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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #62: Jeff Albert

June 15, 2009

Listen Trombonist Jeff Albert is one of the leaders of the creative music scene in New Orleans, and his Open Ears Music Series helps provide a home for experimental and free music in the Crescent City. In this interview, Albert talks about the Frenchman Street scene, his Chicago-New Orleans connection, the cultural condition of post-Katrina New ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Watcha Clan Remix Release and Tour Schedule

June 15, 2009

Watcha Clan are a fierce posse of musical nomads, their multi-ethnic, multi-groove infusions whip audiences into a dance frenzy, regardless of where in the world W-Clan happen to be on their never-ending tour trail. Along the way they've met talented DJs, fellow musical travelers on dance floor journeys. Friendship and mutual inspiration blossomed,communicated in the languages ...

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News: Recording

Tribecastan Releases "Strange Cousin" on 7/14

June 15, 2009

Amidst Holland Tunnel traffic is John Kruth, decked out like a Technicolor Bedouin conducting the blaring horns of frustrated drivers with a pencil and channeling a hybrid symphony of New York noise. Next appears the slyly unassuming Jeff Greene, whose conventional attire belies a profound first-hand knowledge of esoteric overtone flutes, Arabic scales, and all things ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Ronnie Laws Concert at the Sheldon Canceled

June 15, 2009

According to the Sheldon Concert Hall's Web site, the concert by saxophonist Ronnie Laws scheduled for this Wednesday, June 17, at the hall has been canceled. There's no reason given, nor any information about refunds for tickets already purchased.The show was to have benefited the scholarship fund of the National Black MBA Association - ...

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News: Radio

Correspondence: A Niewood Listening Tip

June 15, 2009

Bill Kirchner alerts us to his latest Jazz From the Archives tonight on the radio and the internet. Recently, I taped my next one-hour show for the “Jazz From The Archives" series. Presented by the Institute of Jazz Studies, the series runs every Sunday on WBGO-FM (88.3). For over thirty years, reed player Gerry ...

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News: Education

Berklee Returns to New Orleans Musicians' Village to Build Homes

June 15, 2009

Continuing Berklee's commitment of giving back to the birthplace of jazz, the college's Gracenotes Volunteer Committee is sponsoring its third annual trip to New Orleans. This year, the committee awarded sponsorships to four staff members and four faculty members. The group will travel to Louisiana with two Gracenotes administrators June 22– 28 to help build the ...

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News: Festival

Rimouski International Jazz Festival: 24th Edition

June 15, 2009

By Marcel Dubois Five hundred kilometers from Montreal along the mighty and majestic St Lawrence River lies the historical city of Rimouski, population 43,000. Founded in 1696, it's an important maritime city that takes pride in its great nautical traditions. Backed up by rolling hills that offer panoramic views of the Gulf as well as splendid ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Electric Prunes, Love & Sky Saxon Unite on California '66 Revue Tour in August

June 15, 2009

Eastern and Midwestern tour to commence in Philadelphia on August 4, wrapping up in DC area on August 18 LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Three of the premiere bands of the Los Angeles psychedelic era of the late ’60s will join forces August 4-18 for the California ’66 Revue tour. The Electric Prunes, Love and Sky “Sunlight” ...

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News: Interview

Bill Anschell: The Hardest-Working Piano Man in Seattle

June 15, 2009

Simple or elaborate, this is what Anschell does best. In any given year, his arrangements or compositions might be on any one of a dozen albums, most not his own. His music even made its way to the television shows “The West Wing” and “The Wire.” But for his latest album, “We Couldn’t Agree More,” released ...

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News: Website

100+ New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center

June 15, 2009

The AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center has just been updated with 105 new releases, reissues, imports and DVDs. The Upcoming Release Center is updated weekly and can be searched by artist, month of release, record label and type (reissue or new release). It is the most comprehensive new release listing for jazz music on the internet. ...