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Article: Multiple Reviews

Fresh Sound New Talent: Truth in Advertising

Read "Fresh Sound New Talent: Truth in Advertising" reviewed by J Hunter


Operating in an era dominated by contradictory product names (i.e. Jumbo Shrimp, Clear Skies Initiative), Fresh Sound New Talent delivers exactly what it advertises--the CD equivalent of showcase gigs for up and coming musicians--and leaves a the future in the hands of the players and the free market. With that in mind, here are four FSNT ...

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Article: Interview

Mike Moreno: Focusing on the Music

Read "Mike Moreno: Focusing on the Music" reviewed by Matthew Warnock


A native of Houston Texas, guitarist Mike Moreno has been making waves. After graduating from the famed Houston High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Moreno received a scholarship to study jazz at the New School in New York. Moreno first paid his dues playing gigs around New York, and has since been ...

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Article: Book Review

The House That George Built

Read "The House That George Built" reviewed by David Rickert


The House That George Built Wilfred Sheed Paperback; 368 pages ISBN: 0812970187 Random House 2008 Why were so many more good songs written during the first half of the twentieth century than the second half? Wilfred Sheed, who believes this to be the case, presents two ...

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Article: Album Review

Jason Hainsworth Jazz Orchestra: Kaleidoscope

Read "Kaleidoscope" reviewed by Edward Blanco


Originally penned for a student big band, educator/saxophonist Jason Hainsworth, Director of Jazz Studies at Broward College in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, took his charts to New York, assembled a first-rate orchestra, added some special guests and recorded a compelling big band debut with the impressive Kaleidoscope. An attention-grabbing album for sure, Hainsworth's first effort includes original ...

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News: Recording

The Complete Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Recordings Available Now

The Complete Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Recordings Available Now

The Concord Music Group released The Complete Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Recordings this week via Fantasy Records. The sublime 2-CD collection spotlights the iconic song stylist Tony Bennett dueting with legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans from their two albums. Disc 1 combines the originally issued recordings, The Tony Bennett / Bill Evans Album and Together ...

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Article: Album Review

Caltech Jazz Bands: The Variety Pack

Read "The Variety Pack" reviewed by Edward Blanco


The California Institute of Technology's Caltech Jazz Bands present their third album of largely big band music, offering selected charts by musicians and composers identified with the music from one end of the jazz spectrum to the other. The Variety Pack lives up to its title, with fourteen songs touching upon a variety of jazz styles ...

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Article: Album Review

Ann Hampton Callaway: At Last

Read "At Last" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


It takes a certain degree of nerve to take on “At Last," Mack Gordon and Harry Warren's classic ballad. Etta James' definitive recording is the standard by which most--if not all--renderings are judged. Singer Ann Hampton Callaway has that nerve, and then some. Callaway, a performer in the Broadway musical Swing!, composed and ...

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Cole Porter - Great Orchestras

Label: Era Jazzu
Released: 1999


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