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Article: Album Review

Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra / Jo Ann Falletta: Duke Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige

Read "Duke Ellington: Black, Brown, and Beige" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
March 6, 2013

Naxos Records' American Classics imprint was intended to highlight the domestic classical repertoire. This includes reaching from John Philip Sousa wind works and John Adams operas to Charles Ives songs and Leonard Bernstein Broadway shows. Jazz made a claim with the imprint, and the America Classics eventually included recordings of Scott Joplin rags, Art Tatum piano ...

News: Performance / Tour

Soprano Saxophonist Marion Meadows Announces 2013 Tour Dates In Support Of Acclaimed New Album "Whisper"

March 6, 2013

Label Debut For Shanachie Features Special Guest Bob Baldwin And Includes Soulful Renditions Of Jazz Classics By Freddie Hubbard And Dave Grusin Spring/Summer Festival Slots Will Have Meadows Share Stages With Phil Perry, Richard Elliot, Keiko Matsui, Brian Simpson, Marc Antoine, Mary Mary, Jonathan Butler, Brian Culbertson And Sheila E Sax And The City Tour Dates ...

News: Radio

Nicole Henry Performs On WLRN's South Florida Arts Beat, 3/8/13

March 6, 2013

Please join our audience for another great musical performance on WLRN's SOUTH FLORIDA ARTS BEAT Friday, March 8th, 2013 Featuring NICOLE HENRY Miami Beach’s beloved Jazz, Pop and Soul vocal star returns for a worldwide performance on South Florida Arts Beat. She’ll sing tunes from the ‘70’s on her latest recording, So ...

News: Website

Sign up and get the weekly Jazz Near You concert calendar announcement for free!

March 5, 2013

You can receive our free weekly Jazz Near You concert calendar email announcement by simply signing up at All About Jazz. If you are already a member and would like to receive our weekly announcement, go to your member account page, click “update," click the “Contact" tab, then enter your city and country (state and zip ...

News: Recording

Nonesuch Releases Joshua Redman’s "Walking Shadows" on May 7

March 5, 2013

Album produced by Brad Mehldau; features Redman on saxophones, Mehldau on piano, Larry Grenadier on bass & Brian Blade on drums; orchestral pieces conducted by Dan Coleman “Joshua Redman is a saxophonist of such intelligence and energy that you could probably place him in any musical setting, and he would find a way to make himself ...

News: Recording

Origin Records To Release "Uppity," By Composer/Bandleader Anthony Branker & His Sextet Word Play, March 19

March 5, 2013

On the provocatively titled Uppity, Anthony Branker’s second CD with his all-star sextet Word Play, the prolific composer and bandleader harnesses his vibrant jazz originals and his band’s dynamic interplay to deliver a bracing social and spiritual message. Uppity will be released by Origin Records March 19. His “Ballad for Trayvon Martin,” one of the album’s ...

News: Performance / Tour

Don Henley Set to Perform at The Paramount on April 3rd @ 8 pm

March 5, 2013

Today, The Paramount in downtown Huntington, Long Island, N.Y., announced that Don Henley - founder of the Eagles - is confirmed to rock the stage on April 3rd, 2013 @ 8pm. Tickets for this once-in-a-lifetime concert experience will go on sale to the general public through Ticketmaster & The Paramount Box Office at 10am this Friday, ...

News: Recording

Drew Davidsen's Guitar Leads The Way On His Journey To Self-Diiscovery

March 5, 2013

“TRUE DREW” garners praise from his idol and reviewers as the first single climbs the charts Towson, MD: An intimate musical portrait depicting the life and loves of a jazz man and his guitar, “TRUE DREW,” the fifth album from Drew Davidsen, was released today by Oznot Records and drew praise from Davidsen’s idol, contemporary jazz ...

Article: Interview

Lauren Kinsella: In Between Every Line

by Ian Patterson
March 5, 2013

It may be that the voice is the most difficult instrument to improvise with, judging by the relatively small number of improvising vocalists out there. Jazz singers who scat are common enough, but only the best are able to breathe life into a style that has become rather formulaic over the past century. Lauren Kinsella (the ...

Article: Album Review

Frank Wright: Blues For Albert Ayler

Read "Blues For Albert Ayler" reviewed by John Sharpe

by John Sharpe
March 5, 2013

Reedman Frank Wright's eponymous first album surfaced on ESP-Disk in 1965, so it is fitting that this historic live recording also appears on the newly-revived imprint, making good its mission of releasing unheard sessions by label stalwarts, alongside newer works. Though dedicated to his erstwhile employer, saxophonist Albert Ayler, Wright's tenor saxophone also hints at the ...