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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Music of Marco Benevento

September 23, 2012

This week, let's check out some videos featuring keyboardist Marco Benevento, who will be in St. Louis this coming Wednesday, September 26 to play at the Old Rock House. Benevento's music, blending jazz harmonies, rock rhythms and various other elements, is a bit hard to categorize, which has let ...

News: Video / DVD

Jazzed Media To Release New Documentary "Woody Herman: Blue Flame" On November 13

September 24, 2012

In recognition of the Centennial celebration of Woody Herman’s birthday in 2013, Jazzed Media will release “Woody Herman: Blue Flame", a feature-length documentary film by award winning producer & director Graham Carter, produced in association with The Woody Herman Society. It provides an in-depth look at Herman’s 50+-year career as a big band jazz leader and ...

News: Recording

Flamenco Guitar Sensation Mehran Ventures Into Uncharted Prog Territories On New CD Release "Subterranea"

September 24, 2012

Chicago, IL: 'Subterranea' is the name of new instrumental album by guitarist Mehran which is due for release in September 2012. Just like his first critically acclaimed CD, 'Angels of Persepolis', released in 2010, 'Subterranea' is a guitar oriented concept album along the cosmic lines of Pink Floyd under the influence of Flamenco guitar. The difference ...

News: Website

Jazz Near You: Our Clean Data Initiative

September 23, 2012

With the impending launch of the highly anticipated Jazz Near You website, I want to address a few related topics as we prepare to go live with the website and mobile app. Our service is only as reliable as the content entered. As a crowd-sourcing website and with no paid staff to verify entered data, we ...

Article: Album Review

Oxygene8: Loop 1

Read "Loop 1" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
September 23, 2012

The musicians laid out an interesting paradigm to serve as the basis for Loop 1-- where one composition is delineated upon a continuous loop. However, this factor may not seem wholly intuitive after a few initial listens. It's largely about structure and improvisation, centered on an expansive framework, based on a concept originated by touch guitarist ...

Article: Album Review

Andrea Brachfeld: Lady Of The Island

Read "Lady Of The Island" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
September 23, 2012

Andrea Brachfeld's association with Charanga '76, Wayne Wallace, Tipica Ideal, Tito Puente and many others helped to establish her as the first flute lady of Latin jazz, but that designation, while flattering, is limiting. Lady Of The Island posits that she's actually been a closeted straight ahead player all along. For her fifth leader date, and ...

Article: Live Review

Bela Fleck and The Marcus Roberts Trio: Oakland, CA, August 31, 2012

by Ken Vermes
September 23, 2012

Béla Fleck and Marcus RobertsYoshi'sOakland, CAAugust 31, 2012Seeing banjoist Béla Fleck and pianist Marcus Roberts is like a roller coaster ride through new musical places. The two recently gave one of the most exciting shows in Yoshi's history, just in time to celebrate the well-known club's forty year anniversary.In ...

News: Website

ACT Music Week at All About Jazz

September 22, 2012

We continue our celebration of ACT Music with a free MP3 from the Vijay Iyer Trio's latest release Accelerando. Not familiar with ACT Music? Read Jakob Baekgaard's profile “ACT: 20 Years of Magical Music“ published earlier this week. Download “Lude" and five other free MP3s from ACT Music. Lude (4:54) Vijay Iyer ...

Article: Multiple Reviews

Luther Dickinson & The Wandering

by Doug Collette
September 22, 2012

The independent streak Luther Dickinson's been nurturing in the last eighteen months is inextricably tied to his prolific output. Completing a prolonged stint with The Black Crowes, he returned to The North Mississippi Allstars and, even as he continues to work with that trio (and on occasion as the NMA Duo with brother drummer Cody Dickinson), ...

Article: Album Review

Jeff Hamilton with the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble: Time Passes On

Read "Time Passes On" reviewed by Edward Blanco

by Edward Blanco
September 22, 2012

One of the premier college jazz bands in the country joins forces with one of the most significant big band drummers alive today for Time Passes On, as the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble invites Grammy Award-winning drummer Jeff Hamilton for a live recording at Chicago's legendary Jazz Showcase. Under the leadership of Bob Lark, a renowned ...