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JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards - Join Us!
Mark your calendar! 13th Annual JJA Jazz Awards June 16, 2009 3:00-6:00pm at The Jazz Standard 116 E. 27th Street New York, NY Join us at the JJA's 13th Annual Jazz Awards as we... Announce our 2009 award winners (see nominees below) Honor winners and nominees ...
John Hollenbeck: Rainbow Jimmies
by Troy Collins
Percussionist and composer John Hollenbeck has led a diverse and multifaceted career since his early studies with legendary trombonist/composer Bob Brookmeyer. As a sideman, Hollenbeck has served alongside Brookmeyer, Satoko Fujii, Fred Hersch, Jim McNeely, Patrick Zimmerli, and others in addition to leading his own group, the unclassifiable Claudia Quintet. On a larger scale, he has ...
Phil Woods: Philology
by George Kanzler
When pianist Jim McNeely replaced Hal Galper in the Phil Woods Quintet in 1990 it was the current winner--repeating in 1991--of the Downbeat Readers Poll as top jazz small group. But, as McNeely remembers, his first days with the alto saxophonist's band included a benefit concert for the local volunteer fire department in Delaware Water Gap, ...
Download Three Free MP3s by Pianist Deanna Witkowski
Learn more about pianist Deanna Witkowski, then download three free tracks, including one from her latest release From This Place. Enjoy! About Deanna Witkowski Continuing in a tradition while pioneering new ways of viewing the world around them has always been the daily work of artists, whether they be jazz musicians or religious mystics. In the ...
The Bob Lark / Phil Woods Quintet: Live at the Jazz Showcase
by Jack Bowers
The order of names on this superb in-concert CD could have gone either way. On the one hand, four-fifths of the quintet is actually the Phil Woods Quartet; on the other, trumpeter Bob Lark, who shares the front line for a second time with alto saxophonist Woods (their 2006 collaboration for Jazzed Media was In Her ...
Phil Woods: Ballads & Blues, Live at the Jazz Showcase, The Children's Suite
by Greg Thomas
Phil Woods Quintet Ballads & Blues Venus Records 2009 The Bob Lark/Phil Woods Quintet Live at the Jazz Showcase Jazzed Media 2009 Phil Woods The Children's Suite Jazzed ...
Got Big Ears? John Hollenbeck's Large Ensemble at Painted Bride on February 28 and March 6
With a huge sound and mesmerizing subtlety, John Hollenbeck's Large Ensemble combines the sonic range of a big band and the intimacy of a small group of closely-knit musicians. Hollenbeck is striking for his compositional process, one that is deeply immersed in personal experience and that uses the accumulation of simple elements to create a complex, ...
Vanguard Jazz Orchestra / Bob Brookmeyer
THE VANGUARD JAZZ ORCHESTRA In collaboration with PLANET ARTS, SIXTEEN AS ONE MUSIC INC., and THE VILLAGE VANGUARD, PRESENT The Monday Night Legacy: Past Present Future Monday, February 2 through Monday February 9 2009 From February 2 though 9, 2009, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (VJO) will present a special week-long retrospective at the Village Vanguard in ...
Boneyard
By Jim McNeely
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: Speak Low; Con Alma; In Your Own Sweet Way; For Manny; Fe Fi Fo Fum; A Sense of Fairness; Naomi; Ernie Banks; In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning.
Todd Coolman: Perfect Strangers
by Jerry D'Souza
A little bit of imagination is a good thing. Bassist Todd Coolman thought “outside the box" and came up with the idea of soliciting compositions from the public. He chose seven tunes which make up the program for the aptly titled Perfect Strangers. Hopefully, the voices that are heard here through Coolman, Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone), ...
