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News: Performance / Tour

Joanne Tatham Celebrates Her New CD, "The Rings Of Saturn," At Vitello's On May 4th!

Joanne Tatham Celebrates Her New CD, "The Rings Of Saturn," At Vitello's On May 4th!

Joanne Tatham celebrates the release of her new CD, The Rings of Saturn with a performance at Vitello's in Studio City on Friday, May 4th with one show at 7:30pm. Make Reservations Joanne has been receiving excellent reviews and national jazz radio airplay. Midwest Record says, “This vocalist pulls up a set card of jazz/pop classics ...

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Article: Lyrics

Nuove Orchestre Alla Ribalta

Read "Nuove Orchestre Alla Ribalta" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Da anni non si vedevano all'opera tanti nuovi ensemble, sia negli Stati Uniti che in Europa. Le cinque formazioni che presentiamo spaziano da quella giovanile come l'italiana New Talents Jazz Orchestra guidata da Mario Corvini (Extempora) alla big band di John Beasley ricca di stelle (Monk'estra -Vol. 1); dai progetti norvegesi del pianista Rune Klakegg (Fjon) ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Time Check: A Paucity of Riches?

Read "Time Check: A Paucity of Riches?" reviewed by Jack Bowers


On May 18, Betty and I flew to Los Angeles to attend Time Check: A Buddy Rich Alumni Reunion, a four-day panorama sponsored by the L.A. Jazz Institute and held at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel, about a stone's throw or two from the LAX airport. We arrived early afternoon so we could also be present for ...

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Article: Live Review

MONK'estra at SFJAZZ Center

Read "MONK'estra at SFJAZZ Center" reviewed by Harry S. Pariser


MONK'estraSFJAZZ CenterSan Francisco, CAAugust 22, 2013The music of the legendary Thelonious Monk (October 10, 1917-February 17, 1982) has rarely been heard in a big band setting. The second most-recorded jazz composer after Duke Ellington, Monk's music is nothing if not popular. While Ellington composed over a thousand songs, Monk penned only ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra: Artistry

Read "Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra: Artistry" reviewed by Jack Bowers


On Artistry, the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra pays homage to one of Richmond's former employers, the legendary Stan Kenton, not by rehashing music performed by the Kenton Orchestra--no matter how forward-leaning that may have been--but rather by renovating a few themes associated with Kenton (and quite a few others that weren't) in the manner in ...

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Smile 4 Me

Featuring the music of Brian Swartz
Duration: 2:27

An excerpt from "Smile 4 Me" from HOME, part 4 of the evening length performance "Portraiture" Stories in Jazz." June 9, 2012. Nate Holden Performing Arts Center, Los Angeles. Featuring Jazz Antiqua Dance Ensemble Composer/Music Director: Brian Swartz. Artistic Director/Choreographer: Pat Taylor. Gnu Sextet: Otmaro Ruiz: piano; Trevor Ware:bass; Aaron McLendon: drums; Brian Swartz:trumpet; Keith Fiddmont;saxophone; Phil Ranelin: trombone.
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Article: Album Review

Gerry Gibbs: Gerry Gibbs & the Electric Thrasher Orchestra Play the Music of Miles Davis 1967-1975

Read "Gerry Gibbs & the Electric Thrasher Orchestra Play the Music of Miles Davis 1967-1975" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


Among other callings, drummer/percussionist and bandleader Gerry Gibbs serves as occasional “aural historian" of the mercurial music of Miles Davis. Gibbs' most recent tribute to one of the most controversial and notorious segments of Davis' career--fusion explorations that began to expand jazz with Nefertitti (Columbia) in 1967 and continued to stretch past even its most elastic ...


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