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News: Recording

Rising Above The Struggles, Butler Is Living His Dream

April 30, 2014

Family, friends - including Marcus Miller and the late George Duke - and an “African Breeze” combine forces on “Living My Dream,” coming June 24 from the R&B-jazz artist. Sherman Oaks, CA: It took a while for Jonathan Butler to feel comfortable saying it, but the South African singer-songwriter-guitarist’s confidence has grown as he celebrates what ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Pat Metheny Unity Group - Kin (←→)" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

April 29, 2014

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Nonesuch Records “Pat Metheny Unity Group - Kin (←→)“ CD giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on May 26th. Click here to enter the contest (Tracking Pat Metheny at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your ...

Article: Live Review

Jose James at Dazzle

by Geoff Anderson
April 29, 2014

Jose James Dazzle Denver, CO April 23, 2014 Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Bill Withers, Gil Scott-Heron. Mix them together, bring them into the 21st Century and you end up with something that sounds a lot like Jose James. Wednesday night at Dazzle, 36-year-old James brought his band and updated soul ...

Article: Album Review

Charlie Dennard: From Brazil To New Orleans

Read "From Brazil To New Orleans" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
April 29, 2014

Thousands of miles separate Brazil and New Orleans, but pianist/composer Charlie Dennard thinks these two locales are a lot closer than that. This album is his way of showing that. Dennard, a former student of Ellis Marsalis who's served as a music director for Cirque du Soleil productions and shared the stage with ...

Article: Live Review

“Chapito” Chavarria’s 100th Birthday Celebration at the Musical Instrument Museum

by Patricia Myers
April 29, 2014

"Chapito" Chavarria Orchestra Musical Instrument Museum Phoenix, Arizona April 6, 2014 A 10-piece band of Phoenix-area musicians performed a concert celebrating the 100th birthday of longtime bandleader Rafael “Chapito" Chavarria. The musician, composer and arranger attended the event, which included the dedication of a new segment of the “I Am AZ ...

Article: Album Review

Felipe Salles: Uganda Suite

Read "Uganda Suite" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
April 29, 2014

In 2008 saxophonist/composer Felipe Salles offered up the superb South American Suite (Curare Records). The highly rhythmic ode to his home continent seemed a natural for Salles, who hails originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He now moves his focus to the east, across the Atlantic for the gorgeous Ugandan Suite, a collection brimming with surging rhythms ...

Article: Album Review

Marc Ribot Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard

Read "Live At The Village Vanguard" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
April 29, 2014

It had been 16,631 days since bassist Henry Grimes had last played music at New York's infamous Village Vanguard. His performance, with saxophonist Albert Ayler, on December 18, 1966 was recorded and released as In Greenwich Village (Impulse!, 1967). Back after 45 years, 6 months, and 12 days, the bassist, now part of guitarist Marc Ribot's ...

Article: Album Review

The Bad Plus: The Rite of Spring

Read "The Rite of Spring" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff
April 29, 2014

Dall'anno della sua tumultuosa prima parigina è passato un secolo e un anno. Da allora la Sagra della primavera di Igor Stravinsky ha attraversato i decenni continuando a dialogare con le musiche che l'hanno seguita. Il rapporto di questo capolavoro con il jazz--musica che, si sa, riveste una particolare importanza nella vita ...

Article: Jazz Near Me

Rare Songbird at Lafayette Bar in Easton

by Gloria Krolak
April 29, 2014

Rara avis Michelle Glick was heard warbling recently in her natural habitat, a no-jive, real-live jazz bar. Also known as Easton PA's Lafayette Bar, a tavern that counts more beards and berets than baseball caps, she was coaxed out of her self-enforced retirement by owner Tunsei Jabbour. Tunsei (pronounced Tahn-sigh) promised her back-up by the Rich ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bill Frisell's Roots Of Americana Series Electric Guitar In America

April 29, 2014

Featuring Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Tony Scherr, Kenny Wollesen Jazz at Lincoln Center’s The Appel Room on June 6-7 New York, NY – Guitar icon Bill Frisell presents the final concerts of his Roots of Americana Series for the 2013-14 season on June 6-7 at 7pm & 9:30pm in The Appel Room at Jazz at Lincoln ...