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Ed Palermo: Not Only In It For The Money

by Duncan Heining
March 19, 2014

It's been twenty years since saxophonist-composer-arranger Ed Palermo and his Big Band began playing the music of Frank Zappa. Twenty years, not a lot of bread but a whole lot of love from fans and musicians alike. Oh No! Not Jazz!! on Cuneiform Records marks the band's fourth Zappa album and the third for that remarkable ...

Article: Interview

Cava Menzies and Nick Phillips: Their Moment

by Bob Kenselaar
February 13, 2014

Every once in a while, a couple of jazz musicians who've never played with each other before find themselves together on a bandstand, and something special really clicks. They just jell musically as if they've been playing together all their lives. Pianist Cava Menzies and trumpeter Nick Phillips experienced such an encounter not long ago, when ...

Article: Live Review

Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia: “Comin’ Home” Concert at the Kimmel Center

by Victor L. Schermer
January 12, 2014

Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Verizon Hall Philadelphia, PA January 7, 2014 Fresh out of the starting gate, the highly touted Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia (JOP), Terell Stafford, Artistic Director, held its first gala concert at a major venue, the Kimmel ...

Article: Profile

John Hollenbeck: profilo di artista

by Angelo Leonardi
January 8, 2014

Lo scorso mese di agosto il 61° critics poll di Down Beat ha votato John Hollenbeck al primo posto tra gli arrangiatori emergenti, riproponendo valutazioni già espresse in passato (Rising Star Arranger nel 2012 e Rising Star Big Band nel 2011). È il doveroso riconoscimento a uno degli artisti più originali del jazz statunitense ma non ...

News: Event

Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia "Comin' Home" Event at Kimmel Center set for January 7th!

January 7, 2014

Terell Stafford, Artistic Director With Wynton Marsalis, Jimmy Heath, Kenny Barron, Randy Brecker, Bill Cosby and more Verizon Hall Tuesday, January 7, 7:30pm The Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia (JOP) is rousing in the new year with its Grand Gala Fund Raising Concert. JOP is dedicated to honoring, presenting and continuing Philadelphia's unparalleled jazz legacy through performance ...

Album

Better Get Hit In Your Soul | A Tribute To The Music Of Charles Mingus

By Randy Brecker

Label: ZYX Music
Released: 2013
Track listing: Boogie Stop Shuffle; Tijuana Gift Shop; Celia; O.p.; Hora Decubitus; Goodbye Pork-pie Hat; Ll B.s.; Moanin'/ Fabls Of Faubus; Gunslinging Birds; I X Love; Selfportrait In Three Colours; Better Get It In Your Soul;

Album

Night in Calisia

By Randy Brecker

Label: Summit Records
Released: 2013
Track listing: Night in Calisia; Amber Road; Orienthology; Follow the Stars; Quarrel of the Roman Merchants; Forgotten Song.

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The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion

By Randy Brecker

Label: Piloo Records and Productions LLC
Released: 2013
Track listing: CD (Studio): First Tune Of The Set; Stellina; The Dipshit; Merry Go Town; The Slag; Really In For It; Elegy For Mike; On The Rise; Adina; R N Bee; Musician's Ol' Lady Dues Blues. DVD (Live): First Tune Of The Set; The Slag; Adina; Really In For It; Straphangin'; Stellina; Merry Go Town; Inside Out; Some Skunk Funk.

News: Obituary

Pianist and Educator Jimmy Amadie Passes Away at Age 76 After Long Battle with Cancer

December 16, 2013

Jimmy Amadie, the celebrated Philadelphia pianist and educator known for his contributions in improvisational jazz theory, passed away on December 10, 2013 in Philadelphia, PA. He was 76. His death comes after being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007. Amadie was known not only for his supreme musicality, but also for his unrelenting fighting spirit. As ...

Article: Interview

Janek Gwizdala: Cooking Up A Little Bass Magic

by Ian Patterson
December 12, 2013

Virtuosity is not something innate but is rather the result of years of dedication to one's instrument. English-born, Los Angeles-based electric bassist/composer Janek Gwizdala certainly qualifies as a virtuoso but he's the first to acknowledge that the learning--and the practice--never ends. Gwizdala knows that great technical ability, however, doesn't automatically equate with great music, and his ...