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News: Performance / Tour

Mark Growden Gets All Dark and Dramatic Tonight at the Redwood Bar & Grill

February 24, 2010

Singer, songwriter, accordionist, banjoist and more. Mark Growden makes darkly dramatic music in the style of Tom Waits, as well as cagey covers of Leonard Cohen, Bruce Springsteen and gospel tunes. All are rendered with a faint sense of the macabre, or “American noir" (as he likes to put it), by his muscular voice coupled with ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Gwilym Simcock

February 24, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Gwilym Simcock's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Gwilym Simcock”I feel confident that Simcock already deserves to occupy the inner circle of the great contemporary pianists along with Mehldau, Jarrett, and Rubalcaba” David Kane, Cadence U.S.A. 28 year old... more Website ...

News: Performance / Tour

Michael Jackson Fans Line up at Disneyland for Return of 'Captain EO'

February 24, 2010

Fans decked out in futuristic garb formed a line early Tuesday to see the return of the Michael Jackson film “Captain EO" to Disneyland after a 13-year hiatus. At 10 a.m., the 17-minute, science fiction-themed musical returns to the Tomorrowland Theater for limited engagement. It replaces “Honey I Shrunk the Audience," which closed Jan. 3. “Captain ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Mariah Carey at Gibson Amphitheatre

February 24, 2010

A nostalgic Carey shows today's divas how it's done in a soaring performance. Lady Gaga and Beyonce, take note.> Halfway through her highly entertaining show Tuesday night at Gibson Amphitheatre, Mariah Carey stood onstage in a sparkly gold cocktail dress and waxed nostalgic for a (more) gilded age. “Remember the video with the jet skis?" she ...

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News: TV / Film

Things Are Looking 'Up' for Emmy, Grammy, Globe Winner Michael Giacchino

February 24, 2010

Disney/Pixar's “Up" is a major player in this year's Oscars race, with nominations in five races, including one for best picture (the second 'toon ever to receive such a nomination). Its other nods are for original screenplay, sound editing, original music score and animated feature. It's considered a lock to win for animated feature and has ...

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News: Website

All About Jazz Calendar Accessible from Every Page

February 23, 2010

All About Jazz members can now view a local calendar of events on every AAJ page. The calendar appears below the fold in the same section as the featured photos and streaming media boxes (scroll down this page to view). If you're not signed in or you are unregistered, the calendar will default to NYC metro ...

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News: Event

Happy 75th Birthday, Village Vanguard!

February 23, 2010

The Village Vanguard, easily the most hallowed spot in the jazz world, celebrates its 75th birthday this evening with a party for friends of the club. (I was, unexpectedly and delightfully, invited last week.) The club has chosen to celebrate the big day on February 22nd, but befitting a basement venue that came of age in ...

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News: Interview

Komeda Project Interviewed at AAJ

February 23, 2010

Komeda Project is dedicated to the music of the great Polish composer Krzysztof Komeda. Komeda died young--days before his 38th birthday. During his relatively short life, he composed numerous film scores and jazz tunes and was responsible for the seminal album Astigmatic (Muza Records, 1965)--one of Jazzwise Magazine's “100 Jazz Albums that Shook the World." It ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: February 15, 2010

February 23, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 2 Ahmad Jamal A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) 257 221 +36 6 58 1 4 2 1 1 Steve Hobbs Vibes, Straight Up (Challenge) 247 246 +1 1 55 1 6 3 8 7 John Stein Raising The Roof (Whaling City Sound) 182 ...

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News: Recording

Gini Wilson: The Duchess Releases a New CD of Solo Piano Jazz

February 23, 2010

Best of the Vintage Solo Piano Jazz Pianist Gini Wilson: The Duchess, is the Director and co-founder of the well known San Francisco ChamberJazz Quartet. Best of the Vintage contains lyrical and haunting arrangements of well-loved jazz standards, two pop songs, two bossa novas by the famed composer Amandio Cabral, and some emotionally resonant originals by ...