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Blue Note Records When Cassandra Wilson played New York's Blue Note Jun. 9th, she let her band jam a long time before she stepped into the heavy mix of groove and musical jest among the instrumentalists.

Blue Note Records When Cassandra Wilson played New York's Blue Note Jun. 9th, she let her band jam a long time before she stepped into the heavy mix of groove and musical jest among the instrumentalists.

The saxophone maestro Joe Lovano has enjoyed a stellar career recording for Blue Note Records, launching into new territory with different sized ensembles from album to album while rarely retreading the steps ...

F rom the start, it hasn't been clear where Amos Lee fits in. Is he country, pop, folk, jazz or soul? Like similar artists before him, namely Bill Withers and Terry Callier, Lee melds elements of each style in his music. And in the process, he has garnered critical acclaim. Shortly after the release of his 2005 self-titled debut, Lee crisscrossed the country as the opening act for Bob Dylan and Merle Haggard, establishing a solid fan base among folk and rock fans along the way.

But on his latest album, Last Days at the Lodge , his third release on Blue Note Records, the artist seems to be at a style crossroads. This time, he straddles the fence between just two approaches: '70s-influenced soul and folk-pop. But, true to form, he doesn't neatly settle in either one.

Country icon Willie Nelson and jazz legend Wynton Marsalis have teamed for new album Two Men With The Blues, released today on Blue Note Records.

In this undated image released by Blue Note Records, the latest CD by Wynton Marsalis, left, and Willie Nelson, "Two Men with the Blues," are shown.

Vocalist Cassandra Wilson has had great success and acclaim reinterpreting pop songs into the jazz idiom, but she goes back to basics on her outstanding new "Loverly" . Wilson covers 11 jazz standards and adds ...

Beauty & Crime, Vega's ode to New York, marks her debut on Blue Note. Suzanne Vega When: Tuesday, July 1, at 8 Where: Congress Center Tickets: 990-1,450 Kc, available through Ticketpro and at the venue The ...

Midday Update Tuesday, Jun 24, 2008 12:18PM Thrill to new listings for "Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour," Gin Blossoms , John McLaughlin and John Tesh ! Marvel at links to items about the Live Nation / ...

The latest CD for Amos Lee, "Last days of the Lodge," is shown. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Blue Note Records Amos Lee "Last Days at the Lodge" Since he broke nationally with his self-titled 2005 debut, Philadelphia ...

Veteran guitarist mixes many flavors on latest CD Ever since his self-titled debut album on Blue Note Records in 1976, Earl Klugh's style has been unmistakable.

Presented inhouse. Band: Priscilla Ahn, Gus Seyffert, Joey Waronker, John Kirby Oliver Krauss, Vanessa Freebarn-Smith. Reviewed June 10, 2008.

Does limited edition always translate to music of outstanding quality? In the Mosaic Select series more often than not it does.

On August 19, pianist Aaron Parks will make his Blue Note Records debut with Invisible Cinema , a stunning concept record conceived entirely by Parks.

ONE OF THE decidedly minor figures in the fabled Blue Note Records pantheon, funky organist Reuben Wilson nevertheless cut some percolating urban-jungle Hammond B-3 blasts that remain timelessly tough.

Leading off this Sunday with Lionel Loueke , a phenomenal new voice on guitar, Connecticut Guitar Society brings its dinner/concert "Summer Jazz Series" back for an encore season.

Blue Note Records Having matured and no longer needing to prove his chops to others or himself, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba has turned his attention to ensembling and orchestration, and in no other work is this ...

Grammy-winning singer's 1924 Tudor in Park Hill helps her unwind from gigs that jet her around the globe.

Blue Note Records One of four themed, double-CD compilations from the Blue Note vaults released in the same month-the others are New York Is Our Home , The Funk Jazz Brothers and On The Corner - African Rhythms ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. The University of Kentucky Singletary Center for the Arts is premiering a new series of entertainment selections, the Singletary Signature Series . via UK News