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2016: The Year in Jazz

by Ken Franckling
The year 2016 bubbled with events and initiatives to strengthen jazz's place in American and world culture, as well as a variety of venue openings, closings and cancellations. Jazz hit the silver screen in many ways throughout the year, and International Jazz Day continued to thrive--complete with a major all-star concert at the White House. Pop ...
Top 25 "Read" Album Reviews: 2016

by Michael Ricci
All About Jazz tracks how often an album review is read, and the reviews listed below represent our top twelve published in 2016. Evolution Dr. Lonnie Smith by Dan Bilawsky Published: January 4, 2016 Spark Hiromi by Jeff Winbush
Sing Me Home

By Yo-Yo Ma
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Released: 2016
Track listing: Green (Vincent's Tune); O'Neill's Cavalry March; Little Birdie; Ichichila; Sadila Jana; Shingashi Song; Madhoushi; Wedding; Going Home; Cabalino; St. James Infirmary Blues; If You Shall Return...; Heart And Soul;
Jazz Loves Disney

Label: Verve Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Everybody Wants To Be A Cat (The Aristocats); He’s A Tramp (Lady And The Tramp); Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo (French version) [Cinderella]; When You Wish Upon A Star (Pinocchio); Why Don’t You Do Right (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?); I Wanna Be Like You (The Jungle Book); A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes (Cinderella); You’ve Got A Friend In Me (Toy Story); Let It Go (Frozen); The Bare Necessities (The Jungle Book); Once Upon A Dream (Sleeping Beauty); Un jour mon Prince viendra (Blanche-Neige);
Don't Lose Your Steam (Fred Falke Remix)

Label: Universal Music France
Released: 2016
Track listing: Don't Lose Your Steam (Fred Falke Remix - Radio Edit);
Take Me To The Alley

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: Holding On; Don't Lose Your Steam; Take Me To The Alley; Day Dream; Consequence of Love; In Fashion; More Than A Woman; In Heaven; Insanity; Don't Be A Fool; Fan The Flames; French African Queen.
Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2016

by Dan Bilawsky
Another year is almost in the books. And while there were many things to fret about in 2016, a lack of good music wasn't one of them. A quick look back at the year reminds us that jazz legends remain strong, rising stars continue to rapidly ascend, newcomers are making their presence felt, and the dearly ...
Grammy Nominees 2017 Named - Jazz List

The 59th Annual Grammys will air live from the Staples Center in LA on Feb. 12th at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. Here is the full list of nominees for the 59th Annual Grammy Awards: JAZZ Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “Countdown” — Joey Alexander “In Movement” — Ravi Coltrane “We See” — Fred Hersch
Blue Note Records, Blue Note Jazz Club & Entertainment Cruise Productions Enter Into A Five Year Partnership Deal For The Contemporary Jazz Cruise

Newest Cruise Outing, Which Features Six Blue Note Artists, Will Be Re-branded as Blue Note at Sea As the excitement continues to build around Entertainment Cruise Productions' inaugural sailing of The Contemporary Jazz Cruise, Don Was of Blue Note Records and Steven Bensusan of Blue Note Jazz Club today announced a five year partnership with ECP ...
New Contemporary Jazz Cruise To Launch In 2017 With Performances By The World's Top Artists

Entertainment Cruise Productions, LLC (ECP), the world leader in live entertainment at sea, announces the debut of The Contemporary Jazz Cruise, a luxury full-ship charter featuring a lineup of the greatest jazz artists in contemporary music. With more than 40 Grammy Awards between them, this incredible assembly of superstars will come together for one unprecedented week ...