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Article: Album Review

Alphonso Sanders and Bill "Howl'n Madd" Perry: Twice as Nice Down in Mississippi

Read "Twice as Nice Down in Mississippi" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
August 24, 2010

Down-home Delta blues is what can be expected from the duet of Alphonso Sanders and Bill “Howl-N-Madd" Perry. A popular act at clubs and festivals, the pair has released its first recording, Twice as Nice Down in Mississippi. Sanders has been involved in music education for more than 25 years, and is currently chair ...

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Mulgrew Miller

August 13, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Mulgrew Miller's birthday today! Mulgrew MillerMulgrew Miller is an American jazz pianist born in 1955 in Greenwood, Mississippi. In a childhood filled with early musical experiences, mostly playing gospel music in his church and R&B and blues at dances... more Website | Photos | ...

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Article: Live Review

24 Hours of Umbria Jazz 2010

by Sara Villa
August 3, 2010

Imagine traveling by car for hours in the summer heat of Italy's July 2010. At last it is early evening, and you reach the borders of a breathtaking medieval town. A soft breeze blows around you while you walk through the steep slopes which lead you to the centre. You follow the sounds you so eagerly ...

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News: Festival

North Sea Jazz 2010 Leads Tour de Jazz

June 19, 2010

The widely renown port of Rotterdam promises to provide even more metropolitan vibrancy than usual from July 9th through the 11th, as the 35th edition of the North Sea Jazz juggernaut raises the standard of musical entertainment once again. In terms of big bang for the show time buck and relative ease of multiple-venue accessibility, when ...

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Article: Live Review

31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

by Matt Marshall
May 27, 2010

31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 15-25, 2010 In its 31st offing, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland followed a familiar yet engaging formula. One that, over the years, has made it the largest music festival in Ohio and the largest educational jazz festival in the country. The clinics and workshops for ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Antoinette Montague

by AAJ Staff
May 17, 2010

Meet Antoinette Montague:Antoinette Montague likes to say she simply sings “people music." Make no mistake about it, she is a jazz singer through and through, but one who pushes the genre's boundaries. On her new recording, Behind the Smile, Montague sings classic jazz standards (new and old), resurrects lovely-but-obscure melodies, blends in blues and ...

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Article: Album Review

Antoinette Montague: Behind The Smile

Read "Behind The Smile" reviewed by Marcia Hillman

by Marcia Hillman
May 10, 2010

Antoinette Montague shows what is Behind the Smile--eclectic taste and strong delivery. She is joined by choice company on this outing: Mulgrew Miller (piano), Bill Easley (saxophone, clarinet and flute), Peter Washington (bass) and drummer Kenny Washington, who doubles as producer. Montague's programmatic choices are a varied mix, including blues, soul, the Great ...

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Article: Album Review

John Blake Jr.: Motherless Child

Read "Motherless Child" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
April 8, 2010

The precursor to the blues as a music form was first heard in the chants and songs of African American slaves. Their lyrics of hardship, perseverance, and faith were expressed through work songs, hymns, and spirituals, some of which are beautifully interpreted on John Blake Jr.'s Motherless Child. Growing up in South Philadelphia, Blake had this ...

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Article: Interview

Craig Handy: The Busiest Man In Jazz

by Robert Dugan
March 22, 2010

Saxophonist Craig Handy is a musician's musician. Those “in the know" know about him, which is why he's been a first call player in New York for over two decades. He is a careful, thoughtful improviser—expansive and precise. His solos build on a rich knowledge of the tradition at the same time as they often set ...

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News: Festival

Jazz Fest Taps Pianist Miller as Resident Artist, Unveils Partial Lineup

February 23, 2010

The Detroit International Jazz Festival announced today that pianist Mulgrew Miller will be artist-in-residence for the 2010 edition of the annual downtown Labor Day weekend festival. Miller, 54, a leading mainstream pianist known for his versatility and his swinging, harmonically acute style, will perform with several groups, including his own sextet Wingspan. He'll also be involved ...