Home » Search Center » Results: United States

Results for "United States"

Article: Extended Analysis

Luis Perdomo: Links

by Andrew Luhn
September 26, 2013

It's traditional in almost all genres of music that the innovators are always given the most attention. This holds true in jazz as right now as artists like Robert Glasper, Rudresh Mahanthappa, and Darcy James Argue are praised for being bold innovators in the world of jazz. While innovation and boundary- pushing are necessary in the ...

Article: Interview

Alex Norris: King Band Geek

by George Colligan
September 26, 2013

[ Editor's Note: The following interview is reprinted from George Colligan's blog, Jazztruth]When I was a young middle school trumpet player in Columbia, MD, Alex Norris was kind of a musical legend around Howard County. Not only was he arguably the best trumpeter in the state, but he could play funk electric bass, and ...

Article: Album Review

Kanji Ohta & The Jazz Family with Jimmy Heath: Our Jazz Family

Read "Our Jazz Family" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
September 26, 2013

The music that appears on Our Jazz Family was meant to serve as an aural commemorative keepsake-of-sorts. Pianists Kanji Ohta and Toshiko Kiryu celebrated their fifteenth wedding anniversary by putting on a concert with their family and friends in 2002. The concert was recorded and kept as a private memento at first, but ten years later, ...

Article: Reassessing

Dizzy Gillespie: Dizzy’s Big 4

by C. Michael Bailey
September 26, 2013

Dizzy Gillespie Dizzy's Big 4 OJC 1975/2013 Concord Music Group kicked off their Pablo Records 40th anniversary celebration with the releases of John Coltrane: Afro Blue Impressions (Pablo, 1963/2013) and Sarah Vaughan: Sophisticated Lady: The Duke Ellington Songbook (Pablo,2013) both supplemented by improved programming. These releases have been followed by ...

News: Radio

Porgy & Bess Part 2 This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

September 26, 2013

This week Riverwalk Jazz offers an encore presentation of the concluding episode in George Gershwin’s folk opera, Porgy and Bess, featuring acting legend William Warfield as narrator. This two-part series features an original jazz transcription of the music from Porgy and Bess, created by The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and recorded at The Landing in San ...

News: Education

Jazz Arts Group Of Columbus Announces Placement Of 2013-14 Youth Jazz Program

September 26, 2013

Columbus, OH: The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is pleased to announce the placement of 48 students in its 2013-14 Youth Jazz program, part of JAG's Jazz Academy community programs. At this year's September auditions, 63 students, from 32 individual middle and high schools in 23 school districts in five counties, auditioned for placement in ...

News: Recording

Social Network Created Jazz CD Release

September 25, 2013

Oakland, CA: Jazz Social is a unique CD recording project created entirely online via a social networking site. Initiated by guitarist Dave Wright and facilitated by the social networking site for musicians, Kompoz.com, this recording project features Dave on guitar performing his original compositions accompanied by host of musicians from around the world! Written, created and ...

News: Recording

World Music Artists Indubious Set To Release Remake Of Sledgehammer Classic Peter Gabriel Song Lead Single From New Album Wake The Lion

September 26, 2013

Ashland, OR: Oregon based roots-rock, power trio Indubious is set to release their groundbreaking new 11-song album Wake The Lion nationally on September 24th, 2013. The album features a dazzling remake of the classic Peter Gabriel song “Sledgehammer”. Wake The Lion was produced by renown electronic – dub musician GAUDI. The album features a progressive genre ...

News: Music Industry

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, September 27 - October 3

September 26, 2013

I am gone for a few days and will miss a big weekend of jazz — coming back just in time to catch the second night of Dave Holland's new Prism quartet. But I will miss an increasingly rare performance by Red Planet, a stunning CD release by Lila Ammons, and more! Bu there's always the ...

News: Performance / Tour

A Legend In Concert: An Afternoon With Peggy King And The All-Star Jazz Trio

September 26, 2013

“A Legend in Concert: An Afternoon with Peggy King and The All-Star Jazz Trio,” pairs the famed jazz songstress with the area’s most swinging jazz group, live and in concert at the Philadelphia Ethical Society –1906 Rittenhouse Square—on Sunday afternoon, December 1st. Show time is 3 p.m., tickets are $25 and are available at the door ...