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Molly Ringwald Joins Gail Boyd Artist Management
Gail Boyd Artist Management is very pleased to announce the addition of singer/songwriter/actress Molly Ringwald to it's roster. Molly Ringwald has always surrounded herself with a love of culture and good taste. A true renaissance woman, she has been surrounded by music, theater, film, and literary pursuits her whole life. She was introduced to jazz by ...
Enter the "HighNote 2-CD" Giveaway at All About Jazz!
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the HighNote 2-CD giveaway contest starting today. FIVE winners will receive Kenny Burrell's Tenderly and Pat Martino's Undeniable. We'll select the winners at the conclusion of the contest on December 11th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Kenny Burrell at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) ...
Kenny Burrell, Octogenarian
Kenny Burrell has joined the parade of major jazz artists entering octogenarianism and performing at a high level. The guitarist is of a generation of Detroit musicians including Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Elvin Jones, Roland Hanna and Louis Hayes that made a significant impact on jazz. Burrell's 80th birthday was a week ago. He is preparing ...
Erik Soderlind: Happening
by Chris Mosey
The sounds on Happening hark back nearly two decades before its creator, Swedish guitarist Erik Söderlind was born--in 1981. They stem from the mid-1960s, when Jimmy Smith revolutionized the way the Hammond B3 electric organ was played and created a new genre of hard bop featuring the Hammond with guitar as second instrument. ...
CTI Celebrates Kudu Legacy: Lonnie Smith, Johnny Hammond, Hank Crawford, Esther Phillips
by Chris May
CTI Masterworks' 40th anniversary reissue program has, until now, focused on producer Creed Taylor's primary label. Two multi-disc sets and 24 single discs have made available on CD cherished CTI LPs by artists such as trumpeters Chet Baker and Freddie Hubbard, saxophonists Paul Desmond and Stanley Turrentine, guitarists George Benson and Kenny Burrell, vibraphonist Milt Jackson ...
Music Matters: The Blue Note Reissue Series
by Greg Simmons
Music Matters has been reissuing classic Blue Note jazz records since 2007. It has dug deep into the catalog, remastering lesser known, infrequently heard titles, and done so with passionate attention to presenting the highest possible sound quality. Offering an analog solution in a digital age, this exceptional series is available on 45rpm vinyl records only. ...
Something Else! Interview: Blues Legend Duke Robillard
Duke Robillard, co-founder of Roomful of Blues and a former member of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, has earned high praise from none other than B.B. King—who labeled him “one of the great players." B.B. isn't the only one who's noticed: A Handy award winner for best blues guitarist in both 2000-01, Robillard received a Grammy nod for ...
Jazz Trumpeter and Mentor Chuck Miller Dies
The Jazz World Says Farewell To Another Music Legend Former UNO Adjunct Professor of Black Studies Charles (Chuck) Miller, widely respected for his musical talent and dedication to Omaha's “at risk" youth, passed away on Saturday, September 17, at a local hospital. Chuck Miller was mentor to many of Omaha's finest musicians. He was awarded the ...
David White Jazz Orchestra: Flashpoint
by Karl Ackermann
With a faculty that includes John Abercrombie, Eric Alexander, Scott Colley, Jon Faddis, Jon Gordon and Kenny Washington, the Purchase College Jazz Studies Program is a leading talent pool for artists. No one alumnus epitomizes that capacity better than trombonist, composer and arranger David White on his debut, Flashpoint. Though he's still relatively unknown outside the ...
Jazz Great Barbara Morrison To Be Honored in "A Benefit Evening of Jazz Legends For Barbara Morrison" at Local 47 Musicians Union in Hollywood, CA on September 11th
Music producers Stuart Elster and Richard Simon will present A Benefit Evening of Jazz Legends for Barbara Morrison, co-hosted by Helen Borgers, on-air talent for KJAZZ 88.1 FM and James Janisse, on-air talent for KCRW 89.9 FM for One Night Only on Sunday, September 11, 2011 at Local 47 Musicians Union; 817 Vine Street; Hollywood, CA ...
