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For their Blueprints of Jazz series, Talking House Records decided to give free studio reign to individuals who have significantly influenced modern jazz but, for whatever reason, have not been given their due. Drummer Mike Clark has influenced several...
Tags: Mike Clark, New York, Donald Harrison, Jazz, Jazz-funk, Entertainment Culture
A native of The Netherlands, bassist Joris Teepe has long since established himself as a jazzperformer and educator in New England, though he does return to his homeland to teach and perform on occasion while most of his recordings have been for European...
Tags: Joris Teepe, Radio Big Band, Amsterdam, Thad Jones, The Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra, Jazz, John Coltrane, Big band, Entertainment Culture, Rashied Ali
Richmond Listen online via live webcast at wdce.org Archived shows uploaded at freedomjazzdance.net two days after each live broadcast. Tune in to Freedom Jazz Dance for the unstoppable sound of freedom in the groove with the latest, greatest performers...
Tags: Freedom Jazz Dance, New York, WDCE, Jazz, Music radio, Human Interest, Entertainment Culture, Radio formats
But the blind Chicago pianist Lennie Tristano was just as significant a figure in that seismic shift. Unfortunately, most people outside the jazz loop don't know Tristano's name from a hole in the ground. This ascetic, irascible and uncompromising genius...
Tags: Lennie Tristano, Chicago, United Kingdom, London, Warne Marsh, Jazz, Cool jazz, Savoy Records artists, Charlie Parker, Peter Ind, Entertainment Culture, Lee Konitz
New CD from Daniel Smith "Blue Bassoon" Due on Summit Records The New York Daily News says that Daniel Smith is the greatest bassoon player of his generation. That says it all coming from a publication in a city that serves as the hotbed of jazz for...
Tags: blues bassoon, Daniel Smith, summit recorded, New York, Jazz, Bassoon, Woodwind instruments, Aerophones, Entertainment Culture
George Cole has just returned from playing with Keely Smith at the Rrazz Room in San Francisco. He's had sold out shows at Carnegie Hall in New York and The Freight & Salvage in Berkeley...Cole's superbly crafted and melodically sophisticated original...
Tags: The Union George Cole, George Gershwin, les jazz, vive les, San Francisco, Gypsy jazz, Jazz, Cole, George Cole, Romani music, Django Reinhardt, Entertainment Culture
It is a label of "various artists" projects, but what sets it apart from other labels that produce compilations of music is that Putumayo compilations are well off even the road less travelled. First of all, the label compiles not so much songs by artists,...
Tags: Putumayo, New Zealand, Auckland, Putumayo Department, Jazz, Bebop, Putumayo World Music, Entertainment Culture
Playing guitar has led Amanda Monaco to perform at the Blue Note, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Birdland, Tonic, Joe's Pub, and the JVC Jazz Festival, as well as other venues in the United States and Europe. Amanda has recorded several CDs...
Tags: Amanda Monaco, New York, Gene Bertoncini, Jazz, Jazz guitar, Entertainment Culture, Guitars
Tuesday, January 12, 2009 7:30pm Rose Theater Join the National Endowment for the Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center for a celebration of the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters: Muhal Richard Abrams, Kenny Barron, Bill Holman, Bobby Hutcherson, Yusef Lateef, Annie Ross,...
Tags: nea jazz, jazz masters, masters award, New York, Jazz, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NEA Jazz Masters, Savoy Records artists, Kenny Barron, Muhal Richard Abrams, Human Interest, Entertainment Culture, Yusef Lateef, Wynton Marsalis
Pianist Jeremy Monteiro loses the stuffy suit and gets down on the groove with the Organamix project at the Penang Island Jazz Festival this weekend. Singaporean jazz pianist Jeremy Monteiro is well known, not just across the causeway, but in Malaysia...
Tags: Penang Island Jazz Festival, Malaysia, Penang, Entertainment Culture, Shining, Jaga Jazzist, Organ trio, Tanjung Tokong, Janek Gwizdala, RockNess, Jimmy Smith, Hammond organ, Deathprod, Concerts, Jeremy Monteiro, Isle of Wight Festival, Rune Grammofon, Jazz, Organ, 6, Kristang people, Soulwax, Jimmy McGriff, Tanjung Bungah, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Supersilent