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News: Recording

Frank Sinatra's Timeless Music Celebrated Worldwide With New, Career-Spanning "Ultimate Sinatra" Centennial Collections From Capitol/UME

Frank Sinatra's Timeless Music Celebrated Worldwide With New, Career-Spanning "Ultimate Sinatra" Centennial Collections From Capitol/UME

Ultimate Sinatra CD, Digital, 2LP and 4CD/Digital Deluxe Editions Present Key Recordings Spanning Sinatra's Years with Columbia, Capitol and Reprise, Together for the First Time Los Angeles, CA: In celebration of Frank Sinatra’s centennial year, new, career-spanning collections of the entertainment icon’s timeless music have been compiled for worldwide CD and digital release on April 21 ...

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News: Festival

Jazzmobile & 2015 Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival

Jazzmobile & 2015 Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival

JAZZMOBILE CONTINUES CELEBRATING ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY at the Fifth Annual Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival May 4-9 Presented by the Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage and Jazzmobile This year the Festival will also pay tribute to the iconic Jazzmobile as a Shrine “Harlem is a dream-place where so much important cultural history has been enacted that as we ...

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Article: Album Review

The Electric Peanut Butter Company: Trans-Atlantic Psych Classics Vol 1

Read "Trans-Atlantic Psych Classics Vol 1" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki

Helping to establish the progressive Latin-salsa Grupo Fantastico and Latin funk legends Brownout is apparently not enough for Adrian Quesada, a multi-instrumentalist who specializes in guitars and production. So he teamed up and began working with one of Ubiquity Records' most unique compositional and instrumental wizards, Shawn Lee, who leads the Ping-Pong Orchestra and specializes in ...

Article: Album Review

Mitch Shiner and the BloomingTones Big Band: Fly!

Read "Fly!" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi

Una splendida sorpresa! Il debutto di Mitch Shiner a capo della BloomingTones Big Band è un'ulteriore dimostrazione che il lavoro orchestrale negli Stati Uniti attrae molti giovani talenti e si configura come una vera tendenza. Abbiamo già considerato alcune ragioni in precedenti articoli ma possiamo aggiungere il prezioso apporto dato dalle università sparse nel ...

Article: Album Review

Beautiful Round: Beautiful Round

Read "Beautiful Round" reviewed by Neri Pollastri

by Neri Pollastri

Il chitarrista Akira Ishiguro, di origini giapponesi ma cresciuto nel Wisconsin, è il leader di un quartetto che esiste dal 2012 e che ha registrato questo CD nell'aprile dell'anno successivo. La formazione, che accanto alla chitarra presenta una ritmica piano-contrabbasso-batteria, esprime un jazz moderno piuttosto convenzionale, che ruota attorno alle composizioni di Ishiguro, melodiche ma dotate ...

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News: Event

Judy Collins Returns To Café Carlyle, May 5-16

Judy Collins Returns To Café Carlyle, May 5-16

Judy Collins’ unique artistry has captivated audiences for over fifty years and landed her a spot in the Grammy Hall of Fame. Stephen Holden of The New York Times has praised her for evoking “the kind of ethereal, far-sighted reflection that is her special artistic territory.” Café Carlyle welcomes back the legendary singer-songwriter for a two-week ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Dixieland jazz in top form - and with a few twists

Dixieland jazz in top form - and with a few twists

How do you keep Dixieland jazz from being mere repertory music? Trombonist Herb Bruce's approach is the way to go. As presented by his Herbicide Jazz Band, the music is solid, with clever, intricate arrangements. And the band takes the stage with good humor. Lots of it.  The players take the music seriously, but don't take ...

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Article: Live Review

Dave Burrell at Rosenbach Museum

Read "Dave Burrell at Rosenbach Museum" reviewed by Victor L. Schermer

by Victor L. Schermer

Dave Burrell's Civil War Concerts Ode to a Prairie Lawyer Rosenbach Museum and Library Philadelphia, PA April 9, 2015 Dave Burrell is an iconic jazz pianist and composer with long time connections to the avant-garde. Ohio born and bred, he started performing in the 1960s and has been going ...

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Article: Building a Jazz Library

Blue Note's Golden Decade

Read "Blue Note's Golden Decade" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles

Blue Note! For many of us, the words alone are enough to send a tingle down the spine, conjuring up the indefinable magic of a golden age of jazz. What were the elements that made classic Blue Note records so special? The look? The feel? The sound? All of these and more. Alfred Lion's production? Francis ...

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News: Video / DVD

Songlines Recordings Posts Richter 858 Video On You Tube

Songlines Recordings Posts Richter 858 Video On You Tube

Long-Form Video, Originally Featured on 2005 Album by Bill Frisell, Has Not Been Available For Viewing since Middle of 2000s In 2002 Bill Frisell was commissioned by producer David Breskin to create the music for an elaborate art book project on the great German painter Gerhard Richter. The book, Richter 858, was published in connection with ...


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