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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Icon Sonny Rollins Kicks Off Kimmel Center Presents 2009/10 Season, September 25

September 8, 2009

“...Rollins is still the reigning god of the tenor saxophone, one of jazz's most innovative and influential pioneers... a volcano of fierce inventiveness and raw, urgent power." Washington Post “Nobody rivals his fluid mastery..." Boston Globe Jazz icon Sonny Rollins kicks off Kimmel Center Presents 2009/10 season on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 8pm in Verizon ...

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News: Education

SF Jazz Appoints Paul Contos New Director of SF Jazz High School All-Stars

September 8, 2009

Cory Combs, Director of Education of SFJAZZ—the leading non-profit jazz organization on the West Coast and presenter of the 27th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival running October 10 through November 21—today announced the appointment of Paul Contos as the new Director of the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars. Founded in 2001 by Dr. Dee Spencer, the SFJAZZ ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 31, 2009

September 8, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 1 1 Jackie Ryan Doozy (Open Art) 266 248 +18 0 60 1 6 2 2 3 Bobby Broom Bobby Broom Plays For Monk (Origin) 207 209 -2 2 53 2 12 3 28 36 Allen Toussaint The Bright Mississippi (Nonesuch) 185 92 +93 2 ...

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News: Radio

On the Trail of Lenny Breau - On CBC Radio

September 8, 2009

CBC Radio's unique weekly program called “Inside the Music"(hosted by Patti Schmidt) presents a documentary / soundscape focusing on Lenny Breau's music - keeping true to his character as much as possible, through his playing (some rarities and never before heard stuff), his voice (via archives), and narration by his son Chet Breau. Also featured are ...

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News: Interview

Marilyn Crispell Interview

September 8, 2009

This interview is part of the book project under your skin which includes Interviews with: Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D - Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Malika Zarra, Zap Mama, Les Nubians, Lydia Lunch, Lee “Scratch Perry", Erika Stucky, Living Colour, Rhonda Smith, ...

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News: Recording

Peggy Lee: Jump for Joy

September 8, 2009

With the introduction of stereo fidelity in 1958, most albums by pop artists and singers were released in two formats: mono and stereo. In some cases artists recorded the same material twice. In other cases gear was in place to record both formats at once. Stereo recordings involved the special placement of musical instruments in the ...

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News: Interview

Sonny Rollins is 79

September 8, 2009

Sonny Rollins just turned 79. We celebrate the occasion by bringing you Rollins playing an extended version of a tune his mother remembered from her girlhood in the Virgin Islands. “St. Thomas" has been an essential and beloved part of his repertoire for more than 50 years. The rhythm section Is Kenny Drew, piano; Niels-Henning rsted ...

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News: Interview

Vocalist Tierney Sutton Interviewed at AAJ

September 8, 2009

Vocalist Tierney Sutton discovered jazz while immersed in Russian language and literature studies at Wesleyan University. During her college years she also abandoned her earlier atheism and became engaged in a lifelong study of Man's spiritual nature. She has adopted no halfway measures in any of these pursuits. Though she hasn't yet written lyrics, she brings ...

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News: Recording

Tiny Tim's Richard Barone-Produced Album, 'I've Never Seen a Straight Banana,' to See Light of Day

September 8, 2009

Never-before-heard album is collection of American and British songs dated from 1878 to the 1930s and will be released October 20 on Collectors’ Choice NEW YORK, N.Y. — In 1976, at the age of 16, Richard Barone — known for his acclaimed solo albums, fronting the ‘80s pop trio the Bongos, and authoring Frontman: Surviving the ...

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News: Recording

Rich Pagano + the Sugarcane Cups Evokes Solo Pete Townsend, Features Trey Anastasio

September 8, 2009

Classic-Infused Rock and Roll Record 'Rich Pagano + the sugarCane cups’ Evokes A Sonic Landscape Reminiscent of Solo Pete Townshend, Plastic Ono Band, Levon Helm, More Entertainment Weekly Exclusive Preview: CD Features a Who's Who of Guest Artists, Including Trey Anastasio and Ian Hunter; September Release Confirmed, as New York Drummer/Music Producer Steps Out For First ...