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Article: Live Review

"In the Mood" at Mesa Arts Center

by Patricia Myers
March 28, 2014

"In the Mood": A 1940s Musical Revue Mesa Arts Center Mesa, Arizona March 12, 2014 A 13-piece big band revived the music of the 1940s, from Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey to Duke Ellington and Count Basie, accompanying six young singers and dancers in vintage costumes to re-create the music of ...

News: Festival

19th Annual Jazz On Fourth Street Festival, Berkeley, CA Lineup

March 28, 2014

Presented by Fourth Street Merchants, KCSM/Jazz 91, Avalon Berkeley, and Berkeleyside, the 19th Annual Jazz on Fourth Street Festival will take place Sunday, May 18, from Noon – 5:00pm in Berkeley, CA on Fourth Street between Hearst and Virginia and is free. For more information, visit fourthstreet.com or call the hot line at (510) 526-6294. This ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 28 - April 3

March 28, 2014

The weather experts say March came in like a Polar Bear and is going out like a Lion. Lions are always welcome in jazz! And there are plenty around in the coming week, from one of our newer resident percussion gurus to a pair of virtuosic trombonists to a good handful of modern improvisers, fleet-fingered guitarists, ...

News: Website

Jazz Near You receives grant from Philadelphia Fund For Jazz Legacy and Innovation

March 27, 2014

The Painted Bride Art Center in collaboration with the Philadelphia Fund For Jazz Legacy & Innovation have designated Jazz Near You a grant recipient to fund a Jazz New Year promotional campaign in the Philadelphia metropolitan region. “I'd like to thank the Painted Bride Art Center, the Philadelphia Jazz Project and the Philadelphia Foundation for their ...

Article: Album Review

Donald Edwards: Evolution of An Influenced Mind

Read "Evolution of An Influenced Mind" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
March 27, 2014

With Evolution of An Influenced Mind , drummer Donald Edwards makes a piercing statement about his percussiveness and musicality. Having gained attention for his craftsmanship on a number of noteworthy Criss Cross dates-- Introducing Opus 5 (2011) and Orrin Evans's excellent It was Beauty (2013)--Edwards's debut on the prolific Dutch jazz label is a cohesive work ...

Article: Book Review

America's Music: Jazz In Newark

by David A. Orthmann
March 27, 2014

America's Music: Jazz In Newark Barbara J. Kukla 324 pages ISBN: #978-0-9768130-3-3 Swing City Press 2014 Every jazz fan has a story about how the music became an important part of their life. For some the point of entry was taking up a musical instrument. Others fell under ...

Article: Album Review

Paul Taylor: Tenacity

Read "Tenacity" reviewed by Jeff Winbush

by Jeff Winbush
March 27, 2014

Paul Taylor is an innovative, inquisitive saxophonist who is constantly pushing the creative envelope of both his instrument and the audience's expectations...no, wait...that's somebody else. Paul Taylor is a cutting edge player who is always surprising in his restless and innovative musical explorations...nope, that's not right. Paul Taylor is a musical chameleon constantly changing his style ...

Article: Album Review

Joshua Shneider: Love Speaks Orchestra

Read "Love Speaks Orchestra" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
March 27, 2014

Il debutto discografico della Love Speaks Orchestra di Joshua Shneider colpisce nel segno. Sassofonista di lunga esperienza, Shneider viene da Boston ma vive a New York dalla metà degli anni settanta e ha collaborato in veste di compositore/arrangiatore per piccole e grandi formazioni: da quelle di Donald Brown, John Abercrombie e James Williams alla ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazzhot Stephanie Jordan Scheduled For New Orleans Jazz Fest On May 2

March 27, 2014

NEW ORLEANS – The Stephanie Jordan Big Band is scheduled to perform at the 2014 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Presented by Shell on Friday, May 2nd at 2:50 PM in the Zatarain’s/WWOZ Jazz Tent. Following her 2012 Jazz Fest performance, USA Today wrote ”Stephanie Jordan transported audience members to a bygone era with a ...

News: Radio

A Night At Bricktop's This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

March 27, 2014

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, actors Topsy Chapman and Vernel Bagneris offer narratives drawn from the memoirs of Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith and Langston Hughes. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and the Hot Club of San Francisco give us a musical tour of Paris in the '30s. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio ...