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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Tommaso Cappellato

by AAJ Staff
July 24, 2009

Meet Tommaso Cappellato: Italian drummer and composer Tommaso Cappellato always strived to leave his mark as the founder and creator of numerous musical situations. His curiosity for different styles and continuous will for research led him to travel and explore various countries in the world to meet, learn from and collaborate with influential musical artists. During ...

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News: Festival

2009 Caramoor Jazz Festival to Feature Reeves, Walton, Valdes, Weston, and More

June 16, 2009

Katonah, New York - The 2009 Caramoor International Music Festival, hailed by The New York Times as “... the loveliest Festival of them all," presents its 16th Annual Jazz Festival on August 1 and 2 at the Venetian Theater. Jazz Producer Jim Luce assembles a star-studded line-up of both jazz legends and new forces on ...

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News: Education

Litchfield Jazz Camp Awards $90,000 in Need-Based Scholarships

June 15, 2009

Litchfield Jazz Camp Awards $90,000 in Need-Based Scholarships Location: Kent School, Kent, CT Contact: 860-567-4162 Email: [email protected] Website: litchfieldjazzfest.com Kent. CT--Litchfield Jazz Camp, the 13-year-old teaching arm of the renowned Litchfield Jazz Festival, has made if first big move this summer-- to Kent School in Kent, CT, for a month-long ...

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Groovin' with Junior

By Junior Mance

Label: Sackville
Released: 2008
Track listing: Falling in Love with Love; Ask Me Now; Blues for the Bistro; For Dancers Only; Bags Groove; Stormy Weather; The Theme.

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News: Recording

Test of Time Releases "Holy Mama" by Junior Mance

September 18, 2008

Test of Time Records proudly announces the release of the remastered Holy Mama by the Junior Mance. This album was originally released in 1976 and is now available on CD for the first time here in the U.S. This work by the Junior Mance-led trio, with Martin Rivera on bass and Salvatore ...

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Article: Interview

Junior Mance: Eighty Years Young

by Ken Dryden
July 23, 2008

Chicago native Junior Mance doesn't sound like a man approaching his 80th birthday. The pianist, who credits Gene Ammons, Cannonball Adderley and Dizzy Gillespie with helping him grow as a musician, has led over 30 recordings of his own and made numerous appearances as a sideman during a lengthy career. An enthusiastic conversationalist with a great ...

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Article: Album Review

Junior Mance: Groovin' with Junior

Read "Groovin' with Junior" reviewed by Stuart Broomer

by Stuart Broomer
April 5, 2008

Nearing 80, Junior Mance is among the last still-vigorous performers of his generation, the master of a blues-drenched piano style that fuses bop harmony and block chords with tremolos and funky pentatonics. His biography is also his tradition, including stints with Gene Ammons, Cannonball Adderley, Dizzy Gillespie and Dinah Washington. Mance has visited Toronto ...

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Live at Café Loup

By Junior Mance

Label: JunGlo Music
Released: 2007

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Sweet And Lovely

By Junior Mance

Label: Fantasy Jazz
Released: 2004
Track listing: The Uptown; Ralph's New Blues; Main Stem; Darlin, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup; Playhouse; Sweet And Lovely; In The Land Of Oo-Bla-Dee; I Don't Care; Swingmatism; Big Chief!; Love For Sale; Fillet Of Soul; Swish; Summertime; Ruby My Dear; Little Miss Gail; Atlanta Blues.

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Johnny Griffin

By Johnny Griffin

Label: Verve Music Group
Released: 2004
Track listing: I Cried For You; Satin Wrap; Yesterdays; Riff-Raff; Bee-Ees; The Boy Next Door; These Foolish Things; Lollypop.