Tuesday May 6 | Pleasant Hill Record
Two jazz operas premier in Oakland
“But now it's back down again. So we have to roll it back up again”
Two new jazz operas are coming to town beginning Thursday. The first piece, "The Sisyphus Syndrome," by Black Power poet-playwright Amiri Baraka and sax man David Murray, opens Thursday. via Pleasant Hill Record
Comment?Sunday May 4 | All About Jazz
David Murray: 3D Family & Sacred Ground
Cut in 1976 and released the following year, Flowers For Albert , David Murray's thunderclap of a debut as a leader, left little doubt that the next heavyweight champion of the tenor had arrived. via All About Jazz
Feb 29, 2008 | Art Voice
“Conduction, as far as I'm concerned, is an iceberg: You're only really seeing the top of it”
By the time Lawrence "Butch" Morris takes the stage on Friday night, he'll have spent four days rehearsing with the Buffalo Improvisers Orchestra. via Art Voice
Feb 27, 2008 | Broward-Palm Beach - News
Jazz drummer Steve Reid has a rsum that would make most musicians wince with envy. via Broward-Palm Beach - News
Feb 11, 2008 | Buffalo News
Ten years back, one would've been forgiven for counting James "Blood" Ulmer among the least likely to be playing anything resembling traditional blues. via Buffalo News
Feb 2, 2008 | All About Jazz
Winter Jazzfest at Knitting Factory It s hard to say which was the bigger surprise: spending an evening at the Knitting Factory hearing some of the best jazz players around or being just one of hundreds doing ... via All About Jazz
Jan 31, 2008 | City Beat
'Sessions' with Horace Tapscott
“I told John [Carter] one time”
The tragedy of jazz in California is the ongoing lack of worthy documentation. In the 1940s, this was due to record labels' inability to see the music of Central Avenue as anything more than mere entertainment. via City Beat
Jan 30, 2008 | Empire Online
As we've said several times, the world of G.I. Joe is pretty much alien to us, other than as something that American kid who joined our junior school thought was really cool . via Empire Online
Dec 28, 2007 | Madison.com
The best of the year's jazz -- and more TCT
“Dave Erickson.") Best local jazz vocal album: Lynette Margulies "Love of Life”
It's that time of year when the cream rises to the top. Here is this listener's choices of the year's best in diverse but ultimately related categories. via Madison.com
Dec 18, 2007 | All About Jazz
Tampere Jazz Happening -- Jazz Happening in Tampere, Finland
Tampere, Finland, about 2 hours north of the capital Helsinki, was established in 1775 when the country was still part of the Kingdom of Sweden. via All About Jazz
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