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Ty's Take: 2012-2013 Jammin' At The Gem Talent And Dates

Ty's Take: 2012-2013 Jammin' At The Gem Talent And Dates

The Jammin’ at the Gem Concert Series is back again with five stellar performances lined up. This season kicks off on September 29th with Chick Corea and Gary Burton and the Harlem String Quartet. Corea is one of the most well renown and respected composers in all of music and has received over fifty Grammy nominations ...

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Article: Live Review

BMW Jazz Festival 2012

Read "BMW Jazz Festival 2012" reviewed by Ross Eustis


BMW Jazz FestivalVia FunchalSão Paulo, BrazilJune 8-10, 2012 To borrow a word commonly associated with BMW cars, this is a luxury festival. The BMW Jazz Festival debuted one year ago, in 2011, in São Paulo, Brazil. With handsome funding from BMW Financial Services-Bank Group in Brazil, the young festival experienced wild ...

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Article: Album Review

Ralph Peterson: The Duality Perspective

Read "The Duality Perspective" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Balance is often overlooked in music criticism, yet it's such an important aspect in music-making and life. Light doesn't exist without dark, bold only takes shape when placed next to bland and earthbound realities are only truly understood by those who also know how to take flight. Drummer/educator Ralph Peterson understands this better than most, and ...

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Article: Live Review

Trondheim Jazz Festival: May 9-13, 2012

Read "Trondheim Jazz Festival: May 9-13, 2012" reviewed by John Kelman


Trondheim Jazz FestivalTrondheim, NorwayMay 9-13, 2012Being Norway's third largest city, next to Oslo and Bergen, means something completely different to being the third largest city in Canada or the United States. With more than 25,000 students in a city of approximately 160,000 people, it's not unlike (albeit a little larger than) Kingston, Canada, ...

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Label: Criss Cross
Released: 2011
Track listing: Working Title; Capital Wasteland; Highschoolish; Himorme; Aubade; Byus; Henya; Moranish; Goodnight Now.

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Article: Interview

Warren Wolf: The Wizard of Vibes

Read "Warren Wolf: The Wizard of Vibes" reviewed by R.J. DeLuke


Warren Wolf has made his name by playing the vibes, which he does with aplomb. He's as much a virtuoso on the instrument as anyone, even including his jazz elders. That may be, in part, because he was influenced by the sound of Milt Jackson and studied with one of the best in Dave Samuels, while ...

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The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959 Tour, A Celebration Of Jazz Icon's Legendary Music

The Miles Davis Experience: 1949-1959 Tour, A Celebration Of Jazz Icon's Legendary Music

Miles Davis. The name alone has become synonymous with jazz music and its place in popular culture, notably the prolific years of 1949-1959, starting with Birth of the Cool. To commemorate these momentous years in jazz and Davis' career, CAMI Music has joined forces with Miles Davis Properties, LLC and Blue Note Records for an innovative ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Miles Davis Experience 1949-1959 Fall North American Tour

Miles Davis Experience 1949-1959 Fall North American Tour

A CELEBRATION OF JAZZ ICON'S LEGENDARY MUSIC Miles Davis. The name alone has become synonymous with jazz music and its place in popular culture, notably the prolific years of 1949-1959, starting with Birth of the Cool. To commemorate these momentous years in jazz and Davis' career, CAMI Music has joined forces with Miles Davis Properties, LLC ...

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Article: Live Review

Newport Jazz Festival: Newport, RI, Saturday, August 6, 2011

Read "Newport Jazz Festival: Newport, RI, Saturday, August 6, 2011" reviewed by Timothy J. O'Keefe


Natixis Newport Jazz FestivalFort Adams State ParkNewport, RIAugust 6, 2011 On a hazy Saturday that started hot and grew more humid, violin and accordion walked a melody as Regina Carter's Reverse Thread opened the main stage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival. Will Holshouser's accordion puffed sounds inspired by zydeco ...

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Article: Live Review

Playboy Jazz Festival: June 11-12, 2011

Read "Playboy Jazz Festival: June 11-12, 2011" reviewed by Chuck Koton


Playboy Jazz Festival Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, CA June 11-12, 2011 June gloom blanketed Los Angeles and the Hollywood Bowl last Saturday, but it wasn't long before jazz heat from the 33rd Playboy Jazz Festival burned away the last traces of fog. Playboy Jazz producer, Darlene Chan, who ...


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