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Article: Building a Jazz Library

1959: The Most Creative Year in Jazz

Read "1959: The Most Creative Year in Jazz" reviewed by Nathan Holaway

by Nathan Holaway

1959 was arguably the most creative year in all of jazz history. Bird had already passed away, and this year would see the passings of Lester Young and Billie Holiday. Musically speaking, when we read jazz history texts or see the labels among the many diverse styles of jazz (i.e “Free Jazz," “Modal Jazz," “Third Stream," ...

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News: Event

The Outsiders Improvised & Creative Music Pop-Up Festival

The Outsiders Improvised & Creative Music Pop-Up Festival

The Outsiders Improvised & Creative Music Pop-Up Festival – April 24, 2015 A celebration of creative, progressive music in honor of Philadelphia Jazz Appreciation Month, curated by Jamaaladeen Tacuma and presented in collaboration with The Producer’s Guild. Philadelphia, PA – Internationally renowned bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and The Producer’s Guild of Philadelphia are pleased to present The ...

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News: Event

Legendary Multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan Pays Homage To Former Bandmate And Trumpet Great Red Rodney

Legendary Multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan Pays Homage To Former Bandmate And Trumpet Great Red Rodney

New York, NY – Legendary multi-instrumentalist Ira Sullivan will make a rare appearance next month (April 22-23) at New York’s Zinc Bar (82 West 3rd Street) to celebrate the life of the late jazz trumpet great Red Rodney. Sullivan, who turns 84 in May, was a longtime colleague of Red's since the early 50s and co-led ...

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News: Recording

Composer-Arranger Oded Lev-Ari - Producer Of Anat Cohen, Marty Ehrlich, Duchess And More - Makes Leader Debut With Inspired Chamber Jazz Of Threading

Composer-Arranger Oded Lev-Ari - Producer Of Anat Cohen, Marty Ehrlich, Duchess And More - Makes Leader Debut With Inspired Chamber Jazz Of Threading

Threading - to be released via Anzic Records on April 28, 2015 - presents Lev-Ari's instrumental and vocal works played by an all-star 11-piece band including Anat Cohen and Matt Wilson Composer-arranger-producer Oded Lev-Ari has crafted acclaimed albums by the likes of hit band 3 Cohens, clarinet icon Anat Cohen and woodwind sage Marty Ehrlich, as ...

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News: Performance / Tour

American Jazz Museum To Participate In National Chamber Music Month

American Jazz Museum To Participate In National Chamber Music Month

The American Jazz Museum will join thousands of musicians and hundreds of concert presenters across the country this May in celebrating National Chamber Music Month. The American Jazz Museum’s presentation of a monthlong calendar in the Blue Room jazz club that features Charlotte Embry and Soigné on Friday, May 1st; the Dino Massa / Chris Burnett ...

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Article: Album Review

Lawrence D. “Butch” Morris: Possible Universe (Conduction 192)

Read "Possible Universe (Conduction 192)" reviewed by Mark Corroto

by Mark Corroto

With the death of jazzman Lawrence D. “Butch" Morris in 2013, we close the book on one of the most idiosyncratic composers, improvisors, conductors ever to work in creative music. His musical trajectory from a 1970s free jazz cornetist to the originator of his trademark 'Conductions' has been the stuff of legends. Under his baton, he ...

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Article: Album Review

Brandon Seabrook: Sylphid Vitalizers

Read "Sylphid Vitalizers" reviewed by Stefano Merighi

by Stefano Merighi

Non c'è davvero paragone tra quello che Brandon Seabrook propone all'interno dei diversi gruppi in cui presta la sua luciferina opera di chitarrista (ad esempio Power Plant o i Black Host di Gerald Cleaver) e in questa singolare prova in solitudine. Nel primo caso emerge un talento improvvisativo molto brillante nel confondere avant, rock e psichedelia; ...

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Article: Interview

Chris Smith: At The Intersection Of Scholarship, Performance and Pedagogy

Read "Chris Smith: At The Intersection Of Scholarship, Performance and Pedagogy" reviewed by David A. Orthmann

by David A. Orthmann

In the introduction to his book Jazz Matters (University Of California Press, 2010), David Ake writes about bringing “together the practical side of making jazz, the pedagogical side of teaching it, and the academic side of writing about it." (p. 12) “Nothing but good," Ake adds, “can come if we increase the numbers of scholars who ...

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News: Recording

Legacy Recordings Celebrates Billie Holiday's 100th Birthday

Legacy Recordings Celebrates Billie Holiday's 100th Birthday

Legacy Recordings Celebrates Billie Holiday's 100th Birthday with Release of The Centennial Collection, 20 Essential Lady Day Recordings, on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Newly Curated Anthology Brings Together 20 Career-Defining Performances, Originally Released from 1935-1945 New York, NY – Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings is celebrating the 100th birthday of Billie Holiday with the release of The Centennial ...

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News: Music Industry

Philadelphia Music Alliance To Celebrate Billie Holiday Centennial As 1st 2015 Inductee On Philadelphia Music Walk Of Fame

Philadelphia Music Alliance To Celebrate Billie Holiday Centennial As 1st  2015 Inductee On Philadelphia Music Walk Of Fame

PHILADELPHIA, PA: As a special birthday gift to the woman widely considered to be one of the greatest vocalists of the 20th century, The Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame is proud to welcome Billie Holiday as its newest inductee today on the 100th anniversary of her birth in the City of Brotherly Love. Billie Holiday, ...


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