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Article: Year in Review

Dan Bilawsky's Best Releases of 2012

by Dan Bilawsky
December 23, 2012

Transcendent recordings don't come with a label identifying their magnificence, but they're easy to pick out. I had the honor and privilege of receiving, and listening to, more than 375 CDs for review consideration in 2012. I reviewed approximately 165 of them and these were the 15 that rose above the rest. Some are bold and ...

Article: Album Review

Jonathan Saraga: First Vision

Read "First Vision" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
December 23, 2012

Award-winning trumpeter Jonathan Saraga's First Vision, is a skillfully conceived and exquisitely realized debut that brings to mind the edgy, envelope-pushing hard bop of many a Blue Note record in the early 1960s. The modal melodies are artfully orchestrated, allowing each musician the full breadth of his spontaneous creativity without resorting to unfettered clamor. Not a ...

Article: Year in Review

John Kelman's Best Live Shows of 2012

by John Kelman
December 23, 2012

Another tremendous year of travel, to find music in whatever nook and cranny it's hiding. From South Africa to Sweden, from Norway to the Netherlands, and from Germany to home base in Ottawa, Canada, it seemed as though there was an endless supply of great music to see--and even more that sadly had to be skipped. ...

Article: Live Review

Scott Reeves Quintet with Duane Eubanks: Nyack, NY, November 30, 2012

by David A. Orthmann
December 23, 2012

Scott Reeves Quintet with Duane EubanksNyack Library Carnegie RoomNyack, NYNovember 30, 2012There are a number of reasons why tribute concerts, a staple of today's live performance landscape, go awry. When an MC emits an endless stream of hyperbole, or offers a history lesson reminiscent of the ones that put high school ...

Article: Album Review

Quentin Angus Quintet: Retrieval Structure

Read "Retrieval Structure" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
December 23, 2012

Hailing from South Australia's elegant and cultural capital of Adelaide, Quentin Angus leads a vibrant and formidable US quintet with the modern fusion-like Retrieval Structure, the young guitarist's debut as leader, delivering a set of fresh, sophisticated compositions. Currently based in New York while he pursues a Master's degree from the State of New York Purchase ...

News: Performance / Tour

Ocean Springs Welcomes Stephanie Jordan Sings A Tribute To The Fabulous Lena Horne

December 23, 2012

New Orleans jazz singer Stephanie Jordan is gracing the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center stage in Ocean Springs, Mississippi on Saturday, January 19, at 7:00pm, with a tribute to the fabulous Lena Horne. She brought down the house at the 2012 New Orleans Jazz Festival with her tribute to Lena Horne show, which she has performed ...

News: Recording

Downes Braide Association Release Their Debut Album "Pictures Of You"

December 23, 2012

London, UK – Hit making duo, Geoff Downes and Chris Braide have just released their debut collaborative album and digital single, ‘Pictures of You’, under the name of the DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION (DBA). ‘Pictures of You’ was recorded alongside their respective commitments in 2011-12, and the song writing chemistry between Downes and Braide became immediately apparent ...

News: Obituary

Ana Grace Marquez-Green, Daughter Of Jazzman Jimmy Greene Claimed In Newtown Tragedy

December 23, 2012

All About Jazz and the entire jazz family offers its condolences to tenor saxophonist Jimmy Greene, his wife Nelba Marquez-Greene and their family at the loss of their daughter Ana Grace Marquez-Greene, who died during the tragic events in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday. Ana Grace was six years old. The family had recently moved to Newtown ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/Spring 2013 Jazz Preview, Part 3

December 23, 2012

Today, it's part 3 of our video preview offering samples of some of the touring jazz and creative musicians who will be coming to St. Louis during the first part of 2013. (Part 1 of the preview is here and part 2 is here.) Most of the musicians spotlighted in this week's installment may need little ...

Article: Album Review

Sherri Roberts: Lovely Days

Read "Lovely Days" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
December 22, 2012

Lovely Days is a “classical" piano-vocals recital. It is classical in the respect of that this spare pairing is time tested and well respected across musical genres. Bay-area vocalist Sherri Roberts downsizes from her previous three recordings to a duo setting with pianist Bliss Rodriguez. Robert's repertoire comes directly from the Great American Songbook, first half ...