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News: Award / Grant

2009 JJA Jazz Awards Winners

2009 JJA Jazz Awards Winners

Drumroll, please! And the winners of the 2009 Jazz Journalist Association (JJA) awards are... Top Honors 1. Lifetime Achievement in Jazz Lee Konitz 2. Musician of the Year Sonny Rollins 3. Composer of the Year Maria Schneider 4. Up and Coming Artist of the Year Esperanza ...

Article: Album Review

Dr. Lonnie Smith: Rise Up!

Read "Rise Up!" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


Su questo Rise Up al classico trio organo-chitarra-batteria degli anni '60 si aggiunge il pastoso sax alto di Donald Harrison. A fare la differenza rispetto a simili progetti è proprio la presenza del leader, per conferire alla musica una patina di autenticità.Non è certo memorabile la musica originale presentata, ma stilisticamente variegata verso aperture ...

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JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards - Join Us!

JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards - Join Us!

Mark your calendar! 13th Annual JJA Jazz Awards June 16, 2009 3:00-6:00pm at The Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th Street New York, NY Join us at the JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards as we... Announce our 2009 award winners (see nominees below) Honor winners and nominees ...

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Article: Album Review

Yotam Silberstein: Next Page

Read "Next Page" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


The organ trio approach is one of the more drenched-in-the-tradition formats in jazz. From Wes Montgomery's Riverside recordings through Grant Green's Blue Note sets up to Dr. Lonnie Smith's innovations, there's always a feeling of timeless soulfulness to the grouping of guitar, Hammond B3 organ and drums.Tel Aviv-born guitarist Yotom Silberstein, on Next Page, ...

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Dr. Lonnie Smith: Rise Up!

Read "Rise Up!" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes


For a half-century the incomparable Dr. Lonnie Smith has been a prime mover on the organ, an instrument he has called, paradoxically, “the monster" and “the love of my life." Rise Up! is a gumbo of originals and covers spiced with generous helpings of rhythm and blues, rock and gospel. Smith's “A Matterapat" ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Stanford Lively Arts Tribute to Miles Davis Culminates with “50 Years of Kind of Blue: A Live Jazz Laboratory,” April 18

Stanford Lively Arts Tribute to Miles Davis Culminates with “50 Years of Kind of Blue: A Live Jazz Laboratory,” April 18

To commemorate the half-century anniversary of Miles Davis’ legendary 1959 album Kind of Blue, Stanford Lively Arts—in a collaboration with Stanford Jazz Workshop and the National Jazz Museum in Harlem (NJMH)—will present “50 Years of Kind of Blue: A Live Jazz Laboratory” on Saturday, April 18 at 8:00 p.m. at Kresge Auditorium. This unique concert will ...

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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the "Dr. Lonnie Smith - Rise Up!" Giveaway!

Announcing the Winners of the "Dr. Lonnie Smith - Rise Up!" Giveaway!

Chad McCullough, Dennis Taylor, Paul Goldstein, Karl Carrasco and Phil McCharen, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Palmetto Records “Dr. Lonnie Smith - Rise Up!“ giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Palmetto Records for more jazz releases. ...

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Dr. Lonnie Smith: Rise Up!

Read "Rise Up!" reviewed by Douglas Payne


When the Hammond B-3 organ enjoyed a revival several years ago, few came out the better for it. The old guys either repeated or tried to recapture what they'd done before and too few of the new guys had anything new to say. But then there was Lonnie Smith. This veteran of '60s organ ...

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Enter the Palmetto Records "Dr. Lonnie Smith - Rise Up!" Giveaway Contest

Enter the Palmetto Records "Dr. Lonnie Smith - Rise Up!" Giveaway Contest

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Palmetto Records “Dr. Lonnie Smith - Rise Up!“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE lucky winners at the conclusion of the contest on March 15th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Dr. Lonnie Smith at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck!

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Article: Album Review

Dr. Lonnie Smith: Rise Up!

Read "Rise Up!" reviewed by John Barron


Rise Up! is Dr. Lonnie Smith's third release for Palmetto Records and a welcome addition to the organist's rich recorded legacy. Since bursting onto the scene as a member of George Benson's quartet in the 1960s, the Buffalo native has been an unrelenting force on the Hammond B3. Joined here by alto saxophonist Donald Harrison, guitarist ...


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