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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Arts Group Welcomes Back the "Supafunkrock" of Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue

March 15, 2011

Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series makes a surprise stop at the Capitol Theatre Riffe Center on Sunday, April 3 to welcome back 24-year-old New Orleans singer / songwriter / multi-instrumentalist and all-around musical powerhouse Troy “Trombone Shorty" Andrews & Orleans Avenue, with special guest Stretch Lefty. Rare indeed is the artist with the virtuosity to ...

News: Recording

Speak Jazz Presents the Dave Sterner Quintet, "Sidetracked"

February 1, 2011

Introducing The Dave Sterner Quintets Speak Jazz Debut CD Sidetrack, featuring ten original compositions that showcase talented writing and stellar playing. The collection includes a variety of styles, from straight ahead jazz to funky groove tunes. Sidetracked lets you hear a fabulous improviser, band leader and composer, surrounded by imaginative veterans, in a setting they all ...

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News: Interview

Hiromi is the Hendrix of the Piano.

January 16, 2011

I don't get jazz sexism. I used to read Down Beat magazine and my favorite section was the blindfold test where notable artists would listen to tunes selected for them to critique. When you got someone like Miles Davis listening to something he thought was crap he wasn't shy about saying so. What I don't remember ...

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Article: Live Review

Joe Lovano with Family and Friends: Cleveland Heights, December 28, 2010

by Matt Marshall
January 14, 2011

Joe LovanoNighttownCleveland Heights, OhioDecember 28, 2010 Late into the third set of his homecoming gig with family and friends at Nighttown, saxophonist Joe Lovano took to the mike to remind all in attendance that “Cleveland has always had a creative music scene goin' on." It felt part pep talk, part classic ...

News: Award / Grant

One Year in Jazz: Nine of the Best and One of the Worst.

January 1, 2011

1. Chris Standring/Blue Bolero: Playing jazz in America would serve as a great cover for someone in the witness protection program. A musician can labor at jazz for years and put together a nice body of work, but the music industry, the media, and the public may barely notice in their search for the next teenage ...

News: Interview

The New Orleans Party Asylum give Santa Claus a taste of swinging Dixieland jazz

December 24, 2010

The New Orleans Party Asylum have unveiled their own brand of lunacy on Yuletide Aphrodisiac, a collection of Christmas covers made over in the style of Dixieland jazz. Featuring vocalist/pianist Dave Kosmyna, clarinetist/saxophonist Ray Heitger, drummer Tad Dickerson, and bassist Riley Kloos, the New Orleans Party Asylum formed in 2009 but its roster of top-shelf jazz ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Barry Cleveland

by AAJ Staff
December 6, 2010

Meet Barry Cleveland: Barry Cleveland's guitar playing is rooted in progressive and psychedelic rock, branching into ambient, experimental, funk, and various ethnic styles--enhanced by cutting-edge electronics and unorthodox playing techniques. He's also a deft engineer and producer with an iconoclastic approach to recording and mixing. Cleveland released his first commercial album--Mythos--on Larry Fast's ...

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Article: Interview

Barry Cleveland: Beyond Convention

by Anil Prasad
November 29, 2010

The personal is the political for guitarist and composer Barry Cleveland. That perspective is evident on Hologramatron (MoonJune, 2010), his new album featuring songs that serve as a response to the socio-political and religious narratives woven by the voices dominating today's 24-hour news cycles. Cleveland is unafraid of telling it exactly as he sees it, with ...

News: Performance / Tour

Live Jazz Schedule in Columbus Ohio, Weekend of November 5th

November 7, 2010

Friday, November 5th ONE NIGHT ONLY!: An Annual Celebration for Jazz Arts Group-6pm Wally Mitchel—Dicks Den-10pm Silky Ray—Vonn Jazz lounge-5:30pm Dwight Lenox Trio—Worthington Inn-7pm Mark Flugge Trio—Hyde Park-7:30pm Mary McClendon—Barcelona-8pm Descendre—Woodlands Tavern-9pm Bob Niederriter—Ravari Room-7pm Sabrina Tutstone-5:30pm Louise ...

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Article: Live Review

31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland

by Matt Marshall
May 27, 2010

31st Annual Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio April 15-25, 2010 In its 31st offing, the Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland followed a familiar yet engaging formula. One that, over the years, has made it the largest music festival in Ohio and the largest educational jazz festival in the country. The clinics and workshops for ...