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Plays The Hits

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2010

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Sit On It / Unfinished Business

Label: 101 Distribution
Released: 2010

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Bootsie Barnes at the Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church on Thursday January 13th

Jazz Bridge Presents Bootsie Barnes at the Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church on Thursday January 13th

Appearing at the Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church on Thursday January 13th, 13 E. Mt. Pleasant Ave in Germantown (Philadelphia, PA) will be saxophonist Bootsie Barnes and his band: Duane Eubanks, Lucas Brown, and Byron Landham. $10/$5 for students. One show only. Starts 7:30 p.m. Free refreshments and a Free CD will be given to each person ...

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Article: Album Review

Jordan Young Group: Jordan Young Group

Read "Jordan Young Group" reviewed by Chris Mosey


At best, the Jordan Young Group cooks like one of those hard bop organ-led outfits of the 1960s. At worst it PiNGs. The “PiNGs" are short clips from a long improvisation, credited on the sleeve as a composition by its initiator, organist Brian Charette, who calls it “a song with no consequences." Young says, “I felt ...

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Article: Album Review

Jordan Young: Jordan Young Group

Read "Jordan Young Group" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


The Brooklyn-based Jordan Young Group has an unusual lineup featuring drummer Young, guitarist Yotam Silberstein, saxophonist Joe Sucato and organist Brian Charette. Self-described as an organ group, Jimmy Smith and Jack McDuff are cited among its influences. Organ has been part of jazz since the Fats Waller days, but has never had an ongoing prominent role ...

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Article: Album Review

Organissimo: Alive & Kickin'

Read "Alive & Kickin'" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


The title of Organissimo's first live recording, Alive & Kickin', is a great description of how a guitar/organ trio live record should sound. Just about everything on this set comes homegrown by this Michigan trio: organ player Jim Alfredson met guitarist Joe Gloss in a Michigan State University (MSU) jazz class; the duo eventually became a ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Smith

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jimmy Smith

All About Jazz is celebrating Jimmy Smith's birthday today! Jimmy SmithJimmy Smith, nicknamed “The Incredible Jimmy Smith", Born James Oscar Smith in Norristown, Pennsylvania, USA. Smith was influenced by both gospel and blues... more Website | Photos | Articles Follow Jimmy Smith Put AAJ's Musician of the ...

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Article: From the Inside Out

40 Year Old Bitches, New MilesTones & Others, Too

Read "40 Year Old Bitches, New MilesTones & Others, Too" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki


AntibalasWho is This America? Ropeadope Records2010 Few American bands have been more influential in the global Afrobeat movement than the Brooklyn collective Antibalas. Keeper of the African protest flame ignited by Nigerian musician/activist Fela Kuti in the 1970s, Antibalas' reach is expansive and impressive: it contributed to the ...

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Article: Live Review

David Sanborn en el Festival de Jazz de Barcelona

Read "David Sanborn en el Festival de Jazz de Barcelona" reviewed by Enrique Turpin


David Sanborn Trio42 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de BarcelonaPalau de la Música23 de noviembre, 2010Para qué negar que David Sanborn ha sido una de las bandas sonoras más persistentes en nuestras vidas juveniles. Cuando más de uno desechaba los discos de Billie Holiday porque apreciaba en ellos el peso insufrible ...

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Article: Live Review

New Universe Music Festival: Day 2, November 21, 2010

Read "New Universe Music Festival: Day 2, November 21, 2010" reviewed by John Kelman


Day 1 | Day 2 The New Universe Music FestivalRaleigh, North CarolinaNovember 20-21, 2010 It's no small challenge to make a new festival viable, especially when it represents something of a niche within a niche. The attendance at the first day of the New Universe Music Festival was impressive enough, but ...


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