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News: Performance / Tour

Miguel Zenon Esta Plena Quintet @ The Jazz Showcase

September 14, 2009

Saxophonist/Composer Miguel Zenon will be bringing his Esta Plena Quintet to the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, Ill. from October 8th thru 11th, 2009 in celebration of his new Marsalis Music release “Esta Plena” “This young musician and composer is at once reestablishing the artistic, cultural, and social tradition of jazz while creating an entirely new jazz ...

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Article: Live Review

E.J. Strickland & Marcus Strickland: Double Album Release Party at Joe's Pub, NYC

by David Miller
September 8, 2009

E.J. Strickland Quintet & Marcus Strickland TrioJoe's PubNew York, New YorkAugust 21, 2009At a recent Christian McBride show, the bassist professed good-humored jealousy over the Strickland family “getting all the gigs," then invited saxophonist Marcus to sit in. Having witnessed the performances of twin brothers Marcus and E.J. (drums) with their ...

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Article: Live Review

Newport 2009: One for the Ages

by Sandy Ingham
August 21, 2009

Newport Jazz Festival 2009George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55International Tennis Hall of Fame and Fort Adams State ParkNewport, Rhode IslandAugust 7-9, 2009“We have three stages now, and I wish we could have more to give all these young musicians a chance to be heard," Newport jazz festival founder (and ...

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Article: Live Review

George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 a Triumph

by R.J. DeLuke
August 19, 2009

There seemed to be a distinct feeling in the air at this year's jazz festival in Newport, R.I. It would be easy to imagine that there was something in the air, because the festival that was started by impresario George Wein way back in 1954 and became the model for all to follow had suffered an ...

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Article: Live Review

Newport Jazz Festival 55: A Weekend to Savor

by Ken Franckling
August 17, 2009

George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55Newport, Rhode IslandAugust 7-9, 2009In this 40th anniversary summer of Woodstock, the musical love-in took place in Newport, not upstate New York. And it wasn't a matter of nostalgia. It was all about the Phoenix-like return of the jazz festival after a winter of uncertainty. Once ...

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Article: New York Beat

Icons Among Us: An Epic Jazz Documentary, Part 2

by Nick Catalano
August 16, 2009

Part 1 | Part 2 This seminal documentary continues on the second CD with a scene straight out of a typical Gotham jazz collaboration: singer Gretchen Parlato and pianist Aaron Parks are together in a NYC apartment working out a vocal arrangement. Gretchen is heard commenting on the vagaries of jazz singing and the ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Adam Shulman

by AAJ Staff
July 29, 2009

Meet Adam Shulman:Adam Shulman has been a staple of the San Francisco jazz scene since he moved to the city in 2002. Before the move, Adam was a student at UC Santa Cruz, where he studied with the great Smith Dobson and trumpeter/arranger Ray Brown. He received his degree in classical performance under the ...

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Article: Interview

George Wein: Back to Doing His Thing

by R.J. DeLuke
July 20, 2009

Not many people stand in shoes similar to the ones in which jazz impresario George Wein now finds himself. Having invented the jazz festival more than half a century ago, his name is synonymous with the Newport Jazz Festival, his first and most well-known child of that genus. He led a company that expanded on the ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Adam Shulman

by AAJ Staff
July 14, 2009

Meet Adam Shulman: Adam Shulman has been a staple of the San Francisco Jazz scene since he moved to the city in 2002. Before the move, Adam was a student at UC Santa Cruz where he studied with the great Smith Dobson and the trumpeter/arranger Ray Brown. He received his degree in classical performance under the ...

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News: Radio

The Jazz Session #66: Miles Okazaki

July 13, 2009

Listen Guitarist and composer Miles Okazaki talks about his album Generations (Sunnyside, 2009). The album finds Okazaki mining some of the same territory from his debut record, Mirrors, but this time with a focus on in-depth exploration and group improvisation. Featuring standout work from saxophonists Miguel Zenon, David Binney, and Christof Knoche; along with vocalist Jen ...