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John Beasley: Everyone Loves John
by Scott Mitchell
Keyboardist John Beasley (aka “The Bease" to friends and family) is a musician's musician and one of the busiest professionals in the game. His biography and list of credits are so broad and deep that they could fill an NFL playbook.If NASA or MIT were to invent a device that could measure creative and ...
"Modern Sounds," or: Running a Marathon in Full Body Armor
by Jack Bowers
From October 19-25 Betty and I were at the Los Angeles Marriott Airport Hotel to attend Modern Sounds, the L.A. Jazz Institute's four-day salute to West Coast jazz, followed by a day-long tribute to Stan Kenton on the hundredth anniversary of the legendary bandleader's birth. We arrived a day early to be primed and ready for ...
Hong Kong International Jazz Festival, Days 7-8, October 1-2, 2011
by Ian Patterson
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-8 Hong Kong International Jazz Festival Hong Kong, ChinaSeptember 25-October 2, 2011 Hong Kong is, without a doubt, one of Asia's most iconic cities, with views from the upper levels of its numerous skyscrapers which really take the breath away. Watching the lights ...
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band / Gerald Wilson Orchestra / Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
by Jack Bowers
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat BandThat's How We RollTelarc2010 After more than a decade of making beautiful music at home, on the road and in the studio, Gordon Goodwin's irrepressible Big Phat Band keeps rolling merrily along, burning rubber on its sixth free-wheeling recording (and first for Telarc Records). ...
The Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz Are Proud to Present Poncho Sanchez and His Group Sunday, Oct 17th at the the Hilton Harrisburg , Beginning at 6 P.M.
The Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz are proud to present Poncho Sanchez and his group Sunday, Oct 17th, beginning at 6 p.m. A Youth band from an area high school or college will open the Concert's with a 5 pm performance. The concert will take place at the The Hilton Harrisburg located at 1 North 2nd ...
Poncho Sanchez Releases New CD - Psychedelic Blues
The new release from Poncho Sanchez, Psychedelic Blues, hits stores this week (CD & digital) via Concord Picante Records. On his new release, Sanchez goes back to his Latin jazz roots honoring the tradition of Sanchez's earlier Concord recordings. The album opens with the simmering “Cantaloupe Island", a Herbie Hancock composition recast in a Latin jazz ...
