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News: Radio

Riverwalk Jazz Archive Finds Permanent Home at Stanford University Libraries

Riverwalk Jazz Archive Finds Permanent Home at Stanford University Libraries

Stanford's Celebrated Archive of Recorded Sound to provide continuous stream of Jim Cullum's radio programs beginning 2013. “Fans will be able to view an extensive collection of Riverwalk Jazz ephemera like, posters, photos, behind the scenes broadcast elements and artist correspondence at the Library and listen to the entire collection online beginning 2013 and for generations ...

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News: Festival

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival - July 2011

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival - July 2011

Now in its 33rd year, the UK's longest running jazz festival runs from 22-31 July and offers a diverse and exciting range of jazz and blues with over 90 shows in concert halls, clubs, bars, churches, streets and glamorous tents! With a range of special offers, free events and tickets from only £5, there's something for ...

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Article: Live Review

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2011

Read "New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2011" reviewed by Sandy Ingham


Days 1-3 | Days 4-7 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival New Orleans, LA April 27-May 6, 2011 Day 1: April 29, 2011The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival turned 42 this year. I've been to 25, and the thrill of anticipation entering the fairgrounds and crossing to the ...

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Article: Album Review

Lajos Dudas: 50 Years With Jazzclarinet: The Best Of Lajos Dudas

Read "50 Years With Jazzclarinet: The Best Of Lajos Dudas" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The music of Hungarian-born clarinetist Lajos Dudas doesn't fall under a neat little heading. While no mere label can define an artist, some clarinetists can be categorized in a fairly accurate manner, using few words. We have neo-traditionalists (Ken Peplowski), New Orleans torch bearers (Evan Christopher and Dr. Michael White), technical marvels who brilliantly bridge the ...

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News: Radio

Riverwalk Jazz Salutes Clarinet Pioneer Johnny Dodds This Week

Riverwalk Jazz Salutes Clarinet Pioneer Johnny Dodds This Week

Riverwalk Jazz this week pays tribute to first-generation jazzman and clarinet pioneer Johnny Dodds. Present-day New Orleans-based clarinet star Evan Christopher joins the Jim Cullum Jazz Band to perform Dodds classics like “Dippermouth Blues," “Melancholy Blues" and “Wild Man Blues." The program is distrubuted in the US by Public Radio International and XM/Sirius and can be ...

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Article: Album Review

Evan Christopher: The Remembering Song

Read "The Remembering Song" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


All roads lead to New Orleans for clarinetist Evan Christopher. Christopher left sunny California in the mid-'90s and arrived in NOLA, ready to absorb from--and contribute to--the rich musical environs that only the Crescent City could claim. His initial stay lasted two years, but the city drew him back again in 2001. After Hurricane Katrina came ...

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Finesse

Label: Lejazzetal Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Tropical Moon; Finesse; Riverboat Shuffle; Django à la Créole; Solid Old Man; Songe d'Autome; Jubilee; Créole Eyes; Féerie Eyes; Mood Indigo; Passaporte ao Paraìso.

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The Remembering Song

Label: Arbors Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: The Remembering Song--Prelude; The Wrath Of Grapes; Way Down Yonder In New Orleans; The River By The Road; The Remembering Song--Interlude; Mojo Blues; You Gotta Treat It Gentle; My Home Is In A Southern Town; Serenade; The Remembering Song; Waltz For All Souls; Dear Old Southland.

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Article: AAJ PRO

Jazz Education Conference 2011 to Unite Industry

Read "Jazz Education Conference 2011 to Unite Industry" reviewed by Dawn DeBlaze


New Orleans hosts JEN's annual conferenceOnly one, comprehensive, international jazz trade event is designed to bring together everyone in the jazz music community: The Jazz Education Network (JEN) Conference. Scheduled for January 6-8, 2011, and located adjacent to the French Quarter in New Orleans, the conference seeks to build upon the momentum of its ...

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News: Radio

Riverwalk Jazz Presents "Clarinet Marmalade" this week on public radio

Riverwalk Jazz Presents "Clarinet Marmalade" this week on public radio

This week, Riverwalk Jazz presents a survey of the great pre-war voices of the jazz clarinet. For many Americans, their only experience with the clarinet has been through high school marching and concert bands that often use clarinet sections of up to ten players. Yet in the early half of the 20th Century, the clarinet was ...


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