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News: Recording

Ted Nash Big Band "Chakra" CD Release Sept 17

August 17, 2013

Ted Nash explores new textures and colors, creating a fresh sound expressed by the exciting and powerful setting of the Big Band... Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist Ted Nash releases his twelfth solo recording, Chakra on September 17, 2013. Nash's new album features a 16-piece big band performing a new long-form composition in seven movements. Following the success (two ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 16-22

August 17, 2013

Those “dog days" of summer might be back, but it's the “cats" of live jazz that keep me going as we hurtle toward Labor Day Weekend. This weekend brings Maud Hixson back to Parma, Chris Bates' Red 5 back to the Artists Quarter, the Brad Bellows/Donald Washington Quartet back to the Black Dog, and the vocal ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Andy Bey - The World According to Andy Bey" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

August 17, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the HighNote Records “Andy Bey - The World According to Andy Bey“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on September 17th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Andy Bey at AAJ automatically enters you in the ...

Article: Album Review

Matthias Bublath: Oceans

by Dan Bilawsky
August 16, 2013

Pianist Matthias Bublath works at the crossroads where consistency and diversity meet; the consistency comes with his sound, vision and personnel choices while the diversity connects to the type(s) of music he presents. For Oceans, the German-born, New York-based pianist reconvened the same quintet that birthed his prior album, the highly enjoyable Harvest ...

Article: Album Review

David Weiss: Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter

Read "Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner
August 16, 2013

A solid entry in the ongoing resurgence of focus on Wayne Shorter's music, David Weiss' Endangered Species: The Music of Wayne Shorter is immediately notable for the all-star cast that comprises the 12-piece ensemble and the fact that it was recorded live, enabling the group to interact freely and deliver a potent mix of precision and ...

Article: Bailey's Bundles

The Houston Beat: Drummer Tim Solook

by C. Michael Bailey
August 16, 2013

Drummer Tim Solook began his career on the West Coast, and later migrated East to Texas where he immediately became a “made man" in the Houston Jazz Mafia. A regular drummer for fellow Houston Jazz Mafia member Tianna Hall, Solook has two recordings as a leader in his musical quiver, 2005's Ability and 2013's Comfortable Blues. ...

Article: Album Review

Firey String Sistas!: Firey String Company Book 1: The Blues Series

Read "Firey String Company Book 1: The Blues Series" reviewed by Chris Becker

by Chris Becker
August 16, 2013

The New York-based acoustic string ensemble Firey String Sistas! includes violin, viola, cello, double bass and harp and can, depending on the demands of the music it performs, expand from four to six to 10 pieces. What sets it apart from a growing number of chamber groups that program and play jazz, contemporary classical and other ...

News: Recording

Tarpan Records Announces The Release Of Thunder 2013 By Grammy And Emmy Award Winning Multi-platinum Producer / Drum Legend Narada Michael Walden

August 16, 2013

San Rafael, CA, - Tarpan Records is pleased to announce the national release of Thunder 2013, a new full length album by Narada Michael Walden on September 17th 2013. This release features new songs that span Rock, Fusion, Funk and even a ballad or two. This is the first worldwide official release by Narada Michael Walden ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bass Clef: The Artists Quarter Becomes the "Hall of the Mountain King"

August 16, 2013

Last night (August 15th) was a bonanza evening for lovers of jazz bass. The only drawback - two much-anticipated gigs, some 12 miles apart, at about the same time: At Jazz Central—that little studio with a growing fan base and ever-expanding schedule of innovative projects on the Southeast/Northeast boundary of Minneapolis, two generations of bass veterans ...

News: Event

New England Conservatory Hosts Legendary Songwriter Elvis Costello Friday, October 25 In Public Talk At Jordan Hall

August 16, 2013

Costello to Receive Honorary Doctor of Music Degree from NEC New England Conservatory welcomes legendary songwriter Elvis Costello to campus on Friday, October 25, 2013. After a morning of working in the classroom with songwriters enrolled in NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation program, Costello talks about his genre-spanning career in a public forum at 2 p.m. in Jordan ...