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First Reported May 19 2012 - Updated May 19 2012 - 1 Documents

Jacqui Dankworth

Songsuite Festival at Cafe Posk - first night of three

Sam Leak -piano - with Noemi NutiCredit for all photos: Melody McLarenSongsuite Festival(Cafe Posk, King St W6. First night of three. Review by sebastian Scotney)What started highly promisingly last night with Noemi Nuti will end triumphantly on Sunday ... [ Published May 19 2012 by London Jazz ]

Entities: Jacqui Dankworth, Mark Lockheart, Nikki Iles, Bracciano (Italy), Norma Winstone

First Reported May 17 2012 - Updated May 17 2012 - 1 Documents

Around The Jazz Internet: May 11, 2012

Do conservatories produce "cookie cutter" musicians? (At least they'll be able to play a certain Jimmy Heath blues well.)"Cookie cutter" students, young musicians in New York and the history of jazz in India. by Patrick Jarenwattananon More links from ... [ Published May 17 2012 by WXEL ]

Entities: Cecil Taylor, Charlie Persip, Red Nichols, George Colligan, Myra Melford

First Reported May 11 2012 - Updated May 11 2012 - 1 Documents

National Public Radio

Around The Jazz Internet: May 11, 2012

More links from this week:Interesting discussions at George Colligan's blog this week. An informed opinion on the charge that music schools produce "cookie cutter" musicians . Some thoughts on sight reading , that misunderstood skill among the jazz community. ... [ Published May 11 2012 by WNYC ]

Entities: Cecil Taylor, National Public Radio, Charlie Persip, Scott Tixier

First Reported May 08 2012 - Updated May 08 2012 - 1 Documents

Ultimate Savoy Instrument Collections:...

Good Time Blues: The Ultimate Tenor Sax Collection1. Coleman Hawkins - "On the Sunny Side of the Street"2. Lester Young - "June Bug"3. Ben Webster - "Blue Skies"4. Don Byas - "September in the Rain"5. Illinois Jacquet - "Don't Blame Me"6. Stan Getz - ... [ Published May 08 2012 by All About Jazz ]

Entities: James Moody, Booker Ervin, Illinois Jacquet, Don Byas

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 1 Documents

Music Review: Dan Cray – Meridies

The eight tracks on pianist Dan Crays Meridies project each run from five to seven minutes long, and that simple fact is the first indication that the full quartet (which includes tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger, drummer Mark Ferber, and bassist Clark ... [ Published May 02 2012 by Blogcritics.org ]

Entities: Dan Cray, Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young

First Reported Apr 24 2012 - Updated Apr 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Hamid Drake

International Velvet

What images do the nightclub name The Velvet Lounge spark in your brain? A luxurious venue full of glamorous waitresses and the softest of chairs? Plush surroundings in a dimly lit US playboy nest swimming with cocktails and dressed up dandies?Not true ... [ Published Apr 24 2012 by Morning Star Online ]

Entities: Hamid Drake, Tatsu Aoki, Lester Young, John Coltrane

First Reported Apr 19 2012 - Updated Apr 20 2012 - 1 Documents

Jazz Setlist, April 19-25: Everything in Its Right Place

Adult Crafty Bastards Services Buy/Sell/Trade Free Stuff Cars & Trucks Health & Wellness MusicSearchContests & Free StuffWin advance screening passes to see Battleship Win tickets to see Marjane Satrapi Win tickets to see DC United vs. Toronto FC Win ... [ Published Apr 19 2012 by Washington City Paper ]

Entities: Andrew Drury, Ken Filiano, Willie 'The Lion' Smith

First Reported Apr 13 2012 - Updated Apr 13 2012 - 1 Documents

“Little” Jimmy Scott: The Singer

Gigi Brooks interviews legendary jazz vocalist about his life in musicOn January 12, 2011 I had the pleasure of talking via telephone with the legendary NEA Jazz Master, ‘Little’ Jimmy Scott.I was advised by his dear wife that, at the wonderful age of ... [ Published Apr 13 2012 by Jazz Times ]

Entities: Jimmy Scott, Lester Young, Big Maybelle

First Reported Apr 09 2012 - Updated Apr 09 2012 - 1 Documents

The Social Contract

“Always play the expected and the listener gets bored and leaves. Always play the unexpected and the listener gets lost and leaves. But combine the expected and the unexpected and a journey is created that the listener will want to join.”—Jonathan Segal, ... [ Published Apr 09 2012 by NewMusicBox ]

