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Jazz Musician of the Day: Mark Murphy

Jazz Musician of the Day: Mark Murphy

All About Jazz is celebrating Mark Murphy's birthday today! Mark Murphy is one of the world\'s greatest — and hippest — jazz vocalists performing today. His coterie of fans includes tap dancer Gregory Hines, who spontaneously jumped up on stage at Mark\'s Las Vegas engagement in 1995 to join him for an impromptu duet. Legendary composer ...

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Article: Album Review

Mark Murphy: Live in Italy 2001

Read "Live in Italy 2001" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi


Quest'inedito concerto di Mark Murphy del 2001 è un documento prezioso che ci ricorda uno dei massimi vocalist della storia del jazz, il più eclettico e creativo della sua generazione. Incrementa il valore del compact la presenza di Marco Tamburini--allora 42enne--in uno smagliante quartetto con Marco Piacentini, Piero Leveratto e Marco Tonin. Il ...

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Article: Out and About: The Super Fans

Meet Ari (ImpressARIo) Silverstein

Read "Meet Ari (ImpressARIo) Silverstein" reviewed by Tessa Souter and Andrea Wolper


Some people are jazz aficionados. Then there's Ari Silverstein. Hooked from the moment he saw the light of jazz, was he content merely to listen? Not Impress-Ari-o! Once he was in, he was in all the way, from organizing concerts to getting his New York tour guide license in order to start shepherding tourists to his ...

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Article: Bailey's Bundles

Male Vocals – Mark Murphy, Theo Bleckmann, Gregory Porter, Jimmy Scott, Kurt Elling, Ron Boustead

Read "Male Vocals – Mark Murphy, Theo Bleckmann, Gregory Porter, Jimmy Scott, Kurt Elling, Ron Boustead" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


What passes for male jazz vocals makes an interesting dichotomy with female jazz vocals. Judging by the number of female jazz vocal releases that come my way, I almost believe that every woman fancies that she can make a jazz recording. Interestingly, there are many good to great ones. Not so with men. I probably see ...

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Article: Interview

Clarence Becton: Straight Ahead Into Freedom

Read "Clarence Becton: Straight Ahead Into Freedom" reviewed by Barbara Ina Frenz


Clarence Becton is a musicians' musician—meaning, someone well-known in musician circles. He belongs to the generation of American jazz heroes who grew up under economically and socially difficult circumstances, and for that very reason, succeeded in gaining a comprehensive education, emancipating himself, and embodying the history of jazz music by directly learning from and working with ...

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Live in Athens, Greece

Label: Harbinger
Released: 2016
Track listing: My Funny Valentine; All Blues; On Green Dolphin Street; Summertime; Autumn Leaves; When I Fall In Love/My One And Only Love; Bye Bye Blackbird; Miles; Milestones; On The Red Clay; Intuil Paisagem/Dindi.

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Live in Italy 2001

Label: Splasc(H) Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: All Blues; Summertime; Bye Bye Blackbird; Miles; Milestones; Do Nothin' Till You Hear from Me; On Green Dolphin Street; My One and Only Love; Parker's Mood.

Article: Interview

Francesco Forges, non chiamatelo "vocal coach"

Read "Francesco Forges, non chiamatelo "vocal coach"" reviewed by Rosarita Crisafi


Flautista, cantante, compositore, docente, Francesco Forges è un musicista fuori dagli schemi. Da più di vent'anni è coinvolto nella creazione e direzione di gruppi e progetti in cui la voce è protagonista. Ogni formazione è per lui un'occasione per sperimentare le suggestioni più diverse, dal jazz alla lirica, alla poesia, al teatro, alla coralità contemporanea, alla ...

Article: Album Review

Manolo Cabras Quartet: Melys in Diotta

Read "Melys in Diotta" reviewed by Vincenzo Roggero


Di Manolo Cabras, contrabbassista cagliaritano dalle eccellenti frequentazioni -Enrico Rava, Paolo Fresu, Toots Thielemans, Marshall Allen, Mark Murphy, Eric Vermeulen -e da oltre un decennio presenza attiva della vivace scena belga, avevamo apprezzato le qualità di ispirato leader nonché di ottimo solista nell'album di debutto I Wouldn't Be Sure registrato con il gruppo Basic Borg. Sempre ...

Article: Interview

Roberto Gatto, un nuovo disco che guarda al futuro

Read "Roberto Gatto, un nuovo disco che guarda al futuro" reviewed by Rosarita Crisafi


Un'anticipazione sul jazz italiano che verrà. Il 2 ottobre scorso abbiamo incontrato il batterista Roberto Gatto allo studio IndieHub di Milano. In cantiere un album che uscirà nel corso della prima metà del 2017 per l'Abeat Records e che vede Gatto leader di un quartetto accanto a giovani musicisti di grande talento: il pianista toscano Alessandro ...


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