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Ahmad Jamal's Identity Crisis
by Fradley Garner
Ahmad Jamal's Identity CrisisAhmad Jamal aterrorist? Surely not the renowned American pianist who's given hundreds of concerts over the last half century. So it was puzzling why the $10,000 that the Festival da Jazz in Moritz, Switzerland ordered paid to Jamal in advance of his July 16 appearance, was promptly frozen by U.S. authorities. ...
NEA Jazz Masters Program Morphs into Museum of Jazz Masters
By Fradley Garner It's happened every year since 1982, but it won't again after 2012, when the honors- loaded gravy train arrives at its 30th and last stop. The National Endowment for the Arts' Jazz Master Awards, America's highest honor in its own music genre, then goes the way of the space shuttle. For three decades, ...
Eddie Jefferson: The Scientist of Vocalese
by Ed Hamilton
Detroit once had a reputation as the “Killer Kapital," but things have changed--Dave Bing, basketball Hall of Famer is Mayor and is striving to clean up the city. But 32 years ago, actress Brenda Vaccarro and altoist Richie Cole witnessed the drive-by shotgun slaying of the architect of Vocalese, Eddie Jefferson, at Bakers' Lounge. Jefferson was ...
Tineke Postma: Keeping Honest in Holland
by R.J. DeLuke
Tineke Postma's bright voice from Holland has been making a mark on the U.S. scene over the last couple years, with its a bright, clear alto sax sound and a penchant for thoughtful, enthralling melodies. Postma started listening to classical music while growing up in Heerenveen in the northern part of The Netherlands, starting on flute ...
Jazz Bridge Presents Barbara Walker in Concert at the Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church on May 12th
To close out our first season of jazz at the Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church, 13 E. Mt. Pleasant Ave, Philadelphia, PA, Jazz Bridge proudly presents, on Thursday May 12th, jazz singer Barbara Walker and her band. One show: 7:30-9PM. Tickets: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 215-517-8337 AND...as by our tradition, Jazz ...
Blue Note Jazz Club Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Inaugural Blue Note Jazz Festival In New York City
Chris Botti, Dave Brubeck, Chaka Khan, Bobby McFerrin, The Roots and Many More to Perform in June at this Year's Largest New York Jazz Festival June 1—June 30, 2011 New York, NY—In honor of its 30th anniversary, the Blue Note Jazz Club is opening its doors throughout New York City during the month of June for ...
Are You Sure, Bobby?
by Jack Bowers
In late March, I received an e-mail from trumpeter Bobby Shew. He said he'd performed a gig in West Palm Beach, FL, and had met my brothers, whom he described as “nice guys." My first impulse was to write back and ask if he could have been mistaken. My brothers? Nice guys? Well, the fact is ...
Jazz Musician of the Day: Nancy Wilson
All About Jazz is celebrating Nancy Wilson's birthday today! Nancy WilsonNancy Wilson’s musical style is so diverse that it is hard to classify. Over the years her repertoire has included pop style ballads, jazz and blues, show tunes and well known standards. Critics have described her as “a jazz singer... more ...
Nancy Wilson on Shearing
I am particularly fond of The Swingin's Mutual, the album that singer Nancy Wilson recorded with the George Shearing Quintet in June 1960. Her six tracks with Shearing represented a crisscrossing over at the time for both artists. For Nancy, being accompanied by just Shearing's group rather than a big orchestra created a special intimacy that ...
