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News: Award / Grant

Paul Adams Album Sleep The Dreaming Flute Chosen Native Flute Album Of The Year By The Zone Music Reporter

June 20, 2013

Asheville, NC: Paul Adams album SLEEP The Dreaming Flute was voted Native Flute album of the year at the Zone Music Awards show in New Orleans on May 11th. He has made a career building instruments for some very well known musicians, and composed 10 critically acclaimed albums as a guitarist, Flute Player, and Multi Instrumentalist. ...

News: Performance / Tour

Something Positive Releases "Vision" - CD Release Party on June 27th at The Madelyn (NYC)

June 20, 2013

The number one Afro-Caribbean performing company in the United States, Something Positive, will launch their latest CD titled Vision at their 4th Annual Cocktails & Conversations benefit on Thursday, June 27th, 7PM at New York City hot spot The Madelyn. This benefit and CD release honors the 10th anniversary of founder and Rapso music pioneer Cheryl ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Bonerama, "88 Squared," Dave Dickey Big Band, and More

June 20, 2013

For a lot of St. Louis jazz fans, there's a hole in this weekend approximately the size and shape of tenor saxophone giant Sonny Rollins, who, up until a couple of weeks ago, had been scheduled to play this Saturday night at the Touhill Performing Arts Center. Unfortunately, Rollins' continuing health issues forced him to cancel ...

News: Performance / Tour

Phil Dunlap Quintet to Debut Saturday, June 29 at Slam, with Nicholas Payton as Special Guest

June 20, 2013

As director of education for Jazz St. Louis, Phil Dunlap certainly gets ample opportunities to use his piano chops during the regular working week. However, the SIUE alumnus also does a fair amount of playing on the side, doing casual gigs and leading both a trio and the Legacy Jazz Quintet, a group that draws on ...

News: Recording

Motéma Music Set To Release David Weiss Endangered Species: The Music Of Wayne Shorter

June 20, 2013

DAVID WEISS ENDANGERED SPECIES: THE MUSIC OF WAYNE SHORTER - Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Available August 13, 2013 David Weiss - Conductor & Trumpet; Tim Green - Alto Sax, Marcus Strickland - Tenor & Soprano Sax, Ravi Coltrane - Tenor Sax, Norbert Stachel - Baritone Sax & Bass, Clarinet; Diego Urcola & Jeremy Pelt - ...

News: Radio

The Best Jazz Of All Time, Streaming For Free On Internet Radio

June 20, 2013

Anyone who considers him or herself a jazz fan knows that the depth and breadth of the music’s history can be a little overwhelming. No doubt, most anyone who has had a conversation with a fellow jazz enthusiast has heard the line, “What? You’ve NEVER heard that record?!” To help listeners to become acquainted with (and, ...

News: Obituary

Johnny Smith, Venerable Jazz Guitarist, Dies at 90

June 20, 2013

Johnny Smith, a jazz guitarist who was considered one of the emerging greats of his generation when he left the limelight in 1958 to move to Colorado, open a record store and become a full-time parent, died on June 11 at his home in Colorado Springs. He was 90. Mr. Smith was revered by guitarists for ...

Article: Live Review

The Wood Brothers: South Burlington, VT, June 4, 2013

by Doug Collette
June 19, 2013

The Wood BrothersShowcase LoungeHigher GroundSouth Burlington, VTJune 4, 2013The distinct progression that's taken place since the Wood Brothers began playing together in 2004 has become an abiding pleasure to watch. Successive concerts evince distinct evolution and, in the latest appearance at this Vermont venue--again as a versatile trio--The Woods ...

Article: Album Review

Youn Sun Nah: Lento

Read "Lento" reviewed by Franz A. Matzner

by Franz A. Matzner
June 19, 2013

With Lento Korean Vocalist Youn Sun Nah once again captivates with an eclectic mix of source material and her ability to evidently manipulate her voice to achieve any effect she so chooses.Nah has crafted a style so purely her own and so compelling, the only valid point of comparison is her previous work. In ...

News: Recording

Ray Manzarek & Roy Rogers Twisted Tales CD Now Available!

June 19, 2013

Nevada City, CA: Ray Manzarek and Roy Rogers have received no shortage of kudos since they first recorded together five years ago. Ray Manzarek’s signature keyboard sound was a cornerstone of The Doors - one of the most iconic rock bands of the 60's. An inductee into the R&R Hall of Fame - he certainly needs ...