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News: Recording

New Mark Levine CD, Due 9/15, Features the Music of Moacir Santos

July 27, 2009

Grammy-nominated pianist Mark Levine was introduced to the music of Moacir Santos in the late 1960s, when he had the good fortune to work with the Brazilian composer. Now Levine is preparing to release a tribute album in Santos’s memory on his own Left Coast Clave label. The new CD, Off & On: The Music of ...

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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the Eagle Rock B.B. King Live at Montreux 1993 DVD Giveaway

July 27, 2009

Brian Potts, Joanne Danzer, Ryan T. Williams, Anna Moyer and Richard Tucker, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Eagle Rock Entertainment “B.B. King - Live at Montreux 1993“ giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Eagle Rock Entertainment ...

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News: Interview

Singer Kurt Elling Interviewed at AAJ

July 27, 2009

When Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane recorded their one and only album together they created a moment that shaped the art of vocal jazz. An instant of beauty transformed into history. Despite a bias towards the original recording, after listening to Kurt Elling's lustrous and drawn butter version, it was clear the past could be silenced ...

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News: Recording

Megafaun:Gather, Form and Fly

July 27, 2009

By: Dennis Cook This is magic, pure and not-so-simple. Megafaun creates exuberant, never-predictable music that makes one's brain expand and crackle like Jiffy Pop on a fire hot stovetop. That they accomplish this feat largely without the sturm und drang of punk or machine clatter (think TV on the Radio or The Mars Volta) is doubly ...

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News: Recording

In the studio with Eddie Benitez & angels: New CD, psychics on MJ's spirit and blasphemy in Ireland

July 27, 2009

An interview with renowned World Music/New Age Jazz guitarist Eddie Benitez is never a one track conversation. Like the many intriguing tracks on his new cd, Visions of Angels, a conversation will take off in many directions, always with passionate views and, well, the company of angels if we are to take Eddie at his word. ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joel Harrison

July 27, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Joel Harrison's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Joel HarrisonAs guitarist, composer and vocalist, Washington D.C. native Joel Harrison resists categorization: jazz, African and Indian, contemporary classical, blues and rock all have a place in his unique approach... more Website | ...

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News: Video / DVD

KoRn Interview

July 27, 2009

This interview is part of the book project Under your skin which will include Interviews with: Anthony Braxton, Sepultura, Zap Mama, Lydia Lunch, Chuck D / Public Enemy, Les Nubians, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Dj Vadim, Bob James, Living Colour, Lee “Scratch Perry, Bill Frisell, ...

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News: Career

Jazz/R&B Guitarist Seeking Manager & Booking Agent

July 27, 2009

Jazz/R&B guitarist seeking booking agent for representation, looking for bookings at jazz festivals, blues festivals, colleges, jazz/R&B clubs and corporate affairs. Has performed Italy, Sweden, Serbia, Croatia, Belgium, UK and Palermo, Sicily as a solo artist. Former guitarist for Barry White, Isaac Hayes, Chuck Berry, Wolfman Jack and many others seeking work please contact me at ...

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News: Interview

Can Herbie Hancock and Lang Lang Smash Musical Barriers?

July 26, 2009

The walls separating jazz, classical and pop music have been weakening for years, but they're about to be dealt another blow. For when a revered jazz musician partners with a star of classical music in an openly populist program, the ghetto-izing of our musical culture faces another setback. That's precisely what jazz icon Herbie Hancock and ...

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News: Interview

Sad, Violent, Obscure Saga of Jazz Singer Jackie Paris

July 26, 2009

Stumbling upon a talent as imposing, magnetic, and seemingly unflawed as that of Jackie Paris prompts both exhilaration and unease. A jazz singer whose career spanned the 1940s through the '70s, Paris seems to have been everywhere and nowhere - singing with jazz greats such as Charlie Parker, recording highly acclaimed albums, but constantly missing the ...