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George Jones

A self-taught percussionist, George Jones has been a mainstay on the Pittsburgh music scene for more than 30 years and recognized as the finest conga player in the area. George's mother was a bass player with the famous “International Sweethearts of Rhythm”, traveling across the country until settling in Pittsburgh in the fifties She was the inspiration and motivation for George's interest and love of jazz, exposing him to “Jazz at the Philharmonic” at an early age. During a stint in the military in the sixties, George played on pots and pans - anything he could get his hands on - and developed his interest in African drums and rhythm

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Article: Album Review

Gene Clark & Carla Olson: So Rebellious A Lover

Read "So Rebellious A Lover" reviewed by Doug Collette


At first glance, it may be hard to tell the difference between the two Sunset Blvd. CD packages of Gene Clark & Carla Olson's So Rebellious A Lover. Close inspection reveals the 2025 edition is issued in the digi-pak format and contains an ever-so-slightly different set of bonus tracks than its predecessor (the colored vinyl set ...

Album

Your Move

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: When Lights Are Low; Stablemates; Speak Low; Three Views of a Secret; Out of Nowhere; Estate; Domingo; Nobody Else But Me; The Eternal Triangle; I Thought About You.

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Article: Album Review

Staci Griesbach: My George Jones Songbook

Read "My George Jones Songbook" reviewed by William H. Snyder


Some might question why write an All About Jazz review of an album featuring songs made popular by George Jones? Duke Ellington had the answer when he said, “There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind ... the only yardstick by which the result should be judged is simply that of ...

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News: Recording

Vocalist Staci Griesbach Gives Jazz Treatment To George Jones Catalog With 'My George Jones Songbook' Out September 10th

Vocalist Staci Griesbach Gives Jazz Treatment To George Jones Catalog With 'My George Jones Songbook' Out September 10th

Celebrate the Music of George Jones as Vocalist Staci Griesbach Honors the Late Country Music Icon’s 90th Birthday with Jazz Tribute Album My George Jones Songbook Singles “He Stopped Loving Her Today” & “The Grand Tour” Available August 27th with 14-Track Album Out Everywhere September 10, 2021 Celebrate the 90th birthday of country music icon George ...

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Natural Gifts

Label: Reid Hoyson Productions
Released: 2020
Track listing: Bottom Without a Top, Dinner at the Borgia's, Indigo, Do Nothing 'Til You Hear from Me, The Chalice, Natural Gifts, Tokens, Romance of Death, Not What Walt Would Have Wanted, You don't Know What Love Is, Ruby, My Dear.

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Article: Interview

Steve Dawson: Finding the Secret of a Song

Read "Steve Dawson: Finding the Secret of a Song" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


It might be that singer/songwriter Steve Dawson was born in California and raised in Idaho, but he has become a son of the city he calls home: Chicago. He is teaching at the acclaimed Old Town School of Folk Music and while preparing others for a life in music, he has also followed his own musical ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Living for a Song: Country Singers and Songwriters on BGO

Read "Living for a Song: Country Singers and Songwriters on BGO" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard


In “Living for a Song," Hank Cochran, one of the most prominent and prolific songsmiths in country music, writes: “I have slept on life's highway / Muddy tears staining my face / A rhyme or two was a big payday / Living for a song." These lines get to the very essence of country music. Country ...

Album

Perchance To Dream

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2015
Track listing: Change Partners; Poor Girl; Close Enough For Love; Pure Imagination; When I Close My Eyes; How Am I To Know; Save Your Love For Me; You Better Love Me; Sharing The Night With The Blues; Here's To Life.

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News: Music Industry

Hank Williams, Jaco Pastorius, Harry Dean Stanton Headline Record Store Day Titles from Omnivore Recordings

Hank Williams, Jaco Pastorius, Harry Dean Stanton Headline Record Store Day Titles from Omnivore Recordings

If only every day could be like Record Store Day. On a mid-April Saturday, the hearty breed of surviving disc emporiums teem with music fans and crate diggers — all hoping to get their hands on the many limited-edition vinyl records issued by the labels. Omnivore Recordings will contribute four titles to the Record Store Day ...


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