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Two for the Show Media Celebrates Another Year Serving the Jazz World
2009 marks another year in the books for the Jazz publicity firm Two for the Show Media. The agency based out of New York welcomed in the New Year with two grammy nominations (Peter Erskine & Arturo O’Farrill) and one Grammy win for Best Latin Jazz CD for “Song for Chico” (Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro-Latin ...
Deanna Witkowski: From This Place
by Jerry D'Souza
Deanna Witkowski takes the spiritual road on From This Place through gospel, Catholic liturgy, blues and jazz, and 19th century text to which she has written music. Sacred music and jazz have come together through Mary Lou Williams and Duke Ellington, to name two, while John Coltrane brought in his own ardent beliefs to ...
Nathan Eklund: Trip To The Casbah
by Jerry D'Souza
Nathan Eklund is based in New York City, where he leads two bands: the Nathan Eklund Group and the Nathan Eklund Quintet. This gives him the leeway to cast his music in different streams and to interpret it in the manner that suits his compositions. Eklund has also been part of projects by Craig Yaremko, Eddie ...
Download Three Free MP3s by Pianist Deanna Witkowski
Learn more about pianist Deanna Witkowski, then download three free tracks, including one from her latest release From This Place. Enjoy! About Deanna Witkowski Continuing in a tradition while pioneering new ways of viewing the world around them has always been the daily work of artists, whether they be jazz musicians or religious mystics. In the ...
Dave Douglas 3 at Bucks County Community College
Modern jazz trumpet master Dave Douglas performs at Bucks County Community College Wednesday April 22, 7:00pm with his new trio featuring Donny McCaslin on saxophone and Marcus Rojas on tuba. Recognized as one of the most important and original American musicians of the last decade, two-time Grammy nominated Dave Douglas is an acclaimed trumpeter, composer and ...
Alex Sipiagin: Burning For Jazz
by R.J. DeLuke
The 1980s in the Soviet Union was a time when the role and rule of the Communist Party were being questioned and unmasked by the policy of “glasnost"--less censorship and greater freedom of information--that was emerging. Before glasnost fully took hold, and before U.S. President Ronald Reagan famously told Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down ...
John Geggie / Vic Juris / John Fraboni: Ottawa, Canada Feb. 28, 2009
by John Kelman
John Geggie / Vic Juris / John FraboniGeggie Concert Series 08/09, #4 National Arts Centre, Fourth Stage Ottawa, Canada February 28, 2009 It's all too rare that a musician of Vic Juris' caliber comes to town. Returning to Ottawa as part of bassist John Geggie's annual Geggie Concert ...
Dave Douglas' Fetish Busting Greenleaf Digital Music Experience
by Mark Corroto
The assignment was simple enough. I was to listen online to trumpet and cornet player Dave Douglas' recordings Quintet: Live at the Jazz Standard and Keystone Live at the Jazz Standard at GreenleafMusic.com, and write about them. So why hadn't I touched the play button nearly three weeks after receiving the music? Sure, sometimes ...
2008 Contributor Picks
by AAJ Staff
We solicited opinions from all active All About Jazz contributors, and out of more than 1,000 nominations, the following 2008 releases garnered the most votes. New Releases Charles Lloyd Rabe de Nube (ECM Records) Reviews ...
Beezwax Records to Release "Balance" from Guitarist/Composer Will Sellenraad
Available Now at Beezwaxrecords.com and to be officially released on March 31, 2009 Balance features Sellenraad with Abraham Burton (saxophones), Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass) + Victor Lewis (drums) “...you will definitely be hearing more from Will Sellenraad” – Kenny Barron Hailed as a “hidden gem,” guitarist/composer Will Sellenraad has earned a fast growing reputation of being at ...
