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Ike Quebec: Easy Living

Read "Easy Living" reviewed by Greg Simmons

by Greg Simmons
August 28, 2013

Ike Quebec is one of those funny figures in Blue Note Records' history. By the late fifties, after he'd been out of recording for a number of years, he was too old to really be at the hard-bop vanguard (he was born in 1918) but not old enough to be a senior statesman like Coleman Hawkins ...

Article: Album Review

Chris Potter: The Sirens

Read "The Sirens" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
August 28, 2013

There is little doubt that saxophonist Chris Potter is one of the most important jazz artists of the modern era. Comfortable in a variety of jazz settings, the artist has contributed to several ECM Records-produced albums, yet The Sirens marks his leadership debut for the Germany-based label. Intense, passionate and a dazzling soloist who is a ...

News: Education

Paula Cole Joins Voice Department At Berklee College Of Music

August 28, 2013

Berklee College of Music announces that Paula Cole has joined the college's voice department. Cole, a 1990 Berklee graduate, is a Grammy winner and seven- time Grammy nominee who has sold approximately three million albums. She begins her tenure on September 1. “I like to think of what I do as a loving gesture of giving ...

News: Performance / Tour

Critcally Acclaimed Jazz Vibraphonist Gary Burton Launches the Annenberg Center's 13/14 Jazz Series

August 28, 2013

Critically acclaimed jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton launches the Annenberg Center’s 13/14 jazz series (Philadelphia, PA: Seven-time Grammy Award-winning jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton commences the 13/14 jazz series at the Annenberg Center with a joyful birthday celebration. Hailed as an innovative musical giant that “makes jazz one of the gifts from God” (Jazz Weekly), Gary Burton is ...

News: Recording

This Christmas Will Be A Very Special Christmas For Jonathan Butler

August 28, 2013

Singer-songwriter-guitarist will release “Merry Christmas To You” on October 1 and embark upon the Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour this holiday season. Sherman Oaks, CA: Santa Claus has a special treat to stuff in the stockings of all the good Jonathan Butler fans this Christmas: the first Christmas album by the two-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter-guitarist. Butler ...

News: Recording

Modern Afropop Meets Ivorian Rhythms on New Album from Zansa

August 28, 2013

Robust and rhythmic, melodic and smooth, the music of Zansa presents a dynamic synthesis of centuries’ old West African songs and modern instrumentation. Zansa is a Nouchi slang word meaning “blend,” and the group’s debut album, Djansa, meaning “dance,” delivers an explosive dance party vibe with a folkloric storyline. Based in Asheville, NC, Zansa is led ...

News: Performance / Tour

DJ Shadow On Tour: All Basses Covered 2013

August 28, 2013

Having just come off a wildly successful two week run through Europe and Japan, DJ Shadow is about to kick off another stellar round of dates in North America this August and September with stops in Philadelphia, Boulder, Seattle, Toronto and more. While in the UK on July 21st, DJ Shadow took the decks on BBC ...

News: Event

WBGO/Actors Fund Benefit: Lady Day W/dee Dee Bridgewater + Hostess Jessye Norman

August 28, 2013

WBGO JAZZ 88.3 FM and The Actors Fund Host A Special Benefit Performance of new Billie Holiday Musical Lady Day Starring Dee Dee Bridgewater Tuesday, September 24, 7:00 pm at Little Shubert Theatre Renowned Opera Star JESSYE NORMAN to Serve as Honorary Chair and ...

News: Recording

Concord/Pablo jazz reissues include Ellington, Gillespie/Pass, Tatum, Sims, Peterson/Grappelli

August 28, 2013

Concord Music Group will release five new titles in its Original Jazz Classics Remasters series on September 17, 2013. Enhanced by 24-bit remastering by Joe Tarantino, bonus tracks (some previously unreleased), and new liner notes to provide historical context to the originally released material, the series celebrates the 40th anniversary of Pablo Records, the prolific Beverly ...

Article: Album Review

Billy Bang: Da Bang!

by John Sharpe
August 27, 2013

Even were one not viewing Da Bang! through the lens of this being violinist Billy Bang's last album, recorded just two short months before he succumbed to cancer in April 2011, there is still a detectable elegiac air which pervades even the brightest tracks. That's not the fault of the cast, although trombonist Dick Griffin comes ...