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News: Performance / Tour

Rick Stone Trio at the Garage (NYC) on May 20th

May 14, 2009

Guitarist Rick Stone leads his trio with bassist David Kingsnorth and drummer Alec Menge for an evening of jazz originals and standards, Wednesday, May 20th from 6-10pm at the Garage Restaurant, 99 7th Avenue South (at Christopher Street), in the heart of Greenwich Village, NY. 4 sets of music, great food and drink, no cover charge! ...

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News: Recording

J.P. Delaire Steps Out on His Own with "In My Life"

May 14, 2009

J.P. DeLaire, noted sideman for Prince and Michael Bolton, has released his debut solo CD, In My Life on Tender Girl Music. This collection of original compositions was produced by DeLaire and is a rich musical menu that ranges from contemporary jazz to the Minneapolis funk of his native roots. As member of the legendary musical ...

News: Recording

"I'm Old Fashioned" by Sadeo Watanabe with the Great Jazz Trio Reissued

May 14, 2009

Recorded on May 21, 1976, I'm Old Fashioned was the first studio album where Hank Jones, Ron Carter and Tony Williams performed together as The Great Jazz Trio. In this album, they back up renowned Japanese sax player, Sadao Watanabe. Watanabe has recorded steadily primarily for Denon, Elektra and Verve and has worked with Chick Corea, ...

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News: Recording

Vocalist Tine Bruhn's "Entranced" out on June 2

May 14, 2009

Jazz vocalist Tine Bruhn's debut solo album “Entranced" consists of a welcoming blend of mellow, yet groove-based originals, contemporary pieces by Joshua Redman with Tine's lyrics, songs by McCoy Tyner and Djavan, and a Swedish folk song arranged as a jazz waltz. There’s the ear-catching “Miles Away” with Maurice Brown’s beautiful trumpet solo, Tine Bruhn’s own ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Chicago Afrobeat Project Playing Friday, May 29 at the Gramophone

May 14, 2009

The Chicago Afrobeat Project is returning to St. Louis on Friday, May 29 to perform at The Gramophone. The CAbP's high-energy, percussive mix of funk, rock, jazz, Afro-Cuban, high life and juju music was heard most recently in these parts last fall at the now-closed Lucas School House.The Gramophone will open the doors for ...

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News: Festival

Sanofi-Aventis Jazzfest 2009 - A Salute Benny Goodman on June 6th

May 14, 2009

Sanofi-aventis Jazzfest 2009 to salute Benny Goodman on June 6 at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey MADISON, NJ -- The metropolitan areas only major main stream jazz festival this summer will take place on the campus of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey on June 5 and 6 featuring a celebration of the centennial of ...

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News: Festival

Jazz This Week: Frank Vignola, David Fiuczynski, the Miles Davis Jazz Festival, Mae Wheeler's 75th Birthday Gala, and More

May 14, 2009

This weekend's menu of jazz and creative music in St. Louis includes a couple of first-rate guitar players with very different styles, and birthday tributes to a couple of St. Louis' most beloved jazz performers.Let's start with guitarist Frank Vignola, who's playing through Saturday at Jazz at the Bistro. Vignola draws on influences ranging ...

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News: Radio

Hersch with Schwartz and Monk

May 14, 2009

The eclectic and unfailingly interesting pianist Fred Hersch will be the guest this week on Jazz From Studio Four, a program hosted by Steve Schwartz on WGBH in Boston. The show includes a live concert by Hersch in the studio and conversation with Schwartz. A jazz broadcaster on WGBH for a quarter of a century, Schwartz ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Nat Hentoff (Part 2)

May 14, 2009

Nat Hentoff has some ear. To accurately capture the notes and quotes of jazz musicians over the past 60 years, Nat has employed a fast pen, a photographic memory and enormous sensitivity. Even today, Nat's deep voice resonates with hot-type urgency and a hard-boiled sense of purpose. Little distracts him from doing what's necessary to arrive ...

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News: Recording

Booker T.:Potato Hole

May 14, 2009

By: Ron Hart By all intents and purposes, legendary Stax session leader Booker T.'s long-awaited return to the studio as a recording artist should be an instant classic. I mean, come on, on paper this thing looks absolutely mind-blowing. First and foremost, it's on Epitaph Records' championed Anti- imprint, home of such maverick acts as Tom ...