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News: Recording

Concord Readies Tony Bennett's 'As Time Goes By: Great American Songbook'

December 16, 2012

In the post-WWII era of American popular music, Tony Bennett rapidly emerged as one of the most distinct and popular voices on the landscape, due in large part to a versatile and dynamic style that has enabled him to sing pop standards, jazz, show tunes and just about any other genre that has emerged in the ...

Article: Live Review

Scott Feiner & Pandeiro Jazz: New York City, NY, December 01, 2012

by Ernest Barteldes
December 15, 2012

Scott Feiner & Pandeiro JazzZinc BarNew York, NYDecember 1, 2012Rio de Janeiro-based, New York-born pandeiro master Scott Feiner constantly seeks different approaches for the genre he arguably created when he incorporated his instrument--a trademark of sambas and chorinho--into a more contemporary jazz format. Since the release of his debut, Pandeiro Jazz ...

News: Education

Usdan Center, With Expanded Jazz Program, Holds Free 1/27 Open House; Tuition Freeze Extended Due To Hurricane

December 15, 2012

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally renowned Long Island summer arts day camp, announces that its tuition freeze, an opportunity for families to pay last year’s rates, a $100 tuition savings, has been extended due to the continuing effects of Hurricane Sandy on New York City and Long Island communities. The tuition ...

News: Performance / Tour

Sierra Jazz Society Concert Series With Faculty And Students

December 15, 2012

Sierra Jazz Society Presents our second concert in our Winter Concert series. It's Saturday, December 22, 2012 at 2 p.m. the location is Unitarian Universalist Community of the Mountains at 246 S. Church St., Grass Valley. Bill Douglass leads the faculty, friends and students of Sierra Jazz Society in a concert full of variety and wonderful ...

News: Music Industry

Celebrate the End of the World Next Friday at Tula's

December 15, 2012

We all know that next Friday, December 21, 2012 (the last day on the Mayan Calendar), is sure to be the last day on Earth for all mankind … so what better way to end all existence than to join drummer Matt Jorgensen at Tula’s Jazz Club for a stellar night of music. Jorgensen will be ...

News: Contest

Enter the "Mort Weiss - I'll Be Seeing You" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

December 14, 2012

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the SMS Jazz “Mort Weiss - I'll Be Seeing You“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on January 14th. Click here to enter the contest (Becoming a fan of Mort Weiss at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good ...

Article: Album Review

Stephen Gauci: Thunk!

by Mark Corroto
December 14, 2012

If the subject of an album of covers songs is pianist Thelonious Monk, then the approach invariably is reverence or its opposite, insolence. Bands either worship at Monk's alter or attempt to out-Monk Monk by counterfeiting eccentricity or outlandishness. To quote the great man, “You've been making the wrong mistakes."One band not making those ...

Article: Album Review

Drew Paralic: Wintertime Tunes Of Drew Paralic

Read "Wintertime Tunes Of Drew Paralic" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 14, 2012

While the cold chill of winter seems to jump out of the cover of composer/arranger Drew Paralic's EP-length ode to the snowy season, the music contained within isn't really icy fare. Paralic puts together a brief set of wintry originals that are as inviting as a fire place on a late December evening. ...

Article: Live Review

2012 Voodoo Experience: New Orleans, Louisiana, October 26-28, 2012

by Mike Perciaccante
December 14, 2012

2012 Voodoo Experience City Park New Orleans, LA October 26-28, 2012 While an epic and catastrophic storm bore down on the Northeast coast of the U.S., a “storm" of another type descended upon New Orleans (a city not unfamiliar with catastrophic storms). New Orleans' 14th Voodoo Experience was a musical celebration ...

Article: Live Review

Second “Louie” Awards Gala: New York, NY, December 4, 2012

by Daniel Kassell
December 14, 2012

Louis Armstrong House Museum 2012 GalaThe Manhattan PenthouseNew York, NYDecember 4, 2012While waiting their turn to play as the Louis Armstrong Centennial Band, trumpeter/vocalist Bria Skonberg, clarinetist Anat Cohen, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, banjoist James Chirillo, tubaist David Ostwald and drummer Marion Felder enjoyed a great meal before the Second Annual Louis ...