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My Muse

Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Lullaby; You're My Everything; You Taught My Heart To Sing; Helen's Song; My Muse; My One And Only Love; But He Knows; The Way We Were; My Old Flame; Hey, It's Me You're Talkin' To; I Loves You Porgy.

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Article: Live Review

On The Road With The Asian Jazz All-Stars Power Quartet

Read "On The Road With The Asian Jazz All-Stars Power Quartet" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Though it was only a 12-hour flight from Singapore to London, for Singaporean organist/pianist Jeremy Monteiro, Philippine tenor saxophonist Tots Tolentino, Hong Kong guitarist Eugene Pao and Thai drummer Chanutr Techatana-nan--who together make up the Asian Jazz All-Stars Power Quartet--the journey has, in some ways, been a much longer one; you could say it's a journey ...

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Enter the "George Cables - My Muse" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Enter the "George Cables - My Muse"  Giveaway at All About Jazz!

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the HighNote Records “George Cables - My Muse“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on December 16th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of George Cables at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck!

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: George Cables

Jazz Musician of the Day: George Cables

All About Jazz is celebrating George Cables' birthday today! George Cables - pianist, composer, recording artist, bandleader When George Cables was going to school in New York City he used to walk the streets at night, taking in the cosmopolitan sights and sounds, mentally recording his encounters with “so many different kinds of people." In his ...

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Article: Album Review

George Cables: My Muse

Read "My Muse" reviewed by Greg Simmons


Pianist George Cables' relationship with the late Helen Wray must have been one joyous romance. Contrary to the expectations of an album dedicated to a departed loved one, My Muse is a collection of uplifting and, frankly, happy-sounding originals and standards. Take away the personal context and you'd swear Cables and company were just enjoying the ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Pepper, Vol. VII and Neon Art

Read "Art Pepper: Unreleased Art Pepper, Vol. VII and Neon Art" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Art Pepper (1929 -1982) is the story, but an important subtext is his widow, Laurie Pepper, who, since 2006, has been expanding the saxophonist's discography with unreleased live recordings from the 1980s. At the time, Art Pepper was enjoying his comeback, which began in 1975 with the release of Living Legend (Contemporary), hitting its stride in ...

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Article: Interview

Miles Okazaki: Cleaning the Mirror

Read "Miles Okazaki: Cleaning the Mirror" reviewed by Daniel Lehner


In the backyard of his home in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, guitarist Miles Okazaki has spent time constructing a multifaceted backyard/garden filled with overhanging plants, stone walkways and a wooden pavilion surrounding a table and benches. The slats of the pavilion's floor seem to have been crafted merely for aesthetic purposes, but there's another process at work: ...

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Article: Live Review

Caramoor Festival 2012

Read "Caramoor Festival 2012" reviewed by Richard Conde


Caramoor Jazz Festival 2012Katonah, New YorkJuly 28-29 and August 4, 2012Celebrating its 20th anniversary, this year's Caramoor Jazz festival in Katonah, New York, produced by Jim Luce, was a three-day celebration not to be missed. Stormy and thunderous days set the stage for the first two days of the festival. This year's lineup ...

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Article: Interview

Michael Carvin: The Making of a Master

Read "Michael Carvin: The Making of a Master" reviewed by Bob Kenselaar


With a career that spans half a century, master drummer Michael Carvin has plenty to look back on, although he's mostly a forward-looking man. To say he's been prolific puts it mildly. By his own count, he's made some 250 recordings and toured the world five times. He has worked with such major jazz luminaries as ...

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Article: Album Review

The Cookers: Believe

Read "Believe" reviewed by Troy Collins


Believe is The Cooker's third release in as many years, celebrating the all-star septet's fifth anniversary as a working group. More than just a collective of high-profile scene veterans (named after Freddie Hubbard's live 1965 Blue Note recording Night of the Cookers), the lineup's impressive credentials collectively span from the acoustic hard bop of Art Blakey's ...


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