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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Pamela Hines

May 11, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Pamela Hines' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Pamela HinesJazz Pianist Pamela Hines\' 2008 release, “New Christmas" featured vocalists April Hall, Monica Hatch and Patrice Williamson... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Pamela Hines @ AAJ Put AAJ's ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' at 50

May 10, 2009

The album, recorded with virtually no rehearsal and consisting of primarily first takes, altered jazz forever. It was both a radical stylistic experiment and an album parents could put on after dinner without waking the kids. It's a manifesto, a meeting of musical minds, and it's moved millions of copies to remain the bestselling jazz record ...

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News: Obituary

Stephen Bruton Texas Musician Played with Kris Kristofferson, T Bone Burnett Dies

May 10, 2009

Stephen Bruton, a Texas musician long admired and much in demand as much for his astute guitar work as for his insights as a songwriter, died Saturday in Los Angeles of complications of cancer that he'd been battling for several years. He was 60. Bruton, who had played with Kris Kristofferson for nearly 40 years and ...

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News: Recording

Sunjump Records Announces New Releases for Spring 2009

May 10, 2009

Mitch Kessler: Erratica SJCD0007 Recorded Fall 2008 Mitch Kessler, Tenor and Alto Saxophones John Esposito, Piano Ira Coleman, Bass Peter O'Brien, Drums Compositions by Mitch Kessler This debut CD by the alto and tenor saxophone virtuoso Mitch Kessler brings to light a ...

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News: Festival

Seattle Times: Newport's Ariel Pocock Could Be Next Ellington-Tapped Star

May 10, 2009

The Seattle Times' reporter Hugo Kugiya is covering the Essentially Ellington competition in New York City. NEW YORK CITY -- Newport High School sophomore Ariel Pocock was just one of about 400 student jazz musicians who filled the Frederick P. Rose Hall Friday afternoon for the official start of the Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band ...

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News: Video / DVD

Sat Eye Candy: Billy Joel

May 10, 2009

HAPPY 60TH PIANO MAN While easy and fashionable to hate on Billy Joel, naysayers should consider how many times they've sold out Madison Square Garden, how many super models they've married and how many gold records line their walls before opening their pie-hole. Joel is a throwback to Tin Pan Alley, a song and dance man ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Return of Frank Vignola

May 10, 2009

Today, let's check out some video clips featuring guitarist Frank Vignola, who's returning to St. Louis next week to perform from Wednesday, May 13 through Saturday, May 16 at Jazz at the Bistro.The versatile Vignola was last seen here in March 2008, performing at the Sheldon ...

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News: Radio

Don Wolff's "I Love Jazz" Radio Program Moving to 8:00 P.M. Fridays, Expanding to Four Hours

May 10, 2009

On Friday night, longtime St. Louis radio personality and jazz advocate Don Wolff celebrated the one-year anniversary of the move of his long-running program “I Love Jazz" to KFUO (99.1 FM). Wolff's anniversary broadcast brought some additional good news, as he announced that starting on May 30, “I Love Jazz," which for the past ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Tony Bennett delivers big-time at the Fox

May 10, 2009

At a time when musical fame is manufactured weekly by the “American Idol” TV series, Tony Bennett’s concert Friday night at the Fox Theatre brought an interesting, more thoughtful perspective on what it really takes to become a lasting star in the music business. Bennett has been singing professionally for more than 60 years, and during ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Karrin Allyson at the Seasons

May 10, 2009

Beginning a west coast tour, Karrin Allyson took her quartet into The Seasons Thursday evening. Alternating between bossa nova subtlety and blues forthrightness, she drew liberally from the Brazilian repertoire of her current Imagina CD, singing in Portuguese and English. She sparkled with delicacy and brightness in Antonio Carlos Jobim classics including “Estrada Branca (This Happy ...