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Album

Time Passes On

Label: Jazzed Media
Released: 2012
Track listing: Shiny Stockings; Samba De Martelo; Time Passes On; The Days Of Wine And Roses; The Serpent's Tooth; Back Home Again In Indiana; Happy Days; Baby Steps; Suggestions; Nature Boy.

News: Festival

Annual Newport Beach Jazz Party Set for Feb. 14-17

December 31, 2012

By Larry Taylor Washington Birthday weekend's coming up Feb. 14 to 16, and that is the time for the 13th Annual Newport Beach Jazz Party, at Newport Marriott Hotel, Southern California. Fans know this is the gathering of some of the world's finest jazz musicians, playing day and night in the hotel's various venues: Jazz breakfasts, ...

News: Recording

Singer Jackie Ryan Returns; "Listen Here" Also Features John Clayton & Friends

December 17, 2012

Jackie Ryan teams with Grammy Award winner John Clayton to deliver a tour de force through a myriad of jazz idioms ─ from blues & gospel flavored jazz gems, to luscious love songs, a soaring Spanish ballad, a Gershwin classic, pulsating samba rhythms ─ and culminates with the title track: a duet with three-time Grammy nominee ...

Article: Big Band Caravan

Albert–Hobbs Big Band / Jeff Hamilton–DePaul University Jazz Ensemble / Steve Taylor Big Band

by Jack Bowers
December 11, 2012

Dave Albert--Brian Hobbs Big Band Love Remembered Eidolon Records 2012 What a bold and unusual idea, opening a big-band album with a waltz performed by a trio. The Albert-Hobbs Big Band does exactly that with “For Mr. C," one of several dedications on its debut recording, Love ...

Article: Big Band Report

After 15 Years, a "Caravan" Ends Its Journey

by Jack Bowers
December 11, 2012

For nearly fifteen years now, I've been writing two monthly columns here at All About Jazz: this one (Big Band Report) and Big Band Caravan. That is about to change. Starting next month, the two will be pared down to one inclusive column using as its title Big Band Report. So rather than searching the AAJ ...

Article: Film Review

Woody Herman: Blue Flame - Portrait Of A Jazz Legend

by Dan Bilawsky
December 1, 2012

Woody HermanBlue Flame: Portrait Of A Jazz LegendJazzed Media2012 Innovation and boundary pushing is often seen as a young man's game, so the obvious question is, how did clarinetist/saxophonist/vocalist/bandleader extraordinaire Woody Herman manage to keep things fresh for virtually his entire half-century run? The answer is so ...

Article: Interview

Randy Napoleon: Playing for the Jukebox Crowd

by Trish Richardson
November 6, 2012

When guitarist Randy Napoleon titled his latest effort, The Jukebox Crowd (Gut String Records, 2012), the jukebox he referred to was not some nostalgic 1950s era one that sits idly in a corner. Rather, she is a much sleeker, hipper, and more modern version. She is cool and, of course, jazzy, and she commands center stage. ...

Article: Album Review

Graham Dechter: Takin' It There

Read "Takin' It There" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 10, 2012

A quartet is usually a self-contained collection of four, but sometimes these groupings serve as part of a greater whole; guitarist Graham Dechter's foursome does both. Dechter, drummer Jeff Hamilton, bassist John Clayton and pianist Tamir Hendelman serve as the rhythmic power source for the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra but they can also stand on their own ...

Article: Album Review

Jeff Hamilton with the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble: Time Passes On

Read "Time Passes On" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
September 22, 2012

One of the premier college jazz bands in the country joins forces with one of the most significant big band drummers alive today for Time Passes On, as the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble invites Grammy Award-winning drummer Jeff Hamilton for a live recording at Chicago's legendary Jazz Showcase. Under the leadership of Bob Lark, a renowned ...

News: Festival

Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Barbara Morrison & Her Trio Headline First Divine Jazz Cruise To Alaska June 2013 On Celebrity Solstice

September 5, 2012

For the first time in several decades, a jazz cruise is heading to Alaska. The Clayton- Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, the world-renowned jazz band will star on the seven-night Celebrity Solstice Cruise scheduled for June 21-28, 2013. The cruise leaves from Seattle Washington. The Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra was started in 1986 and was a success from ...