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News: Education

Local Jazz History at the Boston Public Library for Jazz Week from JazzBoston

Local Jazz History at the Boston Public Library for Jazz Week from JazzBoston

A sense of place and history always attends Jazz Week. Booker Ervin was a mail man not far from where I live in the 60s. Johnny Hodges was born over in Cambridgeport. This year focuses on a region and two pianists. Both Events will be at the Main Branch Library in Copley Square. “North Shore Jazz, ...

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Giant

Label: Alligator Records
Released: 2010

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Article: Interview

Christian Howes: Blues for the Blues Violin

Read "Christian Howes: Blues for the Blues Violin" reviewed by Ian Patterson


It's not difficult to think of great blues artists--there's a roll call of honor as long as that of great jazz artists--and every sizeable town in the world has a blues band or two. So where is the violin? Great blues guitarists and vocalists have never been in short supply, but the great blues violinist, once ...

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News: Recording

New Kenny Wayne Shepherd: Live in Chicago Out September 28

Roadrunner/Loud & Proud Records is excited to announce that latest signing Kenny Wayne Shepherd is releasing Live in Chicago, available on 9/28/10. Recorded in Chicago's House of Blues during the critically acclaimed 10 Days Out: Blues From The Backroads tour, Live in Chicago showcases Kenny and his band, Noah Hunt, Chris Layton, Scott Nelson and Riley ...

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Article: Interview

Reverend Zen: Angels, Blues and the Crying Moon

Read "Reverend Zen: Angels, Blues and the Crying Moon" reviewed by David King


The New York group Reverend Zen has released its debut album, Angels, Blues & the Crying Moon (Blackjack Music, 2006), that is quickly garnering music industry acclaim around the world. Platitudes aside, Reverend Zen's true genius lies in its music. The album is everything a great album should be: melodies that hang in your head like ...

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It Was A Very Good Year

Label: Just A Memory
Released: 2001
Track listing: It Was A Very Good Year; Mystery Train; She's My Baby; One More Mile; How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You); I Can't Quit You Baby; Sweet Sixteen; Midnight Creeper; Hoochie Coochie Man; You're So Fine.

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Article: Album Review

James Cotton: It Was A Very Good Year

Read "It Was A Very Good Year" reviewed by Jim Santella


Singing traditional blues, James Cotton captures the original foundation as it was created centuries ago. How many times have you been working hard all day long at some particular task and just felt like singing “It's been a hard journey, baby, but I don't have to cry no more." Cotton's original, “One More Mile," moves slow ...


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