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Jazz Great Barbara Morrison To Be Honored in "A Benefit Evening of Jazz Legends For Barbara Morrison" at Local 47 Musicians Union in Hollywood, CA on September 11th
Music producers Stuart Elster and Richard Simon will present A Benefit Evening of Jazz Legends for Barbara Morrison, co-hosted by Helen Borgers, on-air talent for KJAZZ 88.1 FM and James Janisse, on-air talent for KCRW 89.9 FM for One Night Only on Sunday, September 11, 2011 at Local 47 Musicians Union; 817 Vine Street; Hollywood, CA ...
PDX Jazz Presents Ramsey Embick Trio @ Mission Theater - "In a Silent Way: The Music of Joe Zawinul"

Thursday, September 29th @ 8pm Consumer Friendly Pricing, All Seats $15 Limited Reserved Seats for PDX Jazz Members PDX Jazz, the presenting organization of the Portland Jazz Festival in partnership with the Mission Theater, along with The Crystal Hotel and our media sponsor KMHD Radio, is set to continue the PDX Jazz ...
Vivian Buczek: Dedication To My Giants

by Bruce Lindsay
Dedication To My Giants, is Vivian Buczek's tribute to those giants of jazz who have inspired the Swedish vocalist's own work. While Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles get a mention, Buczek's giants for are predominantly instrumentalists--John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Clifford Brown included--and as a result her song selection for this, her third album, avoids the ...
Jimmy Scott: Across the Universe

by Chris M. Slawecki
Listening to Little Jimmy Scott sing is different from listening to any other singer. His high-pitched voice carries more emotion than any instrument can reasonably bear, and seems to come from a special place deep within his heart. Yet that voice also seems to resound from a profound source far beyond any one man, a place ...
Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz

by AAJ Italy Staff
A distanza di pochi anni dalla morte di Ray Charles colpisce la scarsità di ristampe e la loro poca varietà. Per questo, oltre che per il valore intrinseco, è da non perdere il doppio CD messo in commercio dalla Concord, fedele alla sua tradizione di elevata qualità in termini di resa sonora e completezza delle note ...
Kansas City's 2011 Rhythm & Ribs Jazz and Blues Festival is October 8th

The American Jazz Museum at 18th & Vine in Kansas City, Missouri will present its annual Rhythm & Ribs Jazz and Blues Festival on Saturday, October 8, 2011. The one day event features headliners Christian McBride & Inside Straight (Artist-In-Resident); the legendary Bobby Blue" Bland (Blues Headliner); and, the band WAR (Festival Headliner). The all-day event ...
16th Litchfield Jazz Festival: Kent, CT, August 5-7, 2011

by Sandy Ingham
Litchfield Jazz Festival Kent, CT August 5-7, 2011 I like to save the best for last," saxophonist Jimmy Heath told the crowd near the end of his big band's grand finale set at the Litchfield Jazz Festival on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011. It was a successful strategy, not only for Heath's ...
Hoagy Carmichael's Music This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

This week, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band welcomes piano legend Dick Hyman and vocalist Stephanie Nakasian for a concert of Hoagy Carmichael's music, recorded live at the historic Filoli Gardens near San Francisco. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk ...
Roseanna Vitro: Following Her Muse

by Dan Bilawsky
While the back panel of vocalist Roseanna Vitro's The Music Of Randy Newman (Motéma, 2011) says File Under: Jazz/Pop/Vocals," those labels don't do her justice. Vitro's vocals are a conduit to the very core of American music--from blues and rock to soul and jazz--and her recorded output over the past three decades speaks to her talents ...
Ray Charles: Rare Genius

by Chris May
Concord's reissue of vocalist and keyboardist Ray Charles' albums for ABC-Paramount, the label he moved to from Atlantic in 1959, is a mixed bag. It includes two winners, The Genius Hits The Road (1960) and Modern Sounds In Country Music Vols. 1 & 2 (1962), a so-so concept album, A Message From The People (1973)--and, in ...