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News: Recording

Bassist John Lee's New Jazz Label, "Jazz Legacy Productions"

Bassist John Lee's New Jazz Label, "Jazz Legacy Productions"

JAZZ LEGACY PRODUCTIONS, A NEW JAZZ LABEL FOUNDED BY BASSIST JOHN LEE AND DISTRIBUTED BY ALLEGRO, LAUNCHES WITH FOUR NEW RELEASES FEATURING VETERANS CYRUS CHESTNUT, HEATH BROTHERS AND STEVE DAVIS, AND THE DEBUT OF SAXOPHONIST SHAREL CASSITY JLP'S MISSION IS TO FILL A JAZZ VOID BY RECORDING THE UNDERDOCUMENTED AND UNDOCUMENTED THE CHESTNUT AND HEATH CDS ...

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News: Recording

Pianist John Beasley Releases "Positootly!" On Resonance Records

Pianist John Beasley Releases "Positootly!" On Resonance Records

In Demand Piano Veteran, Composer and Louisiana Native John Beasley Bows Second All-Star Release On Resonance Records Positootly!Follows His Acclaimed 2008 Release Letter To Herbie “To my ears, he's absolutely one of the best of his generation" --Bennie MaupinVeteran pianist-composer-arranger John Beasley gained invaluable bandstand experience on the road with ...

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News: Recording

Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge Set to Release "The Comet's Tail: Playing the Compositions of Michael Brecker" on August 11

Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge Set to Release "The Comet's Tail: Playing the Compositions of Michael Brecker" on August 11

Chuck Owen & The Jazz Surge The Comet's Tail: Playing The Compositions of Michael BreckerSet for August 11 Release on MAMA RecordsWith performances by Randy Brecker, Danny Gottlieb, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, Mike Mainieri, Adam Nussbaum, Mike Stern and Rob ThomasMAMA Records is proud to announce Chuck Owen & ...

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Article: Album Review

Towner Galaher: Courageous Hearts

Read "Courageous Hearts" reviewed by J Hunter

by J Hunter

Thanks to a weapons-grade lineup and original compositions that recall the salad days of The Brecker Brothers, Towner Galaher's Courageous Hearts has more than its share of awesome moments. However, Courageous also begs a question about the drummer that was asked about Mike Tyson back in the day: Can he do more than just hit really ...

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Article: Interview

Antonio Ciacca: Bringing People Together Through Swing

Read "Antonio Ciacca: Bringing People Together Through Swing" reviewed by John Barron

by John Barron

Antonio Ciacca knows a thing or two about multi-tasking. The New York-based pianist is a tireless statesman of jazz, composing music for his own small groups, arranging for various big bands and working as Director of Programming for Jazz at Lincoln Center. Adding to all of this, Ciacca and his wife are busy raising five children ...

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News: Award / Grant

2009 JJA Jazz Awards Set for Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3 to 6 P.M.

2009 JJA Jazz Awards Set for Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3 to 6 P.M.

The Jazz Journalists Association's 13th Annual Jazz Awards Honoring excellence in music-making, presentation, production, jazz journalism and “A Team" activism and advocacy Nominations released, Winners to be Announced at Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th St., New York City Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3 to 6 p.m. In a year notable ...

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Article: Album Review

Resonance Big Band: Plays Tribute to Oscar Peterson

Read "Plays Tribute to Oscar Peterson" reviewed by Ken Dryden

by Ken Dryden

Oscar Peterson was a jazz giant whose career spanned from the late '40s until not long before his death in late 2007. When Resonance owner George Klabin conceived this big band tribute, he made an unusual choice: Marian Petrescu, a Rumanian native, who had appeared as a sideman on guitarist Andreas Oberg's earlier CD for the ...

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Article: Interview

Marian McPartland: Living Through the History

Read "Marian McPartland: Living Through the History" reviewed by Maxwell Chandler

by Maxwell Chandler

Marian McPartland, whose personal artistic history is deeply entwined with that of jazz, continues writing, touring and educating. Following her muse, she has encountered a who's who of jazz while leaving her own indelible mark on the music. Her radio program, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, is the longest running show on National Public Radio, and she ...

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Article: Album Review

Lisa Sokolov: A Quiet Thing

Read "A Quiet Thing" reviewed by Donald Elfman

by Donald Elfman

No song is a simple thing in Lisa Sokolov's hands, for she delves into the magical possibilities of the voice and the beauty and mystery of words. Her third album, A Quiet Thing, extends the power of her earlier recordings, continuing her progression towards the majestic and ecstatic “silence" of the universe. She bills her new ...

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News: Interview

Vibraphone Icon Gary Burton Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

Vibraphone Icon Gary Burton Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

Since emerging in the 1960s, Gary Burton has quickly become one of the primary litmus tests for four-mallet vibraphonists in jazz. From his early days with Larry Coryell through to his groundbreaking ECM albums featuring a young legend-in-the-making, guitarist Pat Metheny, Burton changed the way that the vibraphone could be used, with music that ranged from ...


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