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Kathy Sanborn's "Sultry Night" Releases July 1st

Kathy Sanborn's "Sultry Night" Releases July 1st

Sultry Night, the steamy new jazz MP3 album from singer, pianist, and composer Kathy Sanborn, releases July 1, 2013 through the Pacific Coast Jazz label. Sultry Night is available for purchase through popular online outlets such as iTunes and Amazon. The CD version of Sultry Night debuts September 3, 2013. Sanborn’s fifth album hearkens back to ...

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News: Radio

"Originals By Originals" This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

"Originals By Originals" This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, jazz legends perform their own compositions with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. We dig into the archive for “Originals by Originals." The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. You can also drop in ...

News: Recording

Jazz Guitarist Jeff Richman Announces New Release: Big Wheel

Jazz Guitarist Jeff Richman Announces New Release: Big Wheel

Critic’s Choice award winner by Jazziz magazine 2011 for The Line Up “I'm groovin' on your record, it sounds great! I think your best one.” —Oz Noy “I’ve always love Jeff’s playing and his writing. This is a great CD. In fact, I think it’s his best so far.” —Mike Stern Hollywood, CA June 27, 2013 ...

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Article: Live Review

Ahmad Jamal: San Francisco, CA, June 18, 2013

Read "Ahmad Jamal: San Francisco, CA, June 18, 2013" reviewed by Ken Vermes

by Ken Vermes

Ahmad JamalSymphony HallSan Francisco, CAJune 18, 2013SFJAZZ has accomplished a lot of things as it approaches its first half-year in its new building. Amongst them is revealing dedicated audiences for specific areas of the jazz universe, including piano-led bands. On the face of things, little may appear to connect two masters ...

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Article: Live Review

Jerry Vivino and the LA/NY Jazz Trio: Half Moon Bay, CA, June 9, 2013

Read "Jerry Vivino and the LA/NY Jazz Trio: Half Moon Bay, CA, June 9, 2013" reviewed by Bill Leikam

by Bill Leikam

Jerry Vivino and the LA/NY Jazz TrioDouglas Beach HouseHalf Moon Bay, CaliforniaJune 9, 2013Three top-flight jazz musicians--saxophonist/flautist Jerry Vivino (soprano, tenor, and baritone), the ever-inspiring pianist Mitchel Forman and stand-up bassist Kevin Axt (touted as being Los Angeles' busiest bassist)--presented themselves on a breezy, sunny afternoon at the Bach Dancing and ...

News: Radio

Tio Family Clarinet Dynasty This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Tio Family Clarinet Dynasty This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

It’s the story of The Tio Family, a New Orleans clarinet dynasty, this week on Riverwalk Jazz. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band welcomes Evan Christopher, a dynamic New Orleans-based clarinetist and student of early jazz. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from ...

News: Radio

Artie Shaw: Portrait Of Perfection This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

Artie Shaw: Portrait Of Perfection This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Jim Cullum and the Band pay tribute to Artie Shaw, the only serious rival Benny Goodman had to his title as “The King of Swing." By the time he was 30, Shaw’s effortless clarinet solos, his innovative musical arrangements, and his unusual band instrumentation earned him a place in the pantheon ...

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Article: Album Review

Jeffrey Gimble: Beyond Up High

Read "Beyond Up High" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello

There's a lyric in the old Kenny Rogers pop tune, “The Gambler" that states: “You've got to know when to hold and know when to fold." Now vocalist Jeffrey Gimble's debut CD Beyond Up High isn't a gamble--well, perhaps it is a bit as he enters the highly uncertain world of the male jazz singer, but, ...

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Article: Jazz Emerges

Part 7: Sing Miller: This Little Light of Mine

Read "Part 7: Sing Miller: This Little Light of Mine" reviewed by William Carter

by William Carter

Born in 1914, pianist/vocalist Sing Miller was active on the New Orleans scene from the late 1920s until his death in 1990. If Sing didn't like something, he'd let you know. “Man...that ball don't bounce," is a Sing-saying drummer Jeff Hamilton remembers.Early one winter morning in Iowa in 1984, when I was traveling as ...

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Article: Album Review

Teagan Taylor: Hello

Read "Hello" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan

Teagan Taylor, San Diego's very talented up-and-coming vocalist/trumpeter/cornetist, has roots running deep in jazz. Her first album, I Can't Complain (Jazzomaniac Record, 2011) featured knock-out versions of the familiar standards, “Takin' A Chance On Love, “Bye Bye Blackbird, and Gershwin's “But Not For Me," and “Summertime." On the sophomore outing, Wonderland (Jazzomaniac Records, 2012), Taylor spread ...


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