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Article: Interview

Ron Miles: Jazz Gentleman

by Florence Wetzel
July 16, 2012

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 [Editor's note: Last month, All About Jazz contributor Florence Wetzel conducted a two-hour interview with Ron Miles. The result is the most extensive interview piece ever written about the Colorado-based trumpeter. Part 1 covers his early years and education; Parts 2 and 3, bringing Miles up ...

Article: Big Band Report

Marching to a Jazz Tempo

by Jack Bowers
April 5, 2012

March came in like a lion in Albuquerque with no less than four blue-chip jazz concerts in the first five days, three of which I attended, passing on the first (the Charlie Christian Project featuring guitarist Michael Anthony and trumpeter Bobby Shew at The Outpost Performance Space) because Betty and I had seen basically the same ...

News: Radio

Catherine Russell, Dick Hyman This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

January 26, 2012

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Catherine Russell joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band with frequent guest artist Dick Hyman on piano, at the historic Pearl Stable in San Antonio. They present a selection of songs from Catherine's recent CDs. Catherine talks about her beginnings as the daughter of a pioneering woman of jazz, to what she ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Bill Evans: The Sesjun Radio Shows

by Dan McClenaghan
June 15, 2011

Bill EvansThe Sesjun Radio ShowsOut Of The Blue/Naxos2011 (1973-79) Pianist Bill Evans (b. 1929, d. 1980) changed the way of the piano trio, beginning with a handful of brilliant studio recording for Riverside Records in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A pair of live recordings for ...

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News: Event

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra Salutes Ellington at Emmanuel Church Boston, A Jazz Boston Kickoff Event

April 18, 2011

The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (38th season, Mark Harvey Music Director) celebrates Duke Ellington at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116, on Saturday April 30, 2011 at 8:00 pm. Tickets: $15. Call 617 776 8778. The show is a Weekend Kickoff Event in Jazz Boston's Jazz Week. Expect an exhilarating mix of classics and rarities ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Eric Vloeimans: V-Flow

by John Kelman
January 18, 2011

Eric VloeimansV-Flow Challenge Records2010 Still on the shy side of fifty, but looking considerably younger--in no small part due to a distinctive image with colorful clothing and funky shoes--it might appear premature to be releasing a five-disc box set that takes a retrospective look at the career of Dutch ...

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Article: Album Review

Daniel Smith: Blue Bassoon

Read "Blue Bassoon" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
June 20, 2010

When many people hear discussions about the bassoon, they are far more likely to think of “Peter And The Wolf" than Charlie Parker and Wayne Shorter tunes. While jazz is open to any-and-all-comers in every instrument family, the technical demands of the bassoon--an unwieldy double reed instrument that rarely leaves the confines of classical music--and its ...

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Article: Interview

Steve Turre: Shell 'n' 'Bone Man

by Ian Patterson
February 23, 2009

Few can match Steve Turré's skill as a trombonist. His technical mastery, which has seen him win five Down Beat polls, goes hand-in-hand with a deep respect for the music that has gone before him, and over the course of forty years he has honed his skills with some of the best. Since his formative experience ...

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