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Backgrounder: Spud Murphy - Gone With the Woodwinds

July 11, 2025

Lyle “Spud" Murphy was one of the more fascinating figures in jazz and today is among the least known. Murphy was a multi-instrumentalist, bandleader and arranger. He was one of Benny Goodman's arrangers in the mid-1930s and wrote charts for many other bands. But his claim to fame was his 12-volume course in composing, arranging, and ...

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Lew Tabackin: My 15 Favorite Tracks

July 9, 2025

The best way to appreciate Lew Tabackin is through a cross-section of his work over the years. Lew will be making a rare live appearance on New York's Upper East Side at 92NY on Saturday, July 19, at 7:30 p.m. You can attend in-person at the cultural institution (starting at $40 per seat) or purchase an ...

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Jazz-con 2025 Unveils First 36 International Speakers, Featuring YouTube, Deezer, Merrill Lynch, Bandcamp & Pandora As Panelists At Its 100% Virtual Digital Music Conference on September 15-16, 2025

July 7, 2025

Jazz-Con today announced its first-round lineup of 36 speakers, representing 13 countries across five continents for their 100% virtual digital music business conference. From independent booking agents and festival directors to label presidents, from tech innovators to streaming and playlisting gurus, from wealth strategists to rights experts, this diverse roster will tackle streaming practices & tactics, ...

News: Recording

Bassist Yosef Gutman Levitt Ventures Inspired Collaboration With Yonathan Avishai On The Rapturously Melodic 'Shir Yedidot'

July 1, 2025

Bassist and composer Yosef Gutman Levitt of Jerusalem is back with an immersive new release, Shir Yedidot, continuing an inspired series of albums on the Soul Song label. On Shir Yedidot, Levitt explores material springing from melodies that have been adorned with prayer and tears for two thousand years. These tunes, studied with one of the ...

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Japanese Composer Ko Tanaka: Jazz, Ballet, And The Fusion Japanese And American Musical Theater

July 1, 2025

Ko Tanaka, the first Off-Broadway Japanese composer known for his fusion of jazz with American musical theater and Japanese musical traditions, is composing a ballet rendition of the internationally-acclaimed Off-Broadway musical Poupelle of Chimney Town. Tanaka, composer of the musical Poupelle of Chimney Town, which premiered Off-Broadway at New York's Pershing Square Signature Theater in 2024, ...

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Forget it, Jake, It's Chinatown

June 24, 2025

Whenever temperatures soar into the high 90s, my thoughts turn to the Chinatown film score. My Pavlovian reaction dates back to the summer of 1974, when I worked as a ticker-ripper and usher at a General Cinema duplex movie theater before the start of college. Among the many great movies out that summer was the Jack ...

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Ali Hugo Breaks New Ground With Genre-defying Jazz Album 'Jazzalane'—Now Streaming

June 14, 2025

Since making his debut in 2015, singer-songwriter and producer Ali Hugo has become known not just for his eclectic musical journey but also for his ability to adapt, evolve, and lead in an ever-changing music industry. Now, Hugo unveils his boldest project yet: JazzaLane—a full-length jazz album that showcases his evolution as a genre-bending artist and ...

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Backgrounder: Joe Puma - East Coast Jazz/3

June 13, 2025

I love precious jazz guitarists who place a premium on harmony, swing and compelling chords. One of the best in this category was Joe Puma. In the 1950s, Puma was a session sideman on many recordings and led his own groups. He recorded into the 1990s and died in 2000 at age 72. One of his ...

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Jazz-con Partners With All About Jazz To Present The Jazz Forward Awards At The Inaugural Jazz-con: 2025!

June 11, 2025

Jazz-Con, the new global music-business conference dedicated to the future of jazz, announced today that it will partner with All About Jazz—the premier online jazz resource since 1995—to present the Jazz Forward Awards during the inaugural Jazz-Con 2025 (September 15-16, virtual). Founded by Michael Ricci, All About Jazz has spent three decades championing the music, expanding ...

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Denny Zeitlin: With a Song in My Heart

June 9, 2025

Pianist Denny Zeitlin's very first recording was for Columbia in 1963, as a sideman on Jeremy Steig's Flute Fever. His first trio leadership album, Cathexis, came next for Columbia in February 1964, with Cecil McBee on bass and Freddie Waits on drums. Carnival followed in October, with Charlie Haden on bass and Jerry Granelli on drums. ...