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Adam Meckler Releases Debut Album
After an unexpected end to his father's life, Meckler began making plans to record an album in his memory. Teaming up with some of the Twin Cities' most prominent small group jazz musicians, Meckler brings us a mix of rock infused modern jazz music influenced by a wide range of artists including Dave Douglas and Happy ...
The Other Side of Hugh Hefner
The (Not So) Dirty Secrets of Hugh Hefner The name Hugh Hefner is all but synonymous with debauchery - the 'Playboy' founder is equally famous for his racy publication as his simultaneous relationships with young, blonde women and the notoriously raucous parties held at Playboy Mansion. But the 83-year-old ladies' man has a history of putting ...
Concord Jazz Will Release Benny Reid's "Escaping Shadows" on September 15
Concord Jazz announced the release of Escaping Shadows, the sophomore album from alto saxophonist and bandleader Benny Reid. On his new release, 28-year-old Reid reveals the next vital step in his maturation as an adventurous artist and an ambitious composer. The album features nine originals and one cover song, and will be available everywhere September 15, ...
130 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center
The AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center has just been updated with 130 new releases, reissues, imports and DVDs. The Upcoming Release Center is updated weekly and can be searched by artist, month of release, record label and type (reissue or new release). It is the most comprehensive new release listing for jazz music on the internet. ...
"Maynard!" -- New Book About Maynard Ferguson Now Available
MAYNARD! becomes the first new book on bandleader and jazz trumpet phenomenon Maynard Ferguson in nearly a dozen years. It's 240 pages of raw MF as remembered in interviews by 30 musicians and others from his earliest U.S. gigs in the late 40s to the peak of his career on Columbia Records in the 70s. Grammy ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Larry Goldings
All About Jazz is celebrating Larry Goldings' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Larry GoldingsWith his signature Hammond organ style and versatility on many keyboards, Boston native Larry Goldings has traversed not only the wide spectrum of jazz where he is perhaps best known, but also the worlds ...
Six Degrees Announces Brownout Album & Us Tour
If ever a band could boast having a complex genealogical tree, that band is Brownout. The eight-piece, Latin funk ensemble based in Austin, Texas, is both offspring and germinating seed to Grammy-nominated Grupo Fantasma. The latter in turn traces its roots to when Austin based Blue Noise Band and The Blimp, from booming border town of ...
Gretchen Parlato's "In a Dream" Released on Obliqsound on August 25
Gretchen Parlato's voice is a thing of wonder. Striking the ideal balance between precision and flexibility, she is never predictable, blurring the lines between singer and instrumentalist as she takes a lyric -- and at other times improvised flights of wordless fancy -- to places it's never before been. On In a Dream, her debut album ...
B.J. Jansen Interview Drew Miller on the Jazz Life
B.J. Jansen interviewed Louisville Saxophonist, Drew Miller, on The Jazz Life. Jansen created his show, “The Jazz Life," to bring audiences to the next generation of jazz artists who struggle to receive airplay in the United States. The programming format of “The Jazz Life" features brand new content from artists ...
On This Date in Music History: Lester Young Born
On August 27, 1909, 100 years ago, Lester Young one of the true jazz giants, a tenor saxophonist, was born. Lester Young was the major influence on a generation of tenor saxophonists who preferred his relatively light, pure tone and agile swing to the husky heaviness of the once-dominant Coleman Hawkins. “Although he spent his earliest ...
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