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Makanda (Ken) McIntyre: Lyrical Member of the Avant-Garde

Makanda (Ken) McIntyre was best known for his work with saxophonist Eric Dolphy on the album Looking Ahead in 1960, and if that association led to his being bracketed with Dolphy in terms of style and approach, he was a significant musician in his own right. He played a veritable arsenal of wind instruments, taking in ...

Jazz Saxophonist Joe Henderson Dies At 64

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO -- Three-time Grammy winning tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, long one of jazz insiders' best-kept secrets, died Saturday of heart failure following a long bout with emphysema. He was 64. “His heart just failed on him," said his sister, Phyllis Henderson, from Lima, Ohio, Saturday night. Henderson stopped playing publicly more ...

Joe Henderson: Tenor Giant Stood Among the Greats

Joe Henderson made his initial reputation in the ferment of what might be called Blue Note Records' second classic phase in the early 1960s, when a new generation of young musicians began to extend the basic hard bop framework of the label's seminal 1950s output in more experimental directions. The saxophonist was ...

Guitar Great Chet Atkins Dead

Nasvhille guitar god Chet Atkins--whose pioneering fingerpicking style accompanied the likes of Elvis Presley and Hank Williams, influenced the Beatles and helped transform the entire genre of country music--died Saturday in his Tennessee home after a long bout with cancer. He was 77. Atkins survived a bout of colon cancer in the 1970s, and in June ...

August 19,2001:La Jam Jazz Quartet CD release concert

Lonnie Plaxico Group Melange: CD Release Party at the Blue Note on August 20th

Everyone is invited to the Blue Note Club in NYC on August 20th to celebrate the release of Lonnie Plaxico's CD Melange. See www.lonnieplaxico.com for more information. Read the July 2001 interview at All About Jazz by R.J. DeLuke. “A little funk, a little M-Base, a little gospel, a little Latin, a little balladeering, a little ...

Tim Lyddon Trio w/ Tony Moreno and Tom Hubbard at the Cornelia St. Cafe NYC ,Thursday July 19, 2001 9pm and 10 30pm

The Tim Lyddon trio Appearing at the Cornelia St.Cafe Thursday,July 19, 2001 9 and 10:30 pm with bassist Tom Hubbard and drummer Tony Moreno “Tim Lyddon is a pianist who plays with extraordinary drive, impressive chops, good definition and a spirit which spreads nicely" says Cadence jazz. His latest CD, Ive Traveled So Far (Essence Jazz ...

Title Change For Sherman Ferguson's JazzUnion CD !!!

The name of the “Debut"CD of Sherman Ferguson's JazzUnion was given incorrectly in the previous All About Jazz News. The correct title is: “WELCOME TO MY VISION..." Same GREAT JAZZ...Just a more accurate title,since this band was in reality the idea/concept...Vision of Sherman Ferguson's,while some had doubts.After all a group without a piano or guitar,or other ...

premiere for new "free jazz" documentary

untitled A new documentary, Inside Out In The Open, will premiere on July 21 in New York City. Directed by Alan Roth, Inside Out In The Open is an expressionist journey into the music known as free jazz. The 60-minute documentary revolves around the interviews with eleven such musicians, whose words are complemented ...

Harlem West Fest 2001

SAN DIEGO, CA, Take the fat back funk of the Ohio Players. Fry it up with Lakeside. Cut in England's smooth R&B sounds of Five Star and add a dash of Nat Dove Texas Boogie Woogie Blues. Stir in a cup of Cynthia Hammond Soulful Jazz vocals, and spice it up with some Caribbean Pulse seasoning. ...