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Yesterday | The Varsity

Play that funky music, ninjas

You might not be familiar with the award-winning New York saxophonist David Binney, but I can assure you that his description of the Ninja Funk Orchestra, which follows, is as apt as any.

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Related Topix: New York, David Binney, Jazz, The Brecker Brothers, Seamus Blake

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Metromix Connecticut

The Bad Plus

With a new album in tow, the Bad Plus return to the Horse. If the Coen Brothers put together a jazz trio, perhaps it would be like this, the comic and the dramatic rolled together.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Music, Entertainment

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Eircom.net News

Boom time as jazz fest drowns out economic blues

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.

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Related Topix: Pharoah Sanders, Jazz, Kurt Elling, Jack Dejohnette, Al di Meola, Monty Alexander

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Star Tribune

Sewell + Bad Plus = sly new work

Choreographer James Sewell has found kindred spirits in the audacious indie-jazz collective the Bad Plus.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Entertainment

Sat Oct 10, 2009

St. Louis Jazz Notes

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on The Wee Trio

This week, our video spotlight shines on The Wee Trio , who will be in St. Louis next week to perform Friday, October 16 and Saturday, October 17 at Jazz at the Bistro .

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Related Topix: Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY, New Orleans, Jazz, Brad Mehldau

Tue Oct 06, 2009

All About Jazz

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Steve Lehman Live in New Haven and Remembering James P. Johnson

Hard to believe it's been 7 years since Steve Lehman graduated from Wesleyan but not surprising when one sees how busy he's been.

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Related Topix: Jazz, James P. Johnson, Jay Hoggard, Anthony Braxton, George Lewis, Vijay Iyer

Mon Oct 05, 2009

MinnPost.com

Walker Art Center wins Jazz.NEXT grant

The Walker Art Center has received a $97,900 Jazz.NEXT grant from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation .

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Related Topix: Jazz

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

John Fordham salutes the scruffy club that changed the face of jazz

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.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Pharoah Sanders, Europe, Essex County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England

Fri Oct 02, 2009

MinnPost.com

This weeka s jazz picks: Jazz at the movies and more

Jazz films are rare, and series more so, except for the much-maligned "Jazz: A Film by Ken Burns," a 19-hour opus that first aired on public television in January 2001.

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Related Topix: Jazz, 9, Terence Blanchard, Medeski Martin and Wood, Ravi Coltrane, John Scofield

Thu Oct 01, 2009

The Santa Barbara Independent

The No-Jazz Blues

SEPTEMBER SONGS: Wea TMve just been blessed with a deceptively rich feast of jazz in the region.

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Related Topix: Dave Brubeck, Jazz, Wynton Marsalis, Solvang, CA, Eugene Maslov, Take 6

Tue Sep 22, 2009

All About Jazz

George Colligan: Come Together

New York-based pianist George Colligan has been prolific since his 1996 debut, Activism , releasing nineteen CDs as a leader.

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Related Topix: Jazz, George Colligan, Pop/Rock, John Lennon

Mon Sep 21, 2009

Inside Bay Area

Review: Why we love Monterey Jazz

Wynton Marsalis plays with the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra on main stage at the Monterey Jazz Festival in Monterey, Calif.

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Related Topix: Monterey, CA, Wynton Marsalis, Jazz, Why?, Hip-Hop, Monterey County, CA, Irving Berlin, Entertainment

National Public Radio

Billy Hart Quartet: Live At The Village Vanguard

September 21, 2009 from WBGO - Here's a good story about the amount of respect drummer Billy Hart receives.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Black Entertainment, John Coltrane

Sun Sep 20, 2009

San Francisco Examiner

Monterey Jazz Festival embraces chaos

Welcome to Look Who's Been To Music School night at the Monterey Jazz Festival , in which otherwise capable musicians decide the priority du jour is demonstrate their mastery of alternative composition techniques.

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Related Topix: Jazz

Thu Sep 17, 2009

All About Jazz

Ted Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet: Underdog And Other Stories...

Ignore the fact that pianist Ted Kooshian regularly covers cartoon and TV music in his quartet and what's left is an appreciation for music that swings exceptionally hard, and a passion for each tune that is anything but "animated." Kooshian's Standard Orbit Quartet has produced its second volume of music, Underdog And Other Stories... , following ...

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Related Topix: Animated TV, Entertainment, Television, Comedy, The Simpsons, Blues, Jazz, Black Entertainment, John Coltrane, Drama

Tue Sep 15, 2009

Jazz & Blues Music Reviews

Introducing the Open-Minded to Jazz

Patrick Jarenwattananon, proprietor of NPR's A Blog Supreme has asked an interesting questio n of his readers: name five albums you would recommend to somebody looking to get into modern jazz.

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Related Topix: Ben Allison, Jazz, Bill Frisell

NPR

Jazz Now: Patrick Jarenwattananon, Editor

I'll confess: I had to actively learn to appreciate what's going on in the jazz scene today.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Art Blakey, Schneider, IN

Mon Sep 14, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Best Bets: Sept. 14, 2009

Local photographer Susan Hillyard's sepia-toned series, Wild Horses of New Mexico,' will be on display at the Different Directions II' art series at Louden Nelson Community Center.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz Metro, Big Sur, CA, Capitola, CA

Sun Sep 13, 2009

Eircom.net News

Jazz festival to welcome 1,000 musicians as tickets go on sale

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.

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Related Topix: Pharoah Sanders, Jazz, Jack Dejohnette, Kurt Elling, Sun Ra Arkestra, Al di Meola

Fri Sep 11, 2009

Beyond Chron

Tenderloin Wins at Planning Commission

Aranda Hotel tenant Paul Lentz explains to the Planning Commission how his SRO would be sandwiched between two liquor stores.

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Related Topix: San Francisco, CA, Jazz, Classical, Hair

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