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News: Recording

Trumpeter Vinnie Cutro & New York City Soundscape Release "Sakura"

Trumpeter Vinnie Cutro & New York City Soundscape Release "Sakura"

On Sakura, his 4th album as a leader, trumpeter Vinnie Cutro presents a set of straight ahead mainstream jazz that extends the legacy of such hard-driving bands as Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers and the 1950s quintets led by Horace Silver and Miles Davis. Cutro contributes 6 originals and a haunting arrangement of the familiar ...

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Article: Profile

Chico Hamilton: Joyous Shout

Read "Chico Hamilton: Joyous Shout" reviewed by Donald Elfman


When Chico Hamilton was a boy growing up in Los Angeles, the film studios used to send trucks out to pick up the little African-American children to play natives in their Tarzan movies. “It was work, after all, and we got paid for it," says the drummer, now 87 years of age. “And what you learned ...

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News: Obituary

Louie Bellson Dies at 84

Louie Bellson Dies at 84

We regret to announce the unexpected passing of Louie Bellson on February 14, 2009. Tenative plans are for an L.A. area funeral, followed by funeral and burial in Moline, Illinois, his boyhood home. Details forthcoming. Condolences and cards to: Mrs. Louie Bellson c/o Remo, Inc. 28101 Industry Drive ...

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News: Technology

New Jazz It Up! Episode: Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, Mark Whitfield and the Lew Tabackin Trio Plus the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters Ceremony with George Benson Performance

New Jazz It Up! Episode:  Christian McBride, Nicholas Payton, Mark Whitfield and the Lew Tabackin Trio Plus the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters Ceremony with George Benson Performance

New York, NY - The very latest episode of the online jazz TV show, Jazz it Up!, is available now for your viewing pleasure. To subscribe and see a five-minute preview of the new episode. This edition of Jazz it Up! features two trios, both swinging hard: Nicholas Payton, Christian McBride and Mark Whitfield are seen ...

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News: Education

Carolina Jazz Connection with Larry Reni Thomas at Jazz Speaks at UNCW

Carolina Jazz Connection with Larry Reni Thomas at Jazz Speaks at UNCW

Jazz Speaks at UNCW (The University of North Carolina at Wilmington), a lecture series conducted by distinguished professor and master musician Joe Chambers, continues, with its second installment, February 15, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., at Beckwith Hall, in The Cultural Arts Building, at UNCW. The lecture will deal with jazz as social history and will cover ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Dr. Nick Catalano's "New York Nights" - Covers Jazz and Comedy in New York

Dr. Nick Catalano's "New York Nights" - Covers Jazz and Comedy in New York

New York Nights, by Nicholas Catalano, PhD, professor of literature and music, shares the personal experiences, gossipy anecdotes, and critical commentary of a television and concert producer who was once firmly entrenched in the exciting and unpredictable comedy and jazz scene in a city that never sleeps. Producer Nick Catalano introduced early audiences to the comedy ...

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Article: Album Review

Lee Shaw Trio: Live in Graz

Read "Live in Graz" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson


Live in Graz gives listeners a chance to catch up with one of the more improbable second acts in jazz: that of eighty-something pianist Lee Shaw. A poised Shaw usefully recounts the biographical details in the accompanying DVD (which is unfortunately somewhat shoddily produced): she acquired a broad musical education in tiny Ada, Oklahoma; later continued ...

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Article: Profile

Candido: Fountain of Youth

Read "Candido: Fountain of Youth" reviewed by AAJ Staff


By Bobby Sanabria At the youthful age of 87, NEA Jazz Master Candido Camero has indeed led a full life with no signs of slowing down. While still maintaining a busy schedule of performing and traveling, “The Man of a Thousand Fingers" is still wowing audiences the world over as a shining example of ...

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Article: Film Review

Live in '58

Read "Live in '58" reviewed by Ken Dryden


Lionel Hampton Jazz Icons: Live in '58 Naxos Jazz 2008 Lionel Hampton was one of the incomparable showmen in jazz, especially when leading an always-swinging big band. This 1958 concert, filmed by Belgium public television at the Royal Theatre Opera House, finds him in peak form.Many ...

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Article: Album Review

Cal Tjader: Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-1980

Read "Live at the Monterey Jazz Festival 1958-1980" reviewed by David Rickert


Cal Tjader began his career as a stalwart member of the West Coast jazz scene, swinging his vibes through breezy versions of standards with the likes of Vince Guaraldi and Stan Getz. Along the way he delved into Latin music and after that it colored almost everything he did. His progression as an artist is explored ...


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