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Norman Brown: Sending My Love
by Woodrow Wilkins
Whether to military troops overseas, family members or fans, guitarist Norman Brown has plenty of love to give. And he shows it with Sending My Love. Brown is a Grammy Award winner who has played guitar since the age of 8. Drawing inspiration from Jimi Hendrix and Wes Montgomery, and often compared to George ...
Jazz Great Kirk Whalum Named CEO of Stax Museum & Stax Music Academy in Memphis
MEMPHIS, TN - After an international search for a new CEO of the Soulsville Foundation (which operates the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, Stax Music Academy, and The Soulsville Charter School) to replace interim CEO Deanie Parker, former Director of Publicity and Artist Relations for Stax Records, the foundation board announced today that renowned musician, ...
Special Kirk Whalum Event at Stax Museum March 16th!
Meet & Greet 8-Time Grammy Nominated Kirk Whalum, including a special DVD screening of The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III. Tuesday March 16 at the Stax Museum: 926 E. McLemore Avenue, Memphis, TN 38106; Telephone 901-946-2535; 5:30-7:30PM; Free admission and refreshments! First 50 purchasers of The Gospel According to Jazz Chapter III receive a FREE ...
Wayne Escoffery: Uptown
by Woodrow Wilkins
Bob Mintzer, Kirk Whalum and Ada Rovatti are just a few of today's stunning tenor sax players. Wayne Escoffery can be added to their company. Escoffery, 34, is a native of London who moved to the United States with his mother at an early age. He enjoyed singing, and was a member of the ...
Jazz Fest: 2010 Lineup/Dates
PEARL JAM, MMJ, CROWES, WSP, ARETHA AND MORE! Jazz Fest '09 by Adam McCullough The usual dizzying assortment of musical talent will descend on New Orleans for the 41st New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The first weekend takes place April 23-25, 2010, and the second week is April 29-May 2, 2010. The lineups thus far ...
Take Five With Don Diego
by AAJ Staff
Meet Don Bables:Don Diego is a contemporary jazz fusion saxophonist, vocalist and keyboard player who mixes instrumental covers of modern and classic R&B with rap and pop vocals. His music is divinely focused and undoubtedly appeals to the tastes of smooth jazz lovers. However, the urban flavor of Don Diego's music is unmistakable. While ...
Paul Taylor: Burnin'
by Woodrow Wilkins
It's refreshing when a contemporary artists steps outside the box and revisits an old style of music. Even more so when it's not simply a collection of covers. Paul Taylor scores with Burnin'. A native of Denver and a musical product of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Taylor began developing his saxophone skills at ...
Eclectica: Streaming Video Soul
by John Kelman
After years building an audience one town at a time, banjoist Béla Fleck and the Flecktones no longer needs to record and tour incessantly, allowing its members to pursue other avenues. With Fleck off pursuing his Throw Down Your Heart, Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3: Africa Sessions (Rounder, 2009), bassist Victor Wooten collaborating with ...
The Supercruise III - Capital Jazz Fest at Sea - From Baltimore to the Bahamas!
Capital Jazz Fest At Sea October 10-17, 2009 Third Edition of World’s Largest Jazz Cruise Features Singer/Songwriter Kem Introducing Music from his Eagerly Anticipated Third Album, Plus Joe Sample, Patti Austin, David Sanborn, Jonathan Butler, Brian Culbertson, Candy Dulfer and MORE! Lovers of good times and great contemporary jazz will come together once again ...
Stax Music Academy Salutes Motown with Help of Mentor Kirk Whalum and Others on June 27th
The Stax Music Academy, located next door to the Stax Museum of American Soul Music in Memphis at the original site of Stax Records, is paying home to that label's slicker cousin Motown on Saturday, June 27th,7 p.m., at the Buckman Performing Arts Center in Memphis. This year, the academy's SNAP! Summer Music Camp has brought ...
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