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Dallas Singer Debra Marie Lands In Top 10 Of Uk Soul Chart

December 17, 2012

Artist to be featured in New Year’s Eve Bash at 2 Kats Live in North Dallas Dallas, TX: Singer and songwriter Debra Marie is in pretty good company on the United Kingdom Soul Chart. Amid soul and R&B music heavies Angie Stone, Jeffrey Osbourne, Faith Evans, and Dwele, the Dallas native is holding her own on ...

News: Recording

Singer Jackie Ryan Returns; "Listen Here" Also Features John Clayton & Friends

December 17, 2012

Jackie Ryan teams with Grammy Award winner John Clayton to deliver a tour de force through a myriad of jazz idioms ─ from blues & gospel flavored jazz gems, to luscious love songs, a soaring Spanish ballad, a Gershwin classic, pulsating samba rhythms ─ and culminates with the title track: a duet with three-time Grammy nominee ...

News: Recording

Proper To Issue Deluxe Edition Of Bap Kennedy's "The Sailor's Revenge" With 11 Retrospective Bonus Tracks

December 17, 2012

With package to be released via Proper American on January 8, Kennedy will perform dates in New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC and Boston. “Kennedy distills his love of Hank Williams and Van Morrison, his self-preserving humor, and his endearingly stoic bar-room philosophies into stunningly beautiful songs.” —MOJO LONDON, U.K. — Bap Kennedy’s critically hailed The Sailor’s ...

Article: Year in Review

Chris May's Best Jazz Books of 2012

by Chris May
December 16, 2012

Are the best books always about the past rather than the present, or is it simply easier to write about events on which the dust has settled? Whatever. These three books are all about the past and each is outstanding.Matthew RuddickFunny Valentine: The Story Of Chet BakerGrippingly written and meticulously ...

Article: Album Review

Nutty: Jetsetter Jazz

Read "Jetsetter Jazz" reviewed by James Nadal

by James Nadal
December 16, 2012

The outsourcing of cover material in jazz has become relatively common practice. The vast Great American Songbook, with diversity ranging from popular standards to show tunes and beyond, has provided a goldmine for improvisation, as has gospel, blues and soul music. So the question arises: what about rock? Why hasn't this genre contributed more to the ...

Article: From the Inside Out

From Britain to Boogaloo

by Chris M. Slawecki
December 16, 2012

Chris BarberMemories of My TripProper American Records2011 You will find very few jazz retrospectives more thoroughly, warmly inviting than Memories of My Trip, which celebrates six decades of recording and performing by one of Britain's most enduring traditional jazz musicians--trombonist, bassist and bandleader Chris Barber. ...

Article: Album Review

Donny McCaslin: Casting For Gravity

Read "Casting For Gravity" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
December 16, 2012

Tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin has bravely developed a uniquely personal sound that proudly claims its heritage in the long mainstream of jazz, yet sounds freshly innovative. He has released eleven albums under his leadership, among which Recommended Tools (Greenleaf, 2008), with its punishing, revealing trio format, was a high-water mark. McCaslin deploys sheets-of-sound density inherited from ...

Article: Album Review

Tim Carey: Room 114

Read "Room 114" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
December 16, 2012

Dedicated to his father, Seattle-based composer, educator and bassist Tim Carey's debut, Room 114, is a very intimate affair. Carey has been a professional musician for the past nine years and during that time he has honed his skills with such luminaries as trombonist Julian Priester, as well as, creative ethnic jazz ensembles. ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/Spring 2013 Jazz Preview, Part 2

December 16, 2012

This week, we continue with part 2 of our look at some of the touring jazz and creative musicians who will be coming to St. Louis during the first few months of 2013. (You can see part 1 of the preview here.) Today's first clip features Sachal Vasandani singing “Take The B Train" in a show ...

News: Recording

Cheb i Sabbah Announces New Album: OptiMystiK

December 16, 2012

Cheb i Sabbah Announces Fundraising Campaign to Help Produce New Album: OptiMystiK Cheb i Sabbah, musical adventurer, global spiritualist and producer extraordinaire is calling out to his fans and supporters to help in the production of his eighth album, OptiMystiK, his most ambitious project to date. The album will combine languages and musical cultures of twelve ...