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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Young

October 7, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Larry Young's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Larry YoungLarry Young - Organ, composer, bandleader, recording artist (1940-1978) A true innovator on the Hammond B3... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Larry Young Put AAJ's Musician of the ...

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News: Recording

Miles Davis Masterly Kind of Blue Turns 50

October 6, 2009

One of the greatest records ever made continues to define jazz music. Miles Davis's recording session in 1959 for Kind of Blue. It's a record that sounds like it was made yesterday. It's as hip as anything on the planet. It's the accumulation of everything that ... modern jazz is about. Quincy Jones Jimmy ...

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News: Recording

B.J. Thomas' Scepter Sides Reissued on Collectors' Choice

October 6, 2009

Eight LPs to be reissued on four individual CDs with rare bonus tracks. Including such hits as “Hooked on a Feeling,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” and “Rock ’n’ Roll Lullaby,” which featured Duane Eddy . B.J. Thomas is best known for his huge pop hits like “Hooked on a Feeling” and “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Turiya Mareya and the Tijuana Latin Jazz Project

October 6, 2009

Tijuana has long been a haven for punk and electronica, plus the top-40 and hip-hop blaring from clubs along Avenida Revolucion. Latin Jazz pianist Turiya Mareya hopes to diversify the city's musical portfolio. In August 2009 Turiya Mareya returned to her home base in Tijuana, Mexico after an extended tour in Canada and Israel to begin ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Encuentro! Latin Jazz Weekend: An NJPAC Exclusive Double-Bill

October 6, 2009

Baila Mi Gente Latin Jazz Dance Party, October 30th, 7:30pm,Victoria Theater Paquito DRivera, Cuban Jazz, the Next Generation, October 31st, 7:30pm, Victoria Theater Spanish Harlem Orchestra and Tito Puente Jr. Orchestra, November 1st, 5pm, Prudential Hall NJPACs Alternate Routes Series presents its annual fiery weekend of Latin jazz with three ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Progressive Cuban Jazz with the Elio Villafranca Quintet at the Jazz Standard

October 6, 2009

When it comes to authentic Cuban Jazz, The Elio Villafranca Quintet brings you only the best. Elio Villafranca first appeared on stage with his quartet in the New Dimensions in Latin Jazz Series in 2007. Since then, this gifted pianist and composer won the first NFA/Heineken Green Ribbon Master Artist Music Grant from the National ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: September 28, 2009

October 6, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 2 Jackie Ryan Doozy (Open Art) 253 221 +32 0 60 1 10 2 1 1 Roy Hargrove Big Band Emergence (Emarcy) 242 268 -26 0 61 1 6 3 3 3 Roberta Gambarini So In Love (Emarcy) 212 176 +36 4 57 3 5 ...

News: Performance / Tour

Marianne Faithfull at Royce Hall

October 6, 2009

The '60 survivor takes an emotional journey through her career, including her new album and the hit that started it all, Jagger-Richards' 'As Tears Go By.' Marianne Faithfull has lived a life of reinterpretation. She began as a pretty young face with a sweet voice, scoring her first hit with the precocious Jagger-Richards ballad “As Tears ...

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News: Obituary

Laura Mae Gross, 'Mama' Nurtured the Blues at Babe's and Ricky's Inn in L.A. Dies

October 6, 2009

In Laura Mae Gross' club, bluesman Ray Bailey said, “it didn't matter if you were a total amateur or a seasoned professional. Everybody gave you the same respect." Laura Mae Gross, a strong-willed Mississippi woman who came to the West Coast and founded a club that became a staple of Los Angeles' blues scene, died Saturday ...

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News: Performance / Tour

'Sammy' at the Old Globe

October 6, 2009

His shoulders are slumped from too many gigs, too many drugs and way too many women. The bags around his eyes droop nearly to the bottom of his cocktail glass. His whole body is haloed in the cigarette smoke that would contribute to his death from throat cancer at 64. As channeled by Obba Babatund, Sammy ...