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Hardcoretet: Do It Live

Read "Do It Live" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
February 23, 2013

The opening minute of Do It Live seems like a bait-and-switch scenario; with a band name like Hardcoretet, wit and power would seem to be requisite ingredients in the group's work, but only sunshine and rainbows appear at first. Fortunately, these sounds are merely a gateway into the music of this Seattle-based foursome. As this opening ...

News: Festival

Seabreeze Jazz Festival To Showcase Smooth Jazz In The Ultimate Weekend Of Music April 17th-21st In Panama City Beach, FL

February 23, 2013

Panama City Beach, FL: The white-sand beaches of Panama City Beach, Florida will again be the backdrop for an incredible weekend of smooth jazz entertainment as The 15th Annual Seabreeze Jazz Festival® returns to Panama City Beach April 17th-22nd. All main performances will take place at the Pier Park Amphitheater (Aaron Beasant Park) adjacent to the ...

News: Music Industry

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 22-28

February 23, 2013

Two of the world's premiere guitarists happen to be in the Twin Cities at the same time.... At the same price. Free. Both Mike Stern and Bill Frisell turn up on college campuses this weekend, making this perhaps the best “free" jazz weekend of the year outside of the Twin Cities Jazz Festival. But it is ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

February 22, 2013

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Blue Note Records “Wayne Shorter Quartet - Without a Net“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on March 22nd. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Wayne Shorter at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) ...

News: Website

Trouble Submitting Events? A Solution

February 22, 2013

If you are trying to submit an event and you are being redirected to your member account page, please do the following: Log out of All About Jazz (and make sure you are also logged out of Jazz Near You); Log back in to All About Jazz. Once you log back in, you'll be logged in ...

Article: Live Review

Latin Jazz All Stars: Golden, Colorado, January 24, 2013

by Geoff Anderson
February 22, 2013

Latin Jazz All StarsMt. Vernon Country ClubGolden, COJanuary 24, 2013Latin jazz is as diverse as Latin America itself. While it comes in many different flavors and colors, a constant is the rhythm. Jazz is a rhythmic-centric music to begin with, but the Latin tinge adds a turbo charger to the project.

Article: Album Review

Maucha Adnet & Helio Alves: Milagre

by Dan Bilawsky
February 22, 2013

Vocalist Maucha Adnet and pianist Helio Alves have been collaborating in various settings for two decades, but Milagre marks their first full-length recording as a twosome. Adnet, who's best known for her decade-long tenure with the great Antonio Carlos Jobim, and Alves, a first call pianist who's worked with everyone from saxophonist Joe Henderson to cellist ...

Article: New York Beat

Nilson Matta and Leny Andrade at Dizzy's

by Nick Catalano
February 22, 2013

Celebrating the release of Black Orpheus (Motéma, 2013), bassist Nilson Matta brought his band into Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola on February 13, 2013. Along with pianist Klaus Mueller, percussionist Fernando Saci, drummer Alex Kautz and saxophonist Steve Wilson the show featured legendary singer Leny Andrade, who also performs on the CD.Although Brazilian music has enthralled ...

Article: Album Review

Tine Bruhn: Nearness

Read "Nearness" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
February 22, 2013

With the rapid evolution of jazz in the past generation, a simple performance approach offers the benefit of showing from where we have come. Denmark-cum-New York City native vocalist Tine Bruhn joins pianist Johnny O'Neal (late of drummer Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers and vibraphonist Milt Jackson's band) and saxophonist Stacy Dillard for a collection of ten ...

News: Recording

Swiss Prog Ensemble Zenit Release Highly Anticipated Third Album "The Chandrasekhar Limit"

February 21, 2013

Switzerland - One of the most respected progressive rock bands ever to emerge from Switzerland, Zenit, have released their third album 'The Chandrasekhar Limit' on Galileo Records on January 28, 2013. Possibly the most ambitious release of 2013, right from the beginning of Zenit's new 69-minute masterpiece, Andy Thommen (formerly Clepsydra), affixes a seal with his ...