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Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival Celebrates Landmark 35th Anniversary
Headliners Include Diana Krall, Chris Botti, Trombone Shorty, Esperanza Spalding, Yellowjackets, Maceo Parker, and more! Saturday, June 30, and Sunday, July 1 SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY: The Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festiva will celebrate its landmark 35th Anniversary at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, June 30 and July 1, with a dynamic lineup of more than 20 acclaimed artists ...
The London Blues of Zoë Schwarz
by C. Michael Bailey
The American music genres blues and jazz are the subatomic particles of every note played since their commission to media in the early part of the last century. While one did not beget the other, were this a Venn diagram, there would exist an overlapping of blues and jazz in that place behind the roadhouse on ...
Sun Ra: The Eternal Myth Revealed Vol. 1
by Skip Heller
Author's note: Michael Ricci has ordained me with the power to come to you once a month and throw a little information your way. A lot of great music falls through the cracks, often enough because the people who make it don't live comfortably in some nice categorical box. If you're someone who prefers music to ...
Talkin' Blues with the Groovemaster, Jerry Jemmott
by Alan Bryson
Jerry Jemmott's groove is the bedrock of guitarist B.B. King's career defining hit, “The Thrill is Gone." He was in the studio with Duane Allman and singer Wilson Pickett recording “Hey Jude," a track that was instrumental in launching the late Allman Brothers Band guitarist's musical career; and they were together again for flautist Herbie Mann's ...
Various Artists: The Leopard Lounge Box Set
by Chris May
Various ArtistsThe Leopard Lounge Box SetWarner Jazz2012If you enjoy the TV series Mad Men, you are going to love The Leopard Lounge Box Set. Probably.You need to go know what you are getting into. Should you be offended by the thought of guitarist Barney Kessel hanging ...
Marching to a Jazz Tempo
by Jack Bowers
March came in like a lion in Albuquerque with no less than four blue-chip jazz concerts in the first five days, three of which I attended, passing on the first (the Charlie Christian Project featuring guitarist Michael Anthony and trumpeter Bobby Shew at The Outpost Performance Space) because Betty and I had seen basically the same ...
Walt Johnson: Ladies
by Nicholas F. Mondello
The etymology of the word “troubadour" describes the term as “a singer of songs of chivalry and courtly love." If that is the case, then trumpeter Walt Johnson demonstrates that he is a trumpeting troubadour nonpareil with his marvelous CD, Ladies.Using a concept thread and a classic feel, Johnson and ensemble deliver ten beautifully ...
Gov't Mule: Mad Mules and Englishmen - Beacon 12-31-2011
by C. Michael Bailey
Gov't MuleMad Mules and Englishmen: Beacon 12-31-2011Live Downloads2012 Trumpeter Miles Davis and singer Joe Cocker have in common covering songs by popular peers, transforming those songs, making them their own and in doing so, putting themselves on the musical map forever. Davis did this with his performance ...
Jazz Bridge presents Rob Swanson & Terra Soul Project @ Cheltenham Center for the Arts on Wednesday, April 4th!
Appearing at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Rd, Cheltenham PA (19012) on Wednesday, April 4th 2012 to celebrate National Jazz Appreciation Month will be bassist Rob Swanson and The Terra Soul Project. One show: 7:30-9PM. Tickets: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 215-517-8337. Free parking onsite. This Jazz Bridge ...
Jazz It Up: BMCC Tribeca PAC Presents Screening of Sing Me a Song of Jazz: New Discoveries
New York, NY: Next month, we jazz it up with the continuation of our “Scenes through the Cinema Lens" series with the film retrospective Sing Me a Song of Jazz: New Discoverieson Tuesday, April 10 at 7:30PM. The retrospective takes the audience on a musical journey into the past to celebrate some legendary jazz performers. The ...
