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News: Recording

Mort Weiss Releases First Solo Jazz Clarinet Recording, Raising the Bar, on February 16th

January 6, 2010

Boy meets clarinet. Boy falls head over heels for clarinet. Boy spends every available minute with clarinet. But then the fast life, drugs and alcohol, slowly seduces, then pries the boy from his true source of devotion. Early passions die. The clarinet is abandoned. Four decades pass. Finally, one day, the dreams of youth are resurrected ...

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News: Recording

Miles Brown Trio CD "Share My Life" Available on iTunes

January 6, 2010

Bassist Miles Brown has just released his first CD as a leader, and you can now download it from iTunes! The CD features his father Steve Brown on guitar and Rich Thompson on drums. Tunes include “Too Marvelous for Words," “Waltz New" by Jim Hall, and originals. You can also go to milesbrownmusic.com for more information. ...

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News: Interview

Trumpeter Joey Pero Interviewed at AAJ

January 6, 2010

The great lead and jazz trumpeter Bobby Shew tells his students that “talent is a matter of breaking barriers." While trumpeter Joey Pero might have brilliantly selected and covered “Defying Gravity" from Broadway's Wicked on his breakthrough CD, Resonance (Resonance Music Group, 2009), Pero has been defying and utterly smashing performance barriers all his life. What ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Maurice Brown

January 6, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Maurice Brown's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Maurice BrownMaurice “Mobetta” Brown’s soulful melodies and improvisational rhythms have been electrifying the music scene since 2004, when he released his debut album, “Hip to Bop... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow ...

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News: Recording

Paul Revere & the Raiders' 'Complete Original Columbia Singles' Package Coming On Collectors' Choice

January 6, 2010

Three-disc set contains 66 songs including all commercially released Columbia A and B sides plus “special product" tracks and a Pontiac GTO commercial LOS ANGELES -- Paul Revere & the Raiders put the Pacific Northwest on the rock 'n' roll map with such smash hits as “Steppin' Out," “Kicks," “Hungry," “Just Like Me," “Good Thing," “Him ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: December 28, 2009

January 5, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 6 Carla Bley Carla’s Christmas Carols (ECM) 163 192 -29 12 62 1 3 2 20 46 The Airmen Of Note Cool Yule (Self Released) 143 103 +40 6 29 2 3 3 8 3 Eric Alexander Revival Of The Fittest (HighNote) 140 ...

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News: Award / Grant

Martial Solal Nominated for Grammy Award for "Live at Village Vanguard" Solo Release on CAM Jazz

January 5, 2010

Martial Solal is a man who wastes little including musical space and words. When informed he had just been nominated on December 3, 2009, for a Grammy Award for his January 2009 solo recording, Live at the Village Vanguard: I Can't Give You Anything But Love," he said, “Good news." On the nominated disc, Solal is ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Myra Melford

January 5, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Myra Melford's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Myra Melford“From her first album in 1991, it was clear that this pianist and composer would stay around," the New York Times said of Myra Melford. Melford has not only stuck around, but she has ...

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News: Recording

Creaking Tree Guitarist Brad Keller Releases Solo Album "House on Fire"

January 4, 2010

In April 2001 Toronto-Based Musician/Composer/Producer Brad Keller co-founded The Creaking Tree String Quartet. After three award winning CD's and performing throughout most of Canada and the U.S. Keller has released his first CD under his own name entitled House On Fire. Keller decided to assemble some of Toronto's finest musicians to perform his latest compositions featuring ...

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News: Website

All About Jazz Help Wanted: Photo Gallery Editor

January 4, 2010

All About Jazz is a crowd-sourcing website produced by a volunteer staff of jazz enthusiasts. We're currently looking for an individual to help us manage the new photo gallery. Please read on to learn more about the position. POSITION AVAILABLE Photo Editor Volunteer Requirements: 15 minutes per day—five days a week. Some connection with ...