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News: Interview

Interview: Don Friedman (Part 1)

September 23, 2009

Pianist Don Friedman arrived on the New York scene just as Bill Evans was making his mark as a solo player. Both were classically trained, both had similar sounds, and both played and recorded with bassist Scott LaFaro. But where Bill was Euro-centric, influenced primarily by George Russell and relatively conservative in his approach, Don was ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #87: Vijay Iyer

September 23, 2009

Pianist Vijay Iyer navigates the stream of history on his new trio recording, Historicity (ACT, 2009). Joined by bassist Stephan Crump and drummer Marcus Gilmore, Iyer unravels and rebuild compositions of his own, and those of a cast as diverse as Stevie Wonder, Andrew Hill, Leonard Bernstein and M.I.A. In this interview, Iyer tackles everything from ...

News: Radio

Arch City Chronicle Story Says Sale of KFUO Will Happen in October

September 23, 2009

The Arch City Chronicle has posted a story by media columnist Frank Absher citing “very reliable sources" who say that the sale of radio station KFUO (99.1 FM) will be announced officially in October.KFUO's current owners, the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, want to sell the station to raise money. The prospective buyers, listener-supported station Joy ...

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News: Social Gathering

Jazz St. Louis to Present the Music of Herbie Hancock at CD Listening Club, Whitaker Community Concert

September 23, 2009

Jazz St. Louis will feature the music of Herbie Hancock in two upcoming programs that were announced this week.The next meeting of JSL's CD Listening Club will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 13 at Borders Books and Music, 1519 S. Brentwood, and will focus on Hancock's album Maiden Voyage, a critical ...

News: Recording

Anschell and Jensen Agreed More

September 23, 2009

Yakima, Washington The recent CD by pianist Bill Anschell and soprano saxophonist Brent Jensen is called We Couldn't Agree More. The title is inaccurate. In an intimate concert last weekend at The Seasons, they were in even greater agreement, with more daring and more complexity. The duo's approach is to play well-known tunes without well-known routines; ...

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News: Festival

Melrose Jazzfest 2009

September 23, 2009

The third annual Melrose JazzFest will take place on Sunday, October 18, at Memorial Hall, 590 Main St., Melrose, beginning at 2:00 PM, with a concert for kids and families featuring Sol Y Canto, internationally known Latin group. Performing for Sol Y Canto will be Rosi and Brian Amadour and their twin 13-year-old daughters. The 3:30 ...

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News: Radio

The John Coltrane Songbook

September 23, 2009

Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane looms large in modern jazz history–a man and musician who overcame early personal problems to be a key part of Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis’ legendary 1950s groups, and who then went on to take his place beside these jazz giants as a leader, a player, and a composer. Coltrane changed the ...

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News: Interview

Trumpeter Theo Croker Interviewed at AAJ

September 23, 2009

If you've never seen Theo Croker before, he's a pretty easy one to spot. He's the one with the trumpet by his side at all times. The neat dreadlocks and mischievous glint in his eye are also dead giveaways. Having grown up in the U.S. in a musically oriented family, Croker was introduced to the world ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: John Coltrane

September 23, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating John Coltrane's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY John ColtraneJohn William Coltrane was born on September 23, 1926 in Hamlet, North Carolina. At the age of three his family moved to High Point, NC, where young Coltrane spent his early years. His father, ...

News: Festival

D.C.'s Annual Jazz Festival Dons New Name and Brand

September 22, 2009

Festivals DC, Ltd., which created and has presented an annual jazz festival in Washington, D.C. for the past five years, today announced the renaming and rebranding of the event as the DC Jazz Festival. Since 2004, the event had been known as the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival. It is the fastest-growing jazz festival in the country, ...