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News: Performance / Tour

Review: Leonard Cohen at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live

April 13, 2009

“No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive," the actor and filmmaker John Cassavetes once said. Cassavetes, who died at age 59, never really got to test out his assertion. Leave it to his spiritual brother, Leonard Cohen, to prove the point. During his ...

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News: Recording

Booker T. Jones Tours with a New Album That Breaks the Mold

April 13, 2009

For about three seconds, Booker T. Jones' new album, Potato Hole, is exactly what you'd expect. “Pound It Out," the opening track, begins with the unaccompanied notes of a Hammond organ, an instrument whose quavering sound was integral to the records Jones made in the 1960s, both as part of Booker T & the MGs and ...

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News: Obituary

Manny Oquendo, Latin Band Leader and Stylistic Innovator, Dies

April 13, 2009

Manny Oquendo, the Latin band leader, timbale player and percussionist who was an expert with the tpico Cuban rhythmic style and later infused it into Latin jazz, died on March 25 in the Bronx. He was 78. The cause was complications from a kidney operation, said Andy Gonzlez, his musical director of 35 years in their ...

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News: Obituary

Charlie Kennedy Alto Saxophonist Played in Gene Krupa's Big Band Dies

April 13, 2009

Charlie Kennedy was in many bands and, as a studio musician, played on the scores for West Side Story and My Fair Lady. Charlie Kennedy, a talented alto saxophonist who was best known for his association with Gene Krupa's big band in the 1940s, has died. He was 81. Kennedy died April 3 of pulmonary disease ...

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News: Performance / Tour

New Jazz Series at Olive's, in Nyack, NY

April 13, 2009

After a successful two and a half year run, the weekly jazz series at Riverspace Arts in Nyack has been cancelled due to cost-saving programming cuts. The series sponsor, Rockland County Jazz and Blues Society is moving the community jazz series across the street to Olive's (118 Main St., Nyack, NY). The new series starts at ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Singer Blossom Dearie Remembered

April 13, 2009

Singer Jacqui Naylor will perform a special show called, “Remembering Blossom Dearie" at Yoshi's in San Francisco on Sunday, April 19th. Blossom Dearie passed away in February at the age of 82. She was jazz singer, best known for her distinct voice on the ABC-TV series, Schoolhouse Rock ("Figure 8" & “Unpack Your Adjectives"). Two shows: ...

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News: Festival

The St. Louis Jazz and Heritage Festival Builds Its Rep with Pizzarelli, Faddis

April 13, 2009

All across America, hard times are threatening the survival of the arts. That can't be good news for jazz, which traditionally has struggled to reach mainstream listeners. The St. Louis Jazz and Heritage Festival has been put on hiatus this year partly due to financial issues. But the downturn hasn't stopped the Greater St. Louis Jazz ...

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News: Recording

Marta Gomez on Friday, April 17th at Joe's Pub, New York City

April 13, 2009

Colombian singer-songwriter Marta Gomez will release her fifth album, Musiquita, at Joe's Pub on Friday, April 17th. Shows at 8 & 10 pm. Joe's Pub 425 LaFayette Street, New York, NY 10003 Musicians: Fernando Huergo - bass Yulia Musayelyan - flute Franco Pinna - ...

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News: Recording

Solo Drummer Roberto Dani's Debut Album on bluemusicgroup.com

April 13, 2009

Italian percussionist Roberto Dani releases his debut solo album, Drama, on BlueMusicGroup.com. The album contains original compositions and improvisations for his custom-made set of drums, cymbals and percussion. Roberto Dani was born in Vicenza, Italy in 1969. He started playing drums at age 7. In his early twenties, he performed and recorded with the progressive rock ...

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News: Recording

Singers, Part 2

April 13, 2009

The Complete Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Recordings (Fantasy). The first CD of the set reissues Fantasy's The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album from 1975 and Improv's Together Again from 1976. It also has two previously unissued songs from the Together Again sessions, “Who Can I Turn To" and a rollicking run through Cole Porter's “Dream Dancing" In which ...