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News: Recording

French Music Legends Magma Release EPOK 5 On DVD

May 6, 2013

Paris, France - After the success of the DVDs EPOK 1-2-3-4, published in 2006 and 2007, the jazz club Le Triton again welcomed Magma in June 2011. This was for a nine concerts cycle to complete the DVD series “Myths & Legends."  EPOK 5 not only includes pieces from 1971, 1977 and 1978 but also Félicité ...

News: Recording

All-stars Unite To Form Potent Improv Group Slobber Pup; Rare Noise Debut Black Aces Set For June Release

May 6, 2013

AVAILABLE IN STORES AND ONLINE JUNE 5TH, 2013 AND THROUGH RARE NOISE RECORDS ON CD, VINYL AND HI-RES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD JAMIE SAFT Organ, Keys JOE MORRIS Electric Guitar TREVOR DUNN Electric Bass BALAZS PANDI Drums ABOUT THE LABEL - Rare Noise Records was founded in late 2008 by two Italians, ...

News: Radio

Keith Brand retires from WXPN

May 5, 2013

Keith Brand, the Sunday morning host of WXPN's Sleepy Hollow, is retiring after 27 years at the mic. A letter was sent out to 'XPN members with Brand's fond farewell: Dear Sleepy Hollow listeners, It is with both sadness and anticipation that I announce that I will be retiring from Sleepy Hollow after 27 years. ...

Article: Live Review

Tribeca Film Festival 2013: New York City, NY, April 17-28, 2013

by Christine Connallon
May 5, 2013

Tribeca Film Festival New York, NY April 17-28, 2013Celebrating its 12th stellar year, the Tribeca Film Festival showcased the best and brightest films to an ever-increasing number of eager viewers. Founded by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff, the mission of the festival--to enable the international film community and ...

Article: Album Review

Lajos Dudas Trio: Live at Porgy & Bess

Read "Live at Porgy & Bess" reviewed by Karl Ackermann

by Karl Ackermann
May 5, 2013

Vienna's Porgy & Bess Jazz Club is approaching its twentieth anniversary as an international--but intimate--venue for top jazz talent from Europe and beyond. It's the perfect setting for this live recording from the Lajos Dudas Trio. A Hungarian native living in Germany, clarinetist Dudas is teamed with long-time collaborator, guitarist Phillipp van Endert and bassist Leonard ...

Article: Album Review

Oliver Lake / Christian Weber / Dieter Ulrich: All Decks

Read "All Decks" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
May 5, 2013

So successful was the off-the-cuff meeting that produced For A Little Dancin' (Intakt, 2010) that American reedman Oliver Lake once again renewed acquaintance with the Swiss pairing of drummer Dieter Ulrich and bassist Christian Weber at Zurich's unerhört Festival. But this time out they rang the changes by adding German trombonist Nils Wogram. So far so ...

Article: Album Review

Geof Bradfield: Melba!

Read "Melba!" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
May 5, 2013

Melba Liston (1926-1999) isn't one of the big names that comes up when great jazz composer/arrangers are mentioned, but it should be. Starting as a trombonist with some of the greats--Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Count Basie, Art Blakey--she soon began working with Randy Weston, arranging the pianist's composition on Uhuru Africa, (Roulette Records, 1960) and Highlife ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Dease: Coming Home

Read "Coming Home" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
May 5, 2013

Trombonist Michael Dease's Coming Home is the evolutionary culmination of all of the small group work of which he has been a part. Dease's musical personality reveals itself fully on the disc, one he has populated with a very fine band and thoughtfully composed and selected pieces for that band. Dease's previous work as a leader ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jon Anderson To Play The 9th Festival Des Guitares Du Monde In Quebec, Canada - May 25, 2013

May 5, 2013

Asheville, NC - Legendary vocalist Jon Anderson, YES's singer/songwriter for 35 years along with his successful work with Vangelis, Kitaro, and Milton Nascimento, will be performing at the 9th Festival Des Guitares Du Monde in Quebec, Canada on May 25, 2013. The show promises to deliver an exciting mixture of material from Jon Anderson's prolific solo ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Snarky Puppy Sampler

May 5, 2013

This week, let's take a look at some clips featuring Snarky Puppy, the Texas-born, Brooklyn-based funk/jazz/world music band who are coming back to St. Louis to perform this coming Thursday, May 9 at The Demo. Three-time winners of “Best Jazz Act" in the the Dallas Observer's Music Awards, Snarky Puppy is a loosely structured collective led ...