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News: Recording

Pianists: Matthew Shipp and Greg Reitan

January 22, 2010

Why consider in the same piece albums by pianists as unalike as Matthew Shipp and Greg Reitan? Because in different ways the ghost of Bud Powell informs their music; because pairing them may lead partisans of one to listen to the other and find unexpected rewards; because the profound dissimilarity between the iconoclast Shipp and the ...

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News: Interview

Compatible Quotes: On Bud Powell

January 22, 2010

No one could play like Bud; too difficult, too quick, incredible!--Thelonious Monk Bud is a genius.--Charlie Parker Bud is a genuine genius.--Duke Ellington He laid down the basis of modern jazz piano.--Dizzy Gillespie Bud was the most brilliant that a spirit might be, a unique genius in our culture.--Max RoachHe was the foundation out of which ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: J.J. Johnson

January 22, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating J.J. Johnson's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY J.J. JohnsonConsidered by many to be the finest jazz trombonist of all time, J.J. Johnson somehow transferred the innovations of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie to his more awkward instrument... more Website | ...

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News: Performance / Tour

February Jazz Feast in North Carolina

January 21, 2010

By Larry Reni Thomas CHAPEL HILL, NC--Triangle North Carolina, which includes Raleigh, Durham, Cary and Chapel Hill, is bracing itself for the upcoming month of February's musical avalanche and extravaganza of good jazz and African music. Fans are smiling, ecstatic and extremely happy that such first-class, all-star acts are headed this way that they can hardly ...

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News: Radio

WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat Presents Big Band Jazz

January 21, 2010

Please join our audience for another musical performance on WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 Featuring The Bobby Rodriguez Orchestra Formed in 1981, The Bobby Rodriguez Orchestra, a 19-piece big band, has performed for numerous corporate clients, municipalities and charitable organizations around the country. Made up of an all-star line-up, its members ...

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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the Cam Jazz "Enrico Pieranunzi" Giveaway

January 21, 2010

Rick Teller, Brian Prunka, Jeffrey Clark, Canon Don Muller and Rodger Matthews, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the CAM Jazz “Enrico Pieranunzi" giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit CAM Jazz for more releases. Enjoy the music! Your ...

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News: Event

Rising New York Jazz Vocal Star Pauline Jean Makes First Visit to UK

January 21, 2010

Pauline Jean announces UK concert dates to coincide with the release of her debut CD A Musical Offering on CD Baby and I-Tunes (also available on gigs). “Pauline's voice is going to capture you from the first note" --Jazz & Bossa Review “This phenomenal vocalist With a voice and stage presence made for jazz, Pauline indeed ...

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News: Event

Three Nights of Darius Jones @ Roulette!

January 21, 2010

PointofDeparture.org's Ed Hazell writes, “alto saxophonist Darius Jones delivers one of the most impressive debuts in recent memory, displaying a remarkably well-developed concept and individual sound. Jones has a big, fleshy, lived-in tone, with a vibrato that owes as much to Johnny Hodges as it does to Albert Ayler. It's defiant, vulnerable, proud, and weary; there ...

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News: Event

Karl Denson's Tiny Universe Brings Their Southern California Grooves to Carnivail, Vail's Annual Mardi Gras Festival

January 21, 2010

KARL DENSON'S TINY UNIVERSE BRINGS THEIR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GROOVES TO CARNIVAIL, VAIL'S ANNUAL MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL Karl Denson's Tiny Universe Will Perform a Free Concert at Checkpoint Charlie in Vail, Colo. on Fri., Feb. 19, 2010 VAIL, Colo. -- Vail Mountain in partnership with Highline Sports & Entertainment announced today that eclectic funk band Karl Denson's ...

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News: Radio

Tony Foster's "In Between Moods" Moving up to #12 on CMJ Radio Charts!

January 21, 2010

In Between Moods will be #12 on the next CMJ Jazz Chart, Issue 1135 of CMJ's New Music Report Magazine to be published in a few weeks. The album marks the debut of Canadian-born pianist and composer Tony Foster, and mixes up some inspired Foster originals with some cover tunes (where Foster pays tribute to some ...