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Article: Album Review

Billy Childs: Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro

Read "Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The latter day jazz community, by and large, has embraced songwriting icons from the other side of the fence. Numerous artists associated with jazz have visited in on Bob Dylan's iconic work, explored the dark soul of Tom Waits, reshaped the poetic work(s) of Leonard Cohen, and/or tapped into the Joni Mitchell well. But what of ...

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The Laura Nyro Project

Label: Cafe Pacific Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: And When I Die; Stone Soul Picnic; California Shoeshine Boy; Time and Love; Sweet Blindness; He’s a Runner; Emmie; Upstairs By a Chinese Lamp; Buy and Sell; Save the Country; Billy’s Blues.

News: Event

Path Ventures Presents The 8th Annual George Kahn Jazz & Blues Revue Fundraiser For The Homeless December 11, 2013

Path Ventures Presents The 8th Annual George Kahn Jazz & Blues Revue Fundraiser For The Homeless December 11, 2013

Let the holidays begin…with an evening of great Jazz that’s also a benefit for the Los Angeles homeless community. On Wednesday, December 11th, PATH Ventures will host their 8th Annual Holiday Jazz Revue, an unforgettable evening of dinner, music, and fun at the classic Catalina Bar and Grill. The event will take place from 6:30-10:00 PM ...

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Article: Album Review

Cheryl Bentyne / Mark Winkler: Cheryl Bentyne / Mark Winkler: West Coast Cool

Read "Cheryl Bentyne / Mark Winkler:  West Coast Cool" reviewed by Edward Blanco


In 2010, veteran Los Angeles singer/lyricist Mark Winkler joined forces with the Manhattan Transfer's lead singer, multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Cheryl Bentyne, playing the music of the '50s and '60s commonly known as West Coast Jazz at venues throughout California and elsewhere. West Coast Cool is this remarkable duo's music-only version of their live show, turning its ...

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Article: Interview

Mark Winkler: Peeling Back the Onion

Read "Mark Winkler: Peeling Back the Onion" reviewed by Scott Mitchell


Mark Winkler is a Los Angeles-based jazz singer, lyricist, and songwriter with over 150 songs to his credit and platinum records hanging on his wall. He has written songs with the likes of saxophonists Dexter Gordon, Wayne Shorter and Joshua Redman, as well as pianist David Benoit. Singers Randy Crawford, Dianne Reeves, Lea Salonga, Bob Dorough ...

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Article: Album Review

Jan Shapiro: Piano Bar After Hours

Read "Piano Bar After Hours" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


Professor and former Berklee College Voice Department Chair Jan Shapiro does make it into the studio occasionally. Her previous recordings include Read Between The Lines (Self Produced, 1997), Not Commercial (Self Produced, 1998) and Back to Basics (Self Produced, 2006). Shapiro's fourth recording, Piano Bar After Hours continues where she left off with Basics, presenting a ...

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Take Five With Jeffrey Gimble

Read "Take Five With Jeffrey Gimble" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Jeffrey Gimble: Born and raised in Houston, TX, Gimble grew up going to the gigs of his saxophone-playing father Maynard, who had a popular big band in the '60s and '70s. Despite his natural curiosity for jazz, he was drawn instead to become an actor and musical theater performer and graduated from Houston's ...

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Stone Soul Picnic

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Label: Cafe Pacific Records
Released: 2013
Duration: 5:25

News: Contest

Enter the "Mark Winkler - The Laura Nyro Project" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Enter the "Mark Winkler - The Laura Nyro Project" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Mark Winkler - The Laura Nyro Project“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 12th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Mark Winkler at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About ...

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Article: Album Review

Jeffrey Gimble: Beyond Up High

Read "Beyond Up High" reviewed by Edward Blanco


With the plethora of female vocalist producing new albums these days, it is indeed refreshing to hear a new male voice sure to make an impact in the jazz world, and that's just what L.A. singer Jeffrey Gimble is certain to accomplish with his stunning debut Beyond Up High. An actor raised in the Texas blues ...


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