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News: Recording

CD Release: "Backward Compatible" by Steve Shapiro & Pat Bergeson, Featuring Vocalist Annie Sellick

October 5, 2009

New York vibist Steve Shapiro and Nashville guitarist have released their third recording, Backward Compatible, on the Apria label. Also joining them once again is the fine jazz vocalist Annie Sellick. Respected studio musicians, Steve Shapiro & Pat Bergeson have worked with artists such as: Alison Krauss, Madeleine Peyroux, Steely Dan, Bill Frisell, Lyle Lovett, Bill ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #92: Laurie Pepper on Art Pepper

October 5, 2009

How do you sum up the career of one of the most distinctive saxophonists ever? For Laurie Pepper, spanning the breadth of her late husband Art Pepper's career was both a daunting and joyous task, one she accomplished with great success on The Art History Project (Widows Taste, 2009). The three CDs cover Pepper's career from ...

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News: Recording

Fred Hamilton Releases "Afternoon of the Soul"

October 5, 2009

Afternoon of the Soul was recorded over a six month period in Calcutta, India, Seattle, Washington and Argyle Texas. It features legendary santoor maestro Tarun Bhattacharya, Ed Soph, a remarkable drummer and professor at the University of North Texas, and Marc Seales, jazz pianist and professor at the University of Washington. James Driscoll, a very soulful ...

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News: Radio

Listen or Lose It, People: What Music Lovers Will Miss on KBCS

October 5, 2009

from the new issue of CityArts Magazine: On August 24, KBCS-FM rolled out its new weekday program grid, replacing Drive Time Jazz with the syndicated public affairs show The Takeaway and eliminating its morning jazz programs (The Bud and Don Show, Bebop Spoken Here, Twentieth-Century Jazz and Vintage Jazz) in favor of airing Friday morning’s hybrid ...

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News: Festival

Jazz at Seattle Weekly Reverb Festival

October 5, 2009

Saturday, October 3 Volterra Restaurant festival website 5:00 p.m. ~ WMS Jazz Quartet and String Ensemble Every year, Seattle Weekly donates five percent of the proceeds from REVERB to a music-related nonprofit. This year, it’s Friends of Washington Music, which helps fund the music program at South Seattle’s Washington Middle ...

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News: Music Industry

Can Classical Music Be Cool Again?

October 4, 2009

The audiences attending symphony performances and classical music concerts has been dwindling for years, and the solutions offered have been many. From ensembles created more for their beauty and novelty then their talent, to orchestral rock music concerts like The Machine performing Pink Floyd in hugely successful shows with the San Diego and Pittsburgh Symphonies, purveyors ...

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News: For Sale

Sheet Music Plus Offering 20% Discount on Fake Books

October 5, 2009

Sheet Music Plus is having its annual fake book sale, with 20% discounts on more than 250 different fake books covering genres including jazz, rock, folk, classical, country and more.The sale ends November 18, 2009. To get the 20% discount, go to the Sheet Music Plus fake book sale page here or click the ...

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News: Recording

John Coltrane Box Set

October 5, 2009

PRESTIGE RECORDS RELEASES SIDE STEPS, A 5-CD BOXED SET OF JOHN COLTRANE'S PRESTIGE RECORDINGS AS A SIDEMAN TO A HOST OF JAZZ LUMINARIES Over the past three years, Prestige Records has released boxed sets of John Coltrane's numerous sessions from the mid to late '50s, each spotlighting a specific dimension of his tenure with the label. ...

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News: Video / DVD

Weekend Extra: The Art of the Held Note

October 4, 2009

From the Wikipedia entry about the saxophonist known as Kenny G: In 1997, Kenny G earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for playing the longest note ever recorded on a saxophone. Kenny G held an E-flat for forty five minutes and 47 seconds in the Hopkins-Bright Auditorium (named after his two friends) ...

News: Performance / Tour

A Jazz Guitarist Applies His Method to the Classics

October 5, 2009

It could be argued that the practice of jazz in the last 10 years has been more original than at any time in the past. By original I don’t mean unprecedented; that’s a word for publicists, not musicians. I mean newly composed, rather than covering old songs or their chord changes. The guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel is ...