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News: Performance / Tour

Jimmy Herring Band: 1st Tour

April 10, 2009

THE JIMMY HERRING BAND ANNOUNCES SPRING TOUR TO SUPPORT HERRING'S LIFEBOAT Jimmy Herring For the first time ever, guitarist Jimmy Herring will tour with his own band - a hand-picked ensemble of all-star musicians. The Jimmy Herring Band features Herring on guitar, drummer extraordinaire Jeff Sipe (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz is Dead, Shawn Lane), prolific jazz ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joey DeFrancesco

April 10, 2009

All About Jazz is celebrating Joey DeFrancesco's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Joey DeFrancescoJoey DeFrancesco has come a long way from All of Me, his recording debut as a leader made in 1989 as a fresh-faced 17-year-old. From the get-go... more Website | Videos | ...

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News: Award / Grant

Society of Singers Names Honorees Herb Alpert, Lani Hall to be Feted in May

April 9, 2009

The Society of Singers will honor Herb Alpert and Lani Hall with the 18th Ella Award held at the BevHilton on May 18. The org, which is celebrating its 25th anni this year, honors singers who have made significant contributions to charitable and humanitarian causes. Past recipients of the kudo include Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Debbie Reynolds: An Evening of Music and Comedy

April 9, 2009

Mary Frances Reynolds is back in the old neighborhood. The veteran performer brings her Las Vegas variety show to the Southland. You know her as Debbie Reynolds. That's the name given to her when, as a 16-year-old, she was first under studio contract. Talent scouts had spotted her in the Miss Burbank beauty contest, which she'd ...

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News: Recording

Random Touch's "Turbulent Flesh"

April 9, 2009

Algonquin, IL - What really matters when it comes to Random Touch is not their 38 years of collaboration, or their love of pure improvisation or their disinterest in trading music for dollars. What really matters is that they give birth to music that lies beyond ego/mind/thought. Music such as theirs cannot be made when utilizing ...

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News: Radio

Listen Online to the "Modern Jazz Radio Show" Thursday Evenings

April 9, 2009

The Modern Jazz Radio Show is hosted by Philadelphia saxophonist Tom Tallitsch. It airs every Thursday from 8-10pm on Trenton/Princeton's WWFM 89.1 HD2. Listen online at jazzon2.org. Visit Tom Tallitsch's blog for complete show audio archives and playlists. You can join the blog or join the show's google group to receive a copy of the show ...

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News: Event

"Big Monday" Every 2nd Monday at Tritone in Philadelphia

April 9, 2009

This Monday, April 13th and every 2nd Monday of the month at Tritone in Philadelphia will feature Big Monday. Big Monday is: Tom Tallitsch - Saxophones Victor Baker - Guitar John Stenger - Piano Paul Gehman - Bass Justin Leigh - Drums 1508 South ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Billy Taylor (Part 3)

April 9, 2009

By the time Billy Taylor was 29 years old, he had already had a lifetime of jazz experience. By the close of the 1940s, the pianist had played with Ben Webster, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Byas, Big Sid Catlett, Cozy Cole, Stuff Smith and many other jazz giants. He also had been mentored by Jo Jones and ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Gregg August Large Ensemble Commissioned Series at Jazz Gallery April 10 and 11

April 9, 2009

Two nights, April 10 & 11, 2009 -- sets at 9:00 & 10:30 pm The Jazz Gallery is proud to announce the fourth event of our Large Ensemble Commissions Series: two evenings with the brilliant bassist, composer and bandleader Gregg August, who will lead the Gregg August Large Ensemble in the premiere of a newly commissioned ...

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News: Event

Baye Kouyate: Raw Energy, Riveting Rhythms at Nublu (NYC)

April 9, 2009

Talking drum ("tama") master Baye Kouyate from Mali returns to NY for his first performance this year in NYC at Nublu on the Lower East Side on Fri, April 24th at 8pm. Kouyate's performances are a journey through a world of highly complex polyrhythms fusing traditional sounds of Mali with influences such as jazz, reggae, and ...