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Article: Album Review

George Gee Swing Orchestra: Swing Makes You Happy!

Read "Swing Makes You Happy!" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

Swing Makes You Happy! isn't just an album title: it's a mantra and belief system that guides the George Gee Swing Orchestra, a little big band intent on rekindling the ear's love affair with music associated with a bygone era. Gee has been in the big band business for more than three decades, ...

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Article: Live Review

Chris Isaak Holiday Tour 2014 at the Paramount

Read "Chris Isaak Holiday Tour 2014 at the Paramount" reviewed by Christine Connallon

by Christine Connallon

Chris Isaak Holiday Tour 2014 The Paramount Huntington, NY December 18,2014 A week before Christmas, the chilly winds swirling around the north shore of Long Island welcomed Chris Isaak and his band to the Paramount in Huntington for his 2014 Holiday Tour. Holiday spirit was in the air and the crowd ...

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News: Website

Counting Down the Top 14 Jazz MP3s for 2014

Counting Down the Top 14 Jazz MP3s for 2014

We're counting down the top 14 MP3s featured at All About Jazz in 2014 starting with Drayen Labie's “Kissa i Lé." Readers can follow the countdown from our Download of the Day page where we'll announce the #1 downloaded track on January 2nd. Fiona Ord-Shrimpton, All About Jazz's Download of the Day editor stated, “Another year ...

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Article: Year in Review

Top 25 MP3 Downloads: 2014

Read "Top 25 MP3 Downloads: 2014" reviewed by Michael Ricci

by Michael Ricci

All About Jazz tracks how often a featured MP3 is downloaded, and the following represent our top 25 in 2014. If you missed them the first time around, give them a listen now, and enjoy! 1. Duende de Luz (05:34) By: Javier Alcantara From: Short Stories (Self Produced)

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News: Website

2015 Jazz Birthday Calendar Now Available at All About Jazz!

2015 Jazz Birthday Calendar Now Available at All About Jazz!

All About Jazz, home to the largest database of jazz musician birthdays has launched a new calendar that allows users to view birthdays in a monthly calendar style format. The website will continue to offer a sequential list by day along with its new calendar that highlights its most popular musician profiles. The musician whose profile ...

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Article: Rediscovery

Michael Brecker: Now You See It...(Now You Don't)

Read "Michael Brecker: Now You See It...(Now You Don't)" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman

Michael Brecker Now You See It...(Now You Don't)MCA1990 Today's Rediscovery is Now You See It...(Now You Don't), by saxophone giant Michael Brecker. After the one-two punch of his first two recordings as a leader (excluding his 1982 collaboration with Claus Ogerman, Cityscape)-- Michael Brecker (Impulse!, 1987) and Don't Try ...

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Article: Album Review

Philip Glass: Low Symphony

Read "Low Symphony" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski

Back in 1977 singer David Bowie released two groundbreaking records, Low (EMI, 1977) and Heroes, (EMI, 1977) which together with Lodger constitute (EMI, 1979) a famous triptych of records or the iconic Berlin Trilogy. It was during this period that he created some of the critically most acclaimed and forward looking music (but commercially less successful) ...

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News: Website

Spread Good Cheer: Support All About Jazz and Jazz Near You

Spread Good Cheer: Support All About Jazz and Jazz Near You

Your friends at All About Jazz want to wish all our readers, especially our registered members, a joyous holiday season filled with family and fun. We have several big projects in store for 2015 including an upgraded and cross-platform version of the Jazz Near You app, a jazz wall, and a home concert initiative spanning the ...

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Article: What is Jazz?

Jazz Meets Death

Read "Jazz Meets Death" reviewed by Matt Lavelle

by Matt Lavelle

There once was a great music. It was born in America and branded with the name Jazz. The music was later re-named madam Zzaj, by one of her lovers, the Duke. She grudgingly accepted the moniker of Jazz over the years. It was how she was bought and sold after all. Jazz had several intimate relationships ...

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Article: Album Review

Dave Liebman: Ceremony

Read "Ceremony" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal

The most distinguished characteristic of Afro-Caribbean music--as well as its greatest contribution to the jazz idiom--has been the drums. If we take this one step further, the Afro-Cuban tradition of drumming has had the highest degree of influence, and has been readily identifiable, since the Latin dance crazes of the mid twentieth century brought these diverse ...


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