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Stephanie Jordan, Irvin Mayfield, Kermit Ruffins, And Leah Chase Share Stage With Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra

December 5, 2012

Liberty Bank Celebrates the Holidays and its 40th Anniversary with The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra NEW ORLEANS - Liberty Bank and Trust will celebrate the holiday season and their 40th Anniversary with a special holiday musical extravaganza featuring the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra and some very special guests. “A Liberty Bank Christmas" with the LPO will take place ...

News: Recording

Miles Davis Quintet 'Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Volume 2' Coming in January

December 5, 2012

Columbia/Legacy again pays tribute to musical legend Miles Davis with the release of Miles Davis Quintet 'Live In Europe 1969: The Bootleg Series Volume 2, the second edition in the label’s widely-heralded Miles Davis Bootleg Series. The sequel to 2011’s critical and commercial blockbuster, Miles Davis Quintet - Live In Europe 1967: The Bootleg Series Volume ...

News: Recording

"On the Road" Soundtrack Released on Impulse Records December 11

December 5, 2012

On Tuesday, December 11th, 2012, Impulse Records/Verve Music Group will release the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to On The Road, the IFC and Sundance Selects film adaption of Jack Kerouac’s iconic novel. The beautifully assembled soundtrack album features music from the film’s original score by Grammy Award winner and Academy Award winner (Brokeback Mountain, Babel) Gustavo ...

News: Recording

Label Love Vol. 5: The Jazz Edition - A Free Compilation

December 4, 2012

The Label Love series is back with Vol. 5: The Jazz Edition. The compilation includes brand new Jazz tracks, classics and a reissue from labels Tru Thoughts, Impossible Ark, Gondwana Records, Jazzman, Edition Records, Katalyst Entertainment, Revive Music Group, and Basho Records. Each track from Vol. 5 will be featured as the AllAboutJazz Download of the ...

News: Performance / Tour

Annenberg Center Presents Funky Fusion Band Red Baraat

December 4, 2012

Philadelphia, PA: The pioneering Brooklyn dhol ‘n’ brass party band Red Baraat bring their spirit and funk to this one-night-only show as part of the Annenberg Center’s Asian Roots Series. Combining the sounds of traditional Indian bhangra with New Orleans jazz and Brooklyn attitude, the members of Red Baraat take the stage “putting some New York ...

Article: Album Review

Marcus Miller: Renaissance

Read "Renaissance" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
December 4, 2012

Some things change, other things stay the same. Marcus Miller--producer and performer with everyone from soul singer Luther Vandross and pianist Herbie Hancock to guitarist George Benson and Miles Davis, composing and producing the trumpeter's late period classic Tutu (Warner Bros., 1986)--has been releasing solo albums since 1983, but it was with The Sun Don't Lie ...

Article: Profile

Marcus Miller: Renaissance Man

by Pheralyn Dove
December 4, 2012

[Editor's Note: On Sunday, November 25, 2012, All About Jazz learned that Marcus Miller sustained non-life-threatening injuries during a bus crash on the A2 highway in central Switzerland. Unfortunately, the driver was killed in the accident. Online sources report that the bus was carrying 13 people, including two drivers and the 11 members Miller's band. The ...

Article: Live Review

Orquesta Aragon: San Francisco, CA, November 4, 2012

by Harry S. Pariser
December 4, 2012

Orquesta Aragon Palace of Fine Arts San Francisco, CANovember 4, 2012Although the group is celebrating its 73rd anniversary this year, any performance by the legendary Cuban conjunto band Orquesta Aragon remains a very special occasion. For many decades of its existence the orchestra had been prohibited to tour in the United States; ...

Article: Album Review

Don Cherry: Organic Music Society

Read "Organic Music Society" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
December 4, 2012

Reissued in analog splendor on vinyl, from the original 1972 release, free jazz trumpeter and saxophonist Ornette Coleman sideman Don Cherry renders an early world-music vibe, recorded in Sweden. These days, inferences to “organic" allude to the green movement which has become quite trendy in scope; however, in the hippie culture, organic was often the buzzword ...

Article: Album Review

Fred Lonberg-Holm's Fast Citizens: Gather

by Jerry D'Souza
December 4, 2012

When a band gathers some very imaginative musicians into its fold, it can only lead to one thing: an amazing listening experience. Fast Citizens has proved that over the years from the time saxophonist Keefe Jackson formed the band in 2003 and released Ready Everyday (Delmark Records, 2006), through to to Two Cities (Delmark Records, 2009), ...