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News: Recording

New CD from the Fully Celebrated on AUM Fidelity

May 26, 2009

AUM Fidelity is proud to announce the May 26th release of The Fully Celebrated's seventh recording, and label debut, Drunk on the Blood of the Holy Ones (AUM054). Led by saxophonist Jim Hobbs, and formerly known as The Fully Celebrated Orchestra, the group has been a fixture on Boston's jazz scene for more than two decades. ...

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News: Interview

Freddie Hubbard Said It

May 26, 2009

"On this session, [John Gilmore] didn't play like Wayne Shorter or Joe Henderson, but he played the type of sound that I heard for the album. When he played that solo on Caravan, I said, 'Man, what is this?'... It was kind of a Coltrane sound, and I liked that because he didn't play like anybody ...

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News: Interview

Happy Birthday, Miles Davis

May 26, 2009

The most famous jazz musician to come from the St. Louis metropolitan area, Miles Davis was born May 26, 1926 in Alton, IL and raised in East St. Louis. To help commemorate the 83rd anniversary of his birth, StLJN is pleased to present this guest post from Jeffery Hyatt, who blogs about the legendary trumpeter at ...

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News: Technology

Jazz Pioneer Set to Forge 1st Jazz Twitter Nation!

May 26, 2009

Ever wonder what happens in a day in the life of a pioneer jazz master, who's worked alongside some of the top names in music history, including famed band leaders Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington and countless other legends of jazz and American popular music such as Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughn, ...

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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the "Cassandra Wilson - Closer to You- The Pop Side" Contest

May 26, 2009

Camille Ludwig, Jane Ellen Avery and Marilyn Wons, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Blue Note Records “Cassandra Wilson - Closer To You- The Pop Side“ giveaway. Camille will receive the grand prize package, while Jane and Marilyn will each receive a copy of Closer To You- The Pop Side. All About Jazz will contact ...

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News: Interview

Singer Deborah Brown Interviewed at AAJ

May 26, 2009

Deborah Brown is one of the finest jazz vocalists in the business, a “singer's singer" with a magnificent voice and mind-boggling technique. Vocalist J.D. Walter mentioned her as an inspirational teacher and mentor in a recent AAJ interview but, despite being very possibly one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, due to her own ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Miles Davis

May 26, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Miles Davis' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Miles DavisThroughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate... more ...

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News: Interview

Vibraphone Icon Gary Burton Interviewed at AAJ...And More!

May 25, 2009

Since emerging in the 1960s, Gary Burton has quickly become one of the primary litmus tests for four-mallet vibraphonists in jazz. From his early days with Larry Coryell through to his groundbreaking ECM albums featuring a young legend-in-the-making, guitarist Pat Metheny, Burton changed the way that the vibraphone could be used, with music that ranged from ...

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News: TV / Film

'Arlington: Call to Honor'

May 25, 2009

The Smithsonian Channel takes a respectful look at Arlington Cemetery, 'perhaps the most hallowed ground in America.' At the beginning of Arlington: Call to Honor, the mother of an Army private killed in Iraq is seen making a pilgrimage to her son's graveside. Teresa Arciola's son Michael is gone, but his memory survives in a place ...

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News: TV / Film

'The Boys' Sings with Sherman Brothers' Story

May 25, 2009

Robert Sherman and brother Richard Sherman worked with many movie legends, including Walt Disney. “So many people knew their songs, but not many people knew the boys," says Julie Andrews of the Oscar-winning composing team of Robert and Richard Sherman. The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (* * * out of four) is a touching and ...