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News: Award / Grant

Monterey Jazz Festival Records and Terence Blanchard Win Grammy

February 10, 2009

Monterey Jazz Festival Records Wins Grammy Terence Blanchards Win For Best Jazz Instrumental Solo From Live At The 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival Is Historic First For Label February 10, 2009 - The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce that Terence Blanchard, the Festivals 2007 Artist-In-Residence, has won his fourth Grammy, winning Best Jazz Instrumental Solo ...

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News: Award / Grant

Grammy Winner 2009: Jazz

February 9, 2009

= winner Category 45 Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Randy In Brasil Randy Brecker [MAMA Records] Floating Point John McLaughlin [Abstract Logix] Cannon Re-Loaded: All-Star Celebration Of Cannonball ...

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News: Video / DVD

"'Tis Autumn, the Search for Jackie Paris" Set for March 31 DVD Release

February 4, 2009

Tis Autumn - The Search For Jackie Paris is not just a documentary about a great but unheralded jazz singer, it explores the very nature of what it is to live the life of any artist--too many of whom share the same fate--the explosive debut, followed by the years of ups and downs, and the constant ...

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News: Event

Ray Brown, Jr. Sets All-Star Charity Tribute

February 4, 2009

Shelly Liebowitz, President of SRI Jazz Records, has announced that Ray Brown, Jr. will headline a special concert during New Orleans’ Jazz and Heritage Festival week, on Saturday, April 25, at historic Generations Hall, a city landmark since 1821. Entitled “Friends and Family Celebrate Ella’s Birthday,” the event will take place on Ella Fitzgerald’s (Brown, Jr.’s ...

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Article: Live Review

Times Square Ball Drop? Who Needs It? Cookin' at the Jazz Bakery on New Year's Eve.

by Kim Vinson
January 25, 2009

Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Benny Green, Clayton Cameron, Trevor Ware New Year's Eve Jazz CelebrationThe Jazz BakeryLos Angeles, California December 31, 2008 Kenny Burrell, James Moody, Benny Green, Clayton Cameron, and Trevor Ware sparked a jazz-infused fireworks display bringing in 2009. Thousands may have watched with festive flair in ...

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Article: Live Review

L.A. Jazz Scene 2008: Alive and Swingin'

by Chuck Koton
January 22, 2009

The Los Angeles scene has often been referred to in patronizing terms by jazz lovers, musicians and writers. It has been said that the city's laid-back vibe deprives musicians of the energy that a New York audience can impart to the bandstand. Others complain that the growth of a hip jazz scene has been impeded by ...

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Article: Year in Review

2008 Contributor Picks

by AAJ Staff
January 16, 2009

We solicited opinions from all active All About Jazz contributors, and out of more than 1,000 nominations, the following 2008 releases garnered the most votes. New Releases Charles Lloyd Rabe de Nube (ECM Records) Reviews ...

Article: Album Review

The James Moody and Hank Jones Quartet: Our Delight

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 9, 2009

A distinguere questo disco rispetto ad altre proposte mainstream di oggi sono i nomi e la personalità di chi lo ha realizzato. Un binomio (Moody-Jones) d’assoluta eccellenza, che ha contribuito a rendere classici stili e brani ormai divenuti pietre miliari del jazz. Dalla loro parte una più che quarantennale ricerca poetica lungo le rotte del bop, ...

Album

Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All Stars

By James Moody

Label: Monterey Jazz Festival Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Be-Bop; Romance (Winter Love); Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me); Monterey Mist; Misty; Benny's Tune; Time After Time.

Album

Our Delight

By James Moody

Label: IPO Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: Our Delight; Birk's Works; Con Alma; Ladybird; Eternal Triangle; Body & Soul; Good Bait; Darben the Red Foxx; Soul Trane; Woody' N You; Old Folks; Moody's Groove.