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John Coltrane Radio on SiriusXM, hosted by Carlos Santana
In celebration of the legendary jazz saxophonist and composer's 85th birthday, John Coltrane Radio airs on Real Jazz from Thursday, September 22, the day before Coltrane's 85th birthday, at 9 am ET through Sunday, September 25 on channel 67. John Coltrane Radio will be hosted by Grammy Award-winning musician and Coltrane aficionado, Carlos Santana, as well ...
Chick Corea / Eddie Gomez / Paul Motian: Further Explorations
by John Kelman
Chick Corea / Eddie Gomez / Paul Motian Further Explorations Universal Classics and Jazz Japan 2011 Three still-living jazz icons team up on Further Explorations, an album inspired by another legend whose influence remains unequivocal, 30 years after passing away, age 51, in 1980. Gaining initial exposure as a member of ...
Detroit Jazz Festival: Detroit, MI September 2-5, 2011
by C. Andrew Hovan
32nd Annual Detroit Jazz FestivalDetroit, MISeptember 2-5, 2011 As chance would have it, over the past 20 years or so attending the Labor Day festivities at the Detroit Jazz Festival, there have only been a handful of weekends marked by less than optimum weather conditions. On average, the gods have largely smiled down ...
Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Vol. 1
The explosive transformation of Miles Davis' “second great Quintet" with Wayne Shorter (tenor sax), Herbie Hancock (piano), Ron Carter (bass), and Tony Williams (drums) is laid bare on Miles Davis Quintet: Live in Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Volume 1. Culled from original state-owned television and radio sources in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, and Sweden, the ...
Justin Kauflin: Blind VA Beach Pianist Jazzed to Be Competing in DC
Virginia Beach-reared Justin Kauflin strolled onto the stage for the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition on Sunday with a grin on his face and his guide dog, Candy, at his side. After settling in at the keyboards, and settling his black Labrador onto the floor beside him, he proceeded to play for a chance at ...
Summer Jazz Cycling Tour 25: Groningen, The Netherlands, August 26-27, 2011
by John Sharpe
Summer Jazz Cycling Tour 25Groningen, Netherlands August 26-27, 2011 Only in the Netherlands. Where else would anyone think to create such a harmonious conjugation of jazz and cycling? Now in its 25th year, the annual ZomerJazzFietsTour (Summer Jazz Cycling Tour) takes place in the bucolic countryside just outside Groningen in the northern Netherlands. ...
Kim Pensyl & Phil DeGreg: Melodious Monk
by Greg Simmons
At some point or another, it seems, every jazz musician takes up the challenge of interpreting Thelonious Monk. It must be an unbearable temptation to try to bring some perceived new angle to such a distinct set of compositions, especially when those compositions are so inextricably intertwined with Monk's odd playing style. As if responding to ...
Randy Brecker with DR Big Band: The Jazz Ballad Song Book
by Andrew J. Sammut
Randy Brecker with DR Big Band The Jazz Ballad Song Book HalfNote Records 2011 On The Jazz Ballad Song Book, trumpeter Randy Brecker, the Danish Radio Big Band and Danish National Chamber Orchestra approach the slow, wistful side of this repertoire as one dimension among others. They expand their view ...
Roswell Rudd: The Musical Magus Turns 75
by Raul d'Gama Rose
"Years ago it would have seemed an impossible dream to get to record with this musical magus, but here we are... and what a thrill!" class="f-right">--Charlie Kohlhase, From liner notes to Eventuality: The Charlie Kohlhase Quintet Plays the Music of Roswell Rudd (Nada, 2001) I see him suddenly as if in a ...
Greg Reitan: Daybreak
by Dan McClenaghan
Greg Reitan has, since 1995, carved out a career as an award-winning composer for television and film. It wasn't until 2009, however, that the Los Angeles-based pianist released his first jazz CD, one of the top piano trio recordings of the year, Some Other Time (Sunnyside Records). Reitan followed up this excellent debut with another top-level ...
