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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Legend Chico Hamilton Performs at DROM Oct - Dec

August 29, 2013

LEGENDARY DRUMMER CHICO HAMILTON CONTINUES MONTHLY CONCERT SERIES AT NEW YORK CITY’S DROM Sundays this Fall: 10.20 + 11.17 + 12.15 NEA JAZZ MASTER CHICO HAMILTON @ DROM In yet another strong showing by this venerable drummer, 92 year-old percussionist and band leader Foreststorn “Chico” Hamilton celebrates his working life in a trio of concerts – ...

News: Event

Dance Your Way Into September With A Fiddle Workshop And World Barn Dance On Saturday, September 7th At New England Conservatory

August 29, 2013

Three Live Bands, Lots of Dancing, No Partners or Experience Necessary / Families and Children Welcome Dance your way into September with a Fiddle Workshop and World Barn Dance featuring three live bands, dance instruction and more on Saturday, September 7 at New England Conservatory’s Brown Hall. The event is organized by New England Conservatory’s internationally ...

News: Award / Grant

Theo Croker Wins Marcus Belgrave National Jazz Trumpet Competition In Conjunction With Detroit Jazz

August 29, 2013

THEO CROKER WINS MARCUS BELGRAVE NATIONAL JAZZ TRUMPET COMPETITION IN CONJUNCTION WITH DETROIT JAZZ Croker, Recently Signed to Dee Dee Bridgewater’s DDB Records Distributed by OKeh Records/SonyMasterworks, Will Also Release New CD in Spring 2014 Los Angeles, CA: Critically-acclaimed cutting-edge trumpet player Theo Croker has won the Marcus Belgrave National Jazz Trumpet Competition in conjunction with ...

News: Recording

Kathy Sanborn's Sultry Night Releases September 3rd

August 29, 2013

The glamour of yesterday returns to today’s jazz music with Sultry Night, the steamy new release by American jazz singer and composer Kathy Sanborn. Sanborn’s sizzling album has a film noir inspiration, where passion and sensuality rule the day. Sultry Night opens with the smoky and seductive title track, evocative of the age of film noir ...

Article: Record Label Profile

Dreambox Media: The Philadelphia Jazz Label

by Mike Oppenheim
August 28, 2013

Any fan of the great American music that is jazz is surely aware that the art form's history depended on the convergence of geography, individual talents, and inspiration. Cities such as New Orleans, Kansas City, Chicago, and New York are synonymous with particular styles of jazz. One often overlooked city is Philadelphia, the birthplace and/or home ...

Article: Album Review

Steve Gadd Band: Gadditude

Read "Gadditude" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
August 28, 2013

Drummer Steve Gadd, the man responsible for some of the most memorable grooves and explosive drum solos on record, is often looked at as a perpetual sideman and session giant. Over the past four decades he's laid down the rhythmic law for everybody from Steely Dan to James Taylor and Chick Corea to Paul Simon, but ...

Article: Album Review

Melodic Art-Tet: Melodic Art-Tet

Read "Melodic Art-Tet" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
August 28, 2013

Once again the Lithuanian No Business label has unearthed a little known relic from the lower strata of NYC's loft jazz era. Like The Group's Live (No Business, 2013), the previous beneficiary of the imprint's ongoing investigation, the Melodic Art-Tet never officially recorded so this 1974 broadcast tape from WKCR represents the only surviving fragment of ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Diane Taber

by AAJ Staff
August 28, 2013

Meet Diane Taber:Born in Buffalo, NY, Diane began singing professionally when she was 16. She has had the privilege of working with amazing jazz talents like saxophonist Don Menza, acclaimed pianist Anne Fadale, trumpeter Sam Noto, master jazz pianist Al Tinney, and Spyro Gyra keyboardist, Tom Schuman. She has studied with classical vocal coach ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Chick Corea: The Vigil

by John Kelman
August 28, 2013

While he's never come close to falling out of the spotlight, there's little denying Chick Corea's two Return to Forever reunion tours and resultant live recordings of the past half decade have been two of the keyboard star's most eagerly anticipated events, considerably raising both his visibility and viability. That The Vigil--the name of both his ...

Article: Album Review

Steven Lugerner: For We Have Heard

Read "For We Have Heard" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
August 28, 2013

Multi-woodwind expert Steve Lugerner's solo outing for this Lithuania-based progressive/avant-jazz record label enters the market as a limited edition of only 500 LPs. Get them while they last, as some would say. And it's a very distinctive performance, duly capturing the earthy attributes of this all-star lineup's contrasting song forms and extraordinary synergy, clocking in at ...