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News: Festival

Murcia in Spain to Rock with Jazz, Blues and World Music

Murcia in Spain to Rock with Jazz, Blues and World Music

This summer music lovers should head for a quiet region on Spain's Mediterranean coast. Murcia will be filled with the sound of music - jazz, blues, world and rock - from not one, but two major festivals. Kicking off tomorrow, the 12th San Javier International Jazz Festival will feature 16 concerts with music greats like John ...

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Article: Profile

The Allman Brothers Band: 40 Years Out

Read "The Allman Brothers Band: 40 Years Out" reviewed by Alan Bryson


So what do Randy Brecker, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White have in common with Kid Rock, Eric Clapton and Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top? All were part of the Allman Brothers Band's three-week musical extravaganza at New York City's Beacon Theater celebrating the band's 40th anniversary. This year's list of surprise guests also included ...

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Article: Album Review

The Stanley Clarke Trio: Jazz in the Garden

Read "Jazz in the Garden" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


How do you make one jazz trio different from so many others? Have the diverse stylings of Stanley Clarke on bass, the experience of Lenny White on drums and the adventurous spirit of Hiromi on piano. The result is the Stanley Clarke Trio. Each member of this ensemble is a leader in his ...

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News: Technology

INgrooves Adds Telarc and Headsup Overseas

INgrooves Adds Telarc and Headsup Overseas

INgrooves has inked Telarc and Heads Up International, both divisions of Concord Music Group for digital distribution worldwide excluding the US and Canada. The wide ranging Telarc and Heads Up catalogs include jazz icons like Dave Brubeck, McCoy Tyner and Stanley Clarke, the blues of Taj Mahal and Tab Benoit, contemporary jazz from the likes Candy ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt Team for BonTaj Roulet Tour

Taj Mahal, Bonnie Raitt Team for BonTaj Roulet Tour

Blues artist Taj Mahal will do his own set and then finish off with a collaboration with Bonnie Raitt on their tour. Friends since the late '60s, Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal are teaming up for BonTaj Roulet, a 30-date tour from Aug. 6 to Sept. 25. Each show includes separate sets and a closing collaboration. ...

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Maestro

Label: Heads Up International
Released: 2008
Track listing: Scratch My Back; Never Let You Go; Dust Me Down; Further on Down the Road; Black Man, Brown Man; Zanzibar; TV Mama; I Can Make You Happy; Slow Drag; Hello Josephine; Strong Man Holler; Diddy Wah Diddy.

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Article: Album Review

Taj Mahal: Maestro

Read "Maestro" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


With a forty-year track record of recording the blues, Taj Mahal has earned the label of maestro. Now, he celebrates four decades with an album that uses that word as its theme.Born Henry St. Clair Fredricks in 1942, Mahal has mixed a variety of cultural influences in making his music. Although primarily a vocalist, ...

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Article: Album Review

Taj Mahal: Maestro

Read "Maestro" reviewed by Doug Collette


Maestro is the perfect title for this Taj Mahal album. No matter who the star cameo is on a given track--and there is a famous name on almost every one--it's quite clear that the source of direction (not to mention the original inspiration) comes from Mahal himself. Not surprisingly, the best moments arise in his role ...

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News: Festival

Taj Mahal to Perform at 2008 Telluride Festival of the Arts

Taj Mahal to Perform at 2008 Telluride Festival of the Arts

Telluride Mountain Village Owners Association, sponsors and organizers of the Telluride Festival of the Arts announced a surprise addition to this year's festival schedule - a special one-night performance by Taj Mahal and the Trio Band on Friday, August 15, 2008 at 6:00 p.m. on Sunset Plaza in Mountain Village, Colo. The performance will be free ...

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News: Festival

Taj Mahal, Eddie Floyd Added to Long Beach Blues Festival Lineup, August 31

Taj Mahal, Eddie Floyd Added to Long Beach Blues Festival Lineup, August 31

Chuck Berry remains the Saturday headliner, and festival also features Pinetop Perkins, John Mayall, Charlie Musselwhite, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Roy Rogers, Ana Popovic and more. LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Blues and world music legend Taj Mahal and Booker T. Jones will co-headline the Sunday, August 31 show of the Long Beach Blues Festival. In addition, ...


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