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Speak Jazz Presents the Dave Sterner Quintet, "Sidetracked"

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 ...
Grace Kelly / Phil Woods: Man With the Hat

by Larry Taylor
Jazz veteran Phil Woods carries the alto sax torch from Charlie Parker, following in the footsteps of Art Pepper, Cannonball Adderley and Lee Konitz. Now he bestows the honor on 18-year-old altoist/vocalist Grace Kelly, its light shining on Man With A Hat. Woods, 80, with over a half-century of playing, first met Kelly ...
Daniel Humair in the Lions' Dens

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Drummer Paul Motian is well-known for his melodic" percussion, in which he skits and dodges arrhythmically, letting the guitars and saxophones mark the pulse of the composition. But for all the praise breathlessly--and deservedly--heaped upon Motian for this approach, the number of drummers who follow his example somewhere on this side of the free-jazz frontier, is ...
Jazz Radio Returns: Lydia Liebman's Reeds & Deeds II is back for a second season!

REEDS & DEEDS II RETURNS FOR A SECOND SEASON ON WECB After an outstanding debut, Lydia Liebman's Reeds & Deeds II" is returning for a second season on January 23rd, 2011. Reeds & Deeds II" is broadcast on WECB Online Radio from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. Bringing jazz beyond the college campus, Liebman's weekly Sunday ...
Paris Jazz Diary 2010

by Patricia Myers
Travelers who stay in Paris for more than three days without hearing live jazz will miss a vital element of Parisian life. Jazz is as easily available as French wine and crusty baguettes, with performances seven nights a week throughout the City of Light. It's been this way since jazz first entered Paris in the 1920s, ...
Tops in '10: The Best Big Band Albums of the Year
by Jack Bowers
The holiday season is upon us, which means it's a perfect time to name my choices for the best big band albums of 2010. Looking back, this was a better year for large ensembles than memory envisaged, and narrowing the list of candidates to 10 wasn't as easy as I thought it might be. Nevertheless, the ...
Danilo Perez Trio Meets Thelonious Monk: Live at the Kimmel Center

by Victor L. Schermer
Danilo Perez TrioKimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Perelman Theater Philadelphia, PANovember 13, 2010Thelonious Monk was a remarkable figure, and his music continues well beyond his lifetime to influence musicians on many levels. Truly An American Original," as the subtitle of Robin D.G. Kelley's definitive biography calls him, he took stride ...
Bob Lark and Friends: Cathy's Song

by Jack Bowers
Trumpeter Bob Lark's friends," on his fourth album for Jazzed Media Records, include alto saxophonist Phil Woods (two tracks), pianist Jim McNeely and bassist Rufus Reid (four apiece). There's a six-member string section on three numbers, on which Lark's flugelhorn is the only horn, while the selections with McNeely and Reid are scored for trio with ...
Reeds And Deeds II: The Web's New Home For The Best In Jazz
Hosted by Emerson College student Lydia Liebman, Reeds & Deeds II" is the new home for jazz on WECB Online Radio. Bringing jazz beyond the campus of Emerson College, Liebman's weekly Sunday evening broadcasts include a mix of tunes from new releases and rare recordings, book readings, current tour updates and exclusive interviews with current jazz ...
Jazz Bridge Presents Hal Galper!

Appearing at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 145 W. Rose Tree Road in Media, PA, on November 17th, will be pianist Hal Galper and his band: Bassist Tony Marino and drummer Billy Mintz. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. $10/$5 students. Free refreshments. Galper is internationally known as an educator. His theoretical and practical articles have appeared in six ...