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Jazzed About Year-End Lists
By Josh Bayer Making a year-end list is a terrifying thing -- it's a thought that has been incessantly rattling around in my head since early January of this year. Having never been a music editor before, I had never felt the journalistic pressure to carve out a definitive list of my “tops." But this year, ...
Guitarist Charlie Hunter to Play Seattle's Jazz Alley
Like a snake shedding its skin, guitarist Charlie Hunter creates a new band every time he gets restless and feels a growth spurt coming on. But no matter what instrumentation or players he assembles, Hunter is dedicated to what he calls “rhythm music," organized around his ever-evolving conception of the groove. He introduces his latest project ...
Book Review: "The Pat Metheny Interviews"
In 2007, composer, arranger and performer Richard Niles wrote, produced and hosted a three-part radio series for the BBC titled Pat Metheny Bright Size Life. The in-depth discussions Niles held with Metheny for the series covered all aspects of the renowned musician who has revolutionized both the guitar and jazz music--from Methenys first realization of his ...
Top Names at Niu's 1st International Bangkok Jazz Festival, Dec 11-12
Christmas has come early for jazz lovers in Bangkok this year. For two evenings, Friday the 11th and Saturday the 12th December, Nius on Silom Jazz Club and Wine Bar, in association with Enlightened Planet will present some of the top names in international jazz, blues and soul in an open air setting in the heart ...
Bassist Charnett Moffett Interviewed at AAJ
"I enjoy all of the music, just as I enjoy different aspects of color in paintings, or different people, or different types of food, or things of that nature. For me, it seems to be a more interesting way of life to have an appreciation for all that is offered on the planet." With that simple ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Matthew Shipp
All About Jazz is celebrating Matthew Shipp's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Matthew ShippMatthew Shipp was born December 7, 1960 in Wilmington, Delaware. He started piano at 5 years old with the regular piano lessons most kids have experienced. He fell in love with jazz at 12 ...
Grammy Nominations 2010: Jazz
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 ...
Origin Records Receives Grammy Nomination
Los Angeles composer Tim Davies was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for the tune Counting To Infinity off his Origin Records release, Dialmentia. This is Origin Records seventh Grammy nomination. Best Instrumental Composition (A Composers Award for an original composition (not an adaptation) first released during the Eligibility Year. Singles ...
Recent Viewing: Art Blakey
Art Blakey, Live in '65 (Jazz Icons). The Blakey entry in the new Jazz Icons DVD release will come as a surprise even to many of the drummer's most persistent fans. The band it presents in France was not an edition of Blakey's celebrated Jazz Messengers, but a short-lived quintet billed in the opening credits as ...
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba: New Album, 2010 Tour w/ Bela
BASSEKOU KOUYATE AND NGONI BA SET TO RELEASE SPEAK FULA, EMBARK ON EXTENSIVE 2010 U.S. TOUR Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba are releasing their second album, I Speak Fula, through iTunes on December 1, and then physically through Sub Pop on February 2, 2010. February 2 also marks the beginning of a lengthy, coast-to-coast U.S. tour ...
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