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Larry Willis: Reaching and Teaching

by Russ Musto
May 1, 2010

In a career spanning five decades, Larry Willis has amassed one the most impressive resumes in jazz, including tenures with Jackie McLean, Hugh Masekela, Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Stan Getz, Carla Bley, Roy Hargrove, Jimmy Cobb's So What Sextet and Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band, testifying to the high esteem in which he is ...

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Drummer Paul F. Murphy Interviewed at AAJ

April 28, 2010

Legendary drummer Paul F. Murphy has been involved with the high end of improvised music since the mid-1970s in San Francisco. He is most closely associated with the avant-garde of the '70s, '80s and '90s as a 12-year member of alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons' band and a leader of several of his own groups, including Trio ...

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Paul F. Murphy: Playing Universally

by Dominic Fragman
April 28, 2010

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Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Willis

December 20, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Larry Willis' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Larry WillisPianist Larry Willis has had an important and distinguished 40-year career in jazz. Since making his recording debut on Jackie McLean’s landmark 1965 album “Right Now!... more Website | Videos | Articles ...

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Omar Sosa, Jimmy Cobb y Chano Domínguez, 'Kind of Blue' en el festival de Barcelona (V)

by Roan Clay
November 19, 2009

En 2009 se celebra el 50 aniversario de Kind of Blue, un disco que para la mayoría de la gente es el símbolo del jazz. Publicado originalmente en agosto de 1959, el disco más influyente del jazz es también el más vendido, con millones de ejemplares en todo el mundo y cuatro discos de platino (4 ...

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Omar Sosa, Jimmy Cobb and Chano Domínguez, 'Kind of Blue' variations at the Barcelona Jazz Festival (V)

by Roan Clay
November 17, 2009

In 2009 Kind of Blue, the album that symbolizes jazz music for more people the world over turned an astounding 50 years old. Originally released in August 1959, jazz' most influential album is also its best seller ever; having sold untold millions of copies worldwide, it's turned quadruple platinum (4 million copies) in the US alone. ...

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Enjoy Jazz Festival: Days 7-10, October 26-29, 2009

by John Kelman
November 1, 2009

Days 1-2 | Day 3-6 | Days 7-10 | Days 11-12 The main purpose of visiting the Heidelberg/Mannheim/Ludwigshafen region may be for the music, but during the day there's plenty to see and do. Wandering around the old part of Heidelberg, it's difficult not to be moved by the profound sense of age, especially coming ...

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Freihofer's Jazz Festival: One Great Weekend

by R.J. DeLuke
July 7, 2009

Freihofer's Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, New YorkJune 27-28, 2009Freihofer's Jazz Festival, in its 32nd year, provided an outstanding array of music and musicians and added to its legacy--started by George Wein in 1978--in fine fettle on June 27 and 28 in the upstate New York community of Saratoga Springs. For producer Danny ...

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2009 Freihofer's Jazz Festival: One of the Great Jazz Lawn Parties

by Ken Franckling
July 7, 2009

Freihofer's Jazz FestivalSaratoga Springs, New YorkJune 27-28, 2009My return visit to to Freihofer's Jazz Festival after an eight-year absence reminded me very quickly that this two-day event remains one of the summer season's great jazz lawn parties. The ampitheater and spacious park-setting of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center provides dual tugs--trips into the ...

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Ottawa Jazz Festival 2009: Days 1-3, June 25-27, 2009

by John Kelman
June 29, 2009

Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 John Stetch TV Trio / Dave Douglas Brass Ecstasy / Roberta Gambarini Toshiko Akiyoshi Trio / Jimmy Cobb's So What Band; S.M.V. The Botos Brother / Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue / Al GreenTD Canada Trust Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ...