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The Crystal Cruise Line Tribute To Benny Golson: April 29, 2013 - May 6, 2013

The Crystal Cruise Line Tribute To Benny Golson: April 29, 2013 - May 6, 2013

The Crystal Cruise Line Jazz Experience! April 29, 2013 – May 6, 2013 Come and join us on the Crystal Cruise Line Jazz Experience, a tribute to Benny Golson hosted by Don Braden with Kyle Koehler on organ, Vanessa Rubin - vocalist, Cecil Brooks III on drums, plus Cedar Walton’s trio with Willie Jones ...

News: Recording

Guitarist and composer Sinan Bakir Releases "Tales & Stories"

Guitarist and composer Sinan Bakir Releases "Tales & Stories"

Guitarist and composer Sinan Bakir, a native of Ankara, Turkey, who has chosen Hartford as his adopted home town, celebrates the launching of his second album, Tales & Stories (Aslan Records) with a CD release concert Saturday, Nov. 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Buttonwood Tree, 605 Main St., Middletown. And he has much to celebrate ...

News: Radio

Class Of 29: Jazz On The Move On Riverwalk Jazz This Week

Class Of 29: Jazz On The Move On Riverwalk Jazz This Week

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, we follow the year 1929 in music, from Harlem cabarets to Broadway shows, from Hollywood movies to jazz recordings. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM satellite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. In 1929, jazz was making its way ...

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Article: Extended Analysis

Mel Powell: Four Classic Albums Plus

Read "Mel Powell: Four Classic Albums Plus" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert

Mel PowellFour Classic Albums PlusAvid Records2012 Mel Powell replaced Teddy Wilson in the piano chair in the Benny Goodman band, took over the Glenn Miller Orchestra after the leader's demise, and followed both gigs with a career in the studios as a pianist and arranger. Then in the ...

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Remy Le Boeuf

Read "Take Five With Remy Le Boeuf" reviewed by AAJ Staff

by AAJ Staff

Meet Remy Le Boeuf: Remy Le Boeuf was born in Santa Cruz, California, and in 2004 he moved to New York City where he and his twin brother, Pascal, perform regularly with Le Boeuf Brothers-a modern jazz group known for blending jazz with classical, indie-rock, and electronic influences. On their latest album In Praise ...

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Article: Album Review

Andras Schiff: Johann Sebastian Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Clavier

Read "Johann Sebastian Bach:  Das Wohltemperierte Clavier" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey

Johann Sebastian Bach's Das Wohltemperierte Clavier (The Well-Tempered Clavier) BWV 846-893, is a collection of two sets of 24-pairs of preludes and fugues composed in every major and minor key between 1722 and 1742, while Bach was in appointment at Kothen and Leipzig, respectively. Ostensibly for teaching and practice, the whole of Das Wohltemperierte Clavier has ...

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News: Performance / Tour

LazJaz Trio Features French Jazz Composers on Nov. 11 Recital at Acoustix Jazz Lounge

LazJaz Trio, featuring Charles Laz, piano instructor at the Nice Conservatory, will give a jazz recital in Atlanta featuring the works of French composers on Nov. 11 at Acoustix Jazz Lounge & Restaurant, 840 Marietta St. (corner of Northside Drive, 404-879-0111) near GA Tech Campus, from 7:30 to 11:30 pm. The recital will feature the jazz ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Jim Manley, Christopher McBride CD Release Tour, "Artsounds" with Sylvia McNair, and More

Jazz This Week: Jim Manley, Christopher McBride CD Release Tour, "Artsounds" with Sylvia McNair, and More

This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis features the debut of a St. Louis trumpeter's new band; a mini-tour through the area from a Chicago saxophonist; tributes to the music of Nancy Wilson, Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix; and more. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, singer Denise Thimes will take ...

News: Recording

L.A. Punk Pioneers Concrete Blonde Re-group For Vinyl Release, U.A. Tour In December

L.A. Punk Pioneers Concrete Blonde Re-group For Vinyl Release, U.A. Tour In December

L.A. PUNK PIONEERS CONCRETE BLONDE RE-GROUP FOR VINYL RELEASE, U.S. TOUR IN DECEMBER Double-sided 7” white vinyl pairs “Rosalee” and “I See the Ghost” Band’s month-long jaunt begins in Boston Dec. 12, includes “World Café Live” performance LOS ANGELES, Calif. – When singer/songwriter/bassist Johnette Napolitano first formed Dream 6 on her time off working at L.A.’s ...

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News: Recording

Judith Owen & Harry Shearer's Holiday Sing-along Tours Four U.S. Cities In December

Judith Owen & Harry Shearer's Holiday Sing-along Tours Four U.S. Cities In December

Concert proceeds benefit the New Orleans Musicians Assistance Foundation LOS ANGELES, Calif. — It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Judith Owen and Harry Shearer’s Holiday Sing-Along is back. The Simpsons and This Is Spinal Tap star has again teamed up with his acclaimed singer-songwriter spouse, Judith Owen, for an evening of special guests, seasonal ...


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