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NPR & WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Ring in 2010 with Live Coast-to-Coast Broadcast
NPR MUSIC AND WBGO/Jazz 88.3FM RING IN 2010 WITH LIVE CONCERTS COAST-TO-COAST ON TOAST OF THE NATION NINE HOUR PERFORMANCE SPECIAL FEATURES BIG BAD VOODOO DADDY, THE BAD PLUS, JOHN PIZZARELLI, ANAT COHEN AND IRVIN MAYFIELD The 30th annual New Year's Eve special Toast of the Nation rings ...
Icons Among Us Four Part Series Released for Educators and Institutions
"ICONS AMONG US explores Jazz in a way that leaves the audience with a better understanding of its history and an appreciation of the contemporary complexity of the genre. The film expands upon the foundation set by Ken Burns' JAZZ to add nuance and insight into the music and culture of today." ~Kevin Johnson, ...
John Law: Deeper into the Music
by Jakob Baekgaard
Classical music and jazz are often perceived as two radically different art forms that cannot be merged. Historically, the idea of a so-called “third stream" that is able to combine the language of jazz and classical music into a coherent whole has proved rather difficult to translate into praxis, and yet it is undeniable that a ...
George Colligan: Come Together
by Dan McClenaghan
New York-based pianist George Colligan has been prolific since his 1996 debut, Activism (Steeplechase Records), releasing nineteen CDs as a leader. He keeps it fresh with Come Together, a very energetic and modern-sounding piano trio affair.The set opens with the title tune, written before Colligan was born (just barely, in 1969). Penned by John ...
Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet: Underdog And Other Stories...
by Mark Corroto
Ignore the fact that pianist Ted Kooshian regularly covers cartoon and TV music in his quartet and what's left is an appreciation for music that swings exceptionally hard, and a passion for each tune that is anything but “animated." Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet has produced its second volume of music, Underdog And Other Stories..., following a ...
Take Five With Trey Wright
by AAJ Staff
Meet Trey Wright: Trey Wright is a jazz guitarist, composer, and recording artist based in Roswell, Ga. While studying Sociology at the University of Georgia, Trey studied jazz improvisation with pianist and composer Steve Dancz. In 1994, he co-founded the Athens/Atlanta based jazz band Squat. The group is a six-time winner of Best Jazz Band at ...
A Bit of This and That
The Firehouse 12 Fall 2009 Concert Series opens its 13-week run on Friday September 18 (alas, the first night of Rosh Hashanah) with Brandon Ross & Blazing Beauty for 2 shows (8:30 and 10 p.m.) You can purchase tickets for individual shows or the entire season by going to the venue's website (firehouse12.com). Speaking ...
Newport Jazz Festival 55: A Weekend to Savor
by Ken Franckling
George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55Newport, Rhode IslandAugust 7-9, 2009In this 40th anniversary summer of Woodstock, the musical love-in took place in Newport, not upstate New York. And it wasn't a matter of nostalgia. It was all about the Phoenix-like return of the jazz festival after a winter of uncertainty. Once ...
eJazzRadio July 19-27 2009 - Playlist!
After two weeks away at Toronto Downtown Jazz, Montreal Jazz Festival and Quebec City Music Festival - we're back with a new show with plenty new sides. The Brenan Brothers, Dave Douglas, Bobby Broom, Chris Pasin, Frank Glover, Monterey Jazz Quartet, Laurence Hobgood, along with The Bad Plus, Kurt Elling, and Karin Allyson. Play eJazzRadio Now! ...
George Wein: Back to Doing His Thing
by R.J. DeLuke
Not many people stand in shoes similar to the ones in which jazz impresario George Wein now finds himself. Having invented the jazz festival more than half a century ago, his name is synonymous with the Newport Jazz Festival, his first and most well-known child of that genus. He led a company that expanded on the ...
