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News: Performance / Tour

Bassist Madison Rast In Cheltenham PA, Wed. December 4th

November 12, 2013

The Jazz Bridge first Wednesdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham PA, presents bassist Madison Rast on Wednesday, December 4th. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. In a region populated ...

News: Performance / Tour

Drummer Charlie Rice & His All-Stars In Collingswood, NJ On Thurs. December 5th!

November 12, 2013

The Jazz Bridge first Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 East Collings Avenue in Collingswood NJ, presents drummer Charlie Rice and his All-Stars on Thursday, December 5th. Showtime is 7:30 p.m., tickets are $10/$5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 856-858-8914, 215-517-8337 or visit Jazz Bridge. At ...

News: For Sale

Healdsburg Jazz Launches the Healdsburg Jazz & Wine Club in Time for the Holiday Season

November 12, 2013

Healdsburg, California (November 6, 2013) - Healdsburg Jazz has launched a wine and music club for wine and music enthusiasts as a way to support the non-profit organization's mission of promoting live jazz and music education. The Healdsburg Jazz & Wine Club features 3 samplers shipped annually, each containing 4 bottles of professionally selected wines and ...

Article: Album Review

Duke Ellington: The Ellington Suites

Read "The Ellington Suites" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
November 11, 2013

It should not be so hard to identify the most important jazz musician in the history of the genre. It is one of five artists: Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis. Much can be made for Ellington being the logical choice. Edward Kennedy Ellington (1899-1974) lived the entire history of jazz. ...

Article: Profile

Father John D'Amico Remembered

by Bruce Klauber
November 11, 2013

The job of “house pianist" at the long-running 23rd Street Cafe Tuesday night jam session in Philadelphia requires equal amounts of the following: Versatility, creativity, generosity, understanding, good humor, patience, even temperament, positive disposition, and overall, the ability to not take things too seriously. Pianist Father John D'Amico, who held that piano chair for ...

Article: Album Review

David Buchbinder & Odessa/Havana featuring Hilario Duran: Walk To The Sea

Read "Walk To The Sea" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
November 11, 2013

Walk To The Sea is award-winning trumpeter David Buchbinder's sophomore album with the Odessa/Havana band, featuring Grammy-nominated pianist and musical director Hilario Duran. It's a spot-on world music venture that stylizes indigenous concepts and applications from Spain, amid Jewish folk, Arabic and Afro-Cuban structural components, woven into a majestic concoction of radiant jazz-centric fare. With triumphant ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Art Pepper: Unreleased Art - Vol. VIII (2013)

by Victor L. Schermer
November 11, 2013

After recovering from a hellish descent into drug addiction, crime, and incarceration, the legendary alto saxophonist Art Pepper resurrected himself as a player. He accomplished several fine recordings, a number of live performances on the US West Coast, a couple of important stops in New York, and a notable tour of Japan. Pepper thus had a ...

Article: Album Review

Kosi: One More Cup of Coffee

Read "One More Cup of Coffee" reviewed by Sammy Stein

by Sammy Stein
November 11, 2013

KOSI: One More Cup Of Coffee Akosua Gyebi--AKA Kosi is a vocalist with a beautiful, sultry voice and a very distinctive style. Her self-produced debut album One More Cup Of CoffeeAron Marchak. It is an album which relates the tales of the night people of New York, with their ups, downs, affairs, anger,lost loves ...

News: Radio

Rockwired.com's Jazzed And Blue Presents Music And Exclusive Interviews With Cedric Burnside, Blues Singer-Songwriter Peach, and Jazz Rock Fusion Band Dream Logic

November 11, 2013

The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features music and exclusive interviews with Cedric Burnside, blues singer-songwriter Peach and jazz rock fusion band Dream Logic. Kicking off this latest edition of Jazzed and Blue is a profile on blues artist Cedric Burnside. As ...

News: Education

Usdan Center Holds December 8th Open House For 2014 Season

November 11, 2013

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally acclaimed summer arts day camp, whose alumni include jazz star Jane Monheit, will hold the next of its Open Houses for the 2014 season on Sunday, December 8 from 11AM to 2PM. In addition to the Center's frequent Open House dates, Usdan also offers individual weekend ...