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Harry Allen / Scott Hamilton: ‘Round Midnight

Read "‘Round Midnight" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
January 19, 2013

Harry Allen and Scott Hamilton are two veteran tenor saxophonists whose individual careers have not prevented them from maintaining a friendship or performing together whenever possible. Their third joint project, Round Midnight presents new interpretations of nine standards in a quintet format offering far more solos than normally found in a group featuring one main artist. ...

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Take Five With Rick Bogart

by AAJ Staff
January 19, 2013

Meet Rick Bogart: Rick Bogart, clarinetist, vocalist and composer, is an Arabesque Recording Artist. Latest release is a ballet for solo dancer and solo clarinetist on Arabesque Records. Played in New Orleans during the heyday of the French Quarter. “We played six sets a night, six nights a week, year in and year out--all [through the ...

News: Radio

WBGO Jazz 88.3 FM Broadcasts SFJAZZ Center Opening Concert, 1/23, 11PM

January 19, 2013

REMINDER! NPR MUSIC, WBGO AND WWOZ BROADCAST SFJAZZ CENTER OPENING NIGHT CONCERT, JANUARY 23 AT 8PM (PT) WATCH LIVE AT NPR.ORG/MUSIC AND IN NPR MUSIC APPS; LISTEN ON-AIR AT WWOZ 90.7FM NEW ORLEANS, WBGO 88.3FM NEWARK AND OTHER PUBLIC RADIO STATIONS January 18, 2013 – The opening of the SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco will bring ...

News: Festival

The City Of Miami Beach Presents The Food Truck And Music Fest Featuring Franklin's Wheel

January 19, 2013

Miami Beach's monthly Food Truck and Music Festival will be January 23 at the North Beach Bandshell, Collins Ave and 73rd Street. Music, provided by KCC Productions, features Franklin's Wheel from 6-9 PM. Franklin’s Wheel creates music that takes you on a journey, through various moods, sounds and textures—from soothing ambiance to dynamic crescendos and percussive, ...

Article: Album Review

The Clayton Brothers: The Gathering

Read "The Gathering" reviewed by Larry Taylor

by Larry Taylor
January 18, 2013

The Clayton Brothers--John on bass and Jeff on reeds--have been playing together for over 30 years, either in their small groups or in the large Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, formed in 1985 in partnership with drummer Jeff Hamilton. In small contexts, they have specialized in post-bop swing with a touch of funk, while the critically acclaimed big ...

Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Fado em Si Bemol

by AAJ Staff
January 18, 2013

Meet Fado em Si Bemol:Fado em Si Bemol formed in 2003. It started out as a project between good friends Paulo Gonçalves, Miguel Silva and Pedro Matos to explore the nontraditional sounds of the music throughout the world using the Portuguese guitar. We played a single show using sounds of Fado and Stevie Wonder. ...

Article: Album Review

Rudresh Mahanthappa: Gamak

by Mark F. Turner
January 18, 2013

Alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa continues to avoid stereotypes, whether pushing the envelope with his acoustic ensembles or including electronic colorations in 2011's Samdhi (ACT). With Gamak, his unique blend of progressive jazz and Indian music is still evolving. The added twist here is not only a reunion with the magnificent rhythm section of bassist Francois Moutin ...

News: Event

NPR Music And WBGO FM Present The Checkout – Live At Berklee With Jaleel Shaw

January 18, 2013

The Checkout – Live at Berklee, which brings critically acclaimed, New York-based Berklee alumni back to their alma mater for concerts in The Red Room at Cafe 939, continues on Thursday, February 7 with rising alto and soprano saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, a 2000 Berklee graduate. Shaw will be performing with alumnus pianist Lawrence Fields, bassist Boris ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Upgrades to DISQUS Comments

January 17, 2013

AAJ has replaced its custom comments functionality with DISQUS comments. DISQUS is one the world's premiere discussion platforms and it brings tremendous value to All About Jazz and Jazz Near You. We're talking a massive leap forward in reader engagement and a much improved end user experience resulting in what we hope are more natural conversations ...

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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: The Saxophone In Early New Orleans Jazz

January 17, 2013

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band joins forces with saxophonists Kim Cusack, Vince Giordano, Brian Ogilvie and others to explore the music of early jazz saxophone masters. Our own Ron Hockett shows off his saxophone chops while his clarinet duties are covered by Allan Vaché and Evan Christopher. Bass saxophonist Vince Giordano ...