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News: Festival

Tanglewood Jazz Festival 2009 Update

August 10, 2009

September 4 - September 6, 2009 The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz Festival September 4-September 6, 2009 at the Orchestra’s summer home in the Berkshire Hills in Lenox, Massachusetts. Jazz greats highlighting this year’s festival include Paquito d’Rivera, Regina Carter, Nnenna Freelon, Kenny Barron, Mulgrew Miller, John Pizzarelli, Jessica ...

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News: Recording

James McMurtry "Live in Europe" CD/DVD with Ian McLagan and Jon Dee Graham Readied for Oct. 13

August 10, 2009

Album cements McMurtry’s ability to make great live albums as augured by 2004’s Live in Aught-Three. Live in Europe available as CD/DVD set and collectors’ edition vinyl LP/DVD set. AUSTIN, Texas — James McMurtry’s recent studio albums, 2005’s Childish Things and 2008’s Just Us Kids, earned him formidable accolades. The Village Voice called him “a poet ...

News: Radio

"The World of Jazz" with Host Dwight Brewster on WBAI 99.5 FM (NYC)

August 10, 2009

The World of Jazz is heard on WBAI Radio 99.5 FM New York City every second Monday of the month from 9PM to 11PM. Host/Producer: Dwight Brewster About The World of Jazz: The format of the program follows the path of music that champion Jazz--an American art form from its roots in Africa to the routes ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Ellington Uptown: Duke Ellington, James P. Johnson and the Birth of Concert Jazz

August 10, 2009

By Daniel Kassell In the first Chapter “On Tone Parallels to Harlem" John Howland states the premise that Symphonic Jazz of the 1920's influenced “a wide variety of American musical traditions" covering an awful lot of ground but stipulating it was merely “a minor footnote" in its own time. Mr. Howland writes, “Why our we to ...

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News: Festival

Saxophonist Benny Reid at the Tanglewood Jazz Festival

August 10, 2009

Alto saxophonist Benny Reid made an auspicious debut as a leader on his first Concord Records CD, “Findings," last year. Born in Westfield, New Jersey on October 7, 1980, Reid grew up in a musical household where the records of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, {Stan Getz}} and Pat Metheny provided a soundtrack for daily life. “Since ...

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News: Recording

Tim Brantley Reaches National Audience with Appearance on the CW Network

August 10, 2009

Tim Brantley’s Performance on The CW TV Network Airs on 200 Stations Nationwide NYC FASHION WEEK Show Confirmed for 9/10 at Tommy Hilfiger’s in SoHo Check out southern rocker Tim Brantley’s appearance on WGN-TV / CW Network. This solo/grand piano performance of ‘The Race’ aired on over 200 CW stations nationwide, including in New York, Los ...

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News: Recording

Chris Pasin Releases "Detour Ahead" on H2o Records

August 10, 2009

New York, NY -- Chris Pasins love affair with the trumpet began at the age of nine. After many years of frustration trying to survive as a creative musician he left music to take on different occupations to support his family. As his family grew they gradually pulled him back into music by picking up instruments ...

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News: Recording

Charles Rumback: "Two Kinds of Art Thieves" on Clean Feed Records

August 10, 2009

Charles Rumback, drums Jason Ajemian, bass Joshua Sclar, tenor saxophone Greg Ward, alto saxophone Tracklist: Ice Factory Three Storey Birdhouse Manifesto Four Ruminations Multiples We Left Green Briar Park All songs by Charles Rumback except Ice Factory and ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #70: Carl Allen

August 10, 2009

Listen Carl Allen and Rodney Whitaker have just released their second CD for Mack Avenue Records, titled Work To Do. Allen has been on the jazz scene since joining Freddie Hubbard's band in college, and hes served as the mentor for many jazz musicians, most notably Christian McBride. In this interview, Allen talks about why he ...

News: Interview

Jazz Music and India, by Madhav Chari

August 10, 2009

Madhav Chari a Jazz Pianist and Composer says “Make friends with the music, and do not worry about the “structure" of the music: just taste it for now." Jazz music is one of the most important artistic contributions of humankind in the modern era, and one of America's greatest contributions to the world of art. One ...