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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Milton Suggs

by AAJ Staff
May 19, 2010

Meet Milton Suggs:The remarks of those who hear him for the first time often go something like this: “I didn't know he could talk, let alone sing!" or “That voice does not belong to that body!" That's because Milton prefers to let his talent speak for itself. Music has been ...

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Article: Interview

Paul F. Murphy: Playing Universally

by Dominic Fragman
April 28, 2010

Legendary drummer Paul F. Murphy has been involved with the high end of improvised music since the mid-1970s in San Francisco. He is most closely associated with the avant-garde of the '70s, '80s and '90s as a 12-year member of alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons' band and a leader of several of his own groups, including Trio ...

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Article: Film Review

Masters of American Music Series: Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Billie Holiday

by Eugene Holley, Jr.
February 14, 2010

The Story of Jazz Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker Thelonious Monk: American Composer The Many Faces of Billie Holiday Naxos 2010 These four DVDs--separate broadcasts of the Masters of American Music TV series, originally released in eighties--seem by today's standards, like some ...

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Article: Interview

Peter Nero: The Laughter and The Challenges

by Victor L. Schermer
February 3, 2010

Part 1 | Part 2 In July 2009, All About Jazz published an interview with legendary pianist and Philly Pops maestro Peter Nero. That interview jumped between his early musical development and his current 30-year tenure as founder and music director of the Philly Pops. There wasn't time then to ask him about what ...

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News: Event

Jazz a Special Focus of APAP 2010

December 18, 2009

Jazz plays a featured role in the run-down of APAP 2010 programs and events, thanks to our partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts' NEA Jazz Masters Program and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Those in the business of making and presenting jazz have witnessed many changes, challenges and opportunities in recent years--all of which will ...

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Article: Interview

Christian McBride: Getting the Inside Straight

by Esther Berlanga-Ryan
November 24, 2009

If we think about it for a little while, it's possible to believe that there is something almost mystic and undeniably powerful about jazz. The way it developed through the years and its constant ignition-like energy; the creativity of those who lead the way and those who continue the journey today; the improvisation that takes over ...

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News: TV / Film

New Jazz It Up! Episode Features: Kenny Garrett, Take 6, Hank Jones and Gene Bertoncini, Vintage Bill Evans and Jazzmobile 45th Anniversary Celebration

September 25, 2009

New York, NY – Saxophonist Kenny Garrett and vocal group Take 6 headline as the featured artists of the latest episode of Jazz it Up! Garrett’s blistering alto sax fronts a high octane ensemble at the Iridium club, while Take 6 offers intense renditions of cuts from Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue. During the second of ...

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Article: From Far and Wide

Join #jazzlives and Show 'em!

by Fradley Garner
September 25, 2009

WITH THE JAZZ PUBLIC “SHRINKING," a new group of activists formed a “#jazzlives" campaign on Twitter to buck the trend. Surveys by the National Endowment for the Arts picture jazz being viewed by ever more Americans as a high-culture art form, like classical music. Fewer are hearing it live than at any time since the late ...

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News: Technology

Billy Taylor's iPhone App - Jazz Piano

September 9, 2009

Pianist, composer, educator, author, broadcaster and Jazz advocate Dr. Billy Taylor announces the release of Jazz Piano, an iPhone App. Billy has always been on the cutting edge of using technology to reach existing and new listeners, first on the radio, then television, on his website; on YouTube; and, now on the iPhone. Jazz Piano, an ...

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Article: Book Review

Ron Carter: Finding The Right Notes

by Eugene Holley, Jr.
August 24, 2009

Ron Carter: Finding The Right Notes Dan Ouellette 435 pagesISBN: 978-0-615-26526-1 ArtistShare 2008 Songwriter and vocalist Gil Scott-Heron said that his basslines “glowed in the dark." Trumpeter Miles Davis proclaimed him the “anchor" of his groundbreaking quintet of the 1960s. And he literally laid down the groove for ...