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Opening Invocation; Taylor Ho Bynum; Dave Douglas; The Nu Band; Mark Dresser & Denman Maroney.

You can't deny the power of raw talent in music, but it is possible there is an even greater strength in the human capacity for self-transformation, growth, and genius.

Grand Magus , Iron Will . Janne "JB" Christoffersson and the rest of these Swedish slayers don't just embrace the rudiments of vintage European metal.

Fleet Foxes , plus CDs by Dave Douglas & Keystone, and King Khan and the Shrines.

Vision Festival , the annual avant-jazz series now entering its 13th year, kicks off tonight at the Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center in lower Manhattan with performances by renowned percussionist Hamid ...

Dave Douglas & Keystone: Keystone Live at the Jazz Standard Dave Douglas & Keystone - Published: June 4, 2008 Dave Douglas & Keystone Keystone Live at the Jazz Standard Greenleaf Music 2008 With the success of ...

Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, May 25, 2008 Story appeared in TICKET section, Page unknown24 The inspiration for this particular Keystone album is the unfinished 1917 comedy "Moonshine" by Fatty Arbuckle and ...

In recent weeks, StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds has featured music videos starring Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and Count Basie, Al Green, Dave Douglas Quintet, Earth Wind and Fire, Friends of ... via St. Louis Jazz Notes

Since 2000, Chamber Music America has put its imprint on jazz by supporting projects by Dave Douglas, Ben Allison, Don Byron and Ryan Cohan. via All About Jazz

Martial Solal / Dave Douglas : Rue De Seine . 2006. Cam Cine TV Music : Cam 5013 . via HurdAudio

Jazz guitarists are oft-times forgotten in this post-Metheny/post-Scofield era. But there are many rising stars such as Lage Lund , Miles Okazaki and Mike Moreno who are poised to carry the flame even farther. via All About Jazz

ACT Nu Jazz There are those who view the blending of electronica textures and rhythms with jazz is akin to the coming of the Antichrist but, like it or not, it's an increasingly pervasive component of modern ... via All About Jazz

“So why did so many people spend so long pretending it never happened?”

Dave Douglas, sometime purveyor of 'jazz-Balkan improv', has an ear for all genres "Improvisation is the most widespread of all musical activities," the American trumpeter Dave Douglas said to me in 2006. via MediaGuardian.co.uk

“This trumpeter has chewed up and swallowed the whole of jazz history in his sundry bands and projects. Somehow, he's found time to pursue social activism and commercial self-reliance, while sparking a long-overdue updating of the canon.”

Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music Announces the Launch of their New Online Store Greenleafmusic.com to release eight sets of music from Dave Douglas & Keystone recorded live at The Jazz Standard, this April 10-13, ... via All About Jazz

These are boom times indeed for fans of the Fender Rhodes in jazz. You have Craig Taborn in Chris Potter's Underground and Uri Caine in Dave Douglas's Quintet. via All About Jazz

Trumpeter Booker Little would have turned 70 this Wednesday if he were still alive. via All About Jazz

SHOW OF THE WEEK DEPT.: Run, don't walk, to catch the S.F. JAZZ Collective tonight at the Lobero Theatre. via Santa Barbara Independent

FRIDAY Despite contemporary artists' increasing fascination with '60s and '70s fusion -- Erykah Badu's new album is the latest example to make the pop-soul-jazz connection -- the divide between ... via Chicago Tribune

StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds has showcased an eclectic variety of online music videos over the past couple of weeks, including clips featuring the Dave Douglas Quintet, Bill Bruford's Earthworks, ... via St. Louis Jazz Notes

“I look at that piece and I think, 'Oh, he thought out how this is going to go.' It's really structured.”

"There's no other band like this that I can think of," says Dave Douglas about the SFJAZZ Collective, the all-star octet with a repertoire built on original pieces by members and their new arrangements of ... via Boston Globe