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Article: Album Review

Jack Phillips: Cafe Nights In New York

Read "Cafe Nights In New York" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

New York is, and always has been, a study in contrasts when it comes to the jazz it presents. The Big Apple has a reputation as the place to be for those looking to hear, explore and partake in all that's modern in this music, but it also plays home to certain venues that serve as ...

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Article: Interview

Colin Towns: Rule Book? What Rule Book?

Read "Colin Towns: Rule Book? What Rule Book?" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson

Since the 1970s, internationally renowned English composer/arranger/pianist/keyboard player Colin Towns has enjoyed an extremely varied musical existence. In that time, he has composed and arranged music in just about every setting imaginable, from heavy rock groups to jazz ensembles both small and large, and from theater to film and ballet. Little wonder, then, that his first ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Marc Copland in Love

Read "Marc Copland in Love" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Pianist Marc Copland has previously released popular and well-received trio recordings in series, most recently New York Trio Recordings Vol. 1: Modinha (Pirouet, 2006), New York Trio Recordings Vol. 2: Voices (Pirouet, 2008) and New York Trio Recordings Vol. 3: Night Whispers (Pirouet, 2009). But he has an ensemble association with bassist Drew Gress and drummer ...

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Article: Album Review

Carol Robbins: Moraga

Read "Moraga" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

While the harp is often pigeonholed as an instrument that belongs in the confines of classical music, artists like Carol Robbins, Zeena Parkins and Edmar Castaneda are helping to change public perception about this topic. Castaneda has created rhythmically engaging music that's high on excitement, and Parkins is constantly breaking barriers by invading every area, from ...

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Article: Album Review

Sandra Marlowe: True Blue

Read "True Blue" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

With the plethora of female jazz vocalist turning out new albums almost weekly, it is refreshing to hear an exceptional voice--a diamond in the rough--from a singer whose time has finally come to share her enormous talents with the rest of the world. San Francisco Bay Area native Sandra Marlowe proves she is no ordinary singer, ...

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News: Interview

An Interview With Jazz Crooner Jonathan Karrant

Q: When did you decide to become a singer? A: I always knew I wanted to be an entertainer. At age 6 I had my first solo at church. I became very involved with theater; however, by age 20 I realized that singing was most important to me and put all my energy into music. Q: ...

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Article: Album Review

Carol Robbins: Moraga

Read "Moraga" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

The harp is probably one of the least recognized and utilized instruments in jazz yet, the jazz harp is as much a part of the genre as the saxophone, with only a handful of musicians making it their instrument of choice. The late Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, along with Lori Andrews, Columbian Edmar Castaneda and ...

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Article: Album Review

Shawnn Monteiro: To Carmen with Love

Read "To Carmen with Love" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco

Tributes to legendary jazz greats of the past dot the landscape of today's music, but few can actually boast a direct connection to the artist of homage. Singer Shawnn Monteiro--long influenced by the beautiful voice of pianist and vocalist Carmen McRae--is an exception. Her father and godfather, bassist Jimmy Woode and trumpeter Clark Terry, respectively, both ...

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Article: Album Review

Avishai Cohen: Duende

Read "Duende" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Avishai Cohen is a distinctive player: his raw energy, deft and fluid fretting style and tough, forceful right hand combine in one of the most readily recognizable double bass sounds in contemporary music. He's brought this sound to collaborations with many leading musicians including pianists Chick Corea and Brad Mehldau, and drummer Mark Guiliana, and has ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Cole Porter

Jazz Musician of the Day: Cole Porter

All About Jazz is celebrating Cole Porter's birthday today! WHILE the 1920\'s ended on December 30, 1929--and a far different political, social, and sociological climate prevailed during the ensuing decade--a number of highly gifted writers managed to keep alive in the musical theater of the 1930\'s some of the feverish spirit and the unconventional attitudes of ...


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