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Article: Album Review

Mercedes Nicole: Beautiful Alignment

Read "Beautiful Alignment" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
June 27, 2013

Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and Nina Simone all make appearances in the biography of Seattle-based singer Mercedes Nicole. She has been a creative face in jazz since the turn of the century, writing, producing and performing tributes to Simone, Etta James, and Dinah Washington. With Beautiful Alignment, Nicole debuts on disc with a collection ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Ralph J DeLorso Jr.

by AAJ Staff
June 27, 2013

Meet Ralph J DeLorso Jr:I am a 59 year-old seasoned professional drummer. For 43 years I worked for WM Morris and Willard Alexander. For many years I have performed and recorded with many artists. I have performed with the late Jackie McLean two years before his passing at the Artist Collective in Hartford. I ...

Article: Album Review

Joshua Abrams Quartet: Unknown Known

Read "Unknown Known" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
June 27, 2013

"There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns--there are things we do not know we don't know." Strangely, Donald Rumsfeld didn't mention the unknown known: the things we ...

Article: Live Review

Washington, D.C. Reclaims its Role as a Jazz Destination

by Paula Phillips
June 27, 2013

Oxygen for the Ears: Living Jazz Oxygen for the Ears is a 2012 award-winning documentary film depicting the vibrancy of the jazz scene in the nation's capital. Made in three years by German-born astrophysicist Stefan Immler, the 94-minute documentary shows the city's key role in the past, present and future of jazz and is gaining attention ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Mike Dillon Band, Erin Bode Sings Standards, Phil Dunlap Quintet with Nicholas Payton, and More

June 27, 2013

Though many touring jazz stars are busy playing the festival circuit this month, there's still plenty of live jazz and creative music this weekend in St. Louis. Here's what's coming up over the next few days... Tonight, the Mike Dillon Band returns to perform at The Demo. Led by percussionist Mike Dillon, the MDB were here ...

News: Recording

Jazz Guitarist Jeff Richman Announces New Release: Big Wheel

June 27, 2013

Critic’s Choice award winner by Jazziz magazine 2011 for The Line Up “I'm groovin' on your record, it sounds great! I think your best one.” —Oz Noy “I’ve always love Jeff’s playing and his writing. This is a great CD. In fact, I think it’s his best so far.” —Mike Stern Hollywood, CA June 27, 2013 ...

News: Recording

Songstress Shelea Releases Her Debut Album, Love Fell On Me

June 27, 2013

SONGSTRESS SHELEA RELEASES HER DEBUT ALBUM, LOVE FELL ON ME AVAILABLE NOW Fresh Off A Spell-Bounding Performance at the 44th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards Honoring Hal David Love Fell On Me Features Brian McKnight, Stevie Wonder and Collaboration with Narada Michael Walden Los Angeles, CA - Vocalist Sheléa (shuh-LAY-uh) releases her debut album, Love ...

News: Event

Newport Festivals Foundation Presents Inaugural Family Concert, August 1

June 27, 2013

Newport Festivals Foundation Presents Inaugural Family Concert Thursday, August 1, 5:30 pm, at Fort Adams State Park FREE TO THE PUBLIC NEWPORT, RI: The Newport Jazz Festival and Newport Folk Festival have seen generations of fans grow up over the past six decades. This summer, in celebration of the music of the iconic events, Newport Festivals ...

News: Recording

Grammy Nominated Pianist Eldar Djangirov Achieves A Career Breakthrough With Tandem Releases: Breakthrough, A New Jazz Trio Opus And Bach/Brahms/Prokofiev, His Solo Classical Debut

June 26, 2013

"A sparkling command of the instrument." —Chick Corea “An uncompromising clarity of rhythm, timing and sound that is pure light." —Jan Vogler, Dir., Moritzburg Chamber Music Festival Few artists could record two albums over the course of one week in different musical genres, with disparate personnel, and at separate studios. Yet New York City-based pianist Eldar ...

Article: Extended Analysis

David Binney: Lifted Land

by John Kelman
June 26, 2013

In a career that seems to go from strength to strength and milestone to milestone, it's hard to imagine how David Binney manages to not only release one terrific record after another, but to do so, in some cases, under some pretty constricting terms. Like the five other albums that the influential saxophonist/composer has recorded as ...