Michael C. Lewis
Reflection
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Amabutho
Sikelela
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George Duke
Déjà Vu
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Déjà Vu:
Keyboardist-composer-producer George Duke is back with Déjà Vu, his new recording on BPM/Heads Up International, a division of Concord Music Group. Set for release on August 10, the album revisits the synthesizer sound that character...
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Ragabop Trio
Ragabop Trio
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Danilo Perez
Providencia
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Esperanza Spalding
Chamber Mu...
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Chamber Music Society:
Centuries ago, long before the advent of radio or recording technology, chamber music was the music for the masses - the music in which people from nearly every segment of society could find meaning and relevance. A decade into the 21st century, Esperanza Spalding - the bassist,...
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31st Annual
Detroit Jazz Festival 2010
September 3-6, 2010
 DJF
Festival organizers have announced the lineup for the 31st Detroit International Jazz Festival (DJF), Friday, September 3 through Monday, September 6, in downtown Detroit.
Subtitled "Flame Keepers - Carrying the Torch for Modern Jazz," the Detroit Jazz Fest will feature a veritable "dean's list" of alumni who passed through the "schools" of Art Blakey, Horace Silver, Betty Carter, Ray Brown, Miles Davis and Gil Evans. "2010 artists Mulgrew Miller, Bobby Watson, Branford Marsalis, Terence Blanchard, Randy Brecker, and Benny Green were all in Blakey's band at one time or another," says festival director Terri Pontremoli. more >>
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The Bad Plus
Never Stop
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John Stein / Ron Gill
Turn Up The Quiet
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The Jazz Passengers
Reunite...
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Reunited:
Justin Time Records announces the North American release of Reunited, the new recording by The Jazz Passengers, and its first recording in 12 years. The recording, positively blasting with energy, ...
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Jeff Berlin
High Standards
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Chris Graham Trio
After-Birth of Cool
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Harvie S.
Cocolamus Bridge,
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Cocolamus Bridge,:
Here we find Harvie stepping out with his "Texas band", a group of seasoned veterans from the Houston area assembled by guitarist Chris Cortez specifically for this project. Each composition on the album save one is an original of Harvie's and bears the inimitable aural mark of its...
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Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival
Thousands Turn Out to Enjoy the Music
Brittany Somerset
When reggae band Third World exited the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival stage on Saturday January 30, they brought the curtains down on the biggest staging of the event since its inception. 2010 saw the 14th renewal of the JAMAICA Jazz and Blues Festival, and the event moving from a three day event, to an all-out, week-long musical experience, that drew thousands of people to witness it. With prelude shows in Kingston and along the northern coast of the island, the Festival headed to its new home, The 'Greenfield' Stadium, for an awesome three nights of live music from performers like Babyface, Gladys Knight, Marion Hall, Erykah Badu, Hall and Oates, Machel Montano, Jon Secada, Joss Stone, and more. more >>
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Gabriel Alegría & The Afro-Per...
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Jennifer Zarine
Fresh Made Cuppa Tea
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Rebecca Coupe Franks
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Check the Box:
Check the Box is the long-awaited follow-up to Coupe Frank's RCF 2007 release, 100 Per Cent, with the trumpeter's Groovemobile band (Sheryl Bailey, Jamie Leonhart, Dan Robbins, Carola Grey, Freddy Bryant and KJ Denhert). The new CD features Perdomo, bas...
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Richard Blake
Plays Midtown at Midnight
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Kristin Porter
By The Light of The Moon
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Patrick Simard
P.S. I Groove ...
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P.S. I Groove You:
17-year-old drummer, vibist, and composer Patrick Simard is recognized for his extraordinary proficiency, contagious passion, outstanding versatility, and surprising maturity in his playing and his writing.Raised in a small town east of Ottawa, Ontario, Patrick started playing the ...
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Tony Bennett
Live at Mohegan Sun
February 14, 2010
Matthew Robinson
Wow! Tony Bennett at the surprisingly acoustically-supportive Mohegan Sun Arena! It's like Valentine's Day, the Chinese New Year and Presidents' Day rolled into one! Oh - it WAS all that! Supported by music director Lee Musiker, long-time guitarist Gray Sergent, Basie band beatmaster Harold Jones and totally into it bassist Marshall Wood (who mouthed along with his strings when not smiling like a kid on another holiday), Mr. Bennett also enrolled the burgeoning talents of his daughter Antonia, who warmed up the packed crowd with her cupied smile and voice.
When the elder Bennett bounded on stage, he was greeted with a roar that was only duplicated by those heard after pretty much every song. more >>
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Ellen Honert
Hummingville
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Lawrence Lebo
Don't Call Her Larry, Vol 3: ...
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Mark Weinstein / Omar Sosa
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Tales from the Earth:
Witnessing the creation of new music as it happens is one of the best experiences one can have whether you're a musician or a spectator/listener. On TALES FROM THE EARTH, multi-instrumentalists Mark Weinstein and Omar Sosa got together with some of their most revered collaborators to...
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Alexis Cole
Someday My Prince Will Come
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Kathryn Smith
With Every Breath I Take
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Dave LeMieux and House of Soul
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Jazz Shaped:
Dave LeMieux and House of Soul artfully explores jazz and its soulful Gospel kinship with their latest release, Jazz Shaped. Just as Coltrane explored his inner spirituality through jazz, Dave LeMieux and House of Soul has not only created their own expression of belove...
