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Album

The Feelin's Good

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: The Feelin's Good; Up A Step; The Good Life; East Of The Village; Yes Indeed; Old World, New Imports.

Album

Soul Roots

By Donald Byrd

Label: West Wind
Released: 2013

Album

Last Recordings

By Eric Dolphy

Label: Jazzwerkstatt
Released: 2013
Track listing: Springtime; 245; GW; Serene;

Article: Book Excerpts

Cal Tjader: The Life and Recordings of the Man Who Revolutionized Latin Jazz

by S. Duncan Reid
December 16, 2013

The following is an excerpt from the “Reaching for the Skye" chapter of Cal Tjader: The Life and Recordings of the Man Who Revolutionized Latin Jazz by S. Duncan Reid (McFarland, 2013). Tjader had reached the East Coast by November and on November 17, he arrived at Van Gelder Studio for a session ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Donald Byrd

December 9, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Donald Byrd's birthday today! Trumpeter Donald Byrd was born in Detroit in 1932, his studies at Wayne State University (1954) were interrupted by military service, during which he played in an Air Force band. He then attended the Manhattan School of Music (MA in music education). At the same time he ...

Article: Interview

Billy Kilson: Nasty Pitch

by Trish Richardson
November 6, 2013

Here's the wind up. And the pitch. Whoa, did you see that one folks? That pitch was just nasty. In baseball, occasionally a ball gets thrown by the pitcher that is so good, so perfectly placed, so unbelievable, the announcer calls it nasty. The opposing batter doesn't have much chance of hitting it, but ...

Article: Profile

Jimmy Ponder: His Recorded Output

by Colter Harper
September 28, 2013

Jazz history has been intimately tied to its recorded output. Styles and genres are defined by landmark records, which stand responsible for representing the diffuse activities and artistic visions of a given musical community or individual. However, recordings are not simply glimpses of past musical realities but rather images of those realities filtered through various “lenses." ...

Article: Album Review

Gustavo Cortiñas: Snapshot

by Jack Bowers
September 28, 2013

Drummer Gustavo Cortinas, who leads a group of admirable musicians on his engaging debut album, Snapshot, was born in Mexico, received his higher education in the States (Loyola University, New Orleans; Northwestern University) and currently resides in Chicago. Besides playing drums, Cortinas wrote and arranged every number on Snapshot, showing impressive proficiency in those areas as ...

News: Performance / Tour

Renowned Saxophonist Tommy Gryce @ Willingboro Library Thurs. Oct. 17th!

September 25, 2013

The Jazz Bridge Third Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Willingboro Library - 220 Willingboro Way, Willingboro Township, NJ - presents saxophonist Tommy Gryce on Thursday, October 17th. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. Saxophonist and arranger Tommy Gryce ...

News: Obituary

Jimmy Ponder: 1946-2013

September 18, 2013

Soul-Jazz guitarist Jimmy Ponder was well known to serious jazz lovers for his recordings as a leader and appearances as a sideman on 80 albums. His unique bluesy sound, which incorporated Wes Montgomery's approach of playing octaves with the thumb, has influenced other guitarists. Ponder's playing was described as aggressive rhythm-and-blues figurations with swift and lucid ...