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The Iridium is a major jazz club in the midtown section of New York City. As you approach the club, you can't help but be overwhelmed by the bombardment of intense streaming lights-like a laser light show emanating from adjacent Times Square.

Justin Time Records This global block party, by saxophonist David Murray, blends ebullient African-rhythms with funk and jazz, brought by a fiery band that integrates two Gwo ka masters , some sassy urban soul from pianist/vocalist Sista Kee, and the world renowned blues voice of Taj Mahal .

Just gorgeous. Manchester-based trumpeter Matthew Halsall's second album ploughs the same delicate, acoustic, modal jazz furrow as his debut, Sending My Love .

Ticket sales for this year's festival were up 35% on last year. Over 1,000 musicians from some 29 countries are playing at over 80 venues around the city in the event, which is now ranked as being in the top three jazz festivals in Europe.

Underworld have announced the release of a new compilation album. Credited to Underworld Vs The Misterons, the 12-track LP is titled Athens and features an exclusive composition from the band's Karl Hyde and producer Brian Eno.

Techno stars Underworld will release a new compilation, Athens , November 4 via !K7. The album, which will be the first in a series, is being credited to Underworld Vs The Misterons, a moniker for Underworld's Karl Hyde and Rick Smith along with collaborators Darren Price and Steven Hall.

Clarissa Philip London, Pharoah Sanders Your rating Click on a star to rate Jack Massarik's rating Reader rating Add your review Description: The veteran tenor sax player plays contemporary and improvised jazz.

October 13th, 2009 [4:09PM] Posted by: Michael Mannheimer 2 COMMENTS In an era where music blogging often amounts to the use of ALL CAPS, quibbling about numerical ratings , and naming your favorite chillwave band, it can be hard to get excited about a jazz festival.

Verve Music Group A vibrant and accessible album from saxophonist John Coltrane's late-middle period, Kulu Se Mama has been only fitfully on catalogue since its original release in early 1967, and has tended to be overlooked in favor of near contemporaneous works like A Love Supreme and Ascension , elements from both of which it reprises.

This month, the world's most famous jazz club celebrates five decades of playing host to an extraordinary procession of musical legends Happy half-century ... Ronnie Scott's jazz club.

Yearning, uplift, and ancestry permeate this celebration of late vocalist Leon Thomas, a leading figure of post-Coltrane spiritual jazz who combined deep melodicism with a signature yodel-like technique on classics like Pharoah Sanders's "Creator Has a Master Plan.'' Here, singer Dwight Trible channels Thomas with uncanny tone and feeling on that ...

The festival, which runs from October 23-26, will include headline acts such as sax player Pharoah Sanders, drummer Jack DeJohnette and stunning vocalist Kurt Elling.

Denver Colorado Jazz Venues. While Denver may not be the birthplace of jazz, Denver does have a particularly active jazz scene.

Veteran saxophonist Dave Liebman is no stranger to experimentation, cutting his teeth playing with Elvin Jones and then Miles Davis ' groundbreaking fusion group in the '70s. Drummer/poet Michael Stephans has played with everyone from Pharoah Sanders and John Patitucci to classic rock legends David Bowie and The Rolling Stones.

Rashied Ali, the great free jazz drummer, who is mainly known as a member of John Coltrane's last band, passed away yesterday, August 12, 2009 in New York City.

It's time once again for another blatant plug for StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds , which features a different music video every day, drawn from genres including jazz, blues, soul, funk, classic rock, prog rock and experimental.

It's time once again for another blatant plug for StLJN's sibling site Heliocentric Worlds , which features a different music video every day, drawn from genres including jazz, blues, soul, funk, classic rock, prog rock and experimental.

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VARIOUS ARTISTS / "Round Midnight Mixtape" Source: Breath of Life - " 03 Round Midnight Mixtape.mp3 12 Shades of Midnight One of those near perfect pieces of music, a melody Whose heartbeat we all can feel, whether Swinging or contemplative, agitated or At peace, Monk has achieved a platform that Supports all our feelings, all our moodinesses ...

Sharp Nine Records In the last year of the twentieth century, Sharp Nine Records released Mutual Admiration Society , a quartet date co-led by vibraphonist Joe Locke and pianist David Hazeltine , which also included bassist Essiet Essiet and drummer Billy Drummond .