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News: Recording

Guitarist Joel Harrison Revisits His Roots Growing Up In Washington, D.C. On Latest Cuneiform Records Release, Mother Stump

May 30, 2014

Mother Stump Highlights Harrison’s Guitar Playing Over His Composing On Covers of Buddy Miller, Leonard Cohen, Al Kooper, Luther Vandross, Paul Motian, George Russell And More Featuring Top NY-Based Sidemen Michael Bates (bass), Jeremy ‘Bean’ Clemons (drums), Glenn Patscha (keyboards) For many years, guitarist Joel Harrison claimed he had no roots. Growing up in Washington D.C., ...

News: Performance / Tour

John Ellis & Andy Bragen Present Mobro - A Narrative Chamber Piece At The Jazz Gallery, May 30 & 31

May 30, 2014

John Ellis & Andy Bragen Present The CD Release Celebration for MOBRO And the Official Launch of Ellis' New Label, Parade Light Records, May 30 & 31 at The Jazz Gallery, one set only @ 9:00 PM Featuring: Becca Stevens, Miles Griffith, Sachal Vasandani, Johnaye Kendrick, Shane Endsley, John Clark, Alan Ferber, Josh Roseman, Mike Moreno, ...

News: Event

Vibes Artists To Reign At L. A. Jazz Society Vibe Summit June 22

May 30, 2014

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA: Keyboard mallet masters will reign at Vibe Summit XXI, a joyful conglomeration of some of music's greatest vibes players in an afternoon of entertainment to benefit the educational programs of the Los Angeles Jazz Society. The event, open to the public, will be held Sunday, June 22 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 30-June 5

May 30, 2014

Summertime. And the jazzing is easy if you follow the live calendars, from Jazz Police, KBEM, Rhythm and Grooves and JazzINK. Seems none of us get it all, but all together we probably cover 90%! Some outstanding visitors drop in at the Icehouse this week, and the usual venues keep things boppin' along. Big Gigs This ...

News: Contest

Enter "The Nels Cline Singers - Macroscope" Giveaway!

May 29, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Mack Avenue Records “The Nels Cline Singers - Macroscope“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 28th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Nels Cline at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! ...

News: Music Industry

Jazz Journalist Association Presents Talking Jazz 8: Big Jazz Publications

May 29, 2014

From the Big Guns: What Lies Ahead? Thursday, May 29, 2014 | 8pm EDT JOIN THE GOOGLE HANGOUT STARTING AT 8PM EDT Frank Alkyer, publisher of DownBeat magazine, and Michael Ricci, founder of AllAboutJazz.com, All About Jazz magazine and Jazz Near You, discuss jazz in print and online as they produce it now, and ...

News: Recording

John Coltrane - Offering: Live At Temple University, A Long-Awaited Recording Of An Historic 1966 Performance

May 29, 2014

Features Coltrane In Rare Form, Exhorting Through The Saxophone & Vocal Chants Trane with Alice Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Rashied Ali, Sonny Johnson & Percussion In High-Fidelity Audio Taken From Recently Discovered Tapes To Be Released September 23, 2014, Coltrane’s 88th Birthday via Impulse!/Resonance Records Resonance Records and UME are proud to present Offering: Live At Temple ...

News: Radio

Harold Arlen This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

May 29, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, in rare archival interview clips, Harold Arlen speaks about his career and how he wrote some of his most enduring songs, performed by the Jim Cullum Jazz Band and their guests: Nina Ferro, Dick Hyman, Rebecca Kilgore and Carol Woods. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International. ...

Article: Live Review

Rebellion and Respect: Kennedy Center Celebrates Blue Note's 75th Anniversary

by Franz A. Matzner
May 29, 2014

Blue Note Record's significance to modern music is as inarguable as its story is remarkable. Over its 75 year lifespan the label has recorded many of jazz's defining artists, its evolution tracing the trajectory of America's most significant musical form from its beginnings to its present day diverse manifestations. It is therefore especially auspicious ...

Article: Album Review

Erik Friedlander: Nighthawks

Read "Nighthawks" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
May 29, 2014

Named after the famous Edward Hopper painting, which depicts four people in a diner late in the evening, Nighthawks was conceived by cellist Erik Friedlander under similarly evocative circumstances--during the nearly week-long blackout that enveloped much of New York City in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in September of 2012. Inspired by the uncanny quiet and ...