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Bob Dorough

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BOB DOROUGH, born in Arkansas and "raised" in Texas, immediately fell in love with music upon joining the Plainview Texas High School Band. He served three years in a Special Services Army Band Unit, gaining much professional experience as arranger, clarinetist, saxophonist, pianist, and entertainer (1943-45). After earning a Bachelor Of Music degree at the University of North Texas (1949), he made a bee-line for New York City where he took classes at Columbia University and immersed himself in the volatile jazz scene then taking place there -the BeBop revolution. In 1952 he turned his back on the academic scene to devote himself to jazz performance, specializing in piano/vocals

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Dayna Stephens, Allen Lowe, and the Millennial Territory Orchestra

Read "Dayna Stephens, Allen Lowe, and the Millennial Territory Orchestra" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This episode features music from Dayna Stephens, Allen Lowe, and Bob Dorough. It also includes the Millennial Territory Orchestra paying tribute to Sly Stone. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Ethan Iverson “Technically Acceptable" from ...

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Article: Album Review

Yellowjackets: Fasten Up

Read "Fasten Up" reviewed by Pierre Giroux


Since their auspicious debut in 1981, the Yellowjackets have stood as both standard bearers and restless innovators of the jazz fusion movement. The group is anchored by founding pianist and keyboardist Russell Ferrante, long-time collaborators drummer Will Kennedy and saxophonist Bob Mintzer and, the most recent addition (for nearly a decade), bassist Dane Alderson. With their ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Kazemde George, Charles Mingus, and Caroline Davis

Read "Kazemde George, Charles Mingus, and Caroline Davis" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This show features music from a variety of players, such as Kazemde George, Cassandra Wilson, Caroline Davis, and Steve Kuhn, as well as newly collected live performances by Charles Mingus. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) ...

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April & Joanie Sing!

Label: Southport Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: 1. I Feel Free 2. Samba Do Soho 3. True 4. It Ain't Necessarily So 5. Brazilian Rats 6. Antonio's Song (The Rainbow) 7. Two Sparrows 8. Little Sparrow (Gorrión) 9. Improv Sparrows 10. Simone 11. Live! 12. Bebê 13. Have a Merry Christmas 14. While My Guitar Gently Weeps

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Article: Album Review

Angela Verbrugge: Somewhere

Read "Somewhere" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


Based in Victoria, British Columbia, Angela Verbrugge keeps a busy schedule as a singer, touring in Canada and farther afield. In addition to performing, she writes songs--jazz songs, new standards--with lyrics that are engagingly personal and funny, containing the occasional acerbic twist. As a lyricist, she often speaks to the quotidian. Her texts are a perfect ...

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I Feel Free

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Label: Southport Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 4:52

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Article: Album Review

Nancy Reed & Spencer Reed: Happying

Read "Happying" reviewed by Katchie Cartwright


The jazz world encompasses a multitude of local communities. Jazz came to Delaware Water Gap and the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania via the inns and summer resorts for which the region has been known since the second decade of the 19th century, attracting New Yorkers and Philadelphians seeking summer refuge and fresh woodland air. By ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Janel Leppin, Marion Brown, and R.I.P. John Mayall

Read "Janel Leppin, Marion Brown, and R.I.P. John Mayall" reviewed by Jerome Wilson


This program features new releases from Janel Leppin, Andy Milne, and John Surman, plus a tribute to the late British blues giant, John Mayall. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait Till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Matt Wilson “Be That As ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

New Releases From Janis Siegel, Alexa Torres, Lakecia Benjamin, Birthday Shoutouts, Fathers Day & More

Read "New Releases From Janis Siegel, Alexa Torres, Lakecia Benjamin, Birthday Shoutouts, Fathers Day & More" reviewed by Mary Foster Conklin


The Fathers Day broadcast includes new releases from Janis Siegel and Yaron Gershovsky, Janet Planet, Alexa Torres, Bruna Black & John Finbury plus a single from Lakecia Benjamin, with birthday shoutouts to Hazel Scott, Irene Higginbotham (Good Morning Heartache), Geri Allen, Nancy King, Amy Shook, Brianna Thomas, Alecia Olatuja, Monika Herzig, Carol Robbins and Daryl Sherman ...


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