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Start Your Launchpad Fan Funded Project at All About Jazz

January 11, 2017

Attention musicians: Great news! All About Jazz and ArtistShare have partnered to promote Launchpad—a platform to bring jazz fans and jazz creators together and new ideas to life. With Launchpad, artists can find funders for their creative projects while actively engaging with and acquiring new fans (more about that here). As a jazz musician, you have ...

Article: Album Review

Three Sounds: Groovin’ Hard - Live at the Penthouse 1964 - 1968

Read "Groovin’ Hard - Live at the Penthouse 1964 - 1968" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
January 11, 2017

Pianist Gene Harris was a durable jazz force from the beginning of his career as leader of the soul-jazz trio, The Three Sounds in the mid-1950s until his death in 2000. He described himself as “a blues pianist with chops" and that is as good a description as can be had. He had a piano style ...

News: Performance / Tour

Sarasota Jazz Project returns for a strong big band night

January 11, 2017

What a difference three years makes. The Sarasota Jazz Project returned to Port Charlotte on Monday, January 9 for Big Band Night in the Charlotte County Jazz Society's concert series. With very few personnel changes, the band was stronger and more in the groove compared to its ho-hum December 2013 performance. It showcased both classic and ...

Article: Live Review

Houston Person at Kiawah Island, South Carolina

by Rob Rosenblum
January 10, 2017

Houston Person Quartet Turtle Point Club House Kiawah Island Concert Series Kiawah Island January 8, 2017 No rough edges, no experimentation, music just as smooth as chocolate pudding. A perfectly molded musical travelogue down memory lane. Not a formula for a grand performance, but somehow tenor saxophonist Houston Person makes ...

News: Performance / Tour

Baltimore Gypsy Jazz Bands Announce Winter Tour

January 10, 2017

Ultrafaux and Hot Club of Baltimore Showcase Contemporary and Traditional Gypsy Jazz Inspired by the legendary Django Reinhardt, Baltimore guitarist and band leader Michael Joseph Harris leads two gypsy jazz bands on a 2017 Winter Tour. Beginning mid-January, Ultrafaux and Hot Club of Baltimore will play a dozen cities in Northern Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tennessee, the ...

News: Event

Famed Drummer Kenny Aronoff To Join Tribute To Buddy Rich’s Music And Legacy At Catalina Jazz Club January 23

January 10, 2017

Multi award-winning drummer Kenny Aronoff will be featured with the Buddy Rich Band to celebrate Buddy Rich’s genius and legacy kicking off the late icon's 100th birthday year. On Monday, January 23rd, 7:30pm at the Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, Aronoff, EMMY award-winning drummer Gregg Potter and Rich's daughter Cathy, on vocals, will appear with the ...

Article: Album Review

Phil Parisot: Lingo

by Paul Rauch
January 10, 2017

Seattle based drummer/ composer Phil Parisot has straddled several 20th century musical traditions in his career as a sideman, and member of the eclectic big band, Big Neighborhood. His understanding of funk, Afro-Cuban, rock and symphonic music has influenced his approach as a composer, and more so as a drummer on numerous projects in recent memory. ...

News: Opinion

James McMurtry On State of Texas, State Of The Music Business Plus The Digital Tip Jar [INTERVIEW]

January 10, 2017

In this interview Brad Auerbach speaking with singer-songwriter and proud Austin resident James McMurtry about the rapid evolution of the music industry, and his thoughts on digital “tip jar" and artistic philanthropy in general. Guest post by Brad Auerbach on Forbes James McMurtry is one of America’s songwriting treasures. Too often just out of the mainstream spotlight, ...

Article: Interview

Erik Friedlander: A Little Cello?

by Ian Patterson
January 9, 2017

Normally lumped into the 'miscellaneous instruments' category of jazz awards, the cello has been something of a bit player in the colorful history of jazz. That said, today there are arguably more cellists in jazz and contemporary improvised music--and some extraordinary ones at that--than ever before. One of the best known cellists is undoubtedly Erik Friedlander, ...

News: Event

Award Winning Musician & Bandleader “Tat” Tatsuya Yoshinaga Announces Date For Boston Concert At Ryles With The XTY Group

January 9, 2017

Multi-Instrumentalist, bandleader, and award winning drummer “Tat” Tatsuya Yoshinaga, announced today the date for his Boston/Cambridge concert featuring the XTY Group. They will perform on January 10, 2017 from 8:30-11:30 PM at the Ryles Jazz Club, 212 Hampshire St., Cambridge, MA. The XTY Jazz group is an exciting new collaboration between some of Boston's finest jazz ...