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12 Oclock Jump Public Radio's New Jazz, Blues and Comedy Variety Hour, Live! From the Building Where Dizzy Met the Bird

July 20, 2009

Public radio has a new jazz, blues and comedy hour. 12 OCLOCK JUMP broadcasts live from the Mutual Musicians Foundation in Kansas City's 18th and Vine Historic Jazz District-- where Basie tickled the ivories and Dizzy Gillespie was introduced to Charlie Parker. Produced by Theater League, the show is broadcast live on KCUR-FM 89.3 in Kansas ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Resonance Big Band / Sammy Nestico-SWR Big Band / Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra / Alf Clausen Jazz Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
July 10, 2009

Resonance Big Band Plays Tribute to Oscar Peterson Resonance Records 2009 First things first: there will never be another Oscar Peterson. Period. Even so, there are others who come remarkably close to retracing his legendary footsteps. Fellow Canadian Oliver Jones is one, Romanian-born Marian Petrescu another. It is ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Toshiko Akiyoshi - Lew Tabackin Big Band: Mosaic Select

by Samuel Chell
July 6, 2009

Jazz was never more schizophrenic than in the 1970s. On the one hand, musicians equally savvy about mixing genres and running mixing boards were selling out arenas and producing lucrative, widely played albums, with bass-heavy danceable beats or soothing instrumental sounds tailor-made for air play on FM radio. At the other extreme, many of the jazz ...

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Article: Profile

Bill Henderson

by Marcia Hillman
July 3, 2009

To quote Bill Henderson: “The one constant in my life has been singing." So, it is not surprising that in his 83rd year he is still recording and performing live. Born in Chicago, Henderson made his show business debut as a singer and dancer at the age of four, winning in Phil Baker's Artist and Models ...

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Article: Interview

Kermit Ruffins: Swingin' and Smilin'

by Tod Smith
June 30, 2009

There's a rebirth occurring in New Orleans music, and trumpeter/vocalist Kermit Ruffins finds himself front and center. While the post-Katrina recovery has meant many things for the Crescent City, in a number of ways it's been musicians who have taken the lead in bringing the city back to its traditions. Prior to the storm, many musicians ...

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Article: Opinion

Remembering Michael: Help Me Sing It

by Chris M. Slawecki
June 29, 2009

“Lift your head up high / And scream out to the world I know I am someone / And let the truth unfurl Ain't no one can hurt you now / Because you know what's true Yes, I believe in me / So you believe in you Help ...

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Article: Big Band Report

"A Swingin' Affair" Outshines Its Name

by Jack Bowers
June 8, 2009

With an appreciative bow and genial tip of the hat to the late Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, the Los Angeles Jazz Institute named its semi-annual big-band soiree May 21-24 at the Sheraton LAX Four Points Hotel “A Swingin' Affair." Was the event able to live up to its name? In the immortal words of ...

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Article: Profile

Snooky Young

by Rex Butters
May 29, 2009

When they called Eugene Edward Young up to the podium to receive his 2009 NEA Jazz Master's award, he was called by his professional name, Snooky. “I don't know how I got it," he said. “It started when I was a real little kid. I don't know where it came from. It used to be Snookum ...

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Article: Profile

Krzysztof Komeda: Poet of the Piano

by Jakob Baekgaard
May 27, 2009

To this day, the influence of Polish composer and pianist Krzysztof Komeda (1931-1969) can be felt in the works of contemporary artists like Marcin Wasilewski and, of course, in the music of his former trumpeter, Tomasz Stanko. It isn't too much to say that Komeda transformed the landscape of European jazz by the way he re-conceptualised ...

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Article: Album Review

Scotty Barnhart: Say It Plain

Read "Say It Plain" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
May 24, 2009

After many years as part of the supporting cast, Scotty Barnhart is taking that step forward as lead actor. The trumpeter mixes old and new, in varying styles, with his debut, Say It Plain. Barnhart spent 17 years as featured trumpet soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra and was also part of the Marcus ...