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News: Recording

Recent Listening: Martial Solal

July 13, 2009

Martial Solal Live at the Village Vanguard (CamJazz). The CD's subtitle is I Can't Give You Anything but Love. In this recital, the French pianist gives his listeners more than love. We get architectural thinking, drollery, daring, virtuosity that includes astonishing mastery of meter, and chord voicings that illuminate like fireworks. Solal was 80 when this ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bobby Broom to Play Birdland NYC on 8/18 in Support of New Monk CD

July 13, 2009

Just three weeks after its release, Bobby Broom Plays for Monk is one of the most-played CDs in the country. Featuring the Chicago-based guitarist with his longtime working trio, the CD is currently placed at #5 with a bullet on the JazzWeek national airplay chart. Broom is taking advantage of his exposure on jazz radio by ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Stephanie Jordan at Southern University Classical Jazz Concert Series on the Bluff (Baton Rouge)

July 13, 2009

BATON ROUGE, LA - New Orleans jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan will headline Southern University's 1st Annual Classical Jazz Concert Series on the Bluff on Friday, July 24, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. on the campus Mayberry Lawn (inclement weather location Royal Cotillion Ballroom Smith-Brown Memorial Union). Jordan's concert will be preceded by a workshop titled Jazz Pilates ...

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News: Video / DVD

Sun Spin: Jackson Browne

July 13, 2009

CLASSIC ALBUM SPOTLIGHT RETURNS WITH A TOOL FOR LIVING THROUGH TOUGH TIMES Now there's a world of illusion and fantasy In the place where the real world belongs Still I look for the beauty in songs To fill my head and lead me on Some albums slip past our ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Carrothers

July 13, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Bill Carrothers' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Bill CarrothersBill Carrothers has been a professional pianist for over 20 years. He has played many venues throughout the U.S. and Europe including the Village Gate, Knitting Factory, Birdland, Blues Alley, New Morning (Paris)... more ...

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News: Obituary

Michael Jackson's Death Might Be Ruled Homicide, Police Chief Says

July 12, 2009

Investigators probing the death of Michael Jackson are awaiting the results of a toxicology report before determining whether the superstars sudden cardiac arrest on June 25th can be ruled an accidental overdose or homicide. Los Angeles Police chief William Bratton told CNN: We are still awaiting corroboration from the coroners office as to cause ...

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News: TV / Film

Hollywood Ghost Town Land of Runaway Production

July 12, 2009

Small, blue-collar businesses that sustain California's entertainment industry -- prop houses, studio equipment shops -- fight for business as film production migrates to incentive-rich states. In an industrial yard behind Burbank's Bob Hope Airport, dozens of orange forklifts and 135-foot-high booms stand idle, gleaming in the afternoon sunlight. As recently as two years ago, the yard ...

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News: Award / Grant

Soloist Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Serenade in the Key of Glee

July 12, 2009

Steve Lopez takes Nathaniel Anthony Ayers to San Francisco, where he is honored for helping decrease the stigma of mental illness. He was so eager to make the trip, he called several times to make sure it hadn't been canceled. “Mr. Lopez, is the pickup still at 9 a.m?" “Yes, Mr. Ayers. I'll see you in ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Tim Hagans Assertive Trumpeter is Muted, but Not Shy

July 12, 2009

The trumpeter Tim Hagans makes an art and science out of assertiveness. Repeatedly during his first set at Birdland on Wednesday night he unfurled long arcs of eighth notes, clipping each one neatly at the end. His businesslike facility on the instrument, along with the hard gleam of his tone, was impressive even when it wasnt ...

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News: Recording

Bjork in Full-Throated Plumage, Jazz in a Calmer Key

July 12, 2009

There has been no shortage of live Bjork documentation in recent seasons. So lets file Voltaic, released by Nonesuch a couple of weeks ago, under the category of Things We Didnt Think We Needed. Available in five configurations, from a single CD to a multiple CD-DVD-LP set, it chronicles a typical frenzy of activity following the ...