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News: Technology

Jazz Pioneer Set to Forge 1st Jazz Twitter Nation!

May 26, 2009

Ever wonder what happens in a day in the life of a pioneer jazz master, who's worked alongside some of the top names in music history, including famed band leaders Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington and countless other legends of jazz and American popular music such as Dizzy Gillespie, Quincy Jones, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughn, ...

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Article: Album Review

Irene Atman: New York Rendezvous

Read "New York Rendezvous" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins

by Woodrow Wilkins
May 26, 2009

Every once in a while, a fresh voice comes along that's worthy of notice. Or, in the case of Irene Atman, it's an experienced voice with a fresh interpretation of classics. When other children wanted to hear bedtime stories or have parents sing them to sleep, Atman sang to herself. By the age ...

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Article: Profile

Barry Guy: Ode to a Bassist

by A. Henkin
May 24, 2009

In 2007, just in time for bassist Barry Guy's 60th birthday, Intakt Records released Portrait, equal parts compilation, introduction, overview and mere glimpse into the musical world of this instrumentalist, composer and bandleader. There are tracks from several editions of Guy's colossal London Jazz Composers Orchestra (LJCO), pieces done with longstanding collaborators like Evan Parker and ...

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Article: Profile

Wadada Leo Smith

by Marc Medwin
May 24, 2009

“Since 2007, I see America changing, becoming not a divided multi-cultural society, but a pluralistic cultural society where everybody has a chance. Creative music announced the change in the '60s, but the music had been democratic since New Orleans, with its collective improvisation., where the collective had value and every individual had equal value. This is ...

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News: Performance / Tour

The Marcus Roberts Trio at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

May 23, 2009

The Marcus Roberts Trio with Roland Guerin on bass and Jason Marsalis on drums will perform a six-night run at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center July 21 through the July 26. Roberts and company have a long association with Jazz at Lincoln Center and with Wynton Marsalis, dating back to Roberts' joining Marsalis' ...

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News: Obituary

Joan A. Stanton, Radio Voice of Lois Lane, Dies at 94

May 23, 2009

Joan A. Stanton, who was known as Joan Alexander in the 1940s when she was the voice of Lois Lane on the radio version of The Adventures of Superman, died on Thursday in Manhattan. She was 94 and lived in Manhattan and East Hampton, N.Y. The cause was an intestinal blockage, said her daughter, Jane Stanton ...

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News: Education

Jazz Giant Billy Taylor Inspires Philadelphia Music Students

May 22, 2009

A man sits at the piano and - across seven decades - the magic happens: Master imparts wisdom to student. Jazz giant Billy Taylor, 87, is giving pointers to budding pianist Dont Ford, 17. Taylor spreads his famous left hand over a dozen keys and ripples off a chord. “That looks like it hurts," says Steven ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Randy Ingram Quartet @ The 55 Bar, Saturday May 23

May 21, 2009

Randy Ingram Quartet Randy Ingram, fender rhodes John Ellis, tenor and soprano saxophones Matt Clohesy, bass Jochen Rueckert, drums live at the 55 Bar Saturday, May 23rd, 2009 6-9pm no cover 55 Christopher Street New York, NY 10014 212-929-9883

News: Performance / Tour

Triango @ BistrOuge (NY) on June 7th

May 21, 2009

New York TRIANGO, a fertile Euro-American trio mesh up in jazz improvisation flavored with tango, a taste of Central European schmaltz, echoes of classical and contemporary music, folk music influences, playing based on a detailed research of sources but also on a maximum creativity where stylistic distance provides an extraordinary and observant insight, all this enriching ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Cory S. Thompson and His Trio @ Bistrouge - Gershwin and Friends

May 20, 2009

Come experience a romantic night of the Gershwin Brothers' music in the East Village! Sunday, May 24th, 8-11pm Vocalist Cory S. Thompson will be performing some of the great standards of the 30's and 40's, both familiar and lesser known, with his talented trio. A surprise guest artist will also collaborate with the trio during this ...