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20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: Thomas Marriott

by Paul Rauch
September 30, 2020

The city of Seattle has a jazz history that dates back to the very beginnings of the form. It was home to the first integrated club scene in America on Jackson St in the 1920's and 1930's. It saw a young Ray Charles arrive as a teenager to escape the nightmare of Jim Crow in the ...

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20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: Marina Albero

by Paul Rauch
September 16, 2020

The city of Seattle has a jazz history that dates back to the very beginnings of the form. It was home to the first integrated club scene in America on Jackson St in the 1920's and 30's. It saw a young Ray Charles arrive as a teenager to escape the nightmare of Jim Crow in the ...

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Tomoko Omura: Branches Vol. 1

Read "Branches Vol. 1" reviewed by Nicholas F. Mondello

by Nicholas F. Mondello
September 10, 2020

With Branches Vol. 1, award-winning violinist Tomoro Omura dives deep into exploring textures and melodic invention drawn from Japanese folklore. This effort is a contemporized display which validates Omura's vast instrumental abilities and also channels Japanese folklore as a launch-point for her superior composition skills. The recording is seductive, deeply emotional and meditative, and, simultaneously, elegantly ...

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20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: John Bishop

by Paul Rauch
September 2, 2020

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20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: Marc Seales

by Paul Rauch
August 18, 2020

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Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2020

by Mark Sullivan
July 14, 2020

2020 Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Various Venues Montréal, Canada June 27-30, 2020 Above all else the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is a spectacular ten-day event: with around 2 million visitors and 500 concerts on 20 stages, it is ranked as the world's largest jazz ...

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20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: Jay Thomas

by Paul Rauch
June 22, 2020

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Pinball: Pinball

Read "Pinball" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
May 24, 2020

"Tommy" played a mean pinball, while Brian Protheroe ran out of pale ale when he made his own “Pinball" into a hit record. This Pinball, the debut release from the Australian/French quartet of the same name, has none of the feel of a dingy games arcade, or the odour of pale ale. Instead, it is an ...

Article: Building a Jazz Library

Bob Thiele's Flying Dutchman Records: Ten High Altitude Albums

by Chris May
May 16, 2020

Bob Thiele is best remembered for his years as the artistic director and house producer of Impulse!. He took over from founder producer Creed Taylor in 1961 and stayed with the label until 1969, when he left to run his own Flying Dutchman Records. Thiele's tenure at Impulse! was its most glorious period, when Thiele curated ...

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20 Seattle Jazz Musicians You Should Know: Gail Pettis

by Paul Rauch
April 13, 2020

The city of Seattle has a jazz history that dates back to the very beginnings of the form. It was home to the first integrated club scene in America on Jackson St in the 1920's and '30s. It saw a young Ray Charles arrive as a teenager to escape the nightmare of Jim Crow in the ...