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Album

Nice 'n' Easy

Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Someday You’ll Be Sorry; All My Tomorrows; Stolen Sweets; It’s All in the Game; Nice ‘n Easy; If It’s the Last Thing I Do; Ill Wind; Let’s Fall in Love; Sweet Life; Bluesology.

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Houston Person

November 10, 2013

All About Jazz is celebrating Houston Person's birthday today! Houston Person wears the Boss Tenor crown, worn so long by Gene Ammons. Mr. Person is busy working his own gigs; booking his tours, finding new clubs, having phone numbers for every major concert promoter on every continent. He even produces his own albums. His first big ...

Article: Album Review

Houston Person: Nice 'n' Easy

Read "Nice 'n' Easy" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 7, 2013

Even though Houston Person isn't, strictly speaking, a “Texas tenor"--he hails from Florence, SC--the crafty veteran hits the mark in almost every other respect, from his clear and powerful sound to his unremitting propensity to brighten a melody and to swing under any and all conditions. On his latest album, Person, still marshaling all the right ...

Article: Live Review

Lewis Nash All-Stars at the Nash

by Patricia Myers
October 30, 2013

Lewis Nash All-Stars: Randy Brecker, Javon Jackson, George Cables, George Mraz The Nash Phoenix, AZ October 11, 2013 Drummer Lewis Nash led an all-star quintet of Randy Brecker on trumpet, Javon Jackson on tenor saxophone, George Cables on piano and George Mraz on bass to mark the first anniversary of the ...

Article: Profile

Jimmy Ponder: His Recorded Output

by Colter Harper
September 28, 2013

Jazz history has been intimately tied to its recorded output. Styles and genres are defined by landmark records, which stand responsible for representing the diffuse activities and artistic visions of a given musical community or individual. However, recordings are not simply glimpses of past musical realities but rather images of those realities filtered through various “lenses." ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions

by John Kelman
September 9, 2013

The past couple years have been banner ones for reviving the legacy of Woody Shaw, a trumpeter and composer who--emerging in the early '60s on albums by extant jazz stars like Eric Dolphy, Andrew Hill, McCoy Tyner and Horace Silver, and contributing to on-the-rise names including Larry Young and Chick Corea--has all-too-often been overlooked. Still, with ...

News: Performance / Tour

Vocalist Pearl Williams In Media Pa On Wednesday May 15th!

April 23, 2013

Appearing at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County—145 West Rose Tree Road in Media—on Wednesday, May 15th is singer Pearl Williams. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are available only at the door. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Information: 215-517- 8337. Pearl Williams embodies, embraces and perpetuates the legacy of legendary Philadelphia jazz singers. ...

Article: Live Review

Newport Beach Jazz Party: Newport Beach, CA, February 14-17, 2013

by Larry Taylor
February 25, 2013

Newport Beach Jazz PartyNewport Beach, CAFebruary 14-17, 2013Thursday was Valentine's Day and the kickoff for the 13th Annual Newport Beach Jazz Party at the Marriott Hotel, Southern California. This four-day event combined two holidays, Valentine's & President's Weekend, bringing together some 70 great musicians, playing day and night--evening concerts in the Grand Pacific ...

Article: Year in Review

Bruce Lindsay's Best Releases of 2012

by Bruce Lindsay
January 2, 2013

The year of 2012 proved once again that jazz remains a wonderfully diverse and diverting art form. Here are ten of my favorite albums, in no particular order.Christine TobinSailing To Byzantium(Trail Belle)A joy from first note to last, this is a majestic and beautiful work. Ian ...

Album

So Nice

By Houston Person

Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: 1. Blues Everywhere 05:17; 2. All Too Soon 05:38; 3. I Wished on the Moon 03:33; 4. Kiss and Run 05:34; 5. So Nice 04:06; 6. I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face 04:59; 7. Close to You 04:39; 8. Star Eyes 05:07; 9. Minor Inconvenience 04:40; 10. Easy Living 04:24; 11. Everything I Love 04:57; 12. Stephen Sondheim Medley – Small World-Anyone Can Whistle 06:24.