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While it may lack the glitz and glamour of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, the Midwestern town of Kansas City, Mo., also ranks as one of the important breeding grounds of classic jazz.

While it may lack the glitz and glamour of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, the Midwestern town of Kansas City, Mo., also ranks as one of the important breeding grounds of classic jazz.

Via Western Morning News and The Homeground + Kate Bush News & Info Forum we have discovered a guitar jazz cover of Kate Bush's Wuthering Heights.

Guitarist Grant Green is most widely remembered today as a godfather of acid jazz, a consequence of the many groove-centric albums he recorded during his career.

Puget Sound Business Journal Looking for Henry Mancini's soundtrack to the movie "Hatari," which contained the song "Baby Elephant Walk?" How about "Carryin On," by jazz guitarist Grant Green? Both CDs have ... via Puget Sound Business Journal

“This is an exciting day for music fans and Amazon customers. Through our partnerships with SONY BMG and EMI music, Amazon customers have an even greater selection of music to choose from today”

The new CDs will be manufactured on-demand and shipped when customers place an order. via PR-inside.com

Guitarist Charlie Apicella plays with two Valley bands: tango and Latin jazz group Cidade, and jazz/funk organ trio Iron City. via Valley Advocate

“Over The Rainbow") have always been popular with jazz musicians because of his facility at incorporating a blues feeling into conventional American popular songs. Here, on "When The Sun Comes Out”

Emil Viklicky - Published: March 25, 2008 Pianist Kenny Barron , on several occasions, has said that in his view the ballad is what separates the wheat from the chaff with musicians. via All About Jazz

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Droppin' Science - Various Artists From Blue Note Records, this is a collection of the label's classic late 60s through mid-70s jazz-funk tracks, all of which have featured prominently as samples in hip hop ... via STLtoday

Blue Note/Virgin Records; CD, Rs. 295 In his relatively brief life, Grant Green established himself as one of the leading jazz guitarists of his time. via The Hindu

Blue Note/Virgin Records; CD, Rs. 295 In his relatively brief life, Grant Green established himself as one of the leading jazz guitarists of his time. via The Hindu

“Certain elements of the tradition of klezmer comes natural to me”

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“The gypsy part, the wanderer, the crying, the from-the-heart part, simple minor melodies. If people associate that with klezmer, fine; its not intentional, but I guess its there inside me.”

DONT TRY TO define Israeli jazz based on the four artists appearing in the World Cafe Live Israeli Jazz Festival. via Daily News

More reviews by Jack Massarik The Godfathers of Groove: Legends of jazz, soul, rare-groove and funk Attractive Berlioz but without thunder Nostalgics last night acclaimed two durable veterans and the son of a ... via This Is London

ALBUM DUE OUT FEBRUARY 12, FEATURING 10 CLASSIC BLUE NOTE TRACKS USED AS SAMPLES IN SOME OF THE MOST FAMOUS HIP HOP TRACKS OF THE 90s. via All About Jazz

A fine clarinetist and tenor saxophonist, Wendell Harrison has been an important force in Detroit during the past several decades. via WJKX-FM Hattiesburg

Pittsburgh native Steve Nelson has made his way through the jazz ranks playing high profile gigs with artists as diverse as Grant Green and Dave Holland. via All About Jazz

Jazz was meant to be recorded live on the bandstand. It is spontaneous music ruled by improvisation and invention in real time. via All About Jazz

Should America Open its Borders for the Dream Act? The Senate is expected to vote next week on an immigration measure that would give tens of thousands of undocumented kids a chance at legalization. via KPBS-TV San Diego