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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 22/01/2021
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz trumpeter Jared Peters. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 22/01/2021
New CD's Review VIDEOS
On January 15, 2021, on the occasion of a new year and the 2021 U.S. presidential inauguration, Wynton Marsalis will release The Democracy! Suite, the follow-up to the ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 22/01/2021
NEWS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues
Born in the 1960s in the city that birthed Motown, Regina Carter can’t remember a time when music was absent from her life. But Carter, a three-time Grammy-nominated ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 19/01/2021
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz pianist Giovanni Ceccarelli. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 19/01/2021
New CD's Review VIDEOS
“Every time I listen to the very first tones of Afterglow, I get struck immediately, as if by a force of nature. Suddenly, I am part of a ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 19/01/2021
NEWS VIDEOS
If you were a New Yorker out on the town in the late 1970s and 1980s, the sort of person who frequented house parties, bars and clubs on ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 16/01/2021
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz bassist Thomas Fonnesbaek. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 16/01/2021
New CD's Review VIDEOS
Captured during a pivotal, trailblazing period of his five decade career, pianist Hal Galper had come off the road with the Cannonball Adderly Quintet looking to establish his ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 16/01/2021
NEWS VIDEOS
It would be impossible to tally how many listeners have heard the remarkable jazz pianist Mike Jones, music director for the Penn & Teller show in Las Vegas. ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 13/01/2021
BLUES INTERVIEWS Woman in Jazz & Blues
Interview with Finnish blues singer/guitarist Erja Lyytinen: voted #2 on Total Guitar’s “10 World’s Best Guitarists Now” poll. How has the Blues and Rock Counterculture influenced your views ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 13/01/2021
New CD's Review VIDEOS
Michel Weber – is a Swiss clarinetist, saxophonist, flutist, director, jazz historian. His entire life is associated with music. Since 1970s Michel has played and recorded with world-famous ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 13/01/2021
VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues
In the 2019 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll, five of the top 10 new releases were recordings led or co-led by women artists — a startling 50%. In ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 11/01/2021
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz soprano saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 11/01/2021
New CD's Review VIDEOS
Pianist, composer and arranger Russell Ferrante has been on the jazz scene for decades. He has worked with everyone from Lee Ritenour to Joni Mitchell to Al Jarreