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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 ...
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 ...
Newport Jazz Festival: Newport, RI, Saturday, August 6, 2011
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 ...
Playboy Jazz Festival: June 11-12, 2011
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 ...
Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland 2011: Days 4-6
by Matt Marshall
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 8-10 32nd Annual Tri-C JazzFest ClevelandCleveland, OhioApril 28-May 8, 2011 Chapter Index April 30: Women in Jazz: a Tribute to Betty Carter May 1: Ambrose Akinmusire Quintet / Tia Fuller Quintet May 1: Maurice Brown May 2: The Dave Sterner Quintet ...
Ambrose Akinmusire: When The Heart Emerges Glistening
by Troy Collins
A new generation of jazz musicians, unimpeded by the idiomatic constraints of tradition, has come of age since the end of the '80s-era culture wars. One such free-thinking artist is young trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, who was first discovered by saxophonist Steve Coleman at the tender age of 19. When The Heart Emerges Glistening is his first ...
Ambrose Akinmusire: Emerging Heart
by R.J. DeLuke
"My favorite instrument is the cello," said the easygoing young musician in early February, from his apartment in Manhattan, where he referred to himself jokingly as “a hibernating jazzman." His West-Coast roots weren't taking a firm grip in the frigid temperatures of the Northeast. “Me and strings just don't get along. I can play piano; I ...
Kenneth Whalum III: To Those Who Believe
by Jonathan Wertheim
Perhaps three really is the magic number--at least for today's tenor saxophonists. Walter Smith III has been making waves in the contemporary jazz world for years now, but another “three" has been developing a distinctive and fresh style, albeit more quietly. Kenneth Whalum III is the most recent addition to a venerated musical ...
Walter Smith III: III
by Mark F. Turner
While there are many saxophonists warranting greater recognition, Walter Smith III is consistently emerging as an identifiable voice among the masses. He's been making waves, whether performing across the waters in Spain with bassist Paco Charlin; recording in France on drummer Eric Harland's debut, Voyager Live by Night (Space Time, 2010); with trumpeter Christian Scott for ...
Walter Smith III: Redefining a New Era in Jazz
The rich airy transparent sound is what identifies rising modern tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III. His music explores the many different avenues in jazz and introduces a new melodic perspective. When he plays, his creativity is made apparent through his ability to incorporate new musical ideas and undercover a unique relationship between harmonic and rhythmic composition. ...
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