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24th Annual Catalina Island
JazzTrax Festival
Three Weekends in October 2010
Fourplay and Chris Standring are the latest artists to Confirm for the October festival on Catalina Island. Each Weekend in October offers five separate festival sessions providing a month-long smooth jazz smorgasborg. Artists include GERALD ALBRIGHT, DAVID BENOIT, EUGE GROOVE, ALEX BUGNON, ERIC DARIUS, PETER WHITE, JEFF KASHIWA, STEVE COLE, JACKIEM JOYNER, MINDI ABAIR, WARREN HILL, GREG ADAMS, EARL KLUGH, JEFF LORBER, ERIC MARIENTHAL, JIMMY HASLIP, EVERETTE HARP, MARION MEADOWS, PAUL TAYLOR, MICHAEL LINGTON, CHUCK LOEB and more. For more information visit the JazzTrax Catalina Web Site. more >>
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Jackson Garrett
Speechless
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Frank DiBussolo
Average White Cats
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Dave Anderson
Conversations
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Conversations:
Conversations is Dave Anderson's first recorded collaboration with guest artist Mike Wingo. This texturally rich recording features acoustic piano and mixed percussion. For this CD, Anderson chose a selection of favorite jazz standards, rearranged for the duo, and several of Dave's...
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Stanton Moore
Groove Alchemy
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Christian Scott
Yesterday You Said Tomorrow
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The David Leonhardt Trio
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Bach to the Blues:
In a creative improvisational approach to classical themes The David Leonhardt Trio interprets the Great Composers like you've never heard them before. From Beethoven to Aaron Copeland, Bach to Chopin, and Shubert to Erik Satie this fantastic group of jazz improvisers takes...
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Patti Labelle
Performs Two Sold Out Valentine's Day Concerts
Brittany Somerset and Gerry Hopkins
In response to what has been characterized as "Patti-fever," the cultural connoisseurs of Jammins Entertainment, assisted by Gmax Enterprises, scheduled a second appearance of the iconic soul star, Patti LaBelle. Both shows - the initial one at 7p.m., and the added appearance at 10p.m. - took place at the prestigious Brooklyn Academy of Music, on Valentine's Day. The versatile two-time Grammy winning singer has over 40 years in the music business and is a cultural icon to multiple generations of fans. She performed her classic, genre-crossing hits like "On My Own," "Lady Marmalade," "If Only You Knew," "Live! One Night Only," and "Burnin' " with her distinctive four octave voice, all while looking fabulous in a stunning bright red dress and high heels. more >>
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Steve Kuhn Trio
Mostly Coletrane
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Hot Club of Detroit
It's About That Time
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Vince Guaraldi
Peanuts Portra...
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Peanuts Portraits:
This vital collection of musical themes written for Charles Schultz's animated characters is both entertaining and especially nostalgic for those who grew up with the comic strip and subsequent animated television specials. PEANUTS PORTRAITS features the memorable themes associated...
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Dr. Lonnie Smith
Spiral
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Hulon
First Impressions
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Mark Weinstein and Omar Sosa
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Tales From The Earth:
Witnessing the creation of new music as it happens is one of the best experiences one can have whether you're a musician or a spectator/listener. On TALES FROM THE EARTH, multi-instrumentalists Mark Weinstein and Omar Sosa got together with some of their most revered collaborators to...
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Jazz Aspen Snowmass
20th Anniversary June Festival
June 24 - July 3, 2010
Harry Connick, Jr. and Natalie Cole are among the headliner for the Jazz Aspen Snowmass June Festival which kicks off their 20th Anniversary season with some of the biggest names in jazz, pop and world music. Making his first ever JAS appearance jazz pianist/vocalist Harry Connick, Jr. and Orchestra have been added to the June Festival lineup appearing at the Benedict Music Tent (pictured at right) on Friday, June 25.
Over the past two decades Connick has taken a very hands-on approach to his recording career, calling the shots at the numerous phases of his albums projects. more >>
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One For All
Incorrigible
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Generosity Water
The Generosity Water Proje...
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The Komeda Project
Requiem
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Requiem:
Film music buffs may remember the renowned composer Krzysztof Komeda primarily for his haunting motion picture scores Fearless Vampire Killers, Knife in the Water, and Rosemary's Baby. However most free/avant-garde jazz lovers know of Komeda because of pianist/com...
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Anson Wright
Ukiah's Lullaby
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James Zollar
Zollar Systems
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Roberto Badoglio
Re-Evaluatin...
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Re-Evaluating-Time:
Four decades after Fusion's burst into the seventies, it is spontaneous to wonder what's left of the amazing musical virtues that Fusion brought up. The confusing alternation between memorable and less than significant outcomes throughout the eighties and nineties has...
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Tito Puente Jr.
Got Mambo
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Frank Kimbrough
Rumors
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U.O. Project
I'ts Time For U
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I'ts Time For U:
Ulysses Owens is best known currently as Christian McBrides touring drummer, but U.O. has a new project of his own. "When I first begin to conceptualize what I wanted to record for my debut project, the first thought that came to my head was presenting material that everyone...
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Mindi Abair
In Hi-Fi Stereo
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Kenny and Leah
April in Paris
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Lady K and the Kings of Swing
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Live at Blackhawk:
Deeply entrenched in swing, immersed in the history of their craft and with years of experience as veteran jazz musicians, Lady K and the Kings of Swing is a 17-piece Frank Sinatra-style big band recreating the sounds of Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Count Basie, George Gershwin, Stan...
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