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News: Performance / Tour

Tony Martin a Crooner Returns with a Swing in His Heart

January 15, 2009

To watch the 96-year-old Tony Martin perform songs he recorded more than six decades ago in a voice that is surprisingly unchanged from what it was in the 1940s and 50s is to witness how popular songs and memory can work together as a kind of Proustian madeleine. Mr. Martin, who opened a five-night engagement at ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Greg Robinson, Trombone with Guitarist John Liquori at Wichcraft 8th Street, NYC

January 15, 2009

Trombonist Greg Robinson performs with guitarist John Liquori twice this weekend at Wichcraft, 60 East 8th Street, New York City. Robinson, a former student of Benny Powell, is known for membership in legendary ska bands Mephiskapheles and The Toasters, as well as for his writing in the pages of JazzTimes, Windplayer, and Cadence. Robinson and Liquori ...

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News: Recording

Pianist Marcus Roberts' New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1

January 15, 2009

Renowned pianist Marcus Roberts first album in eight years to be released March 31st. New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1, to be released via Tunecore and online. Album marks Duke Ellington's 110th birthday. Marcus Roberts' New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1, his first new album since 2001's acclaimed Cole after Midnight, is set for release on ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Birdland Jazz Club Announces February 2009 Schedule

January 14, 2009

LEWIS NASH QUINTET, HILARY KOLE CD RELEASE w/ special guest John Pizzarelli, BOBBY CALDWELL AND HIS BIG BAND, GARY PEACOCK TRIO w/Marc Copland & Bill Stewart, THE MUSIC OF DUKE ELLINGTON w/ David Berger & The Sultans of Swing, CHICO OFARRILLS AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ ORCHESTRA, CAST PARTY, & MORE! Birdland (315 West 44th Street between 8th & ...

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News: Music Industry

Emi Music Taps Boosey & Hawkes to Rep Legendary Blue Note Label for Synch Exploitation

January 14, 2009

EMI Music has tapped Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishing to represent legendary jazz imprint Blue Note Records for synchronization of its master recordings on a global basis. EMI appointed Boosey & Hawkes for its expertise in jazz repertoire as Blue Note celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. Founded in 1939, Blue Note has become one of ...

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Article: Opinion

How To Completely Miss The Point Of Music

by AAJ Staff
January 14, 2009

By Kevin Dorn Step 1: Take stylistic labels very seriously. Study all the various names for different styles of jazz, such as Mainstream, Traditional, Dixieland, Swing, Bebop, Hard bop, Post-bop, etc. Before you play, decide in which style you are going to perform. If possible, attend a class at a music school to learn ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Alyssa Graham CD Release Event at Joe's Pub on January 16th

January 13, 2009

After touring the North East, Alyssa Graham will come home to NYC and celebrate the release of her Sunnyside debut, Echo at Joe's Pub. Since it's release Echo has been a NY TIMES CRITICS' CHOICE CD, has been hailed as “Stunning" by Jazz Times and has been praised by THE WASHINGTON POST when they described Alyssa ...

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News: Event

The Knitting Factory Finale in Fotos

January 12, 2009

Megafun performed the first set on the main stage on the final night of the Knitting Factory in Manhattan. The Knitting Factory has been celebrating noise and eclecticism since it opened on East Houston Street in 1987, and in its earlier days the club gained a wide reputation as a defining stage of downtown ...

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News: Obituary

Claude Jeter Gospel Singer with Wide Influence Dies

January 11, 2009

The Rev. Claude Jeter, the founder of the gospel group the Swan Silvertones whose delicate yet potent falsetto had a wide influence on both pop and religious singers in the 1950s and 60s, died on Tuesday in the Bronx. He was 94. A versatile stylist, Mr. Jeter once sang bass with the Dixie Hummingbirds. But he ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Hank Johnson Trio Live at St. Michael's Cemetery!

January 11, 2009

The Hank Johnson Trio featuring Hank on piano, Gary Smith, on drums and “Cool Mike" Fitzbenjamin on bass will perform a live jazz concert in the chapel. St. Michael's is located in East Elmhurst, N.Y. (QUEENS) on Astoria Boulevard. 1:30 is showtime! It's free to the public, and all happening on Saturday, afternoon January 24th, 2009! ...