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News: Recording

Composer/Arranger/Saxophonist Aaron Aranita Releases New Big Band CD

November 2, 2013

Released on October 21. 2013, the new CD entitled the Aaron Aranita Big Band features ten original songs arranged in the Count Basie Orchestra style with six vocalists. Al Romero, Garry Moore, Marcella Kalua, Alwyn Erub, Michael Chock and David Yamasaki are the Neo-Rat Pack fronting the 17 piece arrangements by Aaron Aranita. You Look So ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, November 1-7

November 2, 2013

That extra hour we gain when we switch back to standard time will come in handy this week — there's a lot of music! We're blessed with exciting visitors, from experimental cellist Erik Friedlander and gritty vocalist Patricia Barber to elegant pianist Lynne Arriale and classical jazz advocate Marcus Roberts. And we have our own home-grown ...

Article: Album Review

Bill O'Connell + The Latin Jazz All-Stars: Zócalo

by Dan Bilawsky
November 1, 2013

Latin jazz piano dynamo Bill O'Connell found a parallel between this gathering and Zócalo, the main plaza situated in the center of Mexico City; that square has long been a place where people meet to connect, celebrate and join together as one, and the same sense of togetherness and unity associated with that spot surrounds this ...

Article: Album Review

Tom Artwick: Jazz Scenes: Music from the Movies

Read "Jazz Scenes: Music from the Movies" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
November 1, 2013

A pleasant album of themes from various movies, seamlessly performed for an appreciative audience by five able musicians whose earnest labors affirm that there is an abundance of talented artists in this country whose endeavors pass largely unnoticed unless concerts such as this one are recorded and released so that a wider audience is able to ...

Article: Album Review

Archie Shepp Attica Blues Orchestra: I Hear the Sound

Read "I Hear the Sound" reviewed by Chris May

by Chris May
November 1, 2013

Recorded in France in 2012 and 2013, I Hear the Sound is a live recording of saxophonist Archie Shepp's oratorio, “Attica Blues," co-written and arranged with Cal Massey in 1971, which was first heard on an Impulse! album a year later. Most of that album, Attica Blues, is revisited, with some adjustments to the running order ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bibi Ferreira Debuts Legendary Edith Piaf Show In NYC on November 13

November 1, 2013

BIBI FERREIRA RETURNS TO NEW YORK CITY WITH U.S. DEBUT OF “BIBI SINGS PIAF” BRAZILIAN STAR CELEBRATES 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF HER LEGENDARY SHOW, HAS RECEIVED FRANCE’S HIGHEST ARTISTIC HONORS SEEN BY OVER 5 MILLION PEOPLE IN BRAZIL, PORTUGAL AND FRANCE, PIAF SHOW DEBUTS IN NEW YORK ON NOVEMBER 13TH AT THE TOWN HALL “...with her mercurial ...

News: Performance / Tour

Joni Mitchell Tribute Concert - Marianne Matheny-Katz

November 1, 2013

Award winning Baltimore jazz vocalist Marianne Matheny-Katz presents an evening of Joni Mitchell tunes at The Carlyle Club on Thursday, November 7. The event marks the 70th birthday for Mitchell who began her career as a solo folk singer/songwriter and grew into an internationally respected jazz and pop musician and composer. For this show many tunes ...

News: Performance / Tour

Russ Lorenson Celebrates Eight Years Of Christmas In San Francisco

November 1, 2013

For the eighth year, singer and recording artist Russ Lorenson comes home for the holidays with his annual show, Christmas in San Francisco, for two performances only at 7:30pm on December 13 & 14 at Pa’ina Lounge & Restaurant, 1865 Post Street in San Francisco. The guest artists for this year’s show are San Francisco jazz ...

News: Event

Kate McGarry, The Yellowjackets Headline Lawrence University's 33rd Jazz Celebration Weekend

November 1, 2013

APPLETON, WIS. — Both ends of the jazz spectrum will be represented Nov. 8-9 when Lawrence University hosts its 33rd Jazz Celebration Weekend. Grammy Award-nominated vocalist Kate McGarry, a four-time “Rising Star" honoree by Downbeat magazine, kicks off the weekend Friday while the legendary fusion quartet the Yellowjackets close the weekend Saturday evening. Both concerts begin ...

News: Obituary

Frank Wess dies at 91; key player in major jazz ensembles

November 1, 2013

Though the saxophonist never became as famous as other musicians of his time, he was a force in making the flute a jazz instrument. Long before jazz pianist Billy Taylor became world-famous, he planned in high school to switch to saxophone. But then he heard the new kid in school—Frank Wess—play the horn. “He's the reason ...