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News: Interview

Saxophonist Paul Taylor Interviewed at AAJ

August 12, 2009

One of the knocks on smooth jazz has been that it's too commercial. Being commercial isn't necessarily a bad thing. There's nothing wrong with creating a product with the primary objective being to appeal to as many potential customers as possible. However, when it comes to music, too often the drive for sales, radio play and ...

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News: Music Industry

Lucinda Williams: 30th Ann Tour

August 12, 2009

Lucinda Williams Announces 30th Anniversary Tour Three Night Stands In NYC & Chicago To Feature Sets From Select Periods Of her Career Lucinda Williams Three-time Grammy Award-winner Lucinda Williams announces a series of special performances to celebrate her 30th anniversary as a recording artist. The 30th Anniversary Tour begins on September 18 with a ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Pat Metheny

August 12, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Pat Metheny's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Pat MethenyPat Metheny was born in Kansas City on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of ...

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News: Radio

WPFW-FM Host Jamal Muhammad Presents the Carolina Connection Special August 25, 2009

August 11, 2009

WPFW-FM's Jamal Muhammad Presents The Carolina Jazz Connection, with Larry Reni Thomas on WPFW (Washington, DC) August 25, 2009 Features The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan Interview! Jamal Muhammad of WPFW-FM, Washington, DC's jazz station, presents The Carolina Jazz Connection with Larry Reni Thomas, August 25, 2009, from 3pm to 6pm. The program, hosted ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Frank Wess: "Jammin' on the Hudson" on August 23rd

August 11, 2009

Riverbank State Park, in association with Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC, for our fifth consecutive year are pleased to present: “Jammin' On The Hudson". Sunday August 23rd will feature the final Concert in our Series this year, and Jammin' is proud to welcome, for the first time at this Series a Living Legend; at the time when ...

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News: Recording

Nonesuch Records Releases Bill Frisell's "Disfarmer"

August 11, 2009

Set inspired by life of Arkansas portrait photographer Mike Disfarmer “Frisell remains the only six-string poet of his generation." --New Yorker Nonesuch Records releases Grammy Award–winning guitarist, composer, and bandleader Bill Frisell’s new album, Disfarmer, on July 21, 2009. The original compositions on the album were inspired by the life and works of an unusual Arkansas ...

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News: Award / Grant

Grammys: Neil Young to Receive Musicares Honor

August 11, 2009

The Recording Academy has named Neil Young its 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year. The musician will be honored at a charity gala on Jan. 29, two days before the organization hosts the Grammy Awards. Artists receiving the recognition, which benefits the charity arm of the Recording Academy, traditionally receive a tribute on the Grammy Awards, ...

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News: Recording

Robben Ford Releases New Live CD - Soul on Ten

August 11, 2009

The new CD from Grammy nominated blues guitarist Robben Ford, Soul On Ten, hits stores today (CD & digital) via Concord Records. The new live album is Ford's 4th Concord release and features three brand-new Robben Ford compositions in “Earthquake” and a pair of studio recordings, “Don’t Worry About Me” and “Thoughtless,” as well as covers ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: August 3, 2009

August 11, 2009

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 4 — Jackie Ryan Doozy (Open Art) 290 218 +72 9 54 1 2 2 5 1 Christian McBride & Inside Straight Kind Of Brown (Mack Avenue) 268 211 +57 0 71 1 8 3 1 3 Joe Locke & David Hazeltine Mutual Admiration Society ...

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News: TV / Film

New Jazz It Up! Episode Features: Cyrus Chestnut, Jon Gordon, First Lady Michelle Obama, Cannonball Adderley and Todd Barkan

August 11, 2009

New York, NY -- The good news of jazz is the musical message of season 2, episode 7 of Jazz it Up! Pianist Cyrus Chestnut performs an uplifting jazz rendition of the gospel classic “We Fall Down, But We Get Up" (by Donnie McClurkin) outdoors in Harlem. The other featured artist is alto saxophonist Jon Gordon, ...