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News: Interview

Vocalist Jo Lawry Interviewed at AAJ

May 19, 2009

Australian vocalist Jo Lawry is quickly establishing herself among the top tier of current jazz vocalists. And she's doing it--at least some of the time--by being a sideman. Lawry hails from Adelaide, Australia. She's been in the U.S. for several years now pursuing advanced degrees in jazz, but she hasn't spent all her time studying. She's ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Sonny Fortune

May 19, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Sonny Fortune's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Sonny FortuneWhen critics speak of Sonny Fortune, names like Coltrane, Cannonball, Young, Bechet, Hawkins and Parker are mentioned. Quite a legacy - but well deserved - for Sonny Fortune embodies all of the finest qualities ...

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News: Website

All About Jazz and The Jazz Session Announce Partnership

May 18, 2009

World's Top Jazz Website Teams with Top Jazz Podcast 18 MAY 2009 -- AllAboutJazz.com has joined forces with the popular jazz interview show The Jazz Session to bring high-quality interviews with jazz musicians to a wider audience. “Jason Crane and I have worked together for several years and closely aligning our two properties makes perfect sense ...

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News: Obituary

Philip Stein, Muralist Who Adorned Village Vanguard Jazz Club, Dies

May 18, 2009

On the back-wall mural at the Village Vanguard, the famous jazz club in Greenwich Village, a primordial man and woman burst from a kaleidoscopic background of brightly colored geometric forms. For more than 40 years musicians have gazed, perhaps with some puzzlement, at this visionary artwork, suggestive of birth, creative dynamism and human aspiration. Patrons seated ...

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News: Recording

Ray Charles' "Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music" Reissued by Concord Music Group

May 18, 2009

Million-selling Volume 1 joins Volume 2 in one expanded 24-song CD. The albums reflected Charles’ lifelong love for country, containing “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” “You Don’t Know Me” and “Take These Chains from My Heart.” LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Although it may have shocked some people at the time, Ray Charles’ fascination with country and ...

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News: Event

American Jazz Repertory Orchestra to Open Independence Day Weekend

May 18, 2009

The American Jazz Repertory Orchestra makes its Pittsfield debut on July 2 with a concert that features big-band renditions of Jazz instrumentals, plus a tip-of-the-hat to 'the great American song book.' Sponsored by Berkshires Jazz, the 16-piece big band will be supplemented by Berkshires Jazz All-Stars, comprising local standout soloists including Charlie Tokarz, Gary Miller, Andy ...

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News: Event

Louis Armstrong Collages at Jazz at Lincoln Center: May 2 September 26, 2009

May 18, 2009

Jazz at Lincoln Center presents a free art exhibition entitled The Collage Aesthetic of Louis Armstrong: “In the Cause of Happiness." The exhibition is open to the public and features large scale images of collages created by Armstrong from clips of photographs, news stories, postcards, letters, telegrams and other materials that Armstrong artfully affixed to the ...

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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the PM Records "Gene Perla - Bill's Waltz" Giveaway!

May 18, 2009

Andrew Rabet, Betty Shoemaker, Cathy Rantz, George Kahn, Jayne Townsley, Ken Daley, Michael Carter, Benita Glickman, Richard Gier and Ron Wilkins, Congratulations! You're the winners of the PM Records “Gene Perla - Bill's Waltz" giveaway! All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and ...

News: Music Industry

A Long Road Back, but Not a Lonely One

May 18, 2009

With his wife’s help, Terence Conley walked slowly toward a piano on a recent Thursday at the Jazz Foundation of America headquarters in Manhattan. “Play something nice,” Judith Conley told her husband as she eased him onto a piano stool. Mr. Conley, 51, steadied his fingers above the keys, smiled across the room in the direction ...

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News: Obituary

Atlanta Rapper Dolla is Shot Killed at Beverly Center Los Angeles

May 18, 2009

Los Angeles police investigate the scene of a shooting in which Atlanta-based rapper Dolla was killed. Publicist says rapper was shot in the head Monday afternoon in the valet area of the mall's parking structure. He flew to L.A. this morning to work on his first album, slated to be out this summer. An Atlanta rapper ...