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Tula's Jazz Club: A Seattle Tradition in the Making

by Paul Rauch
September 7, 2016

Life in the Pacific Northwest is hauntingly similar to jazz music itself, from that which is inward, deep in the recesses of our collective soul, to the outward expressionism as a ray of sunlight, an exaltation of joy, harmony expressed in the deep, deep blue of sentient life, and of our enlightened sky. High notes expressed ...

Article: Jazz Near Me

Paris Jazz Scene: Summer 2016

by Patricia Myers
September 2, 2016

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: “The American in Paris is the best American. It is more fun for an intelligent person to live in an intelligent country. France has only two things toward which we drift as we grow older--intelligence and good manners." And I would add great jazz! Although many think that much of ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Parker

August 29, 2016

All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Parker's birthday today! The only child of Charles and Addie Parker, Charlie Parker was one of the most important and influential saxophonists and jazz players of the 1940’s. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); When Parker was still a child, his family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where jazz, blues and ...

Article: What is Jazz?

Jazz Popularity and You

by Douglas Groothuis
August 26, 2016

Twenty years ago I read in a William Bennett book that jazz made up only 3% of the music market. I often lamented that when jazz came up in any of the classes I taught. I further wondered if that lamentable percentage included sales by Kenny G. If so, all the worse, since, as Pat Metheny ...

Article: Interview

Dave Liebman and Michael Kaplan: How Does the Brain Make All that Jazz?

by Victor L. Schermer
August 17, 2016

With recent advances in neuroscience, the relationship between music and the brain has become the subject of new research and generated a great deal of public interest. Best sellers like Oliver Sacks' Musicophilia (Knopf, 2007) and Daniel Levitin's This Is Your Brain On Music (Dutton Penguin, 2006) have brought the attention of a wider public to ...

Article: Live Review

Michele Hendricks at Sunset Jazz Club

by Patricia Myers
August 9, 2016

Michele Hendricks Quintet Sunset Jazz Club American Jazz Festiv' Halles Paris, France July 29, 2016 Jazz singer Michele Hendricks showcased a stunning combination of genetics and decades of performance experience, her energized sounds replicating horn solos via inventive vocalese and hip scat segments. She led a European-based quartet ...

News: Festival

Third Annual Charlie Parker Celebration - August 18 through August 27 - in Kansas City

August 7, 2016

The Celebration of “Bird" in Kansas City Continues KC Jazz Clubs, American Jazz Museum, 18th & Vine Jazz District, Lincoln Cemetery (Parker gravesite) and other historical KC locations. The 3rd Annual Kansas City Charlie Parker Celebration (CPC) will again explore and recognize the legacy of one the most influential saxophonists and jazz icons to ever perform. ...

Article: Album Review

Kevin Hays New Day Trio: North

by Dan Bilawsky
August 3, 2016

The second album from the Kevin Hays New Day Trio does and doesn't follow in its predecessor's footsteps. On one hand you can argue that it's completely different, as Hays doesn't sing on this one and there are no guests to speak of here; on the other, you can certainly opine that the overt lyricism in ...

Article: Out and About: The Super Fans

Meet "Jazz Judy" Judy Balos

by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper
August 1, 2016

“Jazz Judy" Balos has earned her nickname. A live music fan since the age of 16 when she saw Nina Simone in concert, this New Yorker has been going out to hear live jazz four or five times a week (sometimes even two or three times a day) for over 50 years; she's even traveled to ...

Article: My Blue Note Obsession

Art Blakey: A Night in Tunisia – 1961

by Marc Davis
August 1, 2016

Dizzy Gillespie's “A Night in Tunisia" has been done almost to death. Wikipedia says it has been recorded at least 500 times and it is the title track to at least 30 albums. It might be the most recorded bop tune of all time. Who did it best? Take your pick. Dizzy ...