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Suzanne Cloud On Jazz History @ Bucks County PA Library, 10/24/2012

October 19, 2012

The Makefield Area American Association of University Women will be hosting jazz singer and writer Suzanne Cloud at the Bucks County Free Library, 1080 Edgewood Road, Yardley, PA, on October 24, 2012 at 7 p.m. to present Commonwealth Cool, a jazz history talk sponsored the Pennsylvania Humanities Council through their Commonwealth Speakers Bureau program, which offers ...

News: Performance / Tour

Terry Klinefelter Group In Kennett Square PA 11/7/12!

October 19, 2012

Appearing at Jazz Bridge in Kennett Square! at Kennett Flash-—102 Sycamore Alley in Kennett Square—on November 7th is pianist/composer Terry Klinefelter and her group. One show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 610-745-3011. Jazz Bridge, a 501C public charity that assists area jazz and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Saxophonist Tony Williams In Cheltenham Pa On 11/7/2012!

October 19, 2012

Appearing at Jazz Bridge in Cheltenham! at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts—439 Ashbourne Road in Cheltenham—on November 7th is alto saxophonist Tony Williams and his group. One show at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10, $5 for students, and are only available at the door. For info: 610-745-3011. Jazz Bridge, a 501C public charity that assists ...

News: Performance / Tour

Westchester Jazz Orchestra Performs Greatest Hits On December 1st -- Multi-grammy-winner Alan Broadbent To Guest Conduct

October 19, 2012

Westchester, NY – The 16-piece Westchester Jazz Orchestra has risen to prominence for their “stunning performances” and “brilliant ensemble playing” (Jazz Journal) — and for the 150-plus new arrangements commissioned by the group. On Saturday, December 1, WJO will treat fans to the best of these works in “10th Season Retrospective: Our Greatest Hits.” Jazz radio ...

News: Obituary

Saxophonist David S. Ware: 1949-2012

October 19, 2012

David S. Ware's longtime manager Steven Joerg, the family's official spokesman, has issued the following statement: Last night, saxophonist and composer David S. Ware succumbed to complications from his 2009 kidney transplant at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He was 62. His remains will be cremated and a musical memorial service ...

News: TV / Film

Hammond B3 Organ Film In Post Production

October 18, 2012

TAMPA , Fla. – A seven-year labor of love, “Killer B3” features some of the greatest Hammond organists in the U.S. Three have died since the project began, most notable among them the king of the B3, Jimmy Smith of Philadelphia, who brought the instrument from the church to the club in the 1950s. “Killer B3” ...

Article: We Travel the Spaceways

Merzbow Brings The Noise

by Mark Corroto
October 18, 2012

Merzbow MerzbientSoleilmoon Recordings 2012 Are you of the mind, that in the big scheme of things, the really big scheme of things, there are no accidents? That everything happens for a purpose? Call it synchronicity or a Shirley MacLaine cake recipe, and I'm sure Kevin Bacon would agree, that ...

Article: Album Review

Jacqui Sutton: Notes From The Frontier: A Musical Journey

Read "Notes From The Frontier: A Musical Journey" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
October 18, 2012

In America's infancy, exploration and a thirst for discovery were endemic to the human spirit. Over time, no stone went unturned, the world shrunk and people, by and large, became content with what they already knew. Something as simple as a new television program or electronic gadget now quenches the thirst-for-the-unknown that was once unquenchable in ...

Article: Live Review

55th Monterey Jazz Festival: September 21-23, 2012

by Larry Taylor
October 18, 2012

Monterey Jazz FestivalMonterey, CASeptember 21-23, 2012Standing out this year at the 55th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, as expected, were the three honorees--Ambrose Akinmusire, Bill Frisell and Jack DeJohnette. Besides receiving accolades they also had busy schedules, appearing in concerts in the festival for three-days, Sept. 21-23, at the Monterey County Fairgrounds in Northern ...

Article: Album Review

The New Standard Quintet: The Many Faces

Read "The Many Faces" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
October 18, 2012

There are certain features that are common among all types of jazz, not the least of which is creative spontaneity. The New Standard Quintet's The Many Faces demonstrates this unifying theme on the nine original that comprise the album. Saxophonist Ken Partyka and guitarist Pat Fleming, who also composed the tunes, co-lead the ...