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60th GRAMMY Awards: Jazz List

November 28, 2017

31. Best Improvised Jazz Solo (For an instrumental jazz solo performance. Two equal performers on one recording may be eligible as one entry. If the soloist listed appears on a recording billed to another artist, the latter's name is in parenthesis for identification. Singles or Tracks only.) “Can't Remember Why" by Sara Caswell Track ...

Article: Live Review

James Mahone at SFJAZZ

by Harry S. Pariser
November 26, 2017

James Mahone SFJAZZ The Music of Booker Little San Francisco, CA November 16, 2017 Way back in the early 1960s, a major new composer and trumpeter emerged on the scene, teamed up with extraordinary jazz musicians such as Reggie Workman, Julian Priester, Max Roach, Ron Carter and Eric Dolphy to ...

Article: Live Review

Pat Martino Quintet at Chris' Jazz Cafe

by Victor L. Schermer
November 26, 2017

Pat Martino Quintet Chris' Jazz Cafe Philadelphia, PA November 24, 2017 This first set of legendary Pat Martino's yearly two night Thanksgiving engagement at Chris' Jazz Café celebrated the release of his Quintet's CD Formidable (HighNote, 2017). The guys were really prepared for some hefty music-making, deserving the word “formidable," ...

Article: Live Review

David Ostwald’s Louis Armstrong Eternity Band at Birdland

by Tyran Grillo
November 25, 2017

David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band Birdland New York, NY November 22, 2017 Every Wednesday night at Birdland, concertgoers can be sure of having a rollickingly good time with David Ostwald's Louis Armstrong Eternity Band. But on 22 November 2017, this weekly making of music took on a mournful ...

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Article: Profile

Jon Hendricks: Vocal Ease

by Greg Thomas
November 23, 2017

This article was first published at All About Jazz on April 18, 2008. Scat and vocalese master Jon Hendricks and his wife Judith have maintained a residence at Gateway Plaza in Battery Park City for a quarter century. Their high-rise apartment overlooks the Hudson River going north. From the living room window you see ...

News: Music Industry

"Santa Baby" Crooner Cynthia Basinet Attends L.A. Jazz Society Tribute Awards 2017

November 23, 2017

Nobel Nominated Jazzy pop crooner, actress and activist Cynthia Basinet best known for her iconic sultry version of, “Santa Baby" attended the Jazz Tribute Awards and Concert Saturday night honoring FOX's Seth MacFarland and the legendary, Johnny Mandel. Leonard Martin presented Seth MacFarland with the 2017 David L. Abell Angel Award for his focus on music, ...

Article: SoCal Jazz

Tal Wilkenfeld Live At The Belly Up Tavern

by Jim Worsley
November 21, 2017

To be blessed with such an abundance of talent, vision, and spirit is a precious gift. We are all so very fortunate that Tal Wilkenfeld shares that appropriately bestowed gift with us every time she walks onto a stage or into a recording studio. Wednesday night, November 15, 2017, the now 30 year old ...

Article: Live Review

Diane Schuur at Birdland

by Tyran Grillo
November 20, 2017

Diane Schuur Birdland New York, NY November 14, 2017 In the fall of 2017, Diane Schuur returned to New York City for a highly anticipated residency at Birdland. Bringing saxophonist Joel Frahm, bassist Roger Hines, and drummer Willie Jones III along for the ride, the singer and pianist showed ...

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Article: Interview

Ben Riley's Monk Legacy

by Russ Musto
November 19, 2017

This interview was first published at All About Jazz on November 7, 2006. Ben Riley is one of the most richly experienced drummers in jazz today. The Georgia-born drummer came up in Harlem during the second wave of bebop in the fifties, playing with Randy Weston and others. He was at Minton's with saxophonist ...

News: Music Industry

Iconic label ECM Records Commences Streaming and Expands Partnership with Universal Music Group in Global Digital Distribution

November 19, 2017

Esteemed independent label ECM Records today announced they are expanding their partnership with long-standing distribution partner, Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music based entertainment to bring the entire ECM catalogue to major streaming platforms on Friday November 17, 2017. Renowned for contemporary, jazz and classical music, ECM's catalogue is critically-acclaimed as the finest ...