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Playboy Jazz Fest Announces Lineup
Quincy Jones had a twofold purpose in taking the podium at Wednesday's announcement of the 31st annual Playboy Jazz Festival. First he continued his advocacy for a secretary of the arts Cabinet position; second he introduced 23-year-old Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, whom he has taken under his wing over the past few years. Rodriguez, who performed ...
Esperanza Spalding, Wayne Shorter Top Playboy Jazz Fest Lineup
Start considering your Hollywood Bowl boxed-lunch options, L.A.'s own jazz-themed Coachella (albeit with far more hospitable weather) is coming. Past years have generally offered a combination of performers from the genre's considerable past, pop-jazz favorites and the occasional left-field pick (Ozomatli, anyone?), and this year's lineup is no exception. Among the can't-miss picks for this year's ...
Dmitry Baevsky at Smalls Jazz Club Tonight
Dmitry Baevsky 4tet will be at Smalls tonight Dmitry Baevsky - Alto Sax Jeb Patton - Piano Clovis Nicolas - Bass Joe Strasser - Drums 12:00 & 1:30 AM 183 West 10th street @ 7th Ave New York City About Dmitry Baevsky Dmitry Baevsky ...
Daring to Take a Chisel to Two Monuments of Jazz
Miles Davis' Kind of Blue and John Coltrane's Giant Steps may be the most fetishized jazz records in the last 50 years, and this year they both turn exactly 50. The saxophonists, George Garzone, Ted Nash, Sherman Irby and Walter Blanding Jr. Backing them, bassist Ivan Taylor, and the drummers Rodney Green and Jimmy Cobb. A ...
Jazz Legends Highlight 2009 Freihofer's Jazz Festival on June 27 & 28
Festival Highlights include Patti LaBelle, George Benson, Gary Burton Quartet featuring Pat Metheny, Kind of Blue @ 50 Tribute to Miles Davis, Time Out @ 50 with Dave Brubeck Saratoga Springs, NY (January 28, 2009) - Saratoga Performing Arts Center announced that its 32nd Annual Freihofer's Jazz Festival will feature performances by Patti LaBelle, George Benson, ...
Interview: Jimmy Cobb (Part 1)
There's a moment on Miles Davis' Stella by Starlight in 1958 that crystallizes drummer Jimmy Cobb's brilliance. It happens in a flash as Davis holds the final note of his trumpet solo and John Coltrane comes in on tenor saxophone. Typically, drummers don't get a chance to make that much of a difference on jazz recordings, ...
Jimmy Cobb and Cassandra Wilson Perform at the Kimmel Center This November
Kind of Blue Turns 50 The Jimmy Cobb Band Honoring Jimmy Cobb Saturday, November 1, 2008 | 7:30pm Perelman Theater Price: $32 and $38 The Kimmel Center’s Jazz Up Close Series during the 2008-09 season celebrates the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis’ quintessential jazz album, Kind ...
Jimmy Cobb: Standard-Bearer
by Terrell Kent Holmes
One night in 2006, drummer Jimmy Cobb walked through the foyer of a New York jazz club with a lit stogie jammed coolly between his teeth. Someone standing in line for the next show wondered aloud if smoking was allowed in the club. Another patron waiting nearby figured that anyone who could survive the uncertainties of ...
