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News: Interview

Jazz Vocalist Beats The Odds To Relaunch Singing Career

July 2, 2013

Columbus, OH: “I've suffered two broken necks and I'm still singing Jazz, not singing the Blues." Eight years after breaking her neck for the second time, experienced Jazz vocalist Kate Ross is relaunching her singing career both on stage and with a planned debut CD. Titled People Make the World Go Round the CD will be ...

News: Event

Underground Legend Richi James Debonis (a.k.a. Richi Van Zeppelin) Brings His Nowtet To Denver's Dazzlejazz Club, Thursday, July 11

July 2, 2013

Virtuoso drummer, composer, arranger, vocalist and underground legend Richard James DeBonis — a.k.a. Richi Van Zeppelin — brings his incomparable NOWtet for a very rare appearance to Denver's DazzleJazz Club on Thursday, July 11, 2013. The group will perform Richi's own compositions, along with his remarkably varied, accomplished arrangements of classic Led Zeppelin songs for contemporary ...

Article: Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum

July 2013

by Mr. P.C.
July 2, 2013

Dear Mr. P.C.:Why does it seem like the better the music is on a gig, the less it pays? - Aiden Dear Aiden:Well, obviously, better music is more “fun," and therefore less work. The less work you're doing, the less you should get paid.What part of that don't ...

Article: Record Label Profile

Dot Time Records: Placing the Artist in the Center

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 2, 2013

One of the problems with the record industry is the potential distance between label owners and artists. This is especially the case with major labels, where there are many people involved in music production who care more about sales than the vision of the artist. Then there's a label like Dot Time Records ...

News: Recording

Kathy Sanborn's "Sultry Night" Releases July 1st

July 2, 2013

Sultry Night, the steamy new jazz MP3 album from singer, pianist, and composer Kathy Sanborn, releases July 1, 2013 through the Pacific Coast Jazz label. Sultry Night is available for purchase through popular online outlets such as iTunes and Amazon. The CD version of Sultry Night debuts September 3, 2013. Sanborn’s fifth album hearkens back to ...

News: Recording

Drum Legend Billy Cobham Launches Previously Unreleased 1997 Live Album Compass Point

July 2, 2013

Los Angeles, CA – In 1997, legendary jazz/fusion drummer Billy Cobham flew to New Providence in the Bahamas for a series of performances at the world famous Compass Point Hotel. Joined by his stellar jazz quartet including guitarist Carl Orr, keyboardist Gary Husband, and bassist Stefan Rademacher, the group recorded a set of all new compositions ...

News: Festival

13th Annual Jazz In The Valley Set At Waryas Park On The Hudson River, August 18

July 2, 2013

TRANSART & Cultural Services, Inc. Celebrates the 13th Annual Jazz in the Valley Festival Sunday, August 18, at Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie featuring Sax Appeal with Jimmy Heath, Gary Bartz, Donald Harrison & Javon Jackson; Maurice Brown; Houston Person; Danny Mixon; 3D Ritmo De Vida; Mike Torsone; Maluwa; Charles Eubanks; and More Poughkeepsie, NY: TRANSART and ...

Article: Album Review

Bill Frisell: Big Sur

Read "Big Sur" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
July 2, 2013

Big Sur, the mountainous coastal region of California lends itself to various geographical definitions--it isn't easy to pin down definitively. So, it was an inspired idea by the Monterey Jazz Festival to put guitarist Bill Frisell in a cabin in the area and commission music, because with Frisell, musical borders are delightfully amorphous. The suite that ...

Article: Album Review

Gary Peacock / Marilyn Crispell: Azure

by John Kelman
July 1, 2013

Who leads a project is often nothing more than a matter of optics. Bassist Gary Peacock's name may come first on the cover of Azure, but there's no doubt that this is a collaborative affair, with pianist Marilyn Crispell an equal participant; the two even co-produced the recording, with label head Manfred Eicher nowhere to be ...

Article: Album Review

Joshua Redman: Walking Shadows

Read "Walking Shadows" reviewed by Nenad Georgievski

by Nenad Georgievski
July 1, 2013

Saxophonist Joshua Redman combines some really attractive virtues: deep jazz knowledge and formidable technique on his instrument. Combine this with a balanced but slightly assertive style that is a prime example of fluency and inventiveness, and you have a musician of such intelligence and energy, who is so adaptable, that he easily finds a way to ...