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Article: Live Review

35th Paradise Valley Jazz Party

Read "35th Paradise Valley Jazz Party" reviewed by Patricia Myers


35th Paradise Valley Jazz PartyMusical Instrument MuseumPhoenix, AZApril 21-22, 2012A kaleidoscopic history of jazz was delivered during three sessions of the 35th annual Paradise Valley Jazz Party, from post-bop, ballads and blues to a swinging recreation of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France.Peak moments that elicited the ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Stan Kenton-UW Eau Claire / Kirk MacDonald Orchestra / Kansas City Jazz Orchestra

Read "Stan Kenton-UW Eau Claire / Kirk MacDonald Orchestra / Kansas City Jazz Orchestra" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Stan Kenton Orchestra/UW-Eau Claire Jazz Ensemble 1Double Feature, Vol. 3Tantara Productions2012 Volume 3 in Tantara's ongoing two-CD series of Double Features, encompassing heretofore unissued music by the Stan Kenton Orchestra and guests, covers parts of five Kenton concerts spanning the years 1971-77 on Disc 1, and presents ...

Article: Album Review

Houston Person: So Nice

Read "So Nice" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


È necessario premetterlo ad inizio recensione, per contestualizzare le riflessioni che seguono: So Nice è un ottimo disco. Meglio: a chi scrive è piaciuto. Anzi, a livello puramente emozionale, è piaciuto molto. L'organico è collaudato, la padronanza strumentale e quella della forma sono indubitabili. La scelta dei brani è congeniale al leader. In breve, la musica ...

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News: Festival

13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

13th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival-Jazz: A Music of the Spirit, March 30 until April 30, 2012 presented by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium. This music series is New York City's longest continuously running grassroots festival dedicated to jazz. More than 500 artists will be performing in 40 events at venues from Coney Island to Williamsburg ...

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Article: Live Review

Newport Beach Jazz Party 2012: Newport Beach, CA, February 16-19, 2012

Read "Newport Beach Jazz Party 2012: Newport Beach, CA, February 16-19, 2012" reviewed by Patricia Myers


12th Annual Newport Beach Jazz PartyNewport Beach Marriot HotelNewport Beach, CAFebruary 16-19, 2012An abundance of top-level jazz in the glamorous ocean-side setting of the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel has made the annual Newport Beach Jazz Party one of the most popular on the circuit. The extended President's Day weekend event attracted ...

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News: Event

12th annual Newport Beach Jazz Party

By Patricia Myers Tributes to Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson,Chet Baker, Paul Desmond and the “Four Brothers" sound made famous by Woody Herman will be among the 44 sessions of the 12th annual Newport Beach Jazz Party, Feb. 16-19 in at the Newport Beach Marriott in southern California. This year's edition has the biggest advance sale ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Houston Person Quartet Coming to Exodus to Jazz on February 11th

Houston Person Quartet Coming to Exodus to Jazz on February 11th

Houston Person has been to Rochester (and Exodus to Jazz before) and now returns on Saturday, February 11th for a concert in the ETJ series. As Exodus To Jazz promoter José DaCosta wrote in his press release Houston Person is returnign to Rochester “with the Boss Tenor crown firmly positioned in its rightful place . . ...

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Article: Interview

Terell Stafford: Trial and Inspiration

Read "Terell Stafford: Trial and Inspiration" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut


Terell Stafford is as likely to credit his influences as he is to impress his listeners. Coming to jazz comparatively later than many players, and even with his busy schedule as a sideman, leader and educator, he remains devoted to exploring the music's roots, while expressing a relentless desire to learn more. Stafford ...

Album

Moment to Moment

Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Bleeker Street; I Cover the Waterfront; Moment to Moment; Freight Dance; Don't Take Your Love From Me; E Nada Mais; Just the Way You Are; Back in New Orleans; All My Life; Love Won't Let Me Wait; Nina Never Knew.

Album

So Nice

Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Blues Everywhere; All Too Soon; I Wished On The Moon; Kiss And Run; So Nice; I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face; Close To You; Star Eyes; Minor Inconvenience; Easy Living; Everything I Love; Stephen Sondheim Medley.


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