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Friday Dec 11 | Lerterland

Jazz impressions 2009

Reeds, trumpet, cello and drums as opposed to piano trio. Different angles and colors.

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Related Topix: Vijay Iyer, Julius Hemphill, Jazz, Marty Ehrlich

Fri Sep 18, 2009

All About Jazz

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Bassist/Composer Joe Martin @ The Jazz Standard October 7 + 8

The Joe Martin Quartet - Live at The Jazz Standard in NYC - October 7 + 8 with Mark Turner, Brad Mehldau + Marcus Gilmore "Joe is one of the heavy bass players" --Kurt Rosenwinkel "...a versatile bassist and a thoughtful composer" --The New York Times "...a rock solid player" --The San Jose Mercury News If you are a jazz artist on the current New ...

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Related Topix: Jazz, Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Publishing, New York Times

Thu Sep 03, 2009

Prague Post

Blowing their horns

Mark Turner joins Brad Mehldau's rhythm section to kick off Saxophone Week. Prague has several good, centrally located jazz clubs, but their schedules are generally indistinguishable.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Brad Mehldau, Classical, Brad Mehldau Trio

Fri Aug 14, 2009

The Media Mob

Donny McCaslin Declares His Independence

Donny McCaslin is a roof-raising tenor saxophonist. He uses the same effects that such tenor players have employed since the Swing Era: the rude honks at the bottom of his horn, the menacing middle register growls and the ecstatic squeals at the peak.

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Related Topix: Lionel Hampton, Jazz, Illinois Jacquet

Mon Jul 20, 2009

All About Jazz

Mikkel Ploug Group: Harmoniehof

Fresh Sound New Talent Danish guitarist Mikkel Ploug, a rising player in the vein of such contemporaries as Kurt Rosenwinkel and Torben Waldorff , articulates his own vocabulary-one that contains folk, rock, and modern jazz sensibilities.

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Related Topix: Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jazz

Sat Jul 18, 2009

All About Jazz

Nicolas Thys: Virgo

Layers, blends and individuality can make for a diverse music set. Bassist Nicolas Thys brings that with all-original songs on Virgo .

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Related Topix: World News, Belgium, Montreux, Jazz, Dave Liebman, Toots Thielemans

Fri Jun 26, 2009

The New York Observer

Mark Turner Escapes the Shadow of John Coltrane

Last fall, Mark Turner, the most influential jazz tenor saxophonist since John Coltrane, nearly sliced off two of his fingers while cutting firewood at his home in Flatbush.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, John Coltrane, Jazz

Thu Jun 18, 2009

WINK-TV Fort Myers

Fly: new album from a wholly trinity of jazz

It was around midnight and the music was still intense, the sax notes rising like steam and heading off in unexpected directions.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Black Entertainment, John Coltrane, Entertainment

Mon Jun 01, 2009

All About Jazz

CONTEST/GIVEAWAY: Enter the Ecm Records "Fly - Sky and Country" Giveaway Contest

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ECM Records ' FLY - Sky & Country ' giveaway contest starting today.

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