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News: Music Industry

Improv, Techno-Tricks and a Bach Framework

April 13, 2009

Soon after the conductor Kristjan Jarvi founded the Absolute Ensemble in 1993, it quickly became established as one of New York’s most versatile and important contemporary-classical groups. But Mr. Jarvi’s tastes ran wider still, taking in jazz, rock, hip-hop and various strains of world music; accordingly, the Absolute Ensemble morphed into an electro-acoustic band better suited ...

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News: Music Industry

Devotional and Experimental Jazz with a Norwegian Accent

April 13, 2009

Avant-garde jazz has almost always had its sacramental side. There’s a reason for the devotion that some listeners bring to the mid-1960s music of John Coltrane, or to the output of his fellow saxophonist Albert Ayler. The spirituality in these performances wasn’t subtext or suggestion; it radiated out from a fervent core. Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, an ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: John Ellis

April 13, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating John Ellis' birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY John EllisJohn Ellis grew up with a love of baseball, dewberry cobbler, and turkey and stuffing. Raised in rural tobacco country in North Carolina... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow John Ellis ...

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News: Performance / Tour

For Diana Krall, "Quiet Time" is a Rare Thing

April 12, 2009

Diana Krall is supposed to be discussing her new album, Quiet Nights. But lounging on a sofa in her hotel suite, the singer/pianist keeps changing the subject to other objects of her affection: friends Tony Bennett and Elton John, Woody Allen movies, Michelle Obama. Of course, Krall's husband, Elvis Costello, and their twin sons, Dexter and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Birdland, the Jazz Corner of the World

April 12, 2009

BIRDLAND SCHEDULE LINDA LAVIN with BILLY STRITCH “Moments Like This" Monday, April 6 @ 7pm The London Times has written, “Equally gifted as a player and a singer, and doing both with no-holds-power, Stritch is not afraid to dazzle!" You won't want to miss a “Moment Like This," as these ...

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News: Festival

2009 Litchfield Jazz Festival Line-Up

April 12, 2009

The 2009 Litchfield Jazz Festival line-up continues the tradition of showcasing amazing jazz talent, like we've done since 1996. Friday, July 31st 5:30-7:15pm - Friends of the Festival Gala at the Morrison Gallery in Kent 7:45 pm - Lewis Nash Quintet 9:15 pm - Jane Monheit Saturday, August ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Video Showcase: Spotlight on Jon Faddis

April 12, 2009

This week, our video spotlight shines on trumpeter Jon Faddis, who will be in St. Louis next Saturday, April 18 to play at the Touhill Performing Arts Center as part of the Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival. Faddis, who's now 55, emerged on the international jazz ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Brooklyn Jazz Festival: Ronnie Matthews & Freddie Hubbard Tribute

April 12, 2009

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium Presents As Part of the 10th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival A MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO BROOKLYN's JAZZ GREATS: Ronnie Mathews / Freddie Hubbard Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium will present a musical tribute to jazz piano great Ronnie Mathews and jazz trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard on Sunday, April 19th at SugarHill Restaurant & ...

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News: Recording

Pianist Markelian Kapedani Releases "Balkan Piano" on Red Records

April 12, 2009

Markelian Kapedani was one of the most emblematic exponents of the Albanian social and cultural renewal in the years following the fall of the Berlin wall. One of the basic and peculiar aspects of his art is the extraordinary ability to create a wonderful fusion between the great formal tradition of the Western Classic Music and ...

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News: Award / Grant

The Original Disciples of Beethoven Award Honors the Street Musician

April 12, 2009

Rewarding The Soloist Mr. Ayers' courage, who has touched so many hearts. Steve Lopez on Nathaniel Anthony Ayers They had every kind of trophy you could imagine at House of Trophies in Boyle Heights. Soccer, basketball, baseball, football, even fishing. They had trophies 6 inches tall and 6 feet tall, plaques and desk ornaments too, for ...