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News: Website

Join the All About Jazz Party on the 2011 Jazz Cruise!

October 19, 2010

January 30 to February 6... the tradition continues Fewer than 35 premium cabins remain! Reserve your cabin now. Call us toll free (US and Canada) 1-888-852-9987 (Int'l) 1-800-852-9872, mention the All About Jazz group, and ask about our cabin rates. Join us while we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of The Jazz ...

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Article: Big Band Caravan

Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchesta / Vaughn Wiester / Chie Imaizumi

by Jack Bowers
October 7, 2010

Buselli--Wallarab Jazz OrchestraMezzanineOwl Studios2010 After veering slightly off-course recently with several albums devoted in part to backing singers, the outstanding Indianapolis-based Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra is back in a more pleasing instrumental groove on Mezzanine, profiling the compositions and arrangements of co-leader / trombonist Brent Wallarab. The first ...

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Article: Big Band Report

These Are a Few of My Favorite....Charts

by Jack Bowers
October 1, 2010

Whenever the topic of desert islands arises among jazz fans, the focus is invariably on which albums (discs) one would choose to cram into a suitcase if one were ever stranded on an otherwise barren island. While the consideration of particular arrangements seldom governs the debate, I really think it should. After all, few albums, however ...

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Article: Album Review

Chie Imaizumi: A Time of New Beginnings

Read "A Time of New Beginnings" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
September 27, 2010

Two coasts and the Mile High City--therein lies the talent pool from which composer and arranger Chie Imaizumi selected her team. Soloists and leaders themselves, they form the orchestra for A Time of New Beginnings. Imaizumi scored DownBeat Magazine's Rising Star Composer honor for her 2007 debut, Unfailing Kindness (Capri Records). That same year, ...

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Article: Album Review

Tamir Hendelman: Destinations

Read "Destinations" reviewed by Larry Taylor

by Larry Taylor
September 14, 2010

Well recognized for 10 years as an important member of drummer Jeff Hamilton's Trio and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra., pianist Tamir Hendelman has also gained recognition as an accompanist for singers such as Tierney Sutton. As well, he is a go-to pianist for numerous sessions with top musicians. After the success of his first ...

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News: TV / Film

Jazzed Media to produce Woody Herman documentary

August 25, 2010

Jazzed Media, a jazz record label and film production company, has started production of a documentary film on big band jazz legend Woody Herman titled Blue Flame. This is the fourth jazz documentary from filmmaker Graham Carter, owner of Jazzed Media. Woody Herman was one of the most famous big band leaders from the 1940's swing ...

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Article: Album Review

Chie Imaizumi: A Time Of New Beginnings

Read "A Time Of New Beginnings" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
August 14, 2010

Composer and arranger Chie Imaizumi's second album, A Time Of New Beginnings, is filled with star players from the jazz world. It's a beautifully crafted, beautifully played album, with a warm and familiar feel to its nine tunes that, at times, creates a real sense of nostalgia. Imaizumi began her musical career in ...

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Article: Big Band Report

Sonny Rollins Elected as Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences

by Jack Bowers
May 7, 2010

This month's most welcome news has nothing to do with big bands but everything to do with artistry and excellence: saxophonist and jazz icon Sonny Rollins has been elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. The Academy, a center for independent policy research (I don't quite understand what that has to do ...

Article: Album Review

The Jeff Hamilton Trio: Symbiosis

by AAJ Italy Staff
May 7, 2010

Con un pò di impegno si riesce a dare un pó di luce propria anche ad una formazione, quella del trio pianistico, in cui, specie sugli standards, non si sa bene che cosa dire che non sia stato detto. Spesso si copia il modello di successo, oppure si fanno operazioni filologiche, o si tira fuori un'atmosfera ...

Album

Symbiosis

By Jeff Hamilton

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: You Make Me Feel So Young; Midnight Sun; Symbiosis; Fascinating Rhythm; Blues for Junior; Polka Dots and Moonbeams; Samba De Martelo; Blues in the Night; The Serpent's Tooth.