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Los Angeles composer Tim Davies was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition for the tune Counting To Infinity off his Origin Records release, Dialmentia .

The GRAMMY nominations have arrived, and from a jazz perspective, they look pretty good not exactly what I'd have picked, perhaps, but nothing that stands out as extravagantly wrongheaded, either.

Sunday night is a good night for something from one of the greatest trumpet players who ever lived .

Michaela Rabitsch, singer, composer and Austrias only female top jazztrumpetplayer releases now her third CD together with guitarist Robert Pawlik.

Global Village playlist for Monday November 9th 2009 "Maggie's Favorite Things" MONDAY November 9th, 2009 Maggie's last GLOBAL VILLAGE SHOW: "MY FAVORITE THINGS" 1 JOE ZAWINUL "Carnivalito" DI-A-LECTS SONY MUSIC 2 JULIE ANDREWS "My Favorite Things" ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK RECORDING FROM "THE SOUND OF MUSIC" 35TH ANIIVERSARY COLLECTOR'S EDITION RCA 3 ...

But that momentous year also marks the debut release from ECM Records, a label that arguably defined the jazz category in the '70s, forging an identity built on artistic purposefulness, impeccable musicianship, distinctive graphics and crisp and cleanly recorded sound.

NPR: Wilson is 'One of the Finest Saxophonists in the Business" JAZZIZ: 'An Especially Skilled and Sensitive Jazz Saxophonist" Acclaimed saxophonist Steve Wilson shifts from sideman to center-stage in the months ahead, with a series of events celebrating and honoring the work of jazz legends Joe Zawinul, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Ornette ...

ALTHOUGH PIANIST/COMPOSER MICHAEL WOLFF dedicates the title track of his latest disc, " Joe's Strut ," to late jazz-fusion keyboardist Joe Zawinul , the disc is more about his return to his Southern roots.

Pinoy guitarist and composer Johnny Alegre has already made a name for himself in the world of Jazz.

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Beck is the modern master of the groove, and Guero is merely the latest example of this.

Killer grooves, catchy riffs, edgy vocals with oh-so-just-right layered harmonies, and a drive that will move even YOU out of your chair, Brother Love's initial release is what rock and roll should be The Life Pursuit Belle & Sebastian The Life Pursuit is a sort of Reeses Peanut Butter Cup.

This timeless masterpiece is little known, but it has inspired almost as many bands as The Modern Lovers' own inspiration -- and only slightly better known -- The Velvet Underground & Nico .

This timeless masterpiece is little known, but it has inspired almost as many bands as The Modern Lovers' own inspiration -- and only slightly better known -- The Velvet Underground & Nico .

This timeless masterpiece is little known, but it has inspired almost as many bands as The Modern Lovers' own inspiration -- and only slightly better known -- The Velvet Underground & Nico .

This timeless masterpiece is little known, but it has inspired almost as many bands as The Modern Lovers' own inspiration -- and only slightly better known -- The Velvet Underground & Nico .

Wolfmother Wolfmother Black Sabbath, The White Stripes, The Stooges. There aren't many bands worth their salt that want to be compared to other bands, but when I listen to Wolfmother's self-titled American debut, I can 8:30 Weather Report This is Weather Reports quintessential line-up captured live.

Put aside all of the old arguments about whether this is jazz, jazz-rock, fusion, world music, ethnic music, R&B, funk or something else.

Pianist Pablo Held showed early promise by winning three Young Jazz Musician competitions in Germany, the first when he was just 13.

This two-disc concert album was recorded only two months before keyboardist-composer Joe Zawinul's death from cancer in 2007 at the age of 75.