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News: Recording

Guitarist Jeff Golub Returns Triumphantly With "Train Keeps A Rolling," A Soul-jazz Album With Keyboardist Brian Auger

Guitarist Jeff Golub Returns Triumphantly With "Train Keeps A Rolling," A Soul-jazz Album With Keyboardist Brian Auger

Back on Track Guitarist Jeff Golub returns triumphantly with “Train Keeps A Rolling,” a soul-jazz album with keyboardist Brian Auger. Port Washington, NY: Undaunted after mysteriously losing his vision two years ago and less than a year after tumbling onto the New York City train tracks and getting clipped and dragged by a train, guitarist Jeff ...

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Article: Genius Guide to Jazz

Down Pat

Read "Down Pat" reviewed by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius

It has been said of Pat Metheny that if Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, and Charlie Christian had somehow all been involved in fathering a single child, that child would grow up to be pursuing her master's in developmental psychology at Stanford while working as an assistant manager at Border's. Where they sell Pat Metheny CD's. How ...

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Article: Album Review

Endangered Blood: Work Your Magic

Read "Work Your Magic" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins

Work Your Magic is the sophomore follow-up to Endangered Blood's self-titled 2011 Skirl Records debut. The acoustic quartet features an all-star lineup, with Human Feel's Chris Speed and Jim Black joined by fellow Skirl label mates Oscar Noriega and Trevor Dunn. First named The Benefit Band, the group was initially formed in 2008 to help Human ...

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Article: Genius Guide to Jazz

What Is Jazz

Read "What Is Jazz" reviewed by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius

by Jeff Fitzgerald, Genius

Being the Dean of American Jazz Humorists®, I am often called upon to weigh in on a variety of important issues affecting the future of Jazz. For instance, I weighed in at 294 pounds on the topic of “Why Jazz Still Matters" and a relatively svelte 275 on the topic of “Where is the Next Generation ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Steve Lindeman with BYU Synthesis: The Day After Yesterday

Read "Steve Lindeman with BYU Synthesis: The Day After Yesterday" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers

There are times when making music requires sacrifice. Few people should be more aware of this than composer / arranger Steve Lindeman who studied from 2008-11 at the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop in New York City--while he was living in Utah! The Workshop held meetings one to three times a month, and Lindeman simply commuted to ...

News: Performance / Tour

Nishimura, Siwula, Iacovone, Hostfalt, Gallagher, Cooper Live At Nublu NYC August 13 2013

Nishimura, Siwula, Iacovone, Hostfalt, Gallagher, Cooper Live At Nublu NYC August 13 2013

Tuesday August 13, 2013, 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM at Nublu NYC Always Continuing STRAIN INTO THE LIMITS Improvised performances of music pushing past the boundaries of convention and delving into less traveled relationships between melody, time, instruments,dynamics and personal voice. HEAR THIS TRIO HERE Rocco John Iacovone (Saxophone) Blaise Siwula (Saxophone) ...

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News: Event

Folk Music Legend Pete Seeger To Receive First Phoebe Jacobs Award Of Distinction At The Louis Armstrong Center’s What A Wonderful World Event On September 23

Folk Music Legend Pete Seeger To Receive  First Phoebe Jacobs Award Of Distinction At The Louis Armstrong Center’s What A Wonderful World  Event On September 23

Pete Seeger, a master of vocals, banjo, and guitar and well known for influencing the development of folk music and for his continued commitment to social justice, peace and environmental issues, is the recipient of the first Phoebe Jacobs Award of Distinction which will be presented by Beth Israel Medical Center’s Louis Armstrong Center for Music ...

News: Event

Kenny Burrell Big Band Tribute Concert Benefits The World Stage, South LA's Home For Jazz And Their Education Programs

Kenny Burrell Big Band Tribute Concert Benefits The World Stage, South LA's Home For Jazz And Their Education Programs

Los Angeles, CA: The big band tribute concert honoring guitar legend Kenny Burrell at the Ford Amphitheatre on August 18 will benefit The World Stage Performance Gallery, South LA’s home for jazz, and their incredible jazz education programs. With music direction by John Beasley, the benefit will be an evening of contemporary large ensemble sounds from ...

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Article: Live Review

Steely Dan at Jacobs Pavilion

Read "Steely Dan at Jacobs Pavilion" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan

Steely DanJacobs Pavilion at NauticaCleveland, OhioJuly 23, 2013Time flies when you are having fun and it's hard to believe that Donald Fagen and Walter Becker, collectively known as Steely Dan, are well into that life niche known as the senior years. Fortunately, they still have a thing for the road, which ...

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Article: Album Review

Jon Davis: One Up Front

Read "One Up Front" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky

It's tempting to say that pianist Jon Davis has been hiding in plain sight for the past few decades, but he hasn't really been hiding at all. He's actually been playing all over the place with a lot of top-tier musicians; he just doesn't put himself up front very often. Davis, who's worked with saxophonist Stan ...


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