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News: Interview

Two on Two: Courvoisier & Feldman Are Both Jazz and Life Partners

February 19, 2010

By Tad Hendrickson Pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and violinist Mark Feldman have had a long and creative partnership, performing onstage together since 1995 and collaborating on that life project called marriage since 2000. It's an interesting balancing act that some creative couples are never able to reconcile, but these two couldn't see it any other way.

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News: Radio

The Ancient Future Radio Program 2/18/10

February 19, 2010

The Ancient Future radio program, produced/hosted by Willard Jenkins, airs on WPFW 89.3 FM (listen live at wpfw.org), Pacifica Radio for the Washington, DC metro region. Artist Tune Album title Label Adonis Rose Lil Liza Jane Untouchable House Swing Louis Armstrong Basin Street Blues (CDR compilation) Leroy Jones Bourbon Street Parade Mo Cream Columbia George French ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Tinges of Electro-Pop and Some Ives, Too

February 19, 2010

Among the ways to pin down Kneebody, a resolutely unpin-downable band, a few come rooted in plain fact. The group uses a common jazz instrumentation trumpet, saxophone, rhythm section to make a somewhat less common amalgam of urban-signifying genres, from electro-pop to punk-rock to hip-hop. Four of its five members met in the late 1990s at ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Under a Strange, Soulful Spell

February 19, 2010

In 1960, one year after Nina Simone's first album, “Little Girl Blue," was released, the poet Langston Hughes struggled to put the appeal of Simones music and presence--that dusky voice, that unblinking gaze--into words. “She is strange," Hughes wrote in The Chicago Daily Defender. So are the plays of Brendan Behan, Jean Genet and Bertolt Brecht. ...

News: Festival

Delfest: First Delfest Academy

February 19, 2010

DelFest 2010 Announces First Ever DelFest Academy Del McCoury Band For the second consecutive year, DelFest 2010 will be preceded by a Bluegrass Academy. DelFest Academy 2010 will take place May 25-27, 2010 with the festival beginning on 5/27 and ending on 5/30. The 2010 DelFest Academy will consist of a friendly, encouraging, and intensive three-day ...

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News: Video / DVD

Let's Go On a Maiden Voyage

February 19, 2010

Click the links to view the videos: Herbie Hancock and Joe Henderson - Live Part 1 Hancock, Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Part 2 Hancock -- Solo Piano From the LP Improvised guitar Brian ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Jackie Allen

February 19, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Jackie Allen's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jackie AllenStarry Night (Avant Bass, 2009) With Starry Night, Jackie Allen celebrates her ninth release... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Jackie Allen Put AAJ's Musician of the Day box ...

News: Interview

Ace of Bass: Carol Kaye

February 19, 2010

One of the most recorded bassists in history, she has a purported 10,000-plus tracks to her credit You may not know Carol Kaye's name, but you know her work. You've probably heard at least a few dozen examples, and all the words, too. She spent the '60s as the most requested session bassist in L.A., playing ...

News: Performance / Tour

Trumpeter/Composer Carl Fischer and the Organic Groove Ensemble Will Be Performing at the Joynt in Chicago on Friday March 5th, 2010

February 19, 2010

Trumpeter/Composer Carl Fischer & The Organic Groove Ensemble will be performing at The Joynt in Chicago, Ill. on Friday March 5th, 2010 in celebration of Carl Fischer's new release titled “Adverse Times" Carl Fischer & The Organic Grove Ensemble Carl Fischer—Trumpet Ladell Abrams—Drums Ron Oswanski—Organ Tom Garling—Trombone Guitar—TBA ...

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News: Website

AAJ Announces New Column: "Old, New, Borrowed and Blue" by Dan Bilawsky

February 18, 2010

All About Jazz announces a new regular column, Old, New, Borrowed and Blue. AAJ Contributor Dan Bilawsky examines jazz from four angles, just as brides-to-be look for something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. For his first installment, Dan looks at the music of iconic pianist/composer Thelonious Monk. Whether it's Monk's own recordings, fresh ...