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News: Performance / Tour

Philip Glass to Perform Film, Opera Works at Hollywood Bowl

July 19, 2009

The musician made his name in, and shattered the mold of film music scores. By the 1980s, Philip Glass had earned a healthy reputation working in the concert hall, art films and the theater. That didn't mean he slid easily into Hollywood. “When I first started doing Hollywood films," Glass, 72, said by phone from his ...

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News: Recording

ECM Records Releases Pianist Steve Kuhn's "Mostly Coltrane"

July 19, 2009

Pianist Steve Kuhn Pays Tribute to John Coltrane with Mostly Coltrane ECM Records is proud to announce pianist Steve Kuhn's most recent release, Mostly Coltrane. The album, which was released on July 7, pays tribute to legendary saxophonist John Coltrane and features David Finck on double-bass, Joey Baron on drums, with special guest Joe Lovano on ...

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News: Recording

Justin Time Records Releases Drummer-Bandleader Alvin Queen's "Mighty Long Way"

July 19, 2009

Drummer and Bandleader Alvin Queen Keeps The Jazz Tradition on the Beat with Mighty Long Way New Justin Time Records Release Modern jazz at the change of the century is an art form of many inventions and dimensions, driven by a potpourri of trends, styles, fads, marketing, and media. So much so, that the heart of ...

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News: Interview

The Journey of Sean Jones Continues...

July 19, 2009

THE JOURNEY OF SEAN JONES CONTINUES... THE SEARCH WITHIN NYC CD RELEASE EVENT AT JAZZ STANDARD, AUGUST 11 & 12 WHITE HOUSE JAZZ STUDIO CLINICIAN AND NEWLY APPOINTED INTERIM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE CLEVELAND JAZZ ORCHESTRA Trumpeter-bandleader and Mack Avenue Recording artist Sean Jones has embarked on a series of quests, passionately plumbing the depths of ...

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News: Recording

Jackie Ryan Set to Release "Doozy" Featuring Cyrus Chestnut, Eric Alexander, Romero Lubambo, Jeremy Pelt

July 19, 2009

DOOZY- A DOUBLE CD BOUNTY OF RARITIES, STANDARDS, BOSSA NOVA, BLUES JACKIE RYAN WITH CYRUS CHESTNUT, ERIC ALEXANDER, JEREMY PELT, ROMERO LUBAMBO IMPECCABLE WEST COAST JAZZ SINGER, PRAISED BY CRITICS AND FANS INTERNATIONALLY, SINGS HER FAVORITES WITH JAZZ ALL-STARS, CREATING TWO CLUB SETS FOR A TWO-CD ALBUM Jackie Ryan -- a note-perfect jazz singer with a ...

News: Recording

Guitarist Clay Ross Celebrates His New Release "Matuto" at Joe's Pub on August 25

July 19, 2009

Guitarist, Vocalist, and Composer Clay Ross Celebrates the Release of His Forthcoming Album Matuto With an Evening of Brazilian Carnival Meets Appalachia at Joe's Pub on August 25“Clay Ross thinks like a poet, writes like a novelist, and plays the guitar like a master." - JambaseMatuto (ma-two-toe) is Brazilian slang for country ...

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News: Radio

B.J. Jansen Interviewed Cory Weeds on the Jazz Life Show

July 19, 2009

B.J. Jansen interviewed Cory Weeds, Saxophonist, Club and Record Label Owner of Cellar Jazz in Vancouver, BC, Canada on The Jazz Life show. This interview is Part 2 of Jansen's Jazz Industry Talks, exploring the future of the Jazz Industry behind the music. Jansen created his show, “The ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: "Sax for Stax" with Gerald Albright and Kirk Whalum

July 19, 2009

This week, let's take a look at some video clips of performance excepts from the “Sax For Stax" tour featuring saxophonists Gerald Albright and Kirk Whalum. The tour, named after Albright's recent CD of songs made famous by the legendary Memphis R&B label, comes to the St. Louis ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Litchfield Jazz Gets a New Home

July 19, 2009

WHEN people tell Vita West Muir that they don’t know anything about jazz, she tells them, “There isn’t anything to know — you just have to listen.” Ms. Muir is the executive and artistic director of Litchfield Performing Arts, which she established in 1981. Her aim to make jazz more accessible will be helped this year ...

News: Video / DVD

Sat Eye Candy: Queen

July 19, 2009

RIFF GENERATING GENIUS TURNS 62 TOMORROW Queen is one of those rock bands so rippled into what we consider that genre at this point that it seems too small a thing to call them “influential." From strict radio fare to the more outre melange of Howlin Rain, of Montreal and My Morning Jacket, there's Queen smiling ...