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News: Video / DVD

"16 Songs" Video Album From Allison Crowe = Music + Movie Magic

September 23, 2014

"Soulful. Alive. Joyous. Grievous. Real, true, music is what I want to make." That’s how Allison Crowe framed things near the start of this century before launching Rubenesque Records Ltd., one of the world’s truly independent music labels. Through legendary live performances, broadcasts, and a dynamic oeuvre of recordings, globally-acclaimed and loved, Crowe’s distinguished herself among ...

Article: Album Review

Ginger Berglund & Scott Whitfield: Solitary Moon

Read "Solitary Moon" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
September 22, 2014

The unabridged subtitle of this endlessly charming album is “Ginger Berglund & Scott Whitfield Sing the Johnny Mandel Songbook." For those who were unaware that there is a Johnny Mandel Songbook apart from “Emily," “The Shadow of Your Smile" and “Close Enough for Love," this scintillating summary is a guaranteed eye-(and ear-) opener, lovingly packaged and ...

Article: Interview

Jon Armstrong: Limitless Enthusiasm

by Fiona Ord-Shrimpton
September 22, 2014

Of those jazz men who are still left (of course today is a new day and jazz is dying again), the Jon Armstrong Jazz Orchestra's debut album Farewell, is something new to say hello to. The end is the beginning you know. Jon Armstrong has a (so-far) limitless enthusiasm for being in the thick of music, ...

Article: Album Review

Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts: Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts

Read "Chris Weller's Hanging Hearts" reviewed by Geannine Reid

by Geannine Reid
September 22, 2014

Composer and saxophonist Chris Weller was born and raised in Oak Park, IL. Weller sites his passion for music happened in eighth grade after hearing Charlie Parker. Weller attend Berklee College of Music on a scholarship from 2007-2010, where he received his bachelor's degree in Music Performance. While at Berklee, Weller studied with: George Garzone, Dave ...

Article: Album Review

Andy Biskin Ibid: Act Necessary

Read "Act Necessary" reviewed by Libero Farnè

by Libero Farnè
September 22, 2014

Questo CD del nuovo quartetto Ibid, anomalo nel coniugare tre fiati e una batteria, rappresenta l'ultimo approdo dell'onnivoro Andy Biskin, nato in Texas, formatosi alla Yale University e con molte esperienze nel suo bagaglio musicale. Si percepiscono echi del passato nel percorso movimentato di Act Necessary; evidentemente Biskin appartiene a quella schiera di artisti che non ...

News: Recording

Sarah Marie Young - Album Release Little Candy Heart

September 22, 2014

The music video of the single “Lo And Behold" of Sarah Marie Young's album Little Candy Heart premieres today. The album will be released 14 October on SnipRecords as (high resolution) download. Sarah is a well known, versatile Chicago vocalist and winner of the Montreux Jazz Vocal competition (2011), judged by Quincy Jones. One year after ...

News: Event

Renowned Composer/Pianist And NEC Faculty Member Fred Hersch Presents Master Class On Tuesday, October 7 At New England Conservatory

September 22, 2014

“The most arrestingly innovative pianist in jazz over the last decade or so.” —-Vanity Fair Magazine Jazz pianist, composer and NEC faculty member Fred Hersch presents a masterclass for NEC students on Tuesday, October 7 at 3 p.m. The event, which is free and open to the public, takes place in New England Conservatory’s Pierce Hall, ...

News: Festival

The Mulberry Mountain Harvest Music Festival

September 22, 2014

Mulberry Mountain Harvest Music Festival October 16-18, 2014 Mulberry Mountain, Ozark, Arkansas Autumn has come to the Arkansas River Valley and the Ozark Mountains and the Eighth Annual Mulberry Mountain Harvest Music Festival (AKA: The Yonder Mountain String Bands Harvest Music Festival) is fully slated with its final lineup and stage schedule. ...

News: Website

All About Jazz Upgrades Musician Section and Revises Toolkit

September 21, 2014

All About Jazz, the web's premiere jazz music destination, and home to over 65,000 musician profiles has announced the following upgrades to its musician services: Musician profile improvements include: Discographies. Musicians can now associate their discographies with their profile. Their discography page also includes an Amazon store widget to help facilitate music sales. For more about ...

Article: Profile

Drago Gajo: Jazz Internationalist

by Fred W. Gretsch
September 21, 2014

It's said that music is the universal language. And even though it's considered an American creation, jazz music in particular is performed and enjoyed all over the world--including in the central European nation of Slovenia. For anyone who might be unfamiliar with Slovenia, it's one of the countries formed after the dissolution of the ...