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George Wein: The Life Of A Legend - October 3 & 4, 7pm, The Allen Room

George Wein: The Life Of A Legend  - October 3 & 4, 7pm, The Allen Room

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER CELEBRATES GEORGE WEIN: THE LIFE OF A LEGEND George Wein and the Newport All-Stars Featuring Lew Tabackin, Randy Brecker, Anat Cohen, Howard Alden, Peter Washington, Lewis Nash and Host Nate Chinen Jazz at Lincoln Center’s The Allen Room October 3 & 4 at 7pm New York, NY: Jazz impresario and pianist George ...

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A Night In Calisia

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Label: Summit Records
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News: Recording

Piloo Records To Release CD/DVD Set Randy Brecker's The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion

Piloo Records To Release CD/DVD Set Randy Brecker's The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion

AVAILABLE ONLINE SEPTEMBER 24, 2013 AVAILABLE IN STORES OCTOBER 8, 2013 Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, trumpeter Randy Brecker and his younger, sax-playing brother Michael helped define a sub-genre by blending sophisticated jazz harmonies and searing solos with slamming funk grooves and a visceral energy that grabbed rock ears. The Philly-born Brecker Brothers set ...

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Article: Album Review

Andre Mehmari: Afetuoso

Read "Afetuoso" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


The music that pianist Andre Mehmari presents on Afetuoso is a true amalgamation of jazz, classical and Brazilian forms. Mehmari, who's worked with everybody from trumpeter Randy Brecker to Brazilian icon Hermeto Pascoal, is a poised and thoughtful player who covers the whole emotional spectrum on this trio date. He's wrapped up in a world of ...

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Article: Record Label Profile

Dreambox Media: The Philadelphia Jazz Label

Read "Dreambox Media: The Philadelphia Jazz Label" reviewed by Mike Oppenheim


Any fan of the great American music that is jazz is surely aware that the art form's history depended on the convergence of geography, individual talents, and inspiration. Cities such as New Orleans, Kansas City, Chicago, and New York are synonymous with particular styles of jazz. One often overlooked city is Philadelphia, the birthplace and/or home ...

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Article: Album Review

Janek Gwizdala: Theatre By The Sea

Read "Theatre By The Sea" reviewed by Ian Patterson


Inside a decade, English musician Janek Gwizdala has positioned himself as one of the top electric bassists in New York, boasting a technique and a melodic ear that places him alongside bassists Gary Willis and Matthew Garrison. His acclaimed debut, Mystery to Me (Self Produced, 2005) featured rising stars such as saxophonist Mark Turner, guitarist Tim ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge: River Runs

Read "Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge: River Runs" reviewed by Jack Bowers


On this powerful and ambitious “concerto for jazz guitar, saxophone and orchestra," composer Chuck Owen's Jazz Surge is bolstered by a thirty-four member reed, brass and string section that helps guide the listener on a picturesque journey along a number of rivers of various shapes, sizes and currents whose aim is to rekindle through musical portraiture ...

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Article: Live Review

Festival Da Jazz: St Moritz 2013

Read "Festival Da Jazz: St Moritz 2013" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay


Festival Da JazzSt. Moritz, SwitzerlandJuly 18-22, 2013How To Run A Jazz Festival 101. Get a big hall, put on some big names: get a small room, put on some smaller names. Stars in the big spaces, up and comers in the little ones. There's a commercial and economic logic to it, maybe even ...

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Article: Live Review

North Sea Jazz Festival 2013

Read "North Sea Jazz Festival 2013" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


North Sea Jazz FestivalAhoyRotterdam, the NetherlandsJuly 12-14, 2013The North Sea Jazz Festival is firmly entrenched as one of the best events anywhere for jazz lovers, and also for the music-makers themselves, who relish the atmosphere and the appreciative audiences that typically jam the thirteen venues running simultaneously in the mammoth Ahoy ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Ralph J DeLorso Jr.

Read "Take Five With Ralph J DeLorso Jr." reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Ralph J DeLorso Jr:I am a 59 year-old seasoned professional drummer. For 43 years I worked for WM Morris and Willard Alexander. For many years I have performed and recorded with many artists. I have performed with the late Jackie McLean two years before his passing at the Artist Collective in Hartford. I ...


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