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Al Jarreau: Les Double Six, Les Double Six

by William Ellis
June 8, 2013

Double Six--when I was in college in my first year, I formed a singing group patterned along the lines of Lambert, Hendricks & Ross--and Double Six. Double Six changed my life; I listened to them instead of going to class--I think they almost sent me home! Very important music to me, I ...

News: Performance / Tour

Rondi Charleston And Her All Star Band Perform On June 12th At Catalina Jazz Club - Only Los Angeles Area Performance

June 7, 2013

* * * PRINT THIS PAGE & PRESENT AT SHOW TO REDEEM FOR A FREE COCKTAIL WITH TICKET PURCHASE * * * Critically lauded vocalist, songwriter and lyricist Rondi Charleston brings her All Star Band to Catalina Jazz Club in Los Angeles for one show only, on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. Charleston is performing ...

Article: Interview

Mark Winkler: Peeling Back the Onion

by Scott Mitchell
June 7, 2013

Mark Winkler is a Los Angeles-based jazz singer, lyricist, and songwriter with over 150 songs to his credit and platinum records hanging on his wall. He has written songs with the likes of saxophonists Dexter Gordon, Wayne Shorter and Joshua Redman, as well as pianist David Benoit. Singers Randy Crawford, Dianne Reeves, Lea Salonga, Bob Dorough ...

News: Radio

Dick Hyman, Stephanie Nakasian On Riverwalk Jazz This Week

June 6, 2013

The historic Filoli Estate and Gardens south of San Francisco is the setting for this week’s Riverwalk Jazz broadcast, “Sweet Ballads and Red Hot Pianos." Piano legend Dick Hyman and jazz vocalist Stephanie Nakasian join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band for an outdoor concert including a set of songs by composer Walter Donaldson. The program is ...

News: Recording

Vocalist Kathy Sanborn Turns Up The Heat With Sultry Night

June 6, 2013

Sultry Night, the steamy and seductive new jazz album from singer, pianist, and composer Kathy Sanborn, releases July 2nd, 2013 through the Pacific Coast Jazz label. Sultry Night will be available for purchase from popular digital outlets such as iTunes. The CD version of Sultry Night debuts September 3rd, 2013. Sultry Night includes songs honoring jazz ...

News: Radio

Swinging On The South Side: The Heartbeat Of Chicago Jazz This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

May 30, 2013

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, vocalists Topsy Chapman and Vernel Bagneris, trumpeter Duke Heitger and pianist Dick Hyman join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band—club-hopping on the South Side of Chicago from the “black and tans" of the ’20s to the grand ballrooms of the ’30s. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, ...

News: Radio

This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Tango, Opera And The Blues: Jelly Roll’s Recipe For Jazz

May 25, 2013

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band welcomes singer Vernel Bagneris and the piano duo of Dick Hyman and John Sheridan for a concert of Jelly Morton’s music, and a discussion of key elements in his compositions. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and ...

Article: Live Review

International Jazz Day: Istanbul, Turkey April 30, 2013

by Josef Woodard
May 24, 2013

International Jazz DayIstanbul, TurkeyApril 30, 2013At a morning press conference opening the 10th annual Panama Jazz Festival in January, 2013, a long table was peopled by dignitaries and musical dignitaries. Festival highlight, saxophonist Wayne Shorter sat in the center (almost like Jesus in the Last Supper configuration), flanked by the ambitious and outspokenly ...

Article: Rhythm In Every Guise

Shelly Manne: The Three & The Two

by David A. Orthmann
May 23, 2013

"When I'm playing, I think along melodic lines. For instance, I can go up as the notes go up. I may not hit them on the head, but the drums are a very sympathetic instrument and I can sometimes sound like I'm playing the melody without being right in tune. Naturally, I don't have the whole ...

News: Event

Playboy Jazz Festival Presents 1+One, Featuring Patrice Rushen And Ndugu Chancler With Special Guest Paul Jackson Jr. In Free Baldwin Hills Concert Sunday, June 2nd

May 17, 2013

Let the good times roll... and head over to the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw for a summer afternoon of jazz and entertainment when the Playboy Jazz Festival presents a free community concert on Sunday, June 2nd, at 5:00 p.m. Doors open at 4:00 p.m. The illustrious group, 1+One, featuring Grammy-nominated artists Patrice Rushen and Ndugu Chancler with ...