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News: Contest

Enter the ECM Records "FLY - Sky & Country" Giveaway Contest

May 31, 2009

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ECM Records “FLY - Sky & Country“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 28th. Click here to enter the contest (Following FLY at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Former Jimi Hendrix Roadie Saves You the Trouble of Buying His Book

May 31, 2009

A conspiracy theory regarding rock legend Jimi Hendrix began making the Web rounds on Sunday, courtesy of former roadie James “Tappy" Wright. He happens to have a book coming out next month, and in it he alleges that Michael Jeffery, Hendrix's manager, was responsible for the musician's death. The Telegraph today has a story about a ...

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News: Event

Phil Marino Songs (and Sinatra) Tell the Story of This Life

May 31, 2009

STORY of a guys life, told in wine vintage terms. As Ervin Drake tells it, that was the note to himself that led to his writing a song, back in 1961, that earned a Grammy for Frank Sinatra. At the time, Mr. Drake was in the office of a music publisher who told him that Bob ...

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News: Recording

Singer Teena Marie Pays Tribute to New Orleans Jazz

May 31, 2009

A recent fan post on YouTube about Teena Marie says it all: “She still sings like she did 30 years ago." Showing no sign of slowing down, the R&B funkstress displays her inimitable chops on her current single, “Can't Last a Day." Stationed at No. 55 on Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and No. 16 on ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Sten Hostfalt / Blaise Siwula at Yippie Cafe (NYC) June 2

May 31, 2009

Sten Hostfalt (guitar) and Blaise Siwula (saxophone) celebrate 30 NYC concert events together since December 2007 with an uninterrupted, regular, steady and typically weekly/bi-weekly presence on the creative jazz and improvised New York City scene. The June 2 2009, 9pm (one set only / no cover) appearance at The Yippie Cafe on 9 Bleecker St (btw. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire Team up for New Music

May 31, 2009

After several years of touring together and a new joint charity single, Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire are contemplating a full-scale collaborative album project. “Both bands kind of separately and together said, 'Wouldn't it be great to do an album together, so that's something that's just kind of flying around," Chicago's Robert Lamm tells Billboard.com. ...

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News: Award / Grant

Kidd Jordan to Receive 2009 Asante Legend Award

May 31, 2009

Edward Kidd Jordan has been announced as a recipient of the 2009 Asante Awards in the area of Music Education; The Year of the Legends.The 2009 Asante Awards and Festival will held at the Mahaila Jackson Theatre of Performing Arts in New Orleans, Louisiana in the famed Louis Armstrong Park/Congo Square on Wednesday, July 1, 2009. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Madeleine Peyroux Heads Stateside for Summer U.S. Tour

May 31, 2009

On June 18th, Madeleine Peyroux will perform at New York's Town Hall, the first stop on a 16 date US tour following a stellar stretch of acclaimed UK and European performances. Raved Neil McCormick in the Telegraph: “Peyroux has the gift of totally inhabiting a song, whatever the mood. Her four-piece band fall into place around ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Karriem Riggins Brings Yoshi's a Rare Musical Event

May 31, 2009

The Extraordinary Karriem Riggins Brings Yoshi's A Rare Musical Event, June 24-25. Karriem Riggins walks in two worlds.To Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock and Ray Brown, he is a world-class jazz drummer, giving their gigs and recording dates a presence few modern day percussionists can meet. To Kanye West, Common and Erykah Badu, he is a master ...

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News: Interview

"Boy, Do I Miss Paul Desmond"

May 31, 2009

Thirty-two years ago today, Paul Desmond bid his girl friend goodbye as she set off for London, urging her to have a good holiday. That was on Friday. He would be fine, he told her; he had friends coming the next day. But his only companion that weekend was the lung cancer that had ravaged him ...