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News: Technology

Tony Foster's "In Between Moods" Tops Jazz Critic's List of "Top 15 Albums of 2009"!

January 21, 2010

Jazz critic Paul J. Youngman says “These are some of my favorites from this past year. They are listed in no particular order. The common thread, they all have a strong jazz sensibility, they're cd's that I want to play over and over again." Making that list of 15 from 2009 is Tony Foster's debut trio ...

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News: Recording

Pianist Klay D-C Weaves Fusion Rhythms with Ritmo

January 21, 2010

Raised in the 60s by free-spirited artists living like gypsies in picturesque locations like Cheyene Walk, Chelsea or Cornwall, Klay D-C (AKA Klay Dumas-Copas) is a master of creating musical tapestries that are full of flavor and life. His latest solo release, Ritmo, is a magical musical journey that combines technical prowess with an ear for ...

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News: Recording

Passionate & Prodigious Guitarist Lawson Rollins Unveils the Multicultural "Espirito"

January 21, 2010

Moonlight Samba debuts as the #1 most added radio track Passion, prodigious technique, art and elements of culture from around the world unite on Espirito, the second album from world music-jazz guitarist Lawson Rollins that was released yesterday (January 19) on Infinita Records, which is distributed by Baja/TSR Records. Moonlight Samba, a seductive Latin groove with ...

News: Event

Brooklyn Bowl Concert for Haiti: Randolph: 1/20 and Q-Tip, ?uest 1/21

January 21, 2010

BROOKLYN BOWL ANNOUNCES CONCERT FOR HAITI WITH ?UESTLOVE AND Q-TIP Q-Tip Brooklyn Bowl has announced a second Haiti relief benefit to take place tomorrow, January 21. Brooklyn Bowl regulars Q-Tip and ?uestlove will team up at the Williamsburg venue/bowling alley/restaurant this Thursday offering a pair of DJ sets. Additionally, Blue Ribbon will prepare special Haitian-themed dishes ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #136: James Weidman

January 21, 2010

Pianist James Weidman is well known as an accompanist to some of the most heralded singers of our time, from Abbey Lincoln to Cassandra Wilson. In recent years hes travelled the world as a member of Joe Lovanos band. On his new CD, Three Worlds (Inner Circle, 2009), Weidman leads an eclectic ensemble of improvisers through ...

News: Performance / Tour

Pushing Back: Jazz Notes Against the Current

January 21, 2010

The young pianist Aaron Diehl is putting his talent against the odds. What hes up to with his trio, which played at Smalls on Tuesday night, isnt new in the temporal sense or new in the art-movement sense, which is to say it isnt confrontational or puzzling. It was a set that sounded as if it ...

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News: Recording

NL's Christine Ohlman Taps Marshall Crenshaw, Ian Hunter, Dion and More on New CD

January 20, 2010

Queen of blue-eyed rock 'n' soul's new album also features special guests G.E. Smith, Eric “Roscoe" Ambel, Catherine Russell, Asbury Jukes Horns and Big Al Anderson, among others NEW YORK, N.Y. — Christine Ohlman, a.k.a. “The Beehive Queen," whose “day job" is that of the flashy, gritty long-time featured vocalist with the Saturday Night Live Band, ...

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News: Recording

Ian Carey Quintet to Release Second CD, "Contextualizin'," on Kabocha Records Feb. 16

January 21, 2010

Ian Carey's 2006 debut, SINK/SWIM, drew some critical attention to the Oakland-based trumpeter's original music and forward-thinking quintet, but his new recording, Contextualizin', is sure to turn heads in the direction of this gifted jazz trumpeter/composer. The new CD will be released by Carey's Kabocha Records imprint on February 16. “Sometime when I was in my ...

News: Festival

The 2010 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival - February 19-21, 2010 - Rockville, MD

January 21, 2010

The Jazz Academy of Music (501c3) Proudly Announces The 2010 Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival - February 19-21, 2010 - Rockville, MD Formerly presented as The East Coast Jazz Festival www.midatlanticjazzfestival.orgIn addition to a cadre of the finest local/regional talent, artists scheduled to appear include Mulgrew Miller, Bobby Watson, Lewis Nash, Terell Stafford & ...

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News: Music Industry

Red Cat Publicity - Five Years and Running Strong

January 21, 2010

Here we are in January 2010 celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Red Cat Publicity! Part of that celebration is starting this blog so I can keep you, and myself, up to date on what will be happening in the realm of Red Cat over the next few years, and what's happening now in the life of ...