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News: Festival

Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival, September 18-26, 2009

August 20, 2009

Now in its ninth year, the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival Boston's largest and most popular outdoor festival has expanded to nine days and nine stages at locations in Boston and Cambridge, and has named world-renowned drummer and Berklee professor Terri Lyne Carrington its new artistic director. From September 18 to 26, superstars and local artists will ...

News: Recording

Pianist Eric Muhler Set to Release Fifth Album "The Jury is out" on September 22

August 20, 2009

Pianist Eric MuhlerSet To Release Fifth Album The Jury Is Out on September 22Eric Muhler is poised to achieve the success he has long deserved - and he's earning it through a unique combination of talent, planning and a readiness to break all the rules.The music on The Jury Is ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Enrico Rava

August 20, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Enrico Rava's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Enrico RavaEnrico Rava, born in Trieste in 1939, is undoubtedly the most internationally acknowledged Italian jazzman. In forty years of his career as trumpet player, and composer, he has produced more than ninety recordings... more ...

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News: Website

Bill Anschell's Notes from the Lobby: A New Column at All About Jazz

August 19, 2009

All About Jazz has launched a new column in collaboration with musician, composer, writer and humorist, Bill Anschell. You can read Bill's latest “Notes from the Lobby" installment “Careers in Jazz“ (published yesterday) along with his archive here. Bill Anschell's Notes from the Lobby Careers in Jazz Notes from the Lobby Jazz Jam Sessions: A First-Timer's ...

News: Recording

Songstress Erin Muir Introduces a Hauntingly Seductive New Voice to Independent Music Scene with Eclectic Debut Album "Poet's Lovely Daughter"

August 19, 2009

SONGSTRESS ERIN MUIR INTRODUCES A HAUNTINGLY SEDUCTIVE NEW VOICE TO INDEPENDENT MUSIC SCENE WITH ECLECTIC DEBUT ALBUM “POET’S LOVELY DAUGHTER” To the uninitiated, singer-songwriter ERIN MUIR’s upcoming release Poet’s Lovely Daughter may sound like the work of a well-established artist – masterful, mature and confident, the record puts ...

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News: Recording

Derek Smith Unites Steel Pan and Vibraphone in an Album That Captures the Musical Expression of Latin Jazz Masters

August 19, 2009

In his second album, Derek Smith pays tribute to legendary musicians who developed the infectious rhythms and sounds that have come to define Latin jazz. The spirit of this genre is innovation, and Smith exemplifies that spirit in Latin Expression by uniting the melodic brightness of the steel drum with the soulful resonance of the vibraphone. ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Laurie Verchomin (PT. 2)

August 19, 2009

Laurie Verchomin was Bill Evans' lover during the final 18 months of his life. Through this critical period, Laurie struggled with Bill's chronic cocaine habit and deteriorating health. But she also respected Evans' creative space at home in New Jersey and while accompanying him on grueling performing tours in the U.S. and abroad. For Laurie, these ...

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News: Interview

Jazz History Scrambled, with Love and Respect

August 19, 2009

There’s a bustling, ostentatious impiety in the music of Mostly Other People Do the Killing. Led by the bassist Moppa Elliott, it’s a jazz quartet with a diligent grasp of history but an anarchic take on convention. At Zebulon in Brooklyn late on Thursday night, the group riffled through jazz idioms with hammy geniality, like an ...

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News: Recording

Saxophonist/Composer Fred Hess Releases New Big Band CD as a Leader: “Hold On” (Dazzle Records 202), on August 17

August 19, 2009

SAXOPHONIST/COMPOSER FRED HESS RELEASES NEW BIG BAND CD AS A LEADER: “HOLD ON” (DAZZLE RECORDS 202), ON AUGUST 17 Big Band features Ron Miles, John Gunther, Marc Sabatella, Ken Filiano, and Matt Wilson When you take this disc for a spin, you just might want to Hold On tight during its exciting 78-minute ride through the ...

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News: Interview

Pianist Steve Kuhn Speaks Out About Japan at AAJ

August 19, 2009

Steve Kuhn's most recent CD, Mostly Coltrane (ECM, 2009), pays tribute to John Coltrane, having been the first pianist in the legendary saxophonist's quartet. He also has played as a sideman with Kenny Dorham, Art Farmer, Stan Getz and many others. Mostly Kuhn has led his own groups, largely trios with bassists including Buster Williams, Eddie ...