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Familiar Names Dot Grammy Jazz Categories
The late keyboardist Joe Zawinul takes the contemporary prize, with Chick Corea and John McLaughlin getting the instrumental award. But singer Kurt Elling wins his first Grammy. In a year when the nominees in jazz featured a welcome number of young and under-recognized artists, Grammy voters couldn't resist the pull of familiar names when it came ...
Professor Sheds Light on Lesser-Known Great African-American Musicians
University Park, PA -- Chuck Berry, James Brown, Michael Jackson: These artists are justly credited for shaping today's music industry. They are heralded for inspiring countless musicians over several decades, but how did Berry, Brown and Jackson create their sound? Who were their influences and why weren't those influences mainstream musicians as well? Jerry Zolten, associate ...
The Three Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now
In December, Facebook made a series of bold and controversial changes regarding the nature of its users' privacy on the social networking site. The company once known for protecting privacy to the point of exclusivity (it began its days as a network for college kids only--no one else even had access), now seemingly wants to compete ...
Wanted: Artists for 2010 Glow Festival in Santa Monica
The city of Santa Monica is looking for a few good artists to participate in the second edition of its dusk-to-dawn Glow festival in September. Glow, which had its first run in 2008, is a biannual, all-night celebration of the arts that is set to take place on Sept. 25 at locations on Santa Monica Beach, ...
Hollywood Bowl Season Announced
Gustavo Dudamel will make three appearances at the Hollywood Bowl this summer, marking the first time that he will conduct at the venue since “Bienvenido Gustavo" in October. The season will also include performances by John Williams, Harry Connick Jr. and a production of “Rent." Here are some more of the summer's classical-music highlights at the ...
Trumpeter Forbes Graham Interviewed at AAJ
Forbes Graham isn't hell-bent on taking the jazz world over by fiat. Then again, a sterling tone like Louis Armstrong's, a sense of stride and a sidewinder sleekness position him to do so. He brings spot-on timing, inherited from his key precursor, Don Cherry, into the icy age of post jazz--and swings, too, situated comfortably within ...
Chicago Calling: Unsung Heroes of the City's Hardbop Scene
Chicago is a historic capital of early jazz and post-World War II blues, but in the 1950s and early 60s it also had a thriving hardbop scene. While jazz luminaries such as Gene Ammons, Eddie Harris and Johnny Griffin all emerged from this scene, it also featured numerous talented players who achieved varied or limited degrees ...
CD Review: Various Artists, "Crazy Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"
Before we get too far into this, lets address the main question right up front: can Jeff Bridges sing? The answer is yes, but he sings like an actor. The film Crazy Heart centers around Bridges character Bad Blake, a washed-up country music star now resigned to the bottle and the backwater bumpkin circuit. At this ...
CD Review: Peter Gabriel, "Scratch My Back"
I have developed a reputation as someone who hedges his bets when it comes to criticism, and Peter Gabriel's first full album in a very long while (since 2002s Up, in fact) is no different. In fact, it will read like the script from the latest miracle drug commercial: Do not listen to Scratch My Back ...
Grammy Winners 2010: Jazz
= winner Field 10 -- Jazz Category 44 Best Contemporary Jazz Album (For albums containing 51% or more playing time of INSTRUMENTAL tracks.) Urbanus Stefon Harris & Blackout [Concord Jazz] Sounding Point Julian Lage [Emarcy/Decca] At World's Edge Philippe Saisse ...
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