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News: Performance / Tour

The Joris Teepe Quartet @ B.B. King's

July 28, 2008

Bassist Joris Teepe is a resident of NYC, but was born and raised in The Netherlands. Last year he was invited to bring his quartet from New York to the Netherlands to perform with the “North Netherlands Sympony Orchestra" of which he was commisioned to compose music. Due to the succes of these concerts, Joris was ...

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News: Book / Magazine

AllAboutJazz-New York August 2008 Issue Now Available

July 28, 2008

Last month found New York hosting the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium. The House that Ruth Built was given the honor in its final season; next season the Yankees will play in a new home. The old stadium was opened in 1923 and has been witness to some amazing baseball history. And ...

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Article: Profile

Anthony Davis

by Wilbur MacKenzie
July 26, 2008

This month brings to the city two performances by pianist and composer Anthony Davis, who has been living in Southern California for the last decade. Prior to his immigration to the West Coast, Davis was active in New York and his return brings an improvisational voice sorely missed in the city where he made his home ...

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News: Event

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola September Lineup

July 25, 2008

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola September 2008 Lineup Kicks off with Edmar Castaneda & Kenny Burrell Then the 4th Annual Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival: Featuring Nnenna Freelon, Rickie Lee Jones, Jessica Williams, DIVA Jazz Orchestra with Marlena Shaw, Gloria Lynne, Renee Rosnes & More! Diet Coke, the world's leading diet soft drink, and Jazz at Lincoln ...

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News: Event

Aguilar Amplification Announces Factory Tour and Private Clinic with Avishai Cohen

July 24, 2008

Aguilar Amplification, maker of high quality bass amplifiers, speaker cabinets and accessories for bassists is pleased to announce their first in-house clinic on Saturday, August 30, 2008 with endorsing artist, Jazz-great Avishai Cohen. This free of charge event will be strictly “first come, first seated" as space is limited. Attendees will get a chance to get ...

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Article: Profile

Oluyemi Thomas: Positive Knowledge

by Martin Longley
July 24, 2008

Oluyemi Thomas, the sage-like reedman from Oakland, California, is heading to town this month and will be playing in a duo setting with New York drummer and percussionist Michael Wimberley, whom he describes as both “creative-minded and creative-spirited." It's the spiritual sphere--however this is defined, impossible to nail down--that appears to guide much of Thomas' journey. ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

RogueArt

by Kurt Gottschalk
July 24, 2008

Historians differ on the origins of the French flag. The theory that the tricolor banner simply combined the colors of the Parisian coat of arms (red and blue) with the color used to connote French royalty (white) is probably the simplest, but a competing claim--one perhaps taught more often in schoolrooms in America than France--has it ...

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Article: Interview

Junior Mance: Eighty Years Young

by Ken Dryden
July 23, 2008

Chicago native Junior Mance doesn't sound like a man approaching his 80th birthday. The pianist, who credits Gene Ammons, Cannonball Adderley and Dizzy Gillespie with helping him grow as a musician, has led over 30 recordings of his own and made numerous appearances as a sideman during a lengthy career. An enthusiastic conversationalist with a great ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Telarc Records

by Tom Greenland
July 22, 2008

Telarc, established by Jack Renner and Robert Woods in 1977 in Cleveland, Ohio began as a classical music label, later branching into jazz with the 1989 release of Andre Previn's After Hours and eventually adding blues to its docket in 1993. In 2005, the company was annexed by Concord Music Group, while retaining its distinctive identity ...

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Article: Live Review

Sam Newsome & Lucian Ban: The Romanian-American Jazz Suite at the Jazz Standard, NYC

by Budd Kopman
July 22, 2008

Sam Newsome & Lucian Ban--The Romanian-American Jazz Suite at the Jazz StandardThe Jazz StandardNew York City, New YorkJuly 1, 2008 The genesis of The Romanian-American Jazz Suite goes back to 2004 when pianist Lucian Ban, whose roots are Romanian and American soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome received the CEC Artslink Award, ...