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A Blog Supreme: A New Jazz Blog from NPR Music

June 3, 2009

New jazz blog from NPR Music shares “driving passion" for jazz music, culture NPR Music announces the launch of “A Blog Supreme"--a running journal driven by a passion for jazz music and culture. It's a place for MP3s of rising jazz stars and full concerts with legends; for comments, interviews and recommendations; and most of all: ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Marian Petrescu Quartet at the Jazz Standard (NYC) on June 16th

June 3, 2009

Some may call it hubris to introduce Marian Petrescu with an album in which he is asked to step into the shoes of a uniquely accomplished and intimidating virtuoso. But that assumption evaporates in an instant, once the music of Resonance Big Band Plays the Legacy of Oscar Peterson begins. That's all it takes to make ...

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News: Interview

Legendary Pianist Marian McPartland Interviewed at AAJ

June 1, 2009

Marian McPartland, whose personal artistic history is deeply entwined with that of jazz, continues writing, touring and educating. Following her muse, she has encountered a who's who of jazz while leaving her own indelible mark on the music. Her radio program, Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, is the longest running show on National Public Radio, and she ...

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Article: Interview

Marian McPartland: Living Through the History

by Maxwell Chandler
June 1, 2009

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News: Performance / Tour

Daryl Sherman Jazz Tribute to Johnny Mercer June 1, 8 and 15

May 29, 2009

In celebration of her new Arbors CD Johnny Mercer: A Centennial Tribute, singer/pianist Daryl Sherman will be appearing three Mondays, June 1, 8, 15 (one 8pm show) at the Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room, NYC. Guest musicians sharing in this salute to one of America's greatest songwriters include James Chirillo, Boots Maleson, Wycliffe Gordon, Howard Alden and ...

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Article: Interview

Gary Burton: Forging Ahead

by R.J. DeLuke
May 25, 2009

"I got started in Nashville and knew a lot of the country musicians. I got my first record contract from Chet Atkins who saw me playing in a local club in Nashville and who decided to talk to RCA and get them to offer me a long-term contract," says this renowned musician born in a small ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Eric Mintel

by AAJ Staff
April 20, 2009

Meet Eric Mintel: Eric Mintel and the Eric Mintel Quartet have cultivated a distinctive style in jazz, combining an exciting and delicate lyrical sense with a powerful and dramatic musical force. Going beyond the traditional forms and standard techniques of American jazz, this quartet is changing the landscape of jazz and broadening its audience.

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Article: Big Band Report

The Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra Gets "Thrasched"

by Jack Bowers
March 3, 2009

The thirty-third annual Albuquerque Jazz Festival ended its two-day run on February 21, 2009. The event is devoted mainly to performances by high school and middle school bands, while the grand finale features the Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra with invited guests, this year the saxophone quartet Thrascher (Randy Hamm, soprano; Tim Ishii, alto; Ed Petersen, tenor; Glenn ...

Album

Twilight World

By Marian McPartland

Label: Concord Music Group
Released: 2008
Track listing: Twilight World; The Days Of Love; Turn Around; Close Enough For Love; How Deep Is The Ocean; Alfie; Lonely Woman; Blue In Green; Afternoon In Paris; Stranger In A Dream; Blackberry Winter.

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Article: Album Review

Marian McPartland: Twilight World

Read "Twilight World" reviewed by Graham L. Flanagan

by Graham L. Flanagan
November 21, 2008

Jazz icon Marian McPartland turned 90 years young in March, 2008, and the special occasion produced an all-star party at Dizzy's Club in New York. National Public Radio has made some of the performance available online as part of the legendary pianist's weekly radio series Piano Jazz, an institution since 1979. As if 2008 couldn't be ...