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News: Festival

Miami Jazz Fest Set For November 17-18 at Bayfront Park

November 2, 2012

Pure Jazz Returns to Miami! MIAMI JAZZ FEST NOVEMBER 17TH & 18TH KLIPSCH AMPHITHEATER AT BAYFRONT PARK TICKETS ON SALE NOW! Tired of Jazz Festivals that aren’t really Jazz Festivals? Well look no more! The Miami Jazz Fest® is Jazz, pure Jazz! Scheduled for November 17th and 18th ...

Article: Album Review

Jeff Holmes Quartet: Of One's Own

Read "Of One's Own" reviewed by Bruce Lindsay

by Bruce Lindsay
November 2, 2012

It's not the job of liner notes to critically appraise the recording for which they were written. Liner notes are supposed to be laudatory, occasionally hagiographic, but they're never meant to critique. That's the job of the review. Reviews don't make good liner notes and vice versa. Exceptions prove rules, however. So congratulations must go to ...

Article: Album Review

Paul Lytton / Nate Wooley / Ikue Mori / Ken Vandermark: The Nows

Read "The Nows" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto
November 2, 2012

Consider the great duos of the cinema, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson and so on-what each successful duo has in common, is a chemistry, an attraction or spark between them. Such is the case with the musical duo of percussionist Paul Lytton and trumpeter Nate ...

Article: Album Review

Shu Nakamura: A Day of Dreams

Read "A Day of Dreams" reviewed by Mark Redlefsen

by Mark Redlefsen
November 2, 2012

Hailing from Nagoya, Japan, Brooklyn, New York-based Shu Nakamura plays guitars, keyboards and percussion on A Day of Dreams. Shu also displays his ability to compose, arrange and sing. Through learning, working, and teaching a variety of different kinds of music from his youth in Japan, Shu is more of a world musician than one existing ...

News: Event

Hernando Jazz Society Presents "The USA In Song" On Sunday November 11

November 2, 2012

This is a continuing series of monthly HJS events to continue raising funds for scholarships for local middle and high school musicians. The Hernando Jazz Society, now in its 18th season, will perform “The USA In Song” on Sunday November 11, 1:30 PM. Enjoy a nostalgic afternoon dancing to the live sounds of great tunes such ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Citites Jazz, November 2-8

November 2, 2012

I've noticed all those signs that fall is fading into winter—colder nights, mostly bare trees, dead or dying plants on the porch, and of course earlier sunsets. But we're lucky here in the Upper Midwest—no hurricanes, sea surges, mass power outages.... And for the most part, no cancelations of our favorite jazz gigs. We did lose ...

News: Recording

Bob Greene Of Preservation Hall Fame Releases Live Recording

November 1, 2012

PopFree Records is proud to release a unique live performance by Bob Greene, the legendary stride pianist, who played for decades with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in New Orleans, and is noted for his unique style, influenced by the great Jelly Roll Morton. After more than 60 years, Bob Greene's career is still going strong, ...

News: Radio

Heroes Of Swing This Week On Riverwalk Jazz

November 1, 2012

This week Riverwalk Jazz salutes the great soloists of the 1930s who propelled jazz to a new level. We’ll hear the music of two Irish-American brothers from Pennsylvania who shared a drive for musical perfection—Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey; as well as the work of the self-taught European gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt, whose solo playing re-invented jazz ...

News: Recording

Songwriter And Vocalist Alison Marae Releases Debut Album

November 1, 2012

San Diego songwriter and vocalist, Alison Marae releases her debut album on November 1, 2012. The six song Ep, My Heart Can't Take It, is released under independent label Chanteuse Records. The album features four originals written by Alison Marae. Musically inspired by early jazz and lyrically inspired by matters of the heart. The first original ...

Article: Mr. P.C.'s Guide to Jazz Etiquette and Bandstand Decorum

November 2012

by Mr. P.C.
November 1, 2012

Dear Mr. P.C.:My mom won't let me play jazz. She says all jazz musicians are seedy. Is it true? class="f-right">- Gottagroove Dear Gottagroove:If by “seedy" your mother is referring to drug and alcohol abuse, she's being ridiculous! Let's take a look:Louis Armstrong was famously a pothead. Charlie Parker, ...