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News: Book / Magazine

Jazz & Blues Florida December 2012 Online Edition Posted

December 2, 2012

The new edition of Jazz & Blues Florida, Florida's best and only free online source for information on live jazz and blues in clubs, concerts and festivals, is now available. This issue marks four years of being totally online. The issue also offers a special promotional click-through entry for a free drawing for tickets to Steve ...

News: Recording

Scott Healy Ensemble "Hudson City Suite" Is Released

December 2, 2012

Los Angeles composer and pianist Scott Healy announces the release of “Hudson City Suite" by the Scott Healy Ensemble. Featuring Tim Hagans on trumpet, Healy on piano, and an all-star band, this fifty-six minute work was recorded April 30th and May 1st, 2012, at The Bridge in Glendale, CA. Nine original tracks are thematically linked, the ...

News: Website

Sign up for the Weekly Jazz Near You Concert Calendar Email Announcement

December 1, 2012

If you would like to receive our (free) weekly Jazz Near You concert calendar email announcement, either sign up at the website or change your existing member account settings. Sign up: Simply sign up at Jazz Near You or All About Jazz, enter your location information (U.S. members will need to also include their zip code), ...

Article: Film Review

Woody Herman: Blue Flame - Portrait Of A Jazz Legend

by Dan Bilawsky
December 1, 2012

Woody HermanBlue Flame: Portrait Of A Jazz LegendJazzed Media2012 Innovation and boundary pushing is often seen as a young man's game, so the obvious question is, how did clarinetist/saxophonist/vocalist/bandleader extraordinaire Woody Herman manage to keep things fresh for virtually his entire half-century run? The answer is so ...

Article: Album Review

Katherine Young's Pretty Monsters: Pretty Monsters

Read "Pretty Monsters" reviewed by Troy Collins

by Troy Collins
December 1, 2012

Rarely used in jazz and creative improvised music (except by individualists like Karen Borca), the unwieldy bassoon is commonly relegated to the role of a doubling horn, sparingly employed by eclectic multi-instrumentalists like Joseph Jarman and Yusef Lateef for its unusual tonal color. Brooklyn-based bassoonist Katherine Young transcends the instrument's reputation with a shrewd combination of ...

Article: Album Review

Samo Salamon Trio: Eleven Stories

Read "Eleven Stories" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 1, 2012

Guitarist Samo Salamon never treads on the same ground twice, but that doesn't mean his bands continually rotate personnel. A quick look at his recorded output, which includes approximately a dozen dates over the past decade, indicates that he does have a fondness for mixing, matching and mingling with different musical associates, but he also has ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique: Live at Carnegie Hall--Beethoven Symphonies 7 & 5

by C. Michael Bailey
December 1, 2012

Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Sir John Eliot GardinerLive at Carnegie Hall: Beethoven Symphonies 7 & 5Soli Deo Gloria2012 Why return to this tired, old repertoire? Twenty years ago, Sir John Eliot Gardiner and his period instrument band, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, produced the leader of a deluge ...

News: Recording

Cynthia Basinet, Best Known For "Santa Baby," Releases Her Debut Full Length Jazz CD "The Standard"

December 1, 2012

Cynthia Basinet, the actress, singer, humanitarian known for the most iconic version of “Santa Baby," releases her debut full length jazz CD “The Standard". “The Standard", 15 years in the making contains 11 tracks, including two bonus Holiday tracks. Cynthia has given new vocals and mixies to several of her songs, like “Blue Moon", “Going Out ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, November 30 - December 6

December 1, 2012

As we settle in to cooler weather and earlier sunsets, the music scene continues to keep us warm and alert. Old friends, new residents, popular visitors and more are on the schedule this week. Hot Gigs This Week Friday, November 30. The Loring Park edition of Café Maude has not been in business long but has ...

News: Music Industry

Unlimited Myles Signs Gillian Friedman As Booking Associate

December 1, 2012

Unlimited Myles, the eleven year old jazz boutique booking agency, which represents such award-winning artists as Kenny Barron, Stefon Harris, the Yellowjackets, Vijay Iyer, Regina Carter, Billy Childs, Jane Monheit, {{Luciana Souza and Dr. Lonnie Smith has signed Gillian Friedman as Booking Associate. In this role Ms. Friedman will be working with presenters, both in North ...