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News: Contest

Announcing the Winners of the Motema "Rufus Reid - Out Front" Giveaway

May 15, 2010

Irving Taylor, Robert Davies, Thomas Semesky, Theodore Allchin and Christy Pines, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Motema Music “Rufus Reid - Out Front“ giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Motema Music for more releases. Enjoy the ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: May 3, 2010

May 11, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 3 1 Catherine Russell Inside This Heart Of Mine (World Village/Harmonia Mundi) 322 151 +171 1 67 1 5 2 24 35 Trombone Shorty Backatown (Verve Forecast) 273 90 +183 20 62 2 3 3 2 4 John Pizzarelli Rockin In Rhythm: A Tribute ...

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News: Recording

Rufus Reid - Out Front (2010)

May 7, 2010

By PicoRufus Reid has never had the flamboyant, edgy comportment of, say, Charles Mingus, but for decades now, he's been a first-call bassist for many of the finest jazz (and even non-jazz) musicians. Making his way to the top level of bottom pluckers via stints in the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, Dexter Gordon's quartet ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: April 26, 2010

May 4, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 5 6 Tia Fuller Decisive Steps (Mack Avenue) 160 148 +12 2 42 1 7 2 4 3 John Pizzarelli Rockin In Rhythm: A Tribute To Duke Ellington (Telarc) 152 153 -1 4 44 2 8 3 1 10 Catherine Russell Inside This Heart ...

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Article: Album Review

Tim Hagans: The Avatar Sessions: The Music of Tim Hagans

by Dan Bilawsky
May 3, 2010

Over the past three-and-a-half decades, trumpeter Tim Hagans has worked with the most accomplished big bands in the world. Time spent with Stan Kenton, Thad Jones, Maria Schneider and Bob Mintzer has often placed him at the epicenter of large group creativity. These associations, along with many others, have helped him flesh out his own unique ...

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Article: Album Review

Tim Hagans: The Avatar Session: The Music of Tim Hagans

by John Kelman
May 1, 2010

He's been its musical director since 1996, but since 2005 trumpeter Tim Hagans' work with the Swedish Norbotten Big Band has run in a parallel stream to his more intimate, small ensemble work on the German Pirouet label, most recently on Alone Together (2008). As good as Worth the Wait (Fuzzy Music, 2008) was, The Avatar ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Rufus Reid: Out Front and with Old Friends

by J Hunter
April 28, 2010

Great bassists are worth their weight in Maine lobster. Aside from maintaining the foundation so the drummer can stick and move, a great bassist can offer a substantial counterweight to a soloist, plus an additional voice that expands a band's capacity for dialogue. By those measures, Rufus Reid is a great, great bassist, with a strength ...

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News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: April 19, 2010

April 27, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 10 49 Catherine Russell Inside This Heart Of Mine (World Village/Harmonia Mundi) 235 118 +117 24 62 1 3 2 5 5 Mike LeDonne The Groover (Savant) 166 149 +17 4 51 2 8 3 1 2 Rufus Reid Out Front (Motema) 157 169 ...

News: Radio

JazzWeek Radio Chart: April 12, 2010

April 20, 2010

TW LW 2W Artist TW LW Move Add Rpts Peak Wks 1 2 3 Rufus Reid Out Front (Motema) 169 172 -3 1 49 1 6 2 7 10 Dee Dee Bridgewater Eleanora Fagan (1915-1959): To Billie With Love From Dee Dee (Emarcy/DDB) 156 142 +14 4 53 2 5 3 8 14 John Pizzarelli Rockin ...

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Article: Album Review

Rufus Reid: Out Front

by Ken Dryden
April 8, 2010

Long a first-call bassist, Rufus Reid has played with numerous greats since arriving on the jazz scene in the early '70s, including Dizzy Gillespie, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Dexter Gordon, Lee Konitz, Art Farmer and Jimmy Heath, to name just a few, in addition to a number of dates as a leader. His fat tone ...