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News: Performance / Tour

George Barron @ Cheltenham Center for the Arts on March 7th

George Barron @ Cheltenham Center for the Arts on March 7th

Appearing at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Rd, Cheltenham, PA on March 7th 2012 will be saxophonist George Barron and his band, featuring pianist Farid Barron, bassist Tyrone Brown, and drummer Alan Nelson. One show: 7:30-9PM. Tickets: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 215-517-8337. This Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Concert ...

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Article: Live Review

Barry Harris at the Village Vanguard

Read "Barry Harris at the Village Vanguard" reviewed by Bob Kenselaar


Barry HarrisVillage VanguardNew York, NYJanuary 15, 2012 Ambling in from the back of the room, Barry Harris introduced his trio to the crowd at the Village Vanguard as the musicians filed in ahead of him: Ray Drummond on bass, Leroy Williams on drums, and then he announced, with a wink, ...

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Article: Book Review

Kathy Sloane: Keystone Korner - Portrait Of A Jazz Club

Read "Kathy Sloane: Keystone Korner - Portrait Of A Jazz Club" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


Keystone Korner: Portrait Of A Jazz ClubKathy Sloane 220 pages; audio CDISBN: 978-0-253-35691-8Indiana University Press2012 Photographer Kathy Sloane's Keystone Korner: Portrait Of A Jazz Club is a love letter: a love letter to something more than just a business, to something less than ...

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Article: Album Review

Juhani Aaltonen and Heikki Sarmanto: Conversations

Read "Conversations" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Many musicians from other countries come to the United States to study their art and then remain to build careers. Others, like saxophonist Juhani Aaltonen and pianist Heikki Sarmanto, both from Finland, attended programs in the US--in both cases at Boston's Berklee College--and then returned home to perform and record.With a history of five ...

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News: Recording

Sony Music's Popmarket.com Releases Complete Albums Collections By Jazz Masters Stanley Clarke & George Duke

Sony Music's Popmarket.com Releases Complete Albums Collections  By Jazz Masters Stanley Clarke & George Duke

Stanley Clarke—The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection and The George Duke Band—The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection Both titles available for pre-order at Popmarket.com in advance of January 24, 2012, release date The Ultimate Jazz Festival continues as Sony Music's PopMarket.com presents Complete Albums Collections from the Epic Records archives by two of the greatest names ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Larry Tamanini

Read "Take Five With Larry Tamanini" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Larry Tamanini:Larry Tamanini is a professional musician with lots of experience in various high-level musical settings. Instrument: Guitar. Teachers and/or influences? My primary teachers for learning guitar have been Pat Martino, Dennis Sandole and Tom Giacabetti. Like most musicians, I have many influences. My big four on guitar are Grant Green, ...

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The Complete Columbia Albums Collection

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2011

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Dexter Blows

Label: Blue Note
Released: 2011

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Article: Book Review

The Parisian Jazz Chronicles

Read "The Parisian Jazz Chronicles" reviewed by Joel Roberts


The Parisian Jazz Chronicles: An Improvisational MemoirBy Mike Zwerin Yale University PressISBN: 0300108060240 pages2005 The Parisian Jazz Chronicles is an irreverent and highly revealing tour through the Parisian and European jazz scenes of the '80-90s in the company of musician/writer/hipster expatriate Mike Zwerin, ...

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News: Recording

Dexter Gordon: Complete Columbia

Dexter Gordon: Complete Columbia

When tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon left the U.S. in August 1962 for an extended stay in Europe, he wasn't fed up with the New York scene or the shift in popular music tastes. “Dexter left for Europe because Ronnie Scott had invited him to perform at his club in London," Maxine Gordon said yesterday. “When he got ...


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