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Chick Corea Headlines at Jazz at Lincoln Center

January 20, 2011

To judge by the latest whirlwind of activity, jazz great Chick Corea has no intention of slowing down after more than 50 years. Saturday he led a tribute to Herbie Hancock in Washington, D.C. Sunday he was in a Manhattan studio recording with Roy Haynes, who, at 85, may be the world's greatest living jazz drummer. ...

Historic Jazz Play It's a Hardbop Life Opens in New York February 2011

January 20, 2011

NEW YORK, NY— It's a Hard bop Life, the first play to feature an entire cast of jazz musicians, will open February 2011 at the Producers Club in midtown Manhattan. The play, which originally debuted as a Special Event at the 2004 New York JVC Jazz Festival and was featured in Jazz Times Magazine, has undergone ...

John Zorn: In Search of the Miraculous

by Warren Allen
January 19, 2011

John ZornIn Search of the MiraculousTzadik2010 John Zorn's compositions revel in a rare blend of allusion and mystery. His albums often exist both on a self-contained level as individual works of art, yet are simultaneously layered with tokens and tributes to the many artists who have shaped his ...

Headliners Announced for 2011 10th Edition of Xrijf

January 19, 2011

Producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona today announced five headliners for the 10th Edition of theXerox Rochester International Jazz Festival to be held June 10-18, 2011. Grammy Award winner Natalie Cole will perform on opening night, Friday June 10.  The Fab Faux (a Beatles tribute band) plays Saturday June 11.  Bela Fleck & The Original Fleckstones performs ...

The Jazz Session #232: Gerald Cleaver

January 18, 2011

Gerald Cleavers new album, Be It As I See It (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2011) is a musical exploration of the Great Migration and its relation to his own familys history. In this interview, Cleaver discusses the music and historical mission behind the formation of his band Uncle June; his use of spoken word and sound ...

Five Headliners Announced for Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival 10th Edition

January 18, 2011

Elvis Costello, k.d. lang, Natalie Cole, Béla Fleck and The Fab Faux—Tickets on Sale Friday January 21! Rochester, NY—Producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona today announced five headliners for the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival 10th Edition, which will be held June 10-18, 2011. Grammy Award winner Natalie Cole will perform on opening night, Friday June ...

The Jazz Session #231: Jane Ira Bloom

January 14, 2011

John Zorn: Dictee / Liber Novus

by Warren Allen
January 14, 2011

John ZornDictée / Liber NovusTzadik2010 If the ever-productive multi-instrumentalist John Zorn's compositional oeuvre yields one simple theme, it is the sheer variety of his interests and vision. Perhaps none of his personal oeuvres better encapsulate this than his file card compositions. These are usually extended pieces that consist ...

David A. Orthmann's Best Releases of 2010

by David A. Orthmann
January 14, 2011

2010 was a banner year for newly recorded jazz.. Nathan Eklund Group Coin Flip(OA2 Records) Dmitry Baevsky Down With It(Sharp Nine) Champian Fulton The Breeze and I(Gut String) Tobias Gebb/Unit 7 Free at Last(Yummyhouse) ...

Vince Giordano: Toe-Tapping and Timeless

by Andrew J. Sammut
January 13, 2011

Welcome to the inaugural column “Jazz That Scratches, Swings and Pops We've all heard King Oliver, Jelly Roll Morton and Bix Beiderbecke on the Smithsonian Jazz Collection. We know the names because they're “important," but do we ever listen because they're just plain good? What about Papa Celestin, Red ...