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Article: Extended Analysis

The New Gary Burton Quartet: Guided Tour

Read "The New Gary Burton Quartet: Guided Tour" reviewed by John Kelman


For some, retirement means winding down and enjoying what life has to offer, after a lifetime spent with the daily grind of making a living. With most musicians, however, while making a living has been a not insignificant challenge, making music can hardly be called a daily grind; it's work, to be sure, but it's also ...

News: Festival

Monterey Jazz Festival 55th Anniversary Celebration Comes to the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia

Monterey Jazz Festival, world-renowned for its artistic excellence, sophisticated informality, and longstanding mission to create and support year-round jazz education and performance programs in local, regional, national, and international venues, continues this commitment in 2013 with its third North American Tour, featuring critically-acclaimed, GRAMMY®-winning jazz artists. The Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration features ...

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Article: Live Review

2012 Thelonious Monk International Drums Competition

Read "2012 Thelonious Monk International Drums Competition" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner


It can never be said that the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz does anything halfway. Held annually at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, this year's competition and gala concert was ambitious and extravagant--equal parts a celebration of jazz drumming, a salute to women's past and present contributions to the art form, and a promotion for ...

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Article: Album Review

Allan Harris & Takana Miyamoto: Convergence

Read "Convergence" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The eternal bond between piano and voice in jazz was cemented long before pianist Bill Evans and vocalist Tony Bennett ever took to the studio together, but they elevated this union of sounds to artistic heights ne'er before attained. Bennett and Evans erased the notions of vocals on top and pianist-as-mere-accompanist with The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans ...

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News: Book / Magazine

Jazz & Blues Florida November 2011 Online Edition Posted

Jazz & Blues Florida November 2011 Online Edition Posted

The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. The November 2011 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA has been posted at JazzBluesFlorida.com. This month's edition can be read in .pdf format, as well as in a ...

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Article: Album Review

John Brown: Dancing With Duke: An Homage To Duke Ellington

Read "Dancing With Duke: An Homage To Duke Ellington" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The cover photo for this album is a bit misleading. John Brown stands with his left forearm pressed against a shiny black piano and the album title--Dancing With Duke: An Homage To Duke Ellington--resides, clear as day, in the upper right hand portion of the cover. If not for the personnel list, which almost blends into ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Feinstein's At Loews Regency Presents The Debut Of Six-Time Grammy Nominated Jazz Vocalist Nnenna Freelon

Feinstein's At Loews Regency Presents The Debut Of Six-Time Grammy Nominated Jazz Vocalist Nnenna Freelon

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York" by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post will continue its Spring 2011 season with the debut of six time Grammy Award nominee NNENNA FREELON from May 10 through 14. The show “Lena: A Lovesome Thing" honors Lena ...

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Article: Album Review

Bill Anschell: Figments

Read "Figments" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


Pianist Bill Anschell normally involves himself in projects that shine with a high polish, recordings like the Wellstone Conspiracy's collaborative Motives (Origin, 2010) and his own More to the Ear than Meets the Eye (Origin, 2006), or in the sideman slot on the marvelous Reunion, led by saxophonists Pete Christlieb and Hadley Caliman. In addition, Anschell ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Legend Makes Annenberg Center Debut

Jazz Legend Makes Annenberg Center Debut

Herbie Hancock calls her “a wonderful song stylist." Melba Moore says that “she's a reincarnation of Ella Fitzgerald." And Aretha Franklin proclaims “if you're looking for good entertainment and very hip music, be sure to check out Nnenna Freelon." And Philadelphia audiences will be able to do just that as the six-time Grammy Award nominee makes ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Singer and Six-Time Grammy Nominee Nnenna Freelon Makes Her Annenberg Center Debut

Jazz Singer and Six-Time Grammy Nominee Nnenna Freelon Makes Her Annenberg Center Debut

“Freelon makes each song such a personal statement that they all seem fresh and new..." USA Today (Philadelphia)—Herbie Hancock calls her “a wonderful song stylist," Melba Moore says that “she's a reincarnation of Ella Fitzgerald," and Aretha Franklin proclaims “if you're looking for good entertainment and very hip music, be sure to check out Nnenna Freelon." ...


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