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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 10, 2010

May 18, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 2 John Pizzarelli Rockin In Rhythm: A Tribute To Duke Ellington (Telarc) 211 206 +5 2 47 1 10 2 2 24 Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast) 194 273 -79 3 60 2 4 3 1 3 Catherine Russell Inside This Heart Of ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Bending Melodies into Unorthodox Shapes

May 15, 2010

Heading into her encore at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola on Tuesday night, Nnenna Freelon gave her audience the illusion of a choice. “Are you guys feeling frisky or sentimental?" she asked. Frisky, came the reply. Well, all right, then: the band struck up a light-funk groove, and Ms. Freelon plunged into one last song, parsing lyrics with ...

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Article: Album Review

Nnenna Freelom: Homefree

Read "Homefree" reviewed by Fred Bouchard

by Fred Bouchard
May 14, 2010

Nnenna Freelon can be spotted miles off, like neon or a rainbow. The tall, rawboned, outspoken gal from Cambridge, MA via North Carolina owns a musical persona as unique as her name. She nails her ancient/modern, genre-jumping repertoire, embraces it, inhabits it organically and belts it with a hearty, emphatic attack. You can ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 3, 2010

May 11, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 1 Catherine Russell Inside This Heart Of Mine (World Village/Harmonia Mundi) 322 151 +171 1 67 1 5 2 24 35 Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast) 273 90 +183 20 62 2 3 3 2 4 John Pizzarelli Rockin In Rhythm: A Tribute ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: April 26, 2010

May 4, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 5 6 Tia Fuller Decisive Steps (Mack Avenue) 160 148 +12 2 42 1 7 2 4 3 John Pizzarelli Rockin In Rhythm: A Tribute To Duke Ellington (Telarc) 152 153 -1 4 44 2 8 3 1 10 Catherine Russell Inside This Heart ...

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News: Recording

Nnenna Freelon Releases New CD - "Homefree"

April 20, 2010

The new CD from multi-Grammy nominated vocalist Nnenna Freelon, Homefree, hits stores today (CD & digital) via Concord Jazz Records. The new album is Freelon's 7th Concord release and is a soulful, swinging album that Freelon calls her “home brew." The collection is comprised largely of contemporary interpretations of classic American Songbook ...

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News: Recording

Nnenna Freelon to Release New Record

April 13, 2010

Next week, Concord Jazz will release Homefree, the highly anticipated new album from esteemed jazz vocalist and multi-Grammy nominee, Nnenna Freelon. Homefree is a collection of contemporary interpretations of classic American Songbook tunes as well as a new poignant original, “Cell Phone Blues" composed by Nnenna, and spirited arrangements of two anthems ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Count Basie Orchestra: Swinging, Singing, Playing

by Robert J. Robbins
September 22, 2009

Count Basie OrchestraSwinging, Singing, PlayingMack Avenue2009 Although over a quarter-century has elapsed since the passing of William Count" Basie in 1984, the bandleader and pianist's legacy has proved one of the most durable from the big band era, and the Basie band's Swinging, Singing, Playing maintains the Basie ...

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News: Event

LA Phil Presents Ask Your Mama - Inspired by Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods for Jazz

August 20, 2009

LA Phil Presents Ask Your Mama – Sunday, August 30, 7:30pm at the Hollywood Bowl Hollywood Bowl Orchestra George Manahan, conductor Jessye Norman, soprano Nnenna Freelon, vocalist de'Adre Aziza, vocalist The Roots Laura Karpman, composer

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Erik Applegate

by AAJ Staff
August 16, 2009

Meet Erik Applegate: Erik Applegate has been called “a top-notch acoustic bass performer" (Jazzreview.com), and he has appeared with the Bob Mintzer Big Band, Nnenna Freelon, Milt Jackson, Jeff Coffin, Eddie Daniels, Ingrid Jensen, George Garzone, Tom Harrell, Marlena Shaw, and others. He toured with James Williams and in a trio with Harold Mabern and Ed ...