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News: Event

12th annual Newport Beach Jazz Party

By Patricia Myers Tributes to Nat King Cole, Oscar Peterson,Chet Baker, Paul Desmond and the “Four Brothers" sound made famous by Woody Herman will be among the 44 sessions of the 12th annual Newport Beach Jazz Party, Feb. 16-19 in at the Newport Beach Marriott in southern California. This year's edition has the biggest advance sale ...

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Article: Big Band Report

SuperSax Me

Read "SuperSax Me" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

Back in the early 1970s bassist Buddy Clark and saxophonist Med Flory conceived a brilliant idea: to form a group (primarily a reed section with rhythm) that would use orchestrated arrangements of saxophonist Charlie Parker's transcendent bop solos as the basis for its music. As for a name, nothing less than SuperSax would suffice. The nine-piece ...

Album

In Search Of ...

By Ken Peplowski

Label: Capri Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: The Thespian; Love's Disguise; When Joanna Loved Me; Falsa Baiana; A Ship Without A Sail; With Every Breath I Take; In Flower; Peps; This Nearly Was Mine; No Regrets; Within You And Without You; Rum And Coca Cola.

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News: Radio

A Night at Nick's This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

A Night at Nick's This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

We invited Riverwalk Jazz listeners to share their memories of Nick's in the Village, and the phones began to ring off the hook. We heard from one man who had gotten engaged at the bar, one who was an Olympic athlete, and several who were musicians who had played at Nick's. These listeners, and others, contribute ...

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News: Recording

Doug Munro and La Pompe Attack "A Very Gypsy Christmas"

Doug Munro and La Pompe Attack "A Very Gypsy Christmas"

Featuring: DOUG MUNRO guitar; KEN PEPLOWSKI clarinet; CYRILLE-AIMEE DAUDEL vocals; HOWIE BUJESE violin; MICHAEL GOETZ bass; ERNIE PUGLIESE guitar Jazz guitar virtuoso Doug Munro has an insatiable appetite for all things jazz. On his latest CD, A Very Gypsy Christmas Doug demonstrates his long standing love affair with the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Craig Akin

Read "Take Five With Craig  Akin" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Craig Akin: Craig Akin is an in-demand upright and electric bassist living in New York City. Between 1997 and 2007, he averaged 270 gigs a year in his musical hometown of Kansas City. There he developed his rhythm and tone while playing or recording with nearly everyone on the jazz and blues scene. ...

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Article: Album Review

Linley Hamilton: Taylor Made

Read "Taylor Made" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay

Trumpeter Linley Hamilton is a central figure in the burgeoning Northern Ireland jazz scene. He's an experienced musician, with a résumé that includes work with Van Morrison, Ken Peplowski and Jean Toussaint; being a broadcaster, whose Radio Ulster After Midnight program showcases new jazz; a writer and producer. Above all, he's a man with a genuine ...

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News: Recording

Ken Peplowski Keeps It Fresh and Vibrant with "In Search Of. . . "

Ken Peplowski Keeps It Fresh and Vibrant with "In Search Of. . . "

For someone who is playing within a tradition, it is important to keep inspiration high, to keep yourself challenged and contributing on a high level. Where perhaps some have fallen victim over time to a kind of creeping fungus of the repertoire, the same tunes played in the same ways time and again, Ken Peplowski has ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Newport Beach (CA) Summer Jazz Series Begins July 6

Sunset Jazz at Newport, featuring straight ahead jazz from top jazz performers, begins July 6 and will continue for 11 summer Wednesday nights at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel in Southern California. The concerts take place at the outside Rose Garden, with patrons sitting comfortably at tables. There will be two sets, 6 and 7:30. Both ...

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News: Festival

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival - July 2011

Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival - July 2011

Now in its 33rd year, the UK's longest running jazz festival runs from 22-31 July and offers a diverse and exciting range of jazz and blues with over 90 shows in concert halls, clubs, bars, churches, streets and glamorous tents! With a range of special offers, free events and tickets from only £5, there's something for ...


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