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Article: Big Band Caravan

Dani Felber Big Band / Dan Gailey Jazz Orchestra / Jazz Composer's Workshop Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
September 2, 2010

Dani Felber Big BandMore Than Just Friends Self Published2010 Before hazarding any premature comment about the merits of this new album by Swiss bandleader Dani Felber, it must be noted at the outset that one of Felber's good friends is former Count Basie stalwart Frank Foster whose even-handed ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Charlie Harrington

August 1, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Charlie Harrington's birthday today! Charlie HarringtonThe Consummate Charlie Harrington has played drums since the age of 5 and has performed professionally since the age of 15. A child prodigy, Charlie has performed with Woody Herman, Freddie Green... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow ...

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Article: Old, New, Borrowed and Blue

Jazz Goes Green: Musical Explorations On A Secondary Color Of Note

by Dan Bilawsky
May 31, 2010

With spring taking hold and summer on the way, it's hard to avoid encounters with the color green. The drab gray and white of winter is now no more and a vibrant green color scheme has taken over. A drive along the Long Island Expressway--which leads to Manhattan and some of the greatest jazz clubs in ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz

by C. Michael Bailey
May 2, 2010

Ray Charles Genius + Soul = Jazz Concord Music 2010 Ray Charles spent the 1950s and 1960s transforming the atomic American musics of gospel, the blues, R&B and country into what has been tagged “soul." Should jazz have been immune to his considerable charms? No, of course not. During the ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Freddie Green

March 31, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Freddie Green's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Freddie GreenFreddie Green - guitar (1911 - 1987) Freddie Green was the guitarist in what is generally considered to be the best rhythm section in the history of big band jazz, and dubbed the All-American ...

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Article: Interview

Chris Jentsch: Cycles and Reflecting on the Journey

by Ludwig vanTrikt
February 9, 2010

John Coltrane once said, “Let the music speak for itself." The guitarist/composer and band leader Christopher Jentsch adds an interesting twist on that subject by opting to describe himself when asked about the broader subject of how to capture his music in his own words. “I think of myself as a composer/guitarist working with contemporary improvisational ...

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Article: Live Review

Radio Deluxe Live: The Pizzarellis Go to Tanglewood

by R.J. DeLuke
September 20, 2009

Radio Deluxe with John Pizzarelli and Jessica MolaskeyTanglewood Jazz FestivalLenox, MassachusettsSeptember 5, 2009 Jazz programming on national radio stations--the stuff you still get in your car or in your home for free, not satellite radio--is a rarity. That's an unfortunate thing, because lack of exposure to the music is one of the main ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Jake Hanlon

by AAJ Staff
August 8, 2009

Meet Jake Hanlon: Performer, composer and educator, Jake Hanlon currently resides in Antigonish Nova Scotia, a Professor of Music at Saint Francis Xavier University. A native of Nova Scotia Canada, Hanlon has had the opportunity to work some of the brightest and talented students and teachers in the world. In 2003 he graduated with Honors from ...

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Article: Book Excerpts

Jazz Orchestras

by Nick Catalano
August 7, 2009

This excerpt appears in New York Nights: Performing, Producing and Writing in Gotham (IUniverse, 2008). In addition to the productions of the dance band shows, being a Performing Arts producer meant that I had the opportunity to present artists from every genre imaginable. I steadfastly tried to adhere to some sense of objectivity listening ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Charlie Harrington

by AAJ Staff
May 23, 2009

Meet Charlie Harrington: The consummate Charlie Harrington has been playing drums since the age of five and has played professionally since the age of 15. He studied with Ray Bauduc for two years and later with Tim Tull and went on to finish First Place in the Slingerland/Louie Bellson National Drum Contest.