Ann Hampton Calloway
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Walter Beasley
Free Your Mind
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Chick Corea and John McLaughlin
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Cynthia Scott
Dream for One Br...
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Wynton Marsalis
He and She
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SMV Live @ House of Blues
Boston - June 11, 2009
 Matt Robinson
"This is history!" said bass master Stanley Clarke.
And so it was- For where else could one experience a live performance by three of the greatest living bass players (accompanined by scores of air bassists) together on stage in every combiation of acoustic and electric, jazz and funk imaginable?
But here it was- This was SMV!
In addition to strummer Stanley (who is the "S" of the trio's title), there was also snap-master Marcus Miller (Miles davis, Luther Vandross, etc. more >>
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Gary Burton, Steve Swallow, Pat Me...
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Luba Mason
Krazy Love
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Incognito
More Tales Remixed
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Carnegie Hall Presents
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Sean Jones
The Search Within
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The Jazz Journalists Association Announces 2009 Jazz Award Winners
DLMedia - June, 2009
The Jazz Journalists Association announced winners of 2009 Jazz Awards at the Jazz Standard in New York City Tuesday, June 16, honoring 90 year-old elder statesman Hank Jones and 25 year-old up 'n' coming bassist-singer Esperanza Spalding, among 40 more musicians, presenters, jazz supporters and jazz journalists for the 13th year. Recipients of the Jazz Awards receive engraved statuettes from the international organization of some 450 writers, broadcasters, photographers and new media producers. more >>
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Kurt Elling
Dedicated to You
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David Binney
In The Paint
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Anna Maria Flechero
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Cal Tjader
Live at the Mont...
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Jeff Lorber
Heard That
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Wayman Tisdale Basketball Star and Jazz Musician Dies at Age 44
CNN - May 15, 2009
Wayman Tisdale, who became a successful jazz musician after retiring from pro basketball, died Friday May 15, 2009 after a two-year battle with cancer. Tisdale, 44, died in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital, where his wife took him when he had trouble breathing early Friday, agent Scott Pang said.
Tisdale's death was "a complete shock" and came as he prepared to return to the recording studio next week to work on a project with jazz guitarist Norman Brown, Pang said."He was a real testament to the power of positive thinking," Pang said. "Even after the cancer and amputating his leg above his knee, he never lost that smile on his face. more >>
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Rich Johnson
Up the Turret Mil
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The Loudhorns
One For Maynard
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Terence Blanchard
Miracle at St. A...
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Warren Hill
La Dolce Vita
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Timothy Cooper
East Wind
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Kenny Rankin Singer, Songwriter and Musician Dies at Age 69
DLMedia - June, 2009
Kenny Rankin died from complications of lung cancer at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles on June 7 at the age of 69. Rankin's music career spanned 50 years beginning with a handful of singles for Decca Records in the late 1950's. A few years later he signed with Columbia Records and found himself playing guitar on Bob Dylan's landmark 1965 album Bringing It All Back Home. Soon after, The Tonight Show host Johnny Carson became such a fan that Rankin was invited to appear on the show more than 20 times. Carson also contributed liner notes to Rankin's 1967 debut LP Mind Dusters, which included his much covered pop standard "Peaceful. more >>
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Nick Colionne
No Limits
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John Stein
Encounterpoint
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Pieces of a Dream
Soul Intent
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Fourplay
Energy
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Carmen Lundy
Come Home
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Allen Toussaint Jazz History Speaks
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival - May 2, 2009
Matt Robinson
After a brief introduction by local Jazz writer Bern Sandmel that paled in comparison to its object, multi-hyphened entertainer and devotedly New Orlenian musical sage Allen Toussaint bounced up the stairs to the stage in the pleasantly cool grandstand of the New Orleans horse track that has been home to the city's world-famous Fest for nearly 40 years. more >>
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Candy Dulfer
Funked Up!
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Elaine Lucia
Lets Live Again
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Tim Collins
Fade
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Fahir Atakoglu
Istanbul In Blue
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Angie Whitney
That's What Love...
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Stanley Jordan Live @ Scullers Jazz Club
Boston - May 22, 2009
Matt Robinson
Despite the fact that it is the best Jazz room in Boston, it is good to know that, even in tough times, people will come out to hear good music...And boy DID they!
Packed so tightly that the wait staff had to ask the artists to let them pass, the Scullers faithful came to witness the spectacle that is a Stanley Jordan concert. more >>
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Dave Brubeck
Live at the Mont...
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Tony Desare
Radio Show
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McCoy Tyner
Fly With The Wind
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Armik
Barcelona
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Philippe Saisse
At Worlds Edge
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Coming Up for Air starring Stan Strickland
@ Central Square Theater, Cambridge, MA
Matt Robinson
Ringed by instruments from all over the world on an otherwise bare stage, award-winning singer/songwriter/sax man Stan Strickland tells the story of a musical life almost cut short before the hero can hit "the chaaats." Struggling under the waves off Hawaii, the director of looks back on a career that has included teaching at Berklee and Longy School of Music and playing with Sonny (Rollins), Shirley (Horn), Miles (Davis) and even (Bob) Moses.
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Art Blakey and the Giants of Jazz
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Jeremy Manasia
After Dark
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Yellowjackets featuring Mike Stern
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McCoy Tyner
Guitars
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Lisa Hilton
Sunny Day Theory
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David Marq
The Hit It Project
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David Benoit
Heroes
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Giacomo Gates
The Luminosity S...
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Tobin Mueller
Rain Bather
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Seán Lyons
Roar Of Lyons
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Spyro Gyra
Down The Wire
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Anne Walsh
Pretty World
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Tito Puerile & His Orchestra
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George Duke
Dukey Treats
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Jesse J
Tequila Moon
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Lin Rountee
Sumthin' Good
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Jacques Loussier
Plays Bach
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Stanley Clarke Trio
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Andrea Brachfeld
Into the World A...
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Nat Adderly
Work Song
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