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Sunday | All About Jazz

Underground Horns: Funk Monk

A Staff writer for AAJ-NY , Elliott enjoys music with energy, chops and tension; whether it be from the mainstream or the outermost fringe.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Thelonious Monk

Fri Nov 06, 2009

MediaGuardian.co.uk

Label of love: ROIR

Founded in 1979, the same year as the Walkman, this NYC underground label put out cassette-only releases that helped shape hardcore punk in the US ROIRing lion ... HR of Bad Brains in 2009.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Bad Brains, Jazz

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Phoenix

Mystic muso

MUSIC AS A CONTINUUM: For Palmer , Roscoe Mitchell, the Gnawa clansmen of Morocco, Charles Mingus, and Darius Milhaud were all colleagues.

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Related Topix: Roscoe Mitchell, Jazz, Classical, Darius Milhaud, Blues

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Inside Bay Area

S.F. Jazz Festival honors East Bay saxophonist John Handy

John Handy's world is in boxes. There are dozens of them, containing a lifetime's worth of possessions and memories, and they combine to form a maze throughout his two-story house in the Oakland hills.

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Related Topix: John Handy, Jazz, San Francisco, CA, San Francisco Metro, Oakland, CA, Entertainment

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Hartford Courant

New Haven: Yale Jazz Ensemble Concert to Feature Music of Thad Jones, George Gershwin, Charles Mingus

Submitted by Stephanie Hubbard on 2009-10-26.   The Yale Jazz Ensemble, directed by Thomas C. Duffy, will present its fall concert on Monday, Nov.

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Related Topix: New Haven, CT, Jazz, Thad Jones, Portland, CT

Sun Oct 25, 2009

BrothersJudd Blog

BrothersJudd Blog

Glittering Year, Golden Anniversary In February, Thelonious Monk, a pianist-composer best known then for solo and combo work, appeared in concert with a big band at New York's Town Hall, an event preserved on disc by Riverside Records.

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Related Topix: Thelonious Monk, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Miles Davis, John Coltrane

Fri Oct 23, 2009

MediaGuardian.co.uk

50 great moments in jazz: The Quintet - Jazz At Massey Hall

In this series on the fast-changing, 100-year-old history of jazz , the alto saxophone genius Charlie Parker has featured to an extent that might seem at odds with his short life, and a period of creative intensity that lasted barely 15 years.

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Related Topix: Charlie Parker, Jazz

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Frost Illustrated

Mingus, Mingus, Mingus, but two others

I know pride precedes the fall as they say, but I can't help but be a bit smug when it comes to pointing out two of my many favorite blasts from the past.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Lester Young

Mon Oct 19, 2009

All About Jazz

EVENT: Chico Hamilton Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes...

Chico Hamilton Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble on Friday, October 23rd at 4:00 P.M. Chico Hamilton Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble on Friday, October 23rd at 4:00 p.m. Join us this Friday, October 23, for an in-store Barnes & Noble interview with Jazz legend Chico Hamilton Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Barnes and ...

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Related Topix: Chico Hamilton, Jazz, Illinois Jacquet, Buddy Collette, Dexter Gordon, Lionel Hampton

Tue Oct 13, 2009

Tahoe World

No-borders jazz coming to Moody's Bistro

The Mitch Marcus Quintet has Sylvain Carton on alto and Marcus on tenor saxophone.

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Related Topix: Truckee, CA, Jazz, Wayne Shorter, San Francisco Metro

Sun Oct 11, 2009

All About Jazz

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: The Jazz Standard

New York's Jazz Standard Monday October 12 Mingus Big Band Charles Mingus was looking for individuality in his musicians and thats one of the great things also about being in the Mingus Big Band, because it really forces you to have your own individual sound.

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Related Topix: Jazz, World News, Austria

Sat Oct 10, 2009

All About Jazz

AWARD: Joe Wilder to be Honored by Manhattan School of Music

Four Manhattan School of Music alumni are being honored at a special alumni homecoming reception on October 16, 2009.

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Related Topix: Manhattan School of Music, Joe Wilder, Jazz, Classical, Elliot Goldenthal, Symphony, Arts, Charitable Organizations

Thu Oct 08, 2009

The Tyee.ca

'Budget Cut Blues' Played for Politicians

Hugh Fraser played his trombone and Lorae Farrell played her trumpet in their Oct.

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Related Topix: Hugh Fraser, Jazz, Canada, Diana Krall

Tue Oct 06, 2009

All About Jazz

Guelph Jazz Festival and Colloquium 2009

The Guelph Jazz Festival and Colloquium devoted itself this year to trying to unpack an idea so common that it is at once crucial and clichA©: whether the practice of music-making might have world-changing implications.

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Related Topix: Travel, South Africa Travel, Jazz, The Ex, Punk, North America, Canada, World News

Sun Oct 04, 2009

All About Jazz

New Artists Records

"We prize individuality," states pianist Connie Crothers emphatically of New Artists Records.

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Related Topix: Max Roach, Jazz, Inventions, Science / Technology

Fri Oct 02, 2009

NPR

Making Two Lists, Checking Them Multiple Times

The cover art to Charles Mingus & Spaulding Givens' Strings & Keys , on Mingus' own Debut Records.

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Related Topix: Jazz

Mon Sep 28, 2009

Anchorage Daily News

Spalding's gritty modern jazz wows Anchorage audience

MOTION: Energetic performance ruthless, hard and as new wave as it gets enthralls sold-out crowd.

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Related Topix: Anchorage Metro, Anchorage, AK, Jazz

Fri Sep 25, 2009

All About Jazz

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Ellen Johnson Sings the Vocal Music of Charles Mingus in Concert

Called 'superior jazz singing by an artist of the highest quality" by Jazz Journal International, Ellen Johnson will be sharing her unique style and repertoire of jazz vocals joined by San Diego jazz artists, pianist Rick Helzer and bassist Rob Thorsen.

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Related Topix: Jazz, San Diego, CA, Sheila Jordan

Wed Sep 23, 2009

Indianapolis Star

Poster spotlights musicians who established city's jazz roots

A framed black-and-white photo hanging on the wall inside Massachusetts Avenue's Chatterbox jazz club might look a little familiar to music or photography enthusiasts.

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Related Topix: Photography, Arts, Jazz, Thelonious Monk, Black Entertainment, Dizzy Gillespie, Indianapolis, IN, Entertainment

Mon Sep 21, 2009

All About Jazz

Luis Bonilla: I Talking Now

The cover art for I Talking Now gives a visual demonstration of how trombonist Luis Bonilla 's father took control of conversations at the family dinner table.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Vanguard Jazz Orchestra

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