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Gloria Reuben: Perchance To Dream

Read "Perchance To Dream" reviewed by Mike Perciaccante

by Mike Perciaccante
August 15, 2015

Based on her performance (back in the day) on NBC's ER, when she sang Green Day's “Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)," it was obvious that Gloria Reuben had the chops. Reuben's character Jeanie Boulet, sang a stunning version of the song, which, don't let the title fool you, is actually a plaintive ballad, as a ...

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Bob Mintzer Big Band: Get Up!

by Jack Bowers
June 22, 2015

Even after more than three decades as a big-band leader, and with twenty well-received albums under his belt, Grammy winner Bob Mintzer keeps pushing the envelope, tweaking his recipe and exploring new ways in which to challenge himself and his sidemen while seducing the listener's ear. Known among other things for his fondness for Latin music, ...

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Bob Mintzer Big Band: Get Up!

by Dan Bilawsky
June 21, 2015

Funk and R&B are the dominant sonic strains on Get Up!--saxophonist-composer Bob Mintzer's twentieth big band release overall and his fifth for the MCG Jazz imprint. In October of 2014, Mintzer took to the stage for two nights at Pittsburgh's Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, armed with some of his grooving big band arrangements and ...

News: Advocacy

24 Jazz Heroes in 22 cities Announced by Jazz Journalists Association

April 1, 2015

Educators, Presenters, Philanthropists, Fans, Players, Poet and Dentist Hailed as Activists, Advocates, Altruists, Aiders and Abettors of Jazz Honored New York, NY: Two dozen “JazzHeroes"—activists of positive influence on their musical communities—have been announced today by the Jazz Journalists Association, a non-profit organization of media professionals, in collaborations with grassroots organizations andsupporters in 22 U.S. cities, ...

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A Swingin' Life

By The DIVA Jazz Orchestra

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2014
Track listing: What The World Need Now Is Love; Nothin'; All My Tomorrows; All of Me; The Very Thought of You; Pennies From Heaven; Blues Medley [Goin' To Chicago Blues; Kansas City; Every Day I Have the Blues]; Blackberry Winter; Wonder Why; Nocturne #6 Opus9, Number 2; Blues For Hamp.

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Duologue

By Steve Wilson

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2014
Track listing: Caravan; The Mooche; RCJG; Monk Medley Part 1 (Ask Me Now, Evidence); Row Twelve; Black Gold; Jitterbug Waltz; Freedom Jazz Dance; Monk Medley Part 2 (Bright Mississippi, Four In One); Happy House; Woody 'N' You.

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R.S.V.P. (Rare Songs, Very Personal)

By Nancy Wilson

Label: MCG Jazz
Released: 2014
Track listing: An Older Man Is Like An Elegant Wine; Day in Day Out; Why Did I Choose You; I Wish I'd Met You; I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart; Goodbye; How About Me; Dois Corregos; Little Green Apples; You'll See; That's All; Blame in On My Youth.

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DIVA: A Swingin' Life

Read "A Swingin' Life" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 23, 2014

As if being the premier all-female big band on the planet weren't enough, DIVA has enlisted the services of two purebred divas--Nancy Wilson and Marlena Shaw--to enrich its latest album, A Swingin' Life, recorded live at Pittsburgh's Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (November 2011) and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center (September 2012). ...

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Diva: A Swingin' Life

Read "A Swingin' Life" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
November 9, 2014

Back in 1967, Buddy Rich was one of the headliners on a summer replacement television broadcast for “The Jackie Gleason Show." If I remember correctly, the show's theme, which Rich and the band did was “Away We Go." It was subsequently released on a Pacific Jazz record The New One. Why is it that the opening ...

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Diva: A Swingin' Life

Read "A Swingin' Life" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
September 20, 2014

What do you get when you have fifteen talented and swinging female jazz musicians in an orchestral setting? The answer, drummer Sherrie Maricle and the DIVA Jazz Orchestra offering A Swingin' Life as proof that hard-charging big band music is not the exclusivity of the male gender. Building upon the work of more than a dozen ...