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Article: Interview

Terell Stafford: Trial and Inspiration

by Andrew J. Sammut
January 30, 2012

Terell Stafford is as likely to credit his influences as he is to impress his listeners. Coming to jazz comparatively later than many players, and even with his busy schedule as a sideman, leader and educator, he remains devoted to exploring the music's roots, while expressing a relentless desire to learn more. Stafford first ...

News: Recording

Sony Music's Popmarket.com Releases Complete Albums Collections By Jazz Masters Stanley Clarke & George Duke

January 22, 2012

Stanley Clarke—The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection and The George Duke Band—The Complete 1970s Epic Albums Collection Both titles available for pre-order at Popmarket.com in advance of January 24, 2012, release date The Ultimate Jazz Festival continues as Sony Music's PopMarket.com presents Complete Albums Collections from the Epic Records archives by two of the greatest names ...

Article: Live Review

NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 2: January 7, 2012

by Daniel Lehner
January 19, 2012

Day 1 | Day 22012 NYC Winter Jazzfest, Day 2New York, NYJanuary 7, 2012 Gregoire Maret The harmonica, like the accordion and other free reed aerophones, doesn't come with as much built-in room for expression as other wind instruments, which is what makes Gregoire Maret's playing so unique. For ...

Article: Album Review

Larry Young: Unity

by Greg Simmons
January 9, 2012

Larry Young's best known record, Unity (Blue Note, 1966), addresses the Hammond B3's more challenging sonic tendencies first by good management of the instrument--blending volumes and stops to add subtlety and variation to the electrified sound--and then by adding some of the best sidemen available. Now reissued by Music Matters on 45 RPM vinyl, ...

Album

The Complete Columbia Albums Collection

By Woody Shaw

Label: Weton-Wesgram
Released: 2011

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News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Woody Shaw

December 24, 2011

All About Jazz is celebrating Woody Shaw's birthday today! Woody Shaw, Jr. was born in Laurinburg, N.C. on December 24th, 1944 to Rosalie Pegues Shaw and Woody Shaw, Sr. He grew up in Newark, New Jersey, and began playing trumpet at the age of 11. Shaw attended Arts High School in Newark where he studied trumpet ...

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Article: Interview

Joey Calderazzo: Improviser in Top Form

by R.J. DeLuke
December 19, 2011

Creative musicians are generally an insightful lot: people that have curious minds but also have a sense of direction--a sense of purpose, if not a search for it. They express what they see, what they experience. Pianist Joey Calderazzo is among those. A man of extraordinary talent at the keyboard, he's held the piano ...

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News: Recording

The Complete Albums Collection Available Exclusively at Popmarket.com

November 27, 2011

Popmarket.com offers an exclusive reissue box set series called COMPLETE ALBUMS COLLECTION, deluxe box sets housing the complete album discographies on Columbia and RCA (spanning the 1950's-00's) by the greatest names in modern jazz—Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Woody Shaw, Dexter Gordon, Nina Simone, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Stan Getz, Billie Holiday, Wynton Marsalis, Grover Washington Jr., ...

News: Recording

Sony Music Presents The Complete Albums Collections By the Greatest Names In Jazz

November 18, 2011

Miles Davis, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Paul Desmond, Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon, Billie Holiday, The Original Mahavishnu Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Return To Forever, Woody Shaw, Wayne Shorter, Nina Simone, Grover Washington Jr., and Weather Report Call it the Ultimate Jazz Festival, as Sony Music's PopMarket.com website presents Complete Album Collections on Columbia Records and RCA Records ...

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Article: Big Band Report

"Modern Sounds," or: Running a Marathon in Full Body Armor

by Jack Bowers
November 8, 2011

From October 19-25 Betty and I were at the Los Angeles Marriott Airport Hotel to attend Modern Sounds, the L.A. Jazz Institute's four-day salute to West Coast jazz, followed by a day-long tribute to Stan Kenton on the hundredth anniversary of the legendary bandleader's birth. We arrived a day early to be primed and ready for ...