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Anya Malkiel: From the Heart

by Geannine Reid
September 1, 2013

Anya Malkiel is a Bay Area-based vocalist who grew up in a musical environment in the former Soviet Union. Jazz was taboo, but would nevertheless become a vital part of her life. Malkiel states, “It was always the human voice that drove my musical aspirations." After leaving for the United States in 1990, she shared a ...

News: Event

Jazz Bridge (Philadelphia) Presents Free Workshop for the Affordable Care Act

September 1, 2013

So you're all confused about how to sign up for health insurance via the Affordable Health Care Act? Well, Jazz Bridge to the rescue! On Sunday September 29th from 2-4 pm, Jazz Bridge is sponsoring a free workshop and the State Rep. for Enroll America, Bill England, will be on hand to show musicians (and any ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Improves Wallpaper Advertising Service -- Introduces New 300x100 Pixel Banner

August 31, 2013

Wallpaper Improvements All About Jazz improved its wallpaper advertising service by adding the wallpaper to Jazz Near You and locking the wallpaper in place so the reader continues to see the ad as they scroll down the page. Click the image below to view the actual size of the wallpaper ad as it appears on the ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Forum Status

August 31, 2013

Updated on 14-September-2013 — See comments section below for status Dear fellow All About Jazz forum members: We're currently in the process of upgrading our vBulletin software—we're also evaluating new hosting services for the forum's new home. We apologize for the inconvenience, and we ask for your patience while we upgrade to v5, customize the software, ...

Article: Album Review

Roberto Magris: Sam Reed Meets Roberto Magris: Ready for Reed

Read "Sam Reed Meets Roberto Magris: Ready for Reed" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
August 31, 2013

Italian pianist Roberto Magris has become the hard bop keeper-of-the- flame with recent J-Mood releases including Mating Call (2010), Morgan Rewind: A Tribute to Lee Morgan Vol. 1 (2012) and One Night in With Hope and More...Vol. 1 (2012), volume designations making clear there is more to come. On Sam Reed Meets Roberto Magris: Ready For ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Vangelis: Blade Runner OST

by Nenad Georgievski
August 31, 2013

At its worst, the music of Greek composer and multi-instrumentalist Vangelis is full of sounds and furies that signify absolutely nothing. At its best, his recordings incorporate many types of sounds and beautiful and memorable melodies that nod in the direction of a number of different musical styles without destroying the overall mood of his records. ...

Article: Album Review

FivePlay Jazz Quintet: Five And More

Read "Five And More" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
August 31, 2013

If the jazz world has room for two Avishai Cohens, and it can deal with the confusion of two different guys named Bill Evans that played with Miles Davis, it can certainly stand to have two bands called Five Play. The one on the East Coast is a breakout band extracted from the all-female Diva Jazz ...

Article: Live Review

Todd Rundgren at the NYCB Theatre

by Mike Perciaccante
August 31, 2013

Todd Rundgren NYCB Theatre at Westbury Westbury, NY August 11, 2013Todd Rundgren has forged an enviable and lengthy career on the pop and rock landscape. The multi-instrumentalist's career with Nazz, Utopia and as a solo artist is as diverse as they come. Rundgren's influences can be very easily heard and identified ...

Article: Live Review

Ivete Sangalo at the Prudential Center

by Ernest Barteldes
August 31, 2013

Ivete SangaloPrudential CenterNewark, NJAugust 17, 2013On the final leg of her US Real Fantasia tour, Brazilian singer Ivete Sangalo made a stop at Newark's Prudential Center, backed by a massive band that included several percussionists (who she joined from time to time), guitar, bass, keyboards, brass, backup singers and dancers. From ...

Article: Album Review

Tedeschi Trucks Band: Made Up Mind

Read "Made Up Mind" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
August 31, 2013

In so many ways, Tedeschi Trucks Band has bucked the odds: a band, on paper, doomed to fail and yet, here it is with its second studio recording, after the 2011 debut, Revelator and 2012 live album, Everybody's Talkin' (both, Sony Masterworks). In these days of escalating touring costs, the idea of an eleven-piece rock/soul/blues band ...