Entities: David Stein, Cecil Taylor, George Russell, Lester Young

First Reported Apr 05 2012 - Updated Apr 05 2012 - 1 Documents

Philip Larkin's Telegraph jazz reviews celebrated in music

Philip Larkin's jazz reviews have inspired music for concert by British stars at the Oxford Jazz Festival. Music inspired by Philip Larkin's jazz reviews for the Daily Telegraph will be part of a concert tomorrow at the Oxford Jazz Festival. For a decade ... [ Published Apr 05 2012 by Telegraph ]

Entities: Sidney Bechet, Lester Young, Ian Smith

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Review: Lynne Arriale Trio, featuring Benny Golson [ Published May 26 2012 by London Jazz ]
Art Farmer: Every Note Means Something [ Published May 25 2012 by Jazz Times ]
BWW Reviews: Elaine Stritch Sings All-Sondheim ... [ Published May 22 2012 by Broadway World ]
Songsuite Festival at Cafe Posk - first night o... [ Published May 19 2012 by London Jazz ]
Around The Jazz Internet: May 11, 2012 [ Published May 17 2012 by WXEL ]
Poet Robert Gibb's exacting approach serves him... [ Published May 17 2012 by Pittsburgh City Paper ]
Around The Jazz Internet: May 11, 2012 [ Published May 11 2012 by WNYC ]
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Ultimate Savoy Instrument Collections:... [ Published May 08 2012 by All About Jazz ]
Dan Cray – ‘Meridies’ [ Published May 02 2012 by CD Insight ]
Music Review: Dan Cray – Meridies [ Published May 02 2012 by Blogcritics.org ]
The Sound of Jazz ? Soundtrack from 1957 CBS-TV... [ Published Apr 28 2012 by Audiophile Audition ]
International Velvet [ Published Apr 24 2012 by Morning Star Online ]
Meditations on Mingus’ 90th [ Published Apr 24 2012 by Jazz Times ]
George Crowley Quartet: Paper Universe [ Published Apr 20 2012 by All About Jazz ]
Jazz Setlist, April 19-25: Everything in Its Ri... [ Published Apr 19 2012 by Washington City Paper ]
Chris Madsen: Pop Art [ Published Apr 16 2012 by All About Jazz ]
“Little” Jimmy Scott: The Singer [ Published Apr 13 2012 by Jazz Times ]
Roy Haynes Honored By The Peabody... [ Published Apr 12 2012 by All About Jazz ]
The Social Contract [ Published Apr 09 2012 by NewMusicBox ]
Review: Larkin's Jazz [ Published Apr 08 2012 by London Jazz ]
Philip Larkin's Telegraph jazz reviews celebrat... [ Published Apr 05 2012 by Telegraph ]
Paul McCartney's Kisses on the Bottom: Jamie Cu... [ Published Jan 30 2012 by Music blog \| guardian.co.uk ]
The Frank Sinatra I Never Knew [ Published Jan 19 2012 by WSJ.com: Speakeasy ]
Laura Prudom: 'Supernatural' Recap: Dean Goes B... [ Published Jan 14 2012 by TV Squad ]

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Paul McCartney's Kisses on the Bottom: Jamie Cu... [ Published Jan 30 2012 by Music blog \| guardian.co.uk ] Paul McCartney's new album, Kisses on the Bottom, which you can listen to later today, sees him turning his hand to jazz-age standards. And the result, writes Jamie Cullum, is a triumph The Beatles always had a soft spot for the era of songwriting ...
The Frank Sinatra I Never Knew [ Published Jan 19 2012 by WSJ.com: Speakeasy ] EverettFrank Sinatra in “Higher and Higher,” 1943. My new novel “ Narrows Gate ” is set in the years preceding and immediately following World War II. The town of Narrows Gate, with its waterfront piers, factories and urban grit, sits in the shadow ...
Laura Prudom: 'Supernatural' Recap: Dean Goes B... [ Published Jan 14 2012 by TV Squad ] Note: Do not read on if you have not seen Season 7, Episode 12 of The CW's "Supernatural," entitled "Time After Time." The past has never looked so good. After previous treks to the '70s and the Old West, this week " Supernatural " took another ...