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Article: Extended Analysis

Henry Mancini: Music for Peter Gunn

by Jack Bowers
July 29, 2014

Who could ever forget the assertive, pulse-quickening theme from Peter Gunn, the urbane TV detective series that ran from 1958-61, with its jazz-centered score by the incomparable Henry Mancini. In case you are one of those who has (forgotten the theme, that is), you can now savor it anew (with much more music from the show), ...

Article: Album Review

Karen Mantler: Business is Bad

Read "Business is Bad" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
July 29, 2014

It's been nearly two decades since Karen Mantler last released an album under her own name on the XtraWATT label belonging to her similarly coifed mother, pianist/composer Carla Bley, but she's been anything but idle. Work on Bley albums like Appearing Nightly (Watt, 2008), recordings by father Michael Mantler like Folly Seeing All This (ECM, 1993), ...

Article: Extended Analysis

The Caribbean Tinge: Live from Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

by Steve Bryant
July 29, 2014

Ever since the jazz was created in the clubs and dancehalls of New Orleans, there was always a significant influence from the Caribbean region, specifically from Cuba. The island, which was just a ferry ride from the port city, had such a significant effect on the development of the music that Jelly Roll Morton always spoke ...

News: Festival

New Edition Of The Arizona Jazz Festival Is Packed With Soul

July 29, 2014

R&B veterans Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Charlie Wilson, Boyz II Men, Brian McKnight, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Mint Condition, Kem, Fantasia and Jaheim join smooth jazz headliners Boney James, Brian Culbertson, Mindi Abair, Peter White, Euge Groove and more Phoenix, AZ: Thousands of concertgoers from all over the U.S. will be dancing in the ...

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Line-up Announced For 8th Annual Take Me To The River Festival

July 29, 2014

CELEBRATE THE END OF SUMMER AT THE 8TH ANNUAL TAKE ME TO THE RIVER MUSIC + ARTS FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 6 IN HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON Hudson Valley’s Premier Outdoor Summer Festival Two Stages, 21 Bands, Big Art, Fun Kids Activities and Community Delicious, Locally Sourced Food + Drink from 12+ Vendors Reducing Carbon Footprint with Solar Stage, Recycling Centers ...

Article: Album Review

The Core Trio with Matthew Shipp: The Core Trio With Matthew Shipp

Read "The Core Trio With Matthew Shipp" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
July 28, 2014

One trio. One guest. A single, forty-two minute, freely improvised piece. That's what you basically have here, but such a bare description doesn't do it justice. The Core Trio--a group that has yet to actually record as a stand-alone trio--has an interesting history that seems to always revolve around personnel twists. The group ...

Article: Interview

Steve Swell: Unlimited Musical Possibilities

by Victor L. Schermer
July 28, 2014

"Free Jazz" and “Avant-Garde Jazz" are catch phrases often associated with musical pioneers such as Ornette Coleman and Cecil Taylor but more broadly refer to music that goes outside of the mainstream of melody, harmony, rhythm, and structure. When that happens, opinions and emotions abound. Reactions vary from disgust to excitement and enthusiasm, and it is ...

Article: Album Review

Greg Reitan: Post No Bills

Read "Post No Bills" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
July 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based pianist/composer Greg Reitan's Some Other Time (Sunnyside Records) vied for the honors of “Debut of the Year" in 2009. Using his same trio--with bassist Jack Daro and drummer Dean Koba--Reitan followed up that auspicious start with two more outstanding sets, Antibes (2010) and Daybreak (2011), both for the Sunnyside label. With this ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Jazz Vocals July - Stacy Kent, Patrice Jegou, and Vanessa Perea

by C. Michael Bailey
July 28, 2014

Stacy Kent The Changing Lights Warner Bros. Records 2013 Stacey Kent has had an impressive musical run: Breakfast on the Morning Tram (Blue Note, 2007, for which she was nominated for a Grammy Award), Raconte- moi... (Blue Note, 2010), Dreamer In Concert (Blue Note, 2011) ...

Article: Album Review

Mike LeDonne: I Love Music

Read "I Love Music" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 28, 2014

The uncommonly talented Mike LeDonne continues his transition from piano to Hammond B3, if that is what one may call it, with yet another superb album, the suitably named I Love Music. And while using the organ throughout is a good idea, it is but the first of two, as whenever LeDonne schedules a recording session ...