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Featuring: Los Rumberos de la Bahia-Oye Mi Omele Album: MABAGWE – A TRIBUTE TO “LOS MAYORES” Eguin Eje Records The Syrinx Effect – The Bankrobber Song Album: A Sky You Could Strike A Match On Maria Schafer – Body and Soul Album: To Know...Sunday, December 9, 2018 from NPR Topics: Music
The 2019 Grammy nominations were announced this week. NPR's Michel Martin revisits some of her interviews with this year's nominees, including Pusha T and P.J. Morton.Sunday, December 9, 2018 from LondonJazz
David Mossman Photo courtesy of Vortex Jazz Club "He was a man who just got on with things." DAVID MOSSMAN founded the Vortex Jazz Club in Stoke Newington in 1988. He passed away on Saturday night 8 December 2018. Oliver Weindling,...Sunday, December 9, 2018 from NPR Topics: Music
The country legend talks about creating the soundtrack to Dumplin' , the new Netflix film starring Jennifer Aniston that's inspired by her music.Sunday, December 9, 2018 from All About Jazz News
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It's a pretty sure bet that appraising any album whose title is also a palindrome isn't going to be a stroll in the park, even more so when the orchestra in question is the Jazz Composers Alliance (rule of thumb: the longer the name, the...Sunday, December 9, 2018 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Alto saxophonist m: Dmitry Baevsky and pianist m: Jeb Patton constitute a crackerjack, precision jazz instrument, stretching and bending the fundamentals of bebop into full-blown statements that render the absence of a bassist and...Sunday, December 9, 2018 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Possessed of restless creativity and a desire not to repeat himself, guitarist/vocalist Joel Harrison took a 14-year hiatus between albums in his Free Country series to release over a dozen other efforts before returning with Angel Band:...Sunday, December 9, 2018 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Make no mistake, this vinyl box set reissue of the entire EMI Columbia oeuvre of the Rendell Carr Quintet is the British jazz equivalent of resurrecting the Dead Sea Scrolls(*). Although not the first time these ultra rare albums have...Sunday, December 9, 2018 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
It may be a matter of semantics, but does the album title imply the physical end to the universe where all matter is extinguished, or is the trio at the edge of the universe and framing their collective improvisational skills on that...Sunday, December 9, 2018 from All About Jazz News
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Bop Island Big Band featuring Randy Brecker Sunday, December 16th 4pm Woodstock Playhouse Tickets & Info bop island jazz festival www.bopislandjazzfestival.com www.woodstockplayhouse.comSaturday, December 8, 2018 from NPR Topics: Music
The Canadian singer-songwriter took home the Grammy Award for best new artist in 2018. Now she's back with her sophomore album, The Pains of Growing .Saturday, December 8, 2018 from All About Jazz News
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The songwriter and producer has worked with Rihanna, Katy Perry and more. Now, Blanco has released his debut album, Friends Keep Secrets.Saturday, December 8, 2018 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
The press release for highly praised keyboard/composer m: Aaron Parks 's ( m: Kurt Rosenwinke , m: Terence Blanchard ) latest album states: "after experimenting with various lineups and sessions, Parks landed on three musicians ideally...Saturday, December 8, 2018 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
The music of m: Alyn Cosker --the resident drummer of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra--is neither here nor there. While his work firmly rests in the miles-wide jazz camp, its synthesis of disparate styles and identities offers it...Saturday, December 8, 2018 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Steeped in, but hardly a slave to, the milieu of the Crescent City, m: John Medeski (of m: Medeski, Martin and Wood fame) recorded in The Big Easy with sousaphonist m: Kirk Josep h and drummer m: Terence Higgins (both natives of New...Saturday, December 8, 2018 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Jazz albums have a history of featuring cool cover art, from drummer m: Chico Hamilton 's Ellington Suite (World Pacific, 1959) and bassist m: Charles Mingus ' Ah Um (Columbia, 1959) to almost all of the ECM Records catalog. Maybe...Saturday, December 8, 2018 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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You Won't Get What You Want, the fourth album from Rhode Island noise rock outfit Daughters, is one of the year's most engrossing and terrifying albums, despite a few underwhelming tracks and a disappointing finale. Vocalist Alexis...Saturday, December 8, 2018 from All About Jazz News
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The Harmony of Difference: Salif Keita’s New and Last Masterpiece, Un Autre Blanc Some master artists transform their personal perspective into universally resonant art. That has been Malian icon Salif Keita ’s way, since his first...Friday, December 7, 2018 from JazzWorldQuest - Jazz News With A Global Perspective
Suena Cubano by Pedro Pablo & Three Cuban Jazz Three Cuban Jazz es un nuevo proyecto de Pedro Pablo Rodríguez Mireles; músico con una extensa y reconocida trayectoria musical, que tiene como objetivo proporcionar un espectáculo...Friday, December 7, 2018 from NPR Topics: Music
Pete Shelley, the Mancunian co-founder and singer of Buzzcocks, embedded a vulnerability and honesty into early punk's genetic code, forever changing the genre.Friday, December 7, 2018 from NPR Topics: Music
A bunch of exceptional songwriters and performers rent a house in Glorieta, N.M. for a week of tequila, hot tubs, home cooking and music-making. Just like that, out pops an album!Friday, December 7, 2018 from NPR Topics: Music
Pianist Jason Moran calls James Reese Europe "basically the 'big bang' of jazz." Moran's tribute to the composer and WWI "Hellfighter" pulls his contributions to the genre out of history.Friday, December 7, 2018 from NPR Topics: Music
The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences announced its list of nominees for the 2018 Grammy Awards, including Brandi Carlile, Janelle Monae and Black Panther .Friday, December 7, 2018 from NPR Topics: Music
Beachside in Santa Monica, Calif., Earl Sweatshirt spoke with NPR's Ari Shapiro about memorializing his father, working through anger and his latest album, Some Rap Songs .Friday, December 7, 2018 from NPR Topics: Music
We asked you to vote for your favorite new artist of 2018. Now it's time to reveal the winner.Friday, December 7, 2018 from All About Jazz News
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Yolanda Ingley II Publicity picture Singer/songwriter Yolanda Ingley II lives in Melbourne Australia. She grew up in the UK, living in London in the 1970s; she still visits regularly with her music and life partner saxophonist Steve...Friday, December 7, 2018 from LondonJazz
The 42nd Jazz Juniors Competition was won by Marcin Pater Trio Photo credit: Andrzej Banaś (Jazz Juniors 2018) Jazz Juniors Festival (ICE Kraków Congress Centre 29 November – 2 December 2018. Report by Mary James) The Jazz Juniors...Friday, December 7, 2018 from NPR Topics: Music
NPR's American Anthem series brings together two songwriters — Ernie Isley of The Isley Brothers and Chuck D of Public Enemy — whose respective versions of "Fight the Power" eyed the same struggle.Friday, December 7, 2018 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
It's not uncommon for a familial air to surround a band or a recording session. The bonds forged through the music, after all, play up trust and sympathies to a high degree. But some albums even go a step beyond that norm in their...Friday, December 7, 2018 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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Boston-based guitarist/composer m: Ryan Carraher chose a unique theme for his sophomore album: each track is inspired by a word from John Koenig's Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. Koenig's website and YouTube channel present made-up words...Friday, December 7, 2018 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Saxophonist m: Lucas Pino 's adventurous New York-based No Net Nonet is on record for the third time with That's a Computer (yes, there's a story behind that but it's too lengthy to recount here), which underscores Pino's usual flair for...Friday, December 7, 2018 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
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m: Kevin Quinn may not be a name you are familiar with on the jazz scene yet, but behind the scenes his work as a sound engineer at the ShapeShifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY, has afforded him the opportunity to work with top jazz musicians...Friday, December 7, 2018 from All About Jazz CD Reviews
Leading-edge Norwegian pianist m: Havard Wiik is a widely acclaimed artist via his work in the eminent Scandinavian free bop band, Atomic and collaborations with saxophonists m: Joe Lovano , m: Ken Vandermark and many other jazz VIPs....Friday, December 7, 2018 from All About Jazz Feature Articles
