All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
All About Jazz is celebrating Brian O'Neal's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Brian O'NealBorn in Detroit, Michigan, Brian Oa€(TM)Neal first discovered his love for music at the tender age of six, when he began taking drum lessons... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Brian O'Neal...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Chucho Valdes Quintet 2009 Ottawa International Jazz Festival Ottawa, Canada July 3, 2009 The rain held off and skies cleared just in time for the Chucho Valdes Quintet to delight the audience at the Ottawa Jazz Festival, Confederation Park. The group-consisting of Chucho Valdes on piano, Lazaro Alarcon on bass, drummer Juan Carlos Rojas, percussionist Yurali Abreu and vocalist Mayra Caridad Valdes...
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“At rehearsals (for the movie “The Wiz”), during the part where the scarecrow is pulling proverbs from his stuffing, Michael kept saying “So-Crates” instead of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
It is quite insouciant to categorize jazz musicians as either composers or players. But jazz devotees sometimes typecast artists as writers or interpreters of music. With a mature talent such as composer/saxophonist Andrew Rathbun, categorizing him in one camp or the other is unwarranted. With Where We Are Now, his tenth disc as leader, he displays his growing maturity as a player and more of his acclaimed...
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The World Saxophone Quartet from New York, Art Ensemble of Chicago, vocalists Dianne Reeves, Angelique Kidjo and Liza Celeste Stroud (daughter of Nina Simone) and a Polish big band led by Marie Schneiner from the United States – these are some of the stars of the Warsaw Summer Jazz Days.
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A documentary about the great gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.Part 1.part 2part 3part 4part 5
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Go away. Haven't you left yet? Why the heck not? What the heck is it that keeps you from going? Why the heck am I watching my language? Awww, heck. Please, won't you go? Why not? Oh, right, you came here for a reading, and you won't allow yourself to go without one. Well, if that's what it takes to get you the heck out of here, so be it. Here you are: You learn from your mistakes, and you have had...
MYBLOG by Ouriel (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
One thing i am totally convinced about: the only way to become good as something in any field is by practicing. Observing, listening, thinking, considering, debating, arguing, correcting, advising, mentoring and even investing is definitely not enough. I would even...
LondonJazz (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Here's a touching comment which I received this morning, about my post from last month about Twitter, and the picture of David Jean Baptiste . "Can't believe how people find so many wonderful things thru Twitter. I'm an eighty-four year old jazz fan who hung out with the Condon , Muggsy Spanier , Pee Wee Russell bunch a long time ago. Nice blog. Photo made me think of dear little Ernie Caceres."...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Days 1-3 | Days 4-6 | Days 7-9 Erik Truffaz Benares / The Monterey 4 (Holland/Potter/Rubalcaba/Harland) Erik Truffaz Mexico / Sadao Watanabe / Jam Session/Jim Doxas Trio Sylvain Provost / Erik Truffaz Paris / Aaron Parks Trio Festival International de Jazz de Montreal Montreal, Quebec, Canada July 1-3, 2009...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Lines is an intellectually engaging and emotionally stimulating release by L.A. based guitarist extraordinaire Jon Bremen. Bremen and his quintet perform with a very tight groove throughout, though they are just loose enough to allow each tune to ebb and flow into new and exciting directions. This strong group dynamic, coupled with compelling compositions and energetic improvisations, come together...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Can anyone write about Michael Jackson's music without talking about themselves? My story goes like this. An after-school dance in the multi-use room at Charlotte Wood Junior High School. I'm 13 years old, my back firmly affixed to the wall, together with my coterie of friends, watching the less socially awkward kids dance in the center of the room. All of a sudden an insistent bass line, tapping me...
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ifp | 17/06/2009
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kellya | 17/12/2008
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rivetingriffs | 11/12/2008
Riveting Riffs Magazine's guest reviewer, Melissa Vaughan reviews Faith Hill's Christmas CD http://www.rivetingriffs.com/faith_hill.htm In this week's edition we review stadium jazz / pop artist Mindi Abair's current album Stars, Alternative pop artist Adrienne Pierce talks about her seasonal album Winter http://www.rivetingriffs.com/adrienne_pierce_2008.htm Jay Beckenstein one of the founding members...
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