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Article: Interview

Jon Cowherd: Mercy, Mercy Me

by Ian Patterson
November 25, 2013

There's more to pianist Jon Cowherd than meets the eye. Best known for his fifteen-year tenure in the Brian Blade Fellowship--with whom he has recorded four outstanding albums--Cowherd has also played and recorded with singers such as Rosanne Cash, Cassandra Wilson, Iggy Pop and Joni Mitchell. Though he's led his own small groups in New York ...

Article: Live Review

The Hot Sardines at Wildwood Park for the Arts

by C. Michael Bailey
November 25, 2013

The Hot Sardines Wildwood Park for the Arts Little Rock, Arkansas November 15, 2013 Is there a triple point where novelty, entertainment, and art meet? That was the question while watching New York City's period jazz band, the Hot Sardines, stroll through the '20s, '30s, and '40s like they knew ...

Article: Album Review

Nnenna Freelon & the John Brown Big Band: Christmas

Read "Christmas" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 25, 2013

Renowned jazz singer Nnenna Freelon's first Christmas album truly is a gift, made possible by a small bequest from her Christmas-loving mother and a long-time friendship with John Brown, director of Duke University's Jazz Studies program and leader of the splendid John Brown Big Band. Brown not only made his ensemble available but co-produced the album ...

Article: Album Review

Kit Downes and Tom Challenger: Wedding Music

Read "Wedding Music" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
November 25, 2013

The multiple-award winning pianist Kit Downes and the versatile saxophonist Tom Challenger have the distinction of conceiving one of the most unusual releases in years with Wedding Music. This alliance of these critically praised members of the UK's Loop Collective has produced a superb and unique collection of duets for church organ and tenor sax. While ...

News: Event

Holiday Magic Comes To Baltimore With The Tim Warfield Septet

November 25, 2013

With help from a band of bona fide jazz stars, saxophonist Tim Warfield brings holiday magic to Baltimore with a concert at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson on December 22. (Shows at 4:00 and 6:30 p.m will allow Ravens fans time to attend before the big game). The stellar ensemble includes Cyrus Chestnut (piano), Stefon ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Abbey Rader - Reach for the Skies" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

November 25, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ABRAY Productions “Abbey Rader Quartet - Reach for the Skies“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on December 23rd. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Abbey Rader at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) ...

Article: Album Review

Quartet San Francisco: Pacific Premieres

Read "Pacific Premieres" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
November 24, 2013

Gone are the days of the insular string quartet that turns its back on anything and everything outside of the classical canon. In many respects, the world can thank the venerable Kronos Quartet, which celebrates its fortieth anniversary in 2013, for opening eyes, ears and minds to the fact that the string quartet is just like ...

Article: Live Review

Marian Anderson Awards Concert 2013

by Victor L. Schermer
November 24, 2013

Honoring Motown Founder Berry Gordy Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts Marian Anderson Award Philadelphia, PA November 19, 2013 The Marian Anderson Awards Concert is a yearly Philadelphia gala honoring a show business individual who has contributed notably to American cultural, artistic, and/or charitable development. Marian Anderson was, of course, ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

Christmas II: Two (Almost New) Chanticleer Christmas Offerings

by C. Michael Bailey
November 24, 2013

San Francisco's “Orchestra of Voices," Chanticleer have established themselves as America's premier all-male chorus. The group's repertoire spans 1500 years from anonymous plainchant to the group's tribute to the music of the big and small screen, Someone New (Chanticleer Records, 2013). Tailor made for singing holiday classics, Chanticleer has established a robust track ...

Article: Album Review

Mike Jones Trio: Plays Well with Others

Read "Plays Well with Others" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 24, 2013

Pianist Mike Jones not only Plays Well with Others, he plays well--period. Using a sharp, two-fisted style that hearkens back to Dave McKenna, Dick Hyman and even Earl Hines, undergirded by a buoyant melodicism worthy of Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan or his namesake Hank Jones, it's clear there's not much that Jones can't accomplish musically with ...