming Releases by Bill Frisell, David Sanborn and Bob James, John Medeski, and Dhafer Youssef, Among Others Sony Classical is proud to announce the re-launch of the historic OKeh label. With ...
NPR Music, WWOZ & WBGO Broadcast SFJAZZ Center Opening Night Concert January 23
The opening of the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco will bring the country its first free-standing building for jazz and an exciting night for music fans. NPR Music, WWOZ 90.7FM New Orleans and WBGO 88.3FM Newark, will mark the occasion with a live broadcast of the Center’s sold-out Historic Opening Night Concert as a live video ...
2012: The Year in Jazz
by Ken Franckling
The world of jazz officially went global in 2012, kicked the Grammy Awards in the shins, dealt with economic issues and Mother Nature, and found new ways to innovate in this social media and Internet-savvy age. There were ups and there were downs for both longstanding clubs and festivals, too. Here's a look at ...
Bill Frisell: Live Download Series #14-17
by John Kelman
DS#001-013 | DS#014-017 In a previous All About Jazz article, the first thirteen installments of guitarist Bill Frisell's remarkable Live Download Series were reviewed. Beginning in 2009, Frisell and Songline/Tonefield Productions began making available high quality, download-only (but in formats including 320K MP3 and lossless FLAC) live performances dating as far back as 1989, ...
Bill Frisell: Live Download Series #1-13
by John Kelman
DS#001-013 | DS#014-017One of the biggest problems facing contemporary jazz musicians is that they often have far more projects on the go than could ever be recorded and released commercially by conventional record labels--even small and relatively responsive indie labels. Special projects abound, or personnel changes for a tour are forced when members of ...
Ian Patterson's Best Releases of 2012
by Ian Patterson
With more and more music being produced independently, it's harder each year to find the time to listen to a lot of it, never mind review it. The following baker's dozen represents some, though not all of my favorite music of 2012. Jenny Scheinman Mischief and Mayhem Self Produced
Dan McClenaghan's Best Releases of 2012
by Dan McClenaghan
Scores of excellent CDs were released in 2012. These are some of the finest. Click on the CD titles for more in depth reviews. Hal Galper Airegin Revisited Origin Records Pianist Hal Galper has been delving deeply into his rubato explorations of the standards, along with his ...
Ivar Grydeland: Bathymetric Modes
by John Kelman
A member of drone-improv band Huntsville and the more abstruse Dans les arbres who has given Ballrogg a facelift with Cabin Music (Hubro, 2012), Norwegian guitarist Ivar Grydeland has built a busy career as a performer and as co-head of the extremely left-of-center SOFA Music. In most live contexts, like his 2007 Punkt Festival appearances with ...


