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Article: Album Review

Aaron Lebos Reality: Aaron Lebos Reality

Read "Aaron Lebos Reality" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
July 9, 2013

Since coming together as a group in 2012, Aaron Lebos Reality has forged a musical permanence in Miami's culturally diversified music scene, performing a wide range of jazz, funk, rock, R&B, Latin and world styles of music. Though guitarist Lebos, leader of the band, has several albums to his credit, the self-titled Aaron Lebos Reality is ...

News: Radio

WBGO-FM/Jazz 88.3 Receives Eight Honors from Public Radio News Directors, Inc.

July 9, 2013

NEWARK, NJ: Jazz station WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM received eight national Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (PRNDI) Awards Saturday, June 22, in Cleveland, Ohio. WBGO News Director Doug Doyle accepted four First Place and four Second Place awards on behalf of the station. “The WBGO News Department was recognized for what we do best, covering the ...

News: Recording

Joe Lovano, Ravi Coltrane, Dave Liebman Fan-funded Artistshare Recording

July 9, 2013

We are very pleased to introduce the Saxophone Summit: Visitation CD Project. This unique fan-funded ArtistShare project brings together some of the most monumental figures in jazz: saxophone titans Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, and Ravi Coltrane will join forces with an equally dynamic rhythm section featuring pianist Phil Markowitz, bassist Cecil McBee, and drummer Billy Hart ...

Article: Interview

Jim Snidero: A Tale Of Taste

by Dan Bilawsky
July 8, 2013

What's the hallmark of quality jazz? If this question was posed to a group of jazz musicians, each person would no doubt give a different answer that would speak to differences in taste. Some would lean on tradition and others might push the idea of innovation, but few, if any, would actually use taste itself as ...

Article: Live Review

2013 DC Jazz Festival: Washington, DC, June 5-15, 2013

by Franz A. Matzner
July 8, 2013

2013 DC Jazz FestivalWashington, DCJune 5-15, 2013Every summer, the DC Jazz Festival shines a spotlight on Washington, D.C.'s expanding music scene, having grown in parallel with the increased number of jazz clubs, venues, and musicians the nation's capital now harbors. The relationship has been mutually reinforcing. The festival created a ...

Article: Album Review

Doug Webb: Swing Shift

Read "Swing Shift" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 8, 2013

Doug Webb is one of a large number of accomplished saxophonists on the West Coast who have largely flown under the radar because... well, basically because they are on the West Coast. That's not to imply that Webb or his cohorts are penniless or not working steadily; that is not the case at all. Besides fronting ...

Article: Album Review

Alex Snydman: Fortunate Action

Read "Fortunate Action" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
July 8, 2013

Guitarist-turned-drummer Alex Snydman left behind an established East Coast presence in the Massachusetts and New York area jazz scenes for graduate studies at The California Institute of the Arts and, while in Los Angeles, has produced his very first album as leader with the highly audacious Fortunate Action. A student of Joe La Barbera, Bob Gullotti ...

News: Recording

Funk Saxophonist Donn Bynum Reveals A Treasure Chest With “my Favorite Songs”

July 8, 2013

Sizzling with grooves, My Favorite Songs by funk saxophonist Donn Bynum will be something you’ll definitely want to add to your summer cool. Carefully crafted by seasoned and professional musicians, guest appearances include guitarist Paul Jackson Jr., bassist Sekou Bunch and drummer Lyndon Rochelle. Vocals include Dee Cole on “Come with Me” and Donn’s own soulful ...

News: Performance / Tour

George Kahn "Secrets" Band Returns To Hollywood, August 14

July 8, 2013

What happens when the 2008 Winner of the “Chuck Niles Bebop Award" gets together with a top Contemporary Jazz saxophonist, a Star Latin Jazz trumpet player and a killer rhythm section featuring the drummer from Weather Report? Find out on Wednesday, August 14th, 2013, at 8 PM as this ‘secret’ is revealed with the GEORGE KAHN ...

News: Interview

On The Rise, Ryan J Lee

July 8, 2013

At age two Ryan Lee began beating on the drums, at six he was learning piano from his grandmother, and at 17, Lee knew he was going to be a jazz musician. “I started getting into Jazz when I saw Kenny Garrett at this festival called Rhythm and Ribs in Kansas City. It kind of floored ...