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March 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: Sometimes when I quote tunes, I get stuck on them, and forget what I was playing to start with. Jeff Dear Jeff:Getting “stuck" on a quote means you believe, at some important unconscious level, that the song you're “quoting" is better than the one you've been playing. ...
Madeline Eastman + Randy Porter: A Quiet Thing
by Dan Bilawsky
When Bay Area vocalist Madeline Eastman released Bare: A Collection Of Ballads (Mad-Kat, 2001), it was a bit of a departure from her previous recorded work. By that point, she was a decade into a critically acclaimed recording career and she had established herself as an adventurous, risk-taking, creative artist with albums like Point Of Departure ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Cedar Walton
All About Jazz is celebrating Cedar Walton's birthday today! For over 25 years, pianist Cedar Walton has enjoyed an uptempo career, which never seems to slow down. Maintaining a non-stop itinerary, Walton has accompanied a litany of Jazz greats while also fronting his own successful groups. Born January 17, 1934 in Dallas, Texas, Walton set his ...
Take Five With Dezron Douglas
by AAJ Staff
Meet Dezron Douglas: On Dezron Douglas: Live at Smalls, the bass prodigy is presented with a band of his peers: the highly original Stacy Dillard, the fiery Josh Evans, pianist David Bryant and the veteran drummer Willie Jones III.Hailing from Hartford, CT, Douglas is a product of the Jackie McLean institute. Quickly establishing himself ...
NEA Announces Live Webcast of 2013 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert
As a music form born and bred in the United States, jazz has committed fans throughout the world. On January 14, 2013 at 7:30 p.m., EST, the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center, will hold its annual NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, located at ...
RJ And The Assignment: Deceiving Eyes
by Hrayr Attarian
Chicago-born/Las Vegas-based pianist RJ channels a soulful adroitness on Deceiving Eyes. Aided by a rotating cast of musicians called The Assignment, RJ creates intricate and shimmering musical patterns on each of the eleven pieces that comprise his debut. On Herbie Hancock's “Dolphin Dance," RJ's sublimely stylish piano lines embellish the theme while bassist ...
Lewis Nash All-Star Quintet: Phoenix, AZ, October 3, 2012
by Patricia Myers
Lewis Nash All-Star QuintetThe NashPhoenix, AZOctober 3, 2012Drummer Lewis Nash led a quintet of New York-based musicians in two concerts to mark the grand opening of The Nash, a new jazz educational and performance center in Phoenix, Arizona, operated by Jazz in Arizona Inc. and named for the city's native son, ...
RJ And The Assignment: Deceiving Eyes
by Edward Blanco
There are times when one comes across a relatively unknown talent or group, whose performance leaves quite a lasting impression, as does young pianist/songwriter RJ and his group, The Assignment. A native of Chicago who has performed throughout the country over the last fifteen years, RJ has since settled in Las Vegas, where his shining debut, ...
Mike LeDonne: Where There’s Smoke
by Bob Kenselaar
Mike LeDonne has more than made his mark in jazz over the years, on both piano and organ. One of the New York jazz scene's premier instrumentalists, he's long been a favorite of fellow musicians. “He is incredible," said the late Oscar Peterson, who once described how he would rush to hear LeDonne play every night ...
Ian Shaw: A Ghost In Every Bar
by Bruce Lindsay
Ian Shaw's warm and evocative voice, Fran Landesman's superb lyrics and music from some of her best collaborators: A Ghost In Every Bar has them all. Put it another way: on A Ghost In Every Bar one of the finest singers in contemporary music interprets some of the greatest songs of the last 50 years. If ...
