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News: Recording

Fretless Frailing Brings The Balkans Home on Jeni Jol

October 15, 2013

For Boston-based musician Tev Stevig, an epiphany occurred when he first heard the fretless guitar. For years, Stevig had explored American music from old time folk music to jazz, as well as the sounds of the Balkans and the Middle East. He wanted to bring together all of his musical passions and with this instrument he ...

News: Recording

Never-Released Thelonious Monk Concert Film "Paris 1969" Due Out Nov. 26 On Blue Note

October 15, 2013

BLUE NOTE TO RELEASE THELONIOUS MONK PARIS 1969 NEVER-BEFORE OFFICIALLY RELEASED CONCERT FILM IS A FASCINATING LATE-CAREER DOCUMENT OF THE LEGENDARY JAZZ PIANIST & COMPOSER IN PERFORMANCE WITH HIS QUARTET PLUS SPECIAL GUEST PHILLY JOE JONES PARIS 1969 TO BE RELEASED AS CD/DVD, CD, VINYL, DIGITAL ALBUM & DIGITAL LONG-FORM VIDEO ON NOVEMBER 26 Blue Note ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Dancer Pam Heatherington Performs Wed. Nov. 6th In Cheltenham PA!

October 15, 2013

The Jazz Bridge first Wednesdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts, 439 Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham, PA, presents dancer Pamela Hetherington on Wednesday, November 6th. Show time 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. Pamela Hetherington, accompanied ...

News: Performance / Tour

Vocalist Miss Justine In Collingswood, New Jersey Thursday, Nov. 7th!

October 15, 2013

The Jazz Bridge first Thursdays Neighborhood Concerts Series at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 West Collings Avenue in Collingswood, NJ—presents singer Miss Justine on Thursday, November 7th. Downbeat 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. Miss Justine has long personified ...

News: Radio

AccuJazz Internet Radio Featuring Melissa Aldana, Other Recent Monk Contest Champs

October 15, 2013

AccuJazz Internet Radio is now featuring the music of Melissa Aldana along with other recent winners and finalists of the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition on its Emerging Voices channel. The channel has always exclusively played music by the younger generation of musicians, so it is a perfect fit to feature musicians awarded in the ...

News: Education

Usdan Center with full Jazz Program, Open House For 2014 Season

October 15, 2013

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), the nationally acclaimed Long Island summer arts day camp which has just finished its 46th successful season, announces the first of its Open Houses for the 2014 season. It will take place on Sunday October 27 from 11AM to 2PM. Usdan is attended by students ages 6 ...

Article: Interview

George Cables: The Pianist’s Dedication to the Group

by Victor L. Schermer
October 14, 2013

Anyone who is serious about jazz will tell you that George Cables belongs in the pantheon of the greatest jazz pianists. Everyone, that is, except George Cables. Exceptional in every way, he is yet a team player. He sees himself as part of the rhythm section, and has always emphasized the group over the soloist. He ...

Article: Live Review

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette at Zellerbach Hall

by Mark Corroto
October 14, 2013

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock, and Jack DeJohnette Zellerbach Hall Berkeley, CA October 4, 2013 Day three of the United States government shut-down, and the public wasn't buying the official announcement that the giant sequoias in the Yosemite National Park “weren't available for viewing, today." Really? Those magnificent trees that have stood ...

Article: Album Review

TJI Ellington Big Band: Things to Come

Read "Things to Come" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 14, 2013

Since the advent of Jazz At Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington program in 1995, schools across America have had the chance to dig into real deal charts, exploring note-for-note transcriptions of tunes written by--or associated with--Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Dizzy Gillespie, Mary Lou Williams and Benny Carter. This music, written by the best-of-the-best for the-best-of-the-best, was never ...

Article: Album Review

John Abercrombie Quartet: 39 Steps

by Andrew Luhn
October 14, 2013

Guitarist John Abercrombie has had a long and successful association with ECM records and for his latest release, 39 Steps, he completes his quartet with a piano. Abercombie had success with this format in the 1970s with Richie Beirach, George Mraz, and Peter Donald, but in the past 10 years his ECM releases have been more ...