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News: Event

Emmanuel Baptist Church Jazz Vespers Returns For The Summer With The Camille Thurman Quartet

June 12, 2013

BROOKLYN, NY: Emmanuel Baptist Church has returned with the summer edition of its Jazz Vespers featuring the Camille Thurman Quartet, who will add their own unique stamp to the growing roster of highly talented artists to perform at series since it began years ago. It will take place in its standing home at the historic Emmanuel ...

News: Festival

Blue Note Jazz Fest 2013: Roy Haynes, Andy Bey, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and more

June 12, 2013

Blue Note Jazz Festival PRODUCED BY JILL NEWMAN PRODUCTIONS Blue Note Jazz Festival PAUL MOONEY BB King Blues Club & Grill Produced By Jill Newman Productions in Assoc. with PM7 Entertainment June 16, 2013 237 W 42nd St. NY, NY 10036 Show 8pm - Doors 6pm ...

News: Radio

Amy Niles Named Acting President & CEO During Cephas Bowles' Leave

June 12, 2013

Amy Niles Named Acting President and CEO of WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM NEWARK, NJ: Effective immediately, Cephas Bowles, President and CEO of WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM, will take a leave of absence for health reasons, it was announced today by Stephen N. Ifshin, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Newark Public Radio/WBGO. It also was ...

News: Contest

Detroit Jazz Festival “Imported From Detroit” Announces National Jazz Competitions

June 12, 2013

As part of its mission to foster and support jazz throughout the country, the Detroit Jazz Festival “Imported from Detroit” is now accepting submissions for two national jazz competitions—trumpet performance and jazz arrangement. Both competitions will be judged by prominent jazz artists and educators, with prize money totaling $5,000 and the chance to perform at the ...

News: Recording

The Doors Launch Interactive iPad App, Exclusively On The App Store

June 11, 2013

LOS ANGELES – The Doors are once again poised to break on through with a first-of- its-kind iPad app, THE DOORS, available exclusively on the App Store. Released on May 6, 2013, by Warner Music Group’s Rhino Entertainment, the app brings the band’s story to life with an unprecedented immersive experience that delves deeply into every ...

News: Looking For...

Roger Aldridge's Collaboration Project Is Open For Submissions

June 11, 2013

Roger Aldridge is hosting a collaboration project through Talenthouse. To participate in the project musicians and ensembles listen to a selection of his original music (link is in the project description), find a piece that you especially like, contact Roger for a copy of the music, and submit a recording of it expressing your vision of ...

Article: Interview

Wallace Roney: In the Realm of Anti-Gravity

by R.J. DeLuke
June 11, 2013

Much is made of trumpeter Wallace Roney coming from the Miles Davis school, a mentor-protégé situation that blossomed in the 1980s that Roney is very proud of. But that wouldn't be telling the whole story of the Philadelphia native who, in his prime years, has become one of the world's finest trumpet players, and a musician ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Kathy Sanborn

by AAJ Staff
June 11, 2013

Meet Kathy Sanborn:Kathy Sanborn is an American singer, pianist, producer and composer. Based in California, Sanborn has released four albums. Her latest jazz album, Six Degrees of Cool, has recently reached Amazon's MP3 Vocal Jazz Bestseller list. Sanborn's upcoming release, Sultry Night, is set to drop on September 2013.John Shelton Ivany of ...

Article: Album Review

Sophie Agnel/ John Edwards/ Steve Noble: Meteo

by Mark Corroto
June 11, 2013

The liner notes said it best, ..."listening is a form of improvisation." To be sure, no two listeners come away from Meteo with the same experience. This single track (38:25) live recording from the 2012 Festival Météo in Mulhouse France is a first time meeting of the French pianist Sophie Agnel and the British rhythm section ...

Article: Album Review

John O'Gallagher: The Anton Webern Project

Read "The Anton Webern Project" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
June 11, 2013

Here's to avant-garde jazz. Unruly and ill-behaved, the seeds planted by saxophonists Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, and carried forward by reed multi-instrumentalist Anthony Braxton and melded with trumpeter Miles Davis's Post-bop, gave rise to a brand of jazz that, while not the complete chaos of free jazz, nevertheless possessed such an inventive spirit that begged ...