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News: Performance / Tour

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola March Lineup

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola March Lineup

Dizzys Club Coca-Cola March 2009 Lineup Monday, March 2 UPSTARTS! Jonathan Batiste Quintet Tuesday-Sunday, March 3-8 Cyrus Chestnut & Eric Reed: Piano Duets/Trios/Quartets Featuring Cyrus Chestnut (piano) & Eric Reed (piano), Dezron Douglas (bass), Willie Jones III (drums). Monday, March 9 Special Presentation Conversations with Christian: ...

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News: Festival

10th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival Set For Month of April

10th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival Set For Month of April

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC) presents its 10th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival from April 1 thru 30, 2009. This month long celebration of an American original art form Jazz, will be held in venues throughout Brooklyn, New York. Some of the musicians and events scheduled include: legendary jazz drummer Roy Haynes, Dave Valentin, Houston Person, ...

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Article: Album Review

Ernestine Anderson: A Song for You

Read "A Song for You" reviewed by Dr. Judith Schlesinger


There's no doubt that American Idol, that immensely popular TV vocal competition now in its eighth season as of this writing, has redefined the public's idea of what constitutes “great" singing. In many quarters, the old criteria of good pitch and time, pleasing tone and honest feeling are no longer sufficient, for why hold onto one ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Houston Person

Jazz Musician of the Day: Houston Person

All About Jazz is celebrating Houston Person's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Houston PersonHouston 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 ...

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News: Event

Feb. 26 Houston Person, Wycliffe Gordon, Joe Ascione, John Cocuzzi in Sacramento, CA

Feb. 26 Houston Person, Wycliffe Gordon, Joe Ascione, John Cocuzzi in Sacramento, CA

Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2008 at 7 pm in Sacramento, CA NEW ORLEANS JAZZ with EAST COAST CLASS at a concert fundraiser for the annual Trad. Jazz Youth Band Festival (TJYBF). The Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society and Nelmar Construction present Ed Polcer's East Coast All-Stars at a fundraiser for the annual Trad. Jazz Youth Band Festival. The ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Houston Person: Don't Misunderstand & Thinking of You

Read "Houston Person: Don't Misunderstand & Thinking of You" reviewed by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio


Etta Jones/Houston Person Don't Misunderstand HighNote 2007 Houston Person Thinking of You HighNote 2007 Collaborations are ubiquitous in jazz. Legendary ones are rarer, but still existent. When ...

Album

All Soul

Label: HighNote
Released: 2005

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Article: Interview

Houston Person: Having a Good Time

Read "Houston Person: Having a Good Time" reviewed by Joao Moreira dos Santos


We met Houston Person in July at Estoril Jazz, the oldest jazz festival held in Portugal. He was due to play with Joey DeFrancesco but as the Hammond B3 player missed the show he jumped from guest to main attraction. Before the concert we had the chance to interview this much underrated tenor saxophonist and talk ...

Album

To Etta With Love

Label: HighNote Records
Released: 2004
Track listing: It's Magic; Love Walked In; Don't Misunderstand; I Should Care; Don't Go to Strangers; For All We Know; Since I Fell For You; Ain't Misbehavin'; What a Wonderful World; Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You

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Article: Album Review

Houston Person: To Etta With Love

Read "To Etta With Love" reviewed by John Kelman


With an increasing emphasis on high-priced concert venues and large summer festivals, one forgets that for the longest time jazz resided in the not-quite-PC environment of the smoky bar. And while there's nothing wrong with jazz reaching a larger public through bigger venues, there's something about the ambience of a club that's lost in larger, more ...


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