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News: Festival

Barcelona International Jazz Festival 2009 Complete Roster!

Here is the complete schedule for the 41 Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival, opening on October 28th with Wayne Shorter Quartet, and closing at the NYC’s Jazz Standard with four very special nights (December 3rd to 6th), featuring Chano Dominguez Quinteto Flamenco. Watch the video! Concerts Sunday, October 18th Celebrating Blue Note ...

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News: Award / Grant

CMA Announces $253,000 in Grants to Jazz Ensembles

NEW YORK, NY -- Chamber Music America (CMA), celebrating its 32nd year of service to ensemble music professionals, today announced the recipients of 12 grants through CMAs New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development program. The grantees were selected in June by an independent, five-member panel of professional jazz musicians. CMA received 161 applications from jazz ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joel Harrison

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joel Harrison

All About Jazz is celebrating Joel Harrison's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Joel HarrisonAs guitarist, composer and vocalist, Washington D.C. native Joel Harrison resists categorization: jazz, African and Indian, contemporary classical, blues and rock all have a place in his unique approach... more Website | ...

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Article: Album Review

David Binney: Third Occasion

Read "Third Occasion" reviewed by J Hunter


The cool thing about liner notes is they contain clues about other places to look for great music. For example, cast members of Joel Harrison's flame-throwing Urban Myths (HighNote, 2009) have their own fish to fry: keyboardist Daniel Kelly gave the piano trio format a good swift kick with Emerge (Brooklyn Jazz Underground, 2009), and now ...

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Article: Album Review

Joel Harrison: Urban Myths

Read "Urban Myths" reviewed by Donald Elfman


A key element in Joel Harrison's history is what he calls the “electric jazz" of the '70s. So this smart and inventive guitarist offers his own reconsideration of the music championed nearly 40 years ago. This is powerfully intense music but also has a sense of play that keeps its ingredients engaging. The ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Brooklyn Jazz Underground: Revolution on the F Train

Read "Brooklyn Jazz Underground: Revolution on the F Train" reviewed by J Hunter


Some of 2009's jazz is being made far from Manhattan Island, home to a number of the genre's biggest labels. However, the revolution is also happening on the other side of the East River, where the artist collective Brooklyn Jazz Underground is making its own breaks and its own discs. BJU just released their second brace ...

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Article: Album Review

Joel Harrison: Urban Myths

Read "Urban Myths" reviewed by John Kelman


With a string of outstanding records that began with his personal look at the music of George Harrison on Harrison on Harrison (HighNote, 2005), continued with an all-original pairing with guitarist Nguyên Lê on Harbor (HighNote, 2007) and culminated with the ambitious The Wheel (Innova, 2008), guitarist Joel Harrison has, over the last few years, been ...

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News: Recording

Guitarist/Composer Joel Harrison Releases "Urban Myths" on Highnote Records

Guitarist/Composer Joel Harrison Releases "Urban Myths" on Highnote Records

Joel Harrison, guitar David Binney - alto saxophone Christian Howes - violin Daniel Kelly - keyboards Stephan Crump - acoustic bass Jordan Perlson – drums With Fima Ephron - electric bass Ambrose Akinmusire - trumpet Corey King - ...

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Article: Live From New York

J.D. Allen, Joel Harrison, Mats Gustafsson/Thurston Moore, Steve Reid, Joey Calderazzo & Eddie Palmieri

Read "J.D. Allen, Joel Harrison, Mats Gustafsson/Thurston Moore, Steve Reid, Joey Calderazzo & Eddie Palmieri" reviewed by Martin Longley


J.D. Allen/Gregg August/Rudy RoystonSmokeJanuary 26, 2009Smoke is a cosily atmospheric haunt that's removed from the downtown jazz club heartland, though a Broadway location on the Upper West Side still makes for a convenient subway ride. The place is smaller than might be imagined, possessing only a few rows of tables ...

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The Wheel

Label: Innova Recordings
Released: 2008
Track listing: American Farewell; Blues Circle; Rising; We Have Been the Victims of a Broken Promise; Ceaseless Motion (Watch the Future Roll By); In Memoriam: Dana Brayton.


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