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Article: Jazz Near Me

Twin Cities

by Andrea Canter
February 13, 2015

Welcome to the first in a series of Jazz Near You articles where we raise the awareness of advocacy and catalyst organizations whose efforts are making a positive impact on their local jazz communities. This article was co-written by Don Berryman The Jazz Police website launched in spring 2004, initially intending to ...

News: Award / Grant

Report From the Grammys

February 13, 2015

Jim Eigo of Jazz Promo Services sent along an email yesterday summing up what he saw and heard at the Grammys last Sunday. He flew out to Los Angeles to represent several Grammy nominees, and he took his two kids, Agnes, 16, and Jamie, 19. I asked Jim if he'd mind if I shared his email ...

News: Award / Grant

Grammy Celebration Continues For George Wein & Festival Artists

February 10, 2015

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Celebrates GRAMMY Awards for Festival Impresario George Wein and Several Newport Jazz Festival Artists NEWPORT, RI – The Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. continues the celebration of its Chairman, George Wein, who received the Trustees Award at the 57th Annual GRAMMY ceremonies in Los Angeles on February 7 and 8. The Special Merit ...

News: Recording

Danielle Freeman's "Una" Is Honest As One

February 9, 2015

Emotive and dynamic vocalist, Danielle Freeman, is characterized as being a “forward thinking vocalist with jazz influence" by New York artist Jake Cartwright. Una, a vocal solo EP written and performed by Freeman, seeks to honor sounds and words revealed to her regardless of genre classification. Versed engineer, John Paterno (Mark Guiliana, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill) ...

News: Award / Grant

Grammys 2015: Jazz sticks to the familiar as Chick Corea wins two

February 9, 2015

Awards speeches are ideal forums for jokes, even during the Grammys' Internet-only pre-show broadcast. But there was a kernel of truth to what was said from the stage as Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band accepted honors in the big band category for the album “Life in the Bubble": “Once again we want to thank Chick Corea ...

Article: Album Review

Ben Wolfe: The Whisperer

Read "The Whisperer" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
February 8, 2015

You can always gauge a bassist-led recording by the players he attracts on the bandstand or in the studio. Proof of this premise is Ben Wolfe's latest, The Whisperer. Just like Charles Mingus had his Jaki Byard, Booker Ervin, and Dannie Richmond, and Dave Holland his Craig Taborn, Kevin Eubanks, and Eric Harland, Wolfe is also ...

Article: Album Review

Jay Smith Group: Too Many Notes

Read "Too Many Notes" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
February 6, 2015

Based in Bakersfield, CA, keyboardist, composer Jay Smith's second album is titled Too Many Notes via comments by his fan base, alluding to his often blazing phraseology on the 88s. Nonetheless, Smith possesses an active mind as the program boasts a cornucopia of bop, jazz fusion, Latin jazz, rock, pulsating cadences and explosive flights of fancy. ...

News: Event

Wayne Krantz 2015 World Tour Announced!

February 5, 2015

Known for his uncompromising musical vision, unique rhythms and deep reserves of soul, guitarist Wayne Krantz ventures beyond the guitar’s limitations to create an identifiably original style and sound. On the heels of a sold-out Ronnie Scott’s show in London, Krantz sets to embark on his Good Piranha/Bad Piranha World tour, starting on February 11th in ...

Article: Catching Up With

Herb Alpert: In the Mood for Excellence

by Nicholas F. Mondello
February 4, 2015

While he has been bestowed endless awards--nine Grammys, a presidential Medal of the Arts, enshrined in the Rock Hall of Fame--and has sold over 72 million records, Herb Alpert is a trumpet player at heart and an artist in his soul. What emanates from that trumpet and its player's mind is pure creative expression. And, in ...

News: Recording

Evan Stone And The Translucent Ham Sandwich Band-album Release Party

February 2, 2015

Evan Stone and the Translucent Ham Sandwich Band (an award winning improvisational avant-garde psychedelic jam band) will release its debut album, Music From The Future on Vinyl LP and digital download only on February 26th, 2015. The album release will coincide with the performance that same evening as Evan Stone and THSB take the stage at ...