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17 hrs ago | All About Jazz

Chris Standring: Love and Paragraphs

Once upon a time Wes Montgomery plugged in his guitar and changed the way the world listened to jazz.

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Related Topix: Wes Montgomery, Jazz, George Benson, John Scofield, Earl Klugh

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Today's Zaman

Anna Maria Jopek to sing for jazz lovers in Bodrum

Polish musician and singer Anna Maria Jopek, praised by jazz great Pat Metheny as "original, unique, different," will next month be performing a concert for jazz lovers in the southwestern holiday hotspot of ...

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Related Topix: Jazz, Anna Maria Jopek

Mon Jul 21, 2008

All About Jazz

Chris Standring: Love and Paragraphs

Once upon a time Wes Montgomery plugged in his guitar and changed the way the world listened to jazz.

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Related Topix: Wes Montgomery, Jazz, George Benson, John Scofield, Earl Klugh

Thu Jul 17, 2008

All About Jazz

Samuel Blaser Quartet: 7th Heaven

Between the Lines Samuel Blaser writes and plays daringly on his debut as a leader, blending free jazz sensibilities with a straightahead approach.

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Related Topix: Jazz

Sat Jul 12, 2008

All About Jazz

CD/Download Release: Charlie Haden Returns to His Roots for His Latest Albumd

He changed the shape of jazz playing with the original Ornette Coleman Quartet in the late 1950s, and went on to record some of the most seminal albums in music with artists like John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, ...

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Related Topix: Ornette Coleman Quartet, Jazz, John Coltrane, Keith Jarrett, Black Entertainment, Country, The Carter Family, Charlie Haden

Tue Jul 01, 2008

Warsaw Voice

Warsaw Summer Jazz Days

This year's Warsaw Summer Jazz Days festival, loved by fans in Poland and around Europe, starts June 26, boasting a lineup of international stars including the Pat Metheny Trio, Chick Corea's Return to Forever, ...

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Related Topix: Jazz, Chick Corea, Black Entertainment, Branford Marsalis, Lenny White, Anna Maria Jopek

Sun Jun 29, 2008

San Diego Union-Tribune

Sound waves

The three-level Anthology debuted last June with an opening-month lineup that included such stars as Chick Corea, Arturo Sandoval and Jane Monheit.

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Related Topix: George Lewis, Brad Mehldau, Toots Thielemans, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Ahmad Jamal

Wed Jun 25, 2008

All About Jazz

David Sanchez: Cultural Survival

It's been almost four years since saxophonist David Sanchez released Coral , the disc which marked the end of an eleven year relationship with Sony Music-and it's wonderful to have his big, singing, prolix ...

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Related Topix: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Jazz, Stan Getz, David Sanchez, Thelonious Monk

Mon Jun 23, 2008

The Jersey Journal

A jazz guitarist virtuoso inspires local kids

Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny ad mitted to high school students that it's a tough road to become a professional musician, but having a love of music makes the journey worthwhile.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Millburn, NJ, Education Etc., Newark Metro, Maplewood, NJ

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Buzzle.com

Esbjorn Svensson

In common with Sonny Rollins, Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, the late Miles Davis and only a handful of others in recent times, the Swedish pianist/composer Esbjorn Svensson was that rarest of ...

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Related Topix: Keith Jarrett, Black Entertainment, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Jazz, Esbjorn Svensson Trio

Thu Jun 19, 2008

The Georgia Straight

Charlie Haden still keeps it in the family

Life is full of many odd circles and repetitions, but it's a rare person who starts performing in a family country band at only 22 months old and then sails past his 70th year heading his own brood of ...

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Related Topix: Archie Shepp, Dewey Redman, Jazz, Keith Jarrett, Carla Bley

Tue Jun 17, 2008

The Daily Page

Roy Haynes creates a rhythm all his own

Roy Haynes didn't look or act like any 83-year-old man I've ever encountered last Saturday night at the Isthmus Jazz Festival's marquee concert.

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Related Topix: Charlie Parker, Jazz, Black Entertainment, John Coltrane, Roy Haynes

Wed Jun 11, 2008

All About Jazz

Michael Brecker: Pilgrimage & Seraphic Light

Michael Brecker was a musicians' musician, with jaw-dropping chops and a unique and highly influential harmonic and melodic style.

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Related Topix: Michael Brecker, Jazz, John Patitucci, Jack Dejohnette, Black Entertainment, Herbie Hancock, Brad Mehldau

Mon Jun 09, 2008

Marginal Revolution

Reader request for recent jazz CDs

Out here in Japan I am going through some of the old requests; here is one: Recommendations re new jazz recordings I have a few: 1. Anything by Brad Mehldau; he is a very subtle pianist, broadly in the mold of ...

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Related Topix: Brad Mehldau, Jazz, Bill Evans

Sat Jun 07, 2008

The Hook

INTERVIEW- Suit himself: Kenny G likes Kenny G just fine

None of young Kenny Gorelick's high school teachers could have predicted that their prodigious young saxophone student would eventually grow up and turn into the best-selling instrumental composer of all time.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Jazz, Black Entertainment, Louis Armstrong, Classical, Symphony, Arts

Thu Jun 05, 2008

All About Jazz

A Jazzman's Lucre, and Two Living Legends

Karsten Jahnke , Germany's leading concert organizer, got the 2008 jazzahead!-Skoda Award last month for nearly five decades of service to jazz and the music industry.

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Related Topix: Joe Zawinul, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Branford Marsalis, Al Jarreau, Blues, Hubert Sumlin

Tue Jun 03, 2008

All About Jazz

CD/Download Release: Resonance Records Releases 1st U.S. CD from...

Resonance Records Releases 1st U.S. CD from Swedish Guitar Phenom Andreas Oberg - "A Tribute to His Favorite Guitarists" Swedish jazz guitarist Andreas Oberg has been seizing increasing attention for his ...

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Related Topix: Wes Montgomery, Jazz, Pat Martino, Toninho Horta

Fri May 30, 2008

The Gazette

Lyrics count most for singer Shayne

Jody Shayne will play the Stockade Inn this Thursday. Jody Shayne is an unlikely jazz chanteuse.

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Related Topix: Niskayuna, NY, Jazz

Fri May 23, 2008

Boston Globe

Bassist Esperanza Spalding adds vocal lyrics to growing jazz repertoire

Making a statement Bassist Spalding adds lyrics to her many jazz talents On her new CD, Esperanza Spalding shifts from wordless vocals to singing full-on lyrics, mostly of her own composition.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Joe Lovano, Music, Entertainment

Mon May 19, 2008

National Public Radio

Esperanza Spalding: Voice of the Bass

“And it allows me to kind of lead the listener in different ways, 'cause I'm really controlling two of the most important parts of the group. In my opinion, of course.”

There are many gifted singers in jazz today, and no shortage of accomplished acoustic bass players. via National Public Radio

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Related Topix: Patti Austin, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Herbie Hancock

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