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Yesterday | All About Jazz

Revolutionary Ensemble: Vietnam and Beyond the Boundary of Time

It could easily be argued that the "loft jazz" era of the '70s was a direct product of Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians , both in its moral structure and its eventual fragmentation.

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Related Topix: Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Leroy Jenkins, Jazz, Stuff Smith, Black Entertainment, Steve Lacy, Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Village Voice

Art D'Lugoff, Village Royalty, Gone Too Soon at 85

Here's to Art D'Lugoff, the great Village music impresario, the round and bearded political and artistic enthusiast, whose eclectic tastes educated more than one generation, and who died yesterday at 85.

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Related Topix: Greenwich Village (New York, NY), Drink, Cocktails, Black Entertainment, Nina Simone, Thelonius Monk, Jazz, Bill Evans

LA Weekly - The Essential Online Reso...

Build an Ark's Covenant

Nio: 'very much a Californian' Carlos Nio had a change of heart around the age of 28, one that is at once thought-provoking and controversial.

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Related Topix: California, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Miles Davis, Rap, Run DMC, Dance, DMC, Public Enemy, Music, Entertainment

Wed Nov 04, 2009

BalkanInsight.com

Sarajevo Jazz Festival Opens

Sarajevo Jazz Festival Opens Sarajevo Sarajevo The 13th annual Sarajevo Jazz Festival opened here on Tuesday with a performance by the US singer Kurt Elling, one of the world's most distinctive male vocalists in jazz today.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Kurt Elling, Ernie Watts, Black Entertainment, Johnny Hartman

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Sun-Times News Group

Jazzy Jeff Mackevich has new funk/jazz band

Wilmette saxophonist Jeff Mackevich will hit the stage with his new funk/jazz band, the J Beam Band, at Gabe's Backstage Lounge in Highwood at 9 p.m. Nov.

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Related Topix: David Sanborn, Jazz, Yellowjackets, The Brecker Brothers, Chicago Metro, Black Entertainment, Northwestern University, Entertainment

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Times Online

Three stars for Jamie Cullum's The Pursuit

There sometimes seems to be an unofficial competition among critics to see who can be rudest about Mr C. His new studio set - which takes its title from a Nancy Mitford novel - won't silence the cynics .

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Jazz

All About Jazz

Michael Janisch: Purpose Built

Whirlwind Recordings Ltd. Since moving to Britain from the US in 2005, bassist Michael Janisch has put much of his energy into collaborative projects involving musicians from the two countries.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Black Entertainment

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Lockergnome Nexus

Bernard Pretty Purdie, Jon Hammond, Jerry Jemmott backstage at Hair Show

L to R: Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Jon Hammond, Jerry Jemmott aka Gerald "Fingers" Jemmott backstage at Hair Show at the Al Hirschfeld Theater on Broadway NYC.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Aretha Franklin, Soul, San Francisco, CA, Jazz

Daily Star

Music Beat: Music business lawyer offers hints

In past columns, I've written about many local bands who were just starting their careers, trying to find the time and money to begin touring.

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Related Topix: Oneonta, NY, Princeton University, New York University, Black Entertainment, Thelonious Monk, Jazz, Pop/Rock, The Mamas & the Papas

Fri Oct 30, 2009

City Paper

Nasar Abadey: Travels in Multi-D

It's a rare jazz musician whose work earns its own name - and rarer still in an enthusiastic but small scene like D.C.'s. Yet Nasar Abadey - the District's dominant jazz drummer, who performs this weekend at Bohemian Caverns with his Supernova ensemble - calls his music "Multi-D." It locates its roots in the "spiritual jazz" movement that John ...

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Related Topix: Supernova, Pop/Rock, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Music, Entertainment

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Harlem World

Hue-Man Book October Schedule

Literary Agent Regina Brooks gives writers all the advice they need to tap this incredible market andA shows themA how to listen to young adults so that they can create characters their audience can identify with.A Regina Brooks has developed award-winning authors across the YA genre, including a Coretta Scott King winner.

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Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, KRS-One, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Comedy, Cosby, Entertainment, Television, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, The View

KansasCity.com

DeCarava, photographer who recorded Harlem, dies

Photographer Roy DeCarava , whose black-and-white images captured Harlem's everyday life and jazz greats who performed there, has died.His daughter, Susan DeCarava, says he died Tuesday of natural causes.

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Related Topix: Photography, Arts, Hunter College, City University of New York, Black Entertainment, Jazz, Louis Armstrong

Wed Oct 28, 2009

All About Jazz

The Vandermark 5: Annular Gift

Not Two Records The Vandermark 5's Annular Gift is its most accessible and swinging recording to date.

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Related Topix: The Vandermark 5, Jazz, World News, Poland, Black Entertainment

All About Jazz

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: The Art of Art Farmer

Reviewing the Art Farmer Jazz Icons DVD the other day stimulated thoughts of his unique place in the pantheon of major jazz soloists.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Art Farmer, George Russell, Gerry Mulligan, Horace Silver, Black Entertainment, Inventions, Science / Technology

Mon Oct 26, 2009

This Is London

Best blues bars in London

Theatre Theatre London, Best blues bars in London 23.10.09 Atmospheric: the Blues Kitchen Boogie: let your hair down Chilled: Charlotte Street Blues Has London been engulfed by melancholy? Judging by the slew of blues bars opening during the past six months it would seem so.

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Related Topix: Essex County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Life, Food, Breakfast, Bar-B-Q

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Myrtle Beach Online

NC resident remembers his ties to Miles Davis

Buddy Gist doesn't wear his suit anymore. He rests in a single bed at the Golden Living Center, in a hospital gown, surrounded by posters that remind him of the people he knew when he was the King of New York.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Miles Davis, Jazz, Welcome, SC, Hollywood, SC, Business News

Fri Oct 23, 2009

ChicagoMaroon

STD (Stuff to D0) - 10/29/09

Night of the mummies and the "Supreme Diva of Mexican Pop" Friday October 23 In keeping with its tradition of bringing diverse musical acts to campus, Chicago Presents' second concert of the 2009-10 season will feature the Chuchito Valdes quartet.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Logan Square (Chicago, IL), Black Entertainment, Jazz

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Jazz & Blues Music Reviews

John Coltrane - Side Steps, Disc Five

Five of this collection of tenor saxophonist John Coltrane's recordings as a sideman for the Prestige label is the final one in this package, beginning with a very interesting album under the leadership of the tuba player Ray Draper.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Jazz

GoTriad

Dan Thai Jazz Bistro pleasant but inconsistent

Dan Thai Jazz Bistro in High Point boasts one of the most active Web sites I've ever seen for a restaurant.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Thai Cuisine, Black Entertainment, Jazz, Meat, Chicken, Vegetables

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Kinston Free Press

Album reviews: The Flaming Lips and John Coltrane

New album The Flaming Lips Embryonic Warner Bros. Records 5 stars out of 5 The Flaming Lips have crawled from the underbrush of Oklahoma to become the world's preeminent psychedelic band.

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Related Topix: The Flaming Lips, Pop/Rock, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Entertainment

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