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News: Recording

Nnenna Freelon to Release New Record

April 13, 2010

Next week, Concord Jazz will release Homefree, the highly anticipated new album from esteemed jazz vocalist and multi-Grammy nominee, Nnenna Freelon. Homefree is a collection of contemporary interpretations of classic American Songbook tunes as well as a new poignant original, “Cell Phone Blues" composed by Nnenna, and spirited arrangements of two anthems ...

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News: Recording

Jake Hertzog Releases New CD "Patterns" This Month

April 13, 2010

Guitar Player Magazine is calling him “...the blazing wunderkind." The Boston Phoenix has declared him “...the WOW! factor." Award-winning jazz guitarist and composer Jake Hertzog is making it big in New York City. Jake's debut album, Chromatosphere, continues to bring him critical acclaim, including a five-page interview in Guitar Player Magazine (June 2009), highlighting his unique ...

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News: Interview

Craig Brenner & the Crawdads "Live to Love" Reviewed by George Fish

April 13, 2010

Bloomington, Indiana's Craig Brenner & the Crawdads have a new CD, “Live to Love," that not only romps with boogie and blues, but also with jazz, R&B and even country in a delightful potpourri of ten original songs. Craig Brenner, leader of the group and composer, lyricist and arranger of all ten original numbers on the ...

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News: Recording

Footsteps in Africa Remix: The Power of Nomads and the Desert

April 13, 2010

The Body's Hum, the Desert's Joy: Footsteps in Africa Soundtrack: Nomadic Remix Brings Nomad Freedom to the Dancefloor and Water to the Sahara There's a sound you hear in the desert, a hum that can only be felt in the deepest silence. It is the high tone of vibrating nerves, the rush of blood in the ...

News: Music Industry

Icon Hank Williams Receives Pulitzer Citation

April 13, 2010

Hank Williams, the country pioneer who is among the most influential singer- songwriters in music, was given a special Pulitzer Prize citation. The Pulitzer board awarded the late singer for his lifetime achievement, based on a confidential survey of experts in popular music. “I don't think any country artist cast a longer shadow than he does, ...

News: TV / Film

Eubanks Makes It Official: He's Leaving 'Tonight'

April 13, 2010

"Tonight Show" bandleader Kevin Eubanks has made it official: He's leaving as Jay Leno's sideman in May after 18 years with the late-night host. He told Leno during Monday's taping of “Tonight" in Burbank, Calif., that he was ready for a career change of pace, but he didn't announce specific plans. Eubanks called the NBC late-night ...

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News: Recording

Ari Ambrose and Stephen Riley - Tenor Treats Two (Steeplechase)

April 13, 2010

Resuming right where its companion volume left off, this disc delivers another stimulating hour-plus colloquy between its co-leaders. Tenorist Ari Ambrose gets top billing on the tray card, but it's very much an affair of equals, onset to finish. Stephen Riley is the more overtly mercurial and idiosyncratic of the two frontline partners. His lushly-conceived tone ...

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News: Music Industry

Jazz Musicians Throw Concert to Pay for Their Health Coverage

April 13, 2010

Get Breaking News Alerts * Share * Comments 188 Thirteen years ago, 68-year-old jazz guitarist Calvin Keys underwent a life-saving quadruple bypass surgery. Keys, a notable Bay Area musician who recorded and toured with Ray Charles in the '70s, says he would not have been able to afford that surgery if he hadn't been covered under ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Saxophonist Tia Fuller Celebrates the Release of "Decisive Steps" at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, 5/10

April 13, 2010

SAXOPHONIST TIA FULLER CELEBRATES HER NEW MACK AVENUE CD DECISIVE STEPS ON MAY 10 AT DIZZY'S CLUB COCA-COLAOn Monday, May 10, Mack Avenue Records alto/soprano saxophonist Tia Fuller will celebrate the release of her new CD, Decisive Steps, with shows at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in Jazz At Lincoln Center. Fuller will be joined by ...

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News: Event

Cherry Lane Publishing 50th Anniversary Event

April 13, 2010

Cherry Lane Music Publishing celebrates 50th Anniversary with year long celebration, kicks off with star studded event in May. Cherry Lane Music Publishing, the top indie music publisher in the US, celebrates its 50th anniversary with a party, May 19, at trend-setting Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The event will include performances by many of the ...