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News: Event

Celebrating Miles Davis in Sight and Sound

November 27, 2009

PARIS | Examining music in a museum space is no simple task; exhibitions about musicians tend to downplay the music itself. But “We Want Miles," an ambitious show about the life and music of the jazz great Miles Davis, at Cit de la Musique through Jan. 17, is a remarkable exception. In this exhibition, the music ...

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News: TV / Film

Monk and the Baroness: An Interview with Documentarian Hannah Rothschild

November 27, 2009

By Tad Hendrickson Hannah Rothschild talks about her new documentary, 'The Jazz Baroness,' to be shown on HBO2. Check here for show times. Jazz has always had its fair share of characters. Usually they are musicians, but occasionally nonmusicians enter the story thread. Baroness Pannonica de Koenigswarter was the pre-eminent patron of ...

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News: Event

Sickle Cell Anemia Fund Raiser Today in Buffalo

November 27, 2009

Ron Walker, Recording artist, producer you name it, and all around nice guy has been working to bring awareness to the sickle cell research for years. His company RMVP combined forces with Grand Slam Promotions to bring a quality product in a party atmosphere with class. Earlier this year August 2009 they produced a concert at ...

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News: Recording

The JT Project Release Debut CD "Love Passion Correspondence"

November 27, 2009

JAZZED R&B WITH A WHOLE LOT OF SOUL GOIN' ON “The JT Project" has been called a link between the young hip-hop generation and the classic genre we call jazz. In reality, “The JT Project" is a collaboration between 20 year old Jacob Webb and 21 year old Todd Schefflin. The duo ...

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News: Recording

Bassist Phil Brown Releases Third Album: "Bright Side"

November 27, 2009

Phil Brown's Bright Side once again features Brown with the New Arts Jazztet performing a program of ten originals--six by Brown with contributions by each of four other NAJ members. The results are a kaleidoscope of fresh jazz sounds and friendly styles. It's all here--straightahead, Latin, mainstream, free, groove, funk... expressing a spectrum of different moods--intriguing, ...

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News: Interview

Under Your Skin Interviews: Carla Bley, Jack DeJohnette, Dave McMurray, Mari Boine, Lydia Lunch and Baaba Maal

November 27, 2009

Under Your Skin is an exploration on the cultural diversity of music and artists from around the globe - from Popular Music to Jazz, Hip Hop, Reggae, Avantgarde, Experimental, Afrobeat, Drum & Bass, Metal, Electronic, DJ-ing/Turntablism, Folk, Classical and more. Carla Bley Jack DeJohnette

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #115: Paquito D'Rivera

November 27, 2009

Paquito D'Rivera is equally at home in the jazz and classical worlds, a fact he showcased during his performance at the 2009 Tanglewood Jazz Festival. In this interview, D'Rivera talks about several of the pieces he performed that night: Conversations With Cachao and The Panamericana Suite. He also discusses “Fiddle Dreams," a rare commission from the ...

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News: Music Industry

Giving Thanks 2009

November 27, 2009

Quite a year so far--civility, always in short supply, seems to be heading for extinction. Politics and politicians are polarized (am I that much of an idealist to think there was a time and a cause where conservatives and liberals actually worked to better our country, state or town?) How odd it must seem to people ...

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News: Festival

Jam Cruise Portrait Series

November 27, 2009

All Photos and Intro by: Michael Weintrob Three years ago I wanted to do a portrait project on Jam Cruise. I came on board with my camera gear, a backdrop, and a lighting rig. By the end of the cruise I had taken studio portraits of most of the artists that performed. The images came out ...

News: Interview

Josh Rager, in His Own Words

November 27, 2009

The Gloucester-raised, Montreal-based pianist Josh Rager has previously appeared in the blog on several occasions, proving his way with words as the interviewee here and here, for example, and as the incisive commenter, here. Recently Rager decided that he didn't need my half-baked ideas as points of departure anymore, and he launched his own ...