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18th Annual Jazz On Fourth Street Festival Lineup Announced

April 2, 2013

Presented by Fourth Street Merchants, KCSM/Jazz 91, and Berkeleyside, the 18th Annual Jazz on Fourth Street Festival will take place Sunday, May 19, from Noon – 5:00pm in Berkeley, CA on Fourth Street between Hearst and Virginia. For more information, visit fourthstreet.com or call the hot line at (510) 526-6294. This free outdoor music festival, benefiting ...

Article: Big Band Report

In Tune or Not in Tune... That Is the Question

by Jack Bowers
April 2, 2013

Suppose a month goes by, you have a column to publish, but nothing has happened that's worth writing about. What do you do then? Read on, as the question is about to be answered. A while back there was a discussion at a Stan Kenton web site (Kentonia) about musicians or groups of ...

Article: Album Review

Lisa Hilton: Getaway

by Dan Bilawsky
April 2, 2013

Pianist Lisa Hilton has made an art out of balancing the simple and complex. Her work speaks with extreme clarity and serves as a benchmark for a less-is-more style of piano playing that appeals to a wide swath of listeners, but it isn't plain-Jane jazz. Hilton has a way of taking a basic idea and stretching ...

Article: We Travel the Spaceways

Jazz: A Blessed Obsession

by Mark Corroto
April 2, 2013

Jazz listeners travel some strange and beautiful paths. It might have all begun with collectors trying to find a legendary Edison cylinder that New Orleans trumpeter Buddy Bolden--some believe to be the very first jazz musician--may (or may not) have recorded in 1904. Fast forward to modern times, a quick scan of eBay and the exorbitant ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Randy Simon

by AAJ Staff
April 2, 2013

Meet Randy Simon:Randy Simon had piano lessons for a year as a child, and took classical piano lessons for a period while in graduate school, but music took a back seat for many years as he built up a successful career as a physicist. “I did not return to the piano until I inherited ...

Article: Album Review

Michael Burks: Show of Strength

Read "Show of Strength" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
April 2, 2013

Michael “Iron Man" Burks grew up playing guitar. A quick study, he soon began leading the blues, rhythm and blues and soul house bands that backed O.V. Wright, Johnnie Taylor and other stars as they passed through the R&B circuit near his Arkansas hometown. Then, Burks put his own career aside for two decades to make ...

News: Festival

Apollo, Harlemstage & Jazzmobile Announce 3rd Harlem Jazz Shrines Fest May 6-11

April 1, 2013

The Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile Reunite in Partnership to Present Third Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival May 6-11, 2013 Partners Celebrate Legacy of Jazz in Harlem Featuring Concerts by Emerging and Established Artists, Panel Discussions, Films and More Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival The Prestige of the Past... the Pulse of the Present NEW YORK, ...

News: Recording

First-Ever CD Produced By Newport Jazz Festival Released, Powered By Artistshare

April 2, 2013

Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. Announces Release of Newport Jazz Festival Gala Recording 2012 Powered by ArtistShare First-ever CD Produced by Newport Jazz Festival Features Dianne Reeves, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Anat Cohen, Steve Wilson, Lewis Nash, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Lionel Loueke, Edmar Castañeda, Ingrid Jensen and Peter Martin NEWPORT, RI: George Wein and the Newport Festivals Foundation, ...

News: Recording

Space Genetics: Volume 4 - New Music From Paul Scea And Eric Haltmeier

April 2, 2013

Continuing in their tradition of exploring the possibilities found at the intersection of jazz, improvisation, and electronic music, SPACE GENETICS—the duo of Paul Scea and Eric Haltmeier—present their latest release, Volume 4. With each of their previous three releases exploring various perspectives of interactions between woodwinds and computers, Volume 4 presents eight compositions and improvisations that ...

News: Book / Magazine

Jazz & Blues Florida April 2013 Magazine Posted

April 2, 2013

The April 2013 online edition of JAZZ & BLUES FLORIDA has been posted at JazzBluesFlorida.com as a new easy-to-read format with a soundtrack from the month’s featured artist. The articles are all previews of local and touring artists with upcoming performances throughout Florida. Along with the ezine, the site offers comprehensive listings of live jazz and ...