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News: Book / Magazine

The Insanity Hoax Becomes An E-! And It's Free For Two Days!

November 22, 2012

In a belated acknowledgment of 21st century technology, All About Jazz's own columnist/reviewer Dr. Judith Schlesinger has finally made her acclaimed book, The Insanity Hoax: Exposing the myth of the mad genius into a Kindle edition. Even better: for two days, The Insanity Hoax will be available on amazon.com for free (and she's only telling her ...

News: Performance / Tour

Marcus Baylor to Perform Thursday, December 27 at the Bistro at Grand Center

November 22, 2012

Drummer and St. Louis native Marcus Baylor is coming home for the holidays to perform on Thursday, December 27 at the Bistro at Grand Center, 3536 Washington Ave. St. Louis jazz fans will recognize the address as the home of Jazz at the Bistro, of course, and Baylor (pictured) knows the room well, having played there ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Jeremy Davenport, Dave Dickey Big Band, Tim Cunningham, and More

November 22, 2012

Though the holiday weekend means minimal activity from touring musicians over the next few days, St. Louis' local players will be serving up plenty of home-cooked jazz and creative music, both before and after the traditional turkey dinners and football games. Let's go to the highlights... The weekend's headline attraction is trumpet player, singer and University ...

News: Special Offers

End Of The Beginning Of The Ancient Future Celebration

November 22, 2012

End of the Beginning of the Ancient Future World Without Walls By Ancient Future. (Capitol/Sona Gaia 163). Reconditioned CD- $24.98: Buy Link. audio. End of the Beginning (Matthew Montfort. 5:15). audio. Celebrate the End of the Mayan 'Time of No- Time' with the Music of Ancient Future! There's been much ado concerning the end of the ...

News: Recording

Grammy Nominated Blues Innovator Bobby Rush Stakes His Claim As A Living Legend

November 22, 2012

GRAMMY NOMINATED BLUES INNOVATOR BOBBY RUSH STAKES HIS CLAIM AS A LIVING LEGEND New studio album Down in Louisiana, due February 19, updates the sounds of the swamps and the juke joints JACKSON, Miss. — Bobby Rush’s new Down in Louisiana, out February 19, 2013 on Deep Rush Productions through Thirty Tigers, is the work of ...

News: Event

Larry McKenna Receives 3rd Annual Jazz Bridge "Making A Difference" Award Sun. Dec. 16th @ LaRose!

November 21, 2012

Philadelphia jazz saxophone icon Larry McKenna will receive the third annual Jazz Bridge “Making a Difference” Award on Sunday December 16th at LaRose Jazz & Banquet Hall, 5531 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia. The event runs from 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets are $20. Information: 610-745-3011. This gala is a Jazz Bridge benefit for the Daphne Fund, ...

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News: Music Industry

Charlie Harrington Endorses DrumDial Precision Tuner

November 21, 2012

Award-Winning Acclaimed Artist, Charlie Harrington, is now a DrumDial Endorser. He is an in demand session player with a well-established reputation as a first call drummer. Charlie joins, among others, jazz drumming great Peter Erskine in endorsing the DrumDial Precision Drum Tuner. Since it was first introduced over a decade ago, thousands of drummers have been ...

News: Video / DVD

Seattle Singer/Songwriter Agnes Ingarra Offers Soulful Rendition Of New Bruno Mars Single "Young Girls"

November 21, 2012

The R&B-fueled pop style of Top-40 staple Bruno Mars is given a soulful, heartbreaking take by Seattle-based singer/songwriter Agnes Ingarra. “Young Girls," the new promotional single from Mars' latest album, Unorthodox Jukebox, has its unapologetic confession of a player unable to change flipped upside down, this time capturing the emotional wounds of the woman. This is ...

Article: Album Review

Allen Vizzutti: Ritzville

Read "Ritzville" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
November 21, 2012

There are very few trumpeters that can do it all and do it all well, but Allen Vizzutti is one of them. His storied career has included stints with Woody Herman's Thundering Herd, pianist Chick Corea, and trumpeter Doc Severinsen's Tonight Show Band. When he wasn't busy playing with one of these top-tier artists, he could ...

Article: Interview

John Seman: The Story of Monktail

by Jack Gold-Molina
November 21, 2012

The director and cofounder of Monktail Creative Music Concern with drummer Mark Ostrowski, bassist/composer John Seman has spent much of his childhood and his entire adult life defining this band and his musical direction. A highly educated player with the kind of street sense that can only be gained through constant performing, recording and touring, he ...