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Article: Meet the Staff

Meet Carl L. Hager

Read "Meet Carl L. Hager" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

I currently live in: Los Angeles, CAI joined All About Jazz in: 2009What made you decide to contribute to All About Jazz? I've been a writer and editor most of my life, and I love jazz. One day after I'd been reading All About Jazz for a few months, I inquired to ...

News: Recording

Vocalist Jeffrey Gimble Releases Debut Album, "Beyond Up High"

Vocalist Jeffrey Gimble Releases Debut Album, "Beyond Up High"

"Beyond Up High," Jeffrey Gimble's Debut CD, arranged by Tamir Hendelman and produced by Mark Winkler, to be released April 15, 2013 on Cafe Pacific Records. Jeffrey Gimble’s “Beyond Up High" displays all the appealing qualities of an unusually intriguing new album, certain to be around for more than a little while. Just listen to the ...

News: Recording

Return Of The Del-Lords: The "Elvis Club" Is Open For Business Again

Return Of The Del-Lords: The "Elvis Club" Is Open For Business Again

Fabled New York rockers the Del-Lords return with their first new album in more than two decades NEW YORK, NY: ”We didn’t start with any agenda, other than to make a great record,” Scott Kempner says of the Del-Lords’ unexpected return to action following a two-decade layoff, which has yielded Elvis Club, the band’s first new ...

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Article: Live Review

Newport Beach Jazz Party: Newport Beach, CA, February 14-17, 2013

Read "Newport Beach Jazz Party: Newport Beach, CA, February 14-17, 2013" reviewed by Larry Taylor

by Larry Taylor

Newport Beach Jazz PartyNewport Beach, CAFebruary 14-17, 2013Thursday was Valentine's Day and the kickoff for the 13th Annual Newport Beach Jazz Party at the Marriott Hotel, Southern California. This four-day event combined two holidays, Valentine's & President's Weekend, bringing together some 70 great musicians, playing day and night--evening concerts in the Grand Pacific ...

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News: Recording

Steve Weingart & Renee Jones - Observatory - Featuring Simon Phillips, Katisse Buckingham And Chris Wabich

Steve Weingart & Renee Jones - Observatory - Featuring Simon Phillips, Katisse Buckingham And Chris Wabich

With the release of Observatory, their second album in as many years, the husband and wife duo of keyboardist and pianist, Steve Weingart and bassist, Renee Jones continue to celebrate and redefine the music that has inspired them throughout their careers. Tapping into the influence of music legends like Joe Zawinul & Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, ...

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Article: Album Review

Kait Dunton: Mountain Suite

Read "Mountain Suite" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

The seeds for this project were planted when pianist/composer Kait Dunton jotted down a few measures of music while sojourning in the Canadian Rockies, but this passionate music actually sprung to life inside a recording studio in Pasadena, California. Dunton, a Los Angeles-based artist pursuing a doctorate at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of ...

News: Festival

Power Pop Legends Shoes Begin 2013 Shows With SXSW Debut In March

In celebration of their first new album in 18 years, the acclaimed Ignition, the boys from Zion fire up for Austin ZION, Ill. — Following the August 2012 release of Ignition, their first new album in 18 years, Shoes will appear at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Conference and Festival in Austin, Texas in March, ...

News: Recording

Albert King's Late '60s "Born Under A Bad Sign" To Be Reissued On Stax Records

Albert King's Late '60s "Born Under A Bad Sign" To Be Reissued On Stax Records

Release teems with King’s best-known songs: “Born Under a Bad Sign,” “Crosscut Saw,” “Oh, Pretty Woman” and “Laundromat Blues.” Steve Cropper, Booker T. & the MGs, the Memphis Horns and Stax’s songwriters help make it an all-time blues classic. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Any list of seminal 1960s electric blues albums is incomplete without Albert King’s ...

News: Performance / Tour

The George Kahn Trio Performs With Guest Vocalist Gina Saputo March 6

The George Kahn Trio Performs With Guest Vocalist Gina Saputo March 6

Los Angeles favorite, Jazz Pianist George Kahn will be performing at Vitello’s in Studio City, on Wednesday, March 6th. Appearing along with George, will be Special Guest, Singer Gina Saputo. The trio will be rounded out Dan Lutz on bass and Jack LeCompte on drums. There will be one set only, starting at 8 PM. There ...

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Article: Interview

John Daversa: Bursting Out of LA

Read "John Daversa: Bursting Out of LA" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke

by R.J. DeLuke

Seen in the hallways at California State University in Northridge, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, where he teaches big band arranging, jazz history and other music courses, John Daversa might be seen with his goatee, and dense, dark and curly hair, parted in the middle, and correctly sense he might be involved in one of the ...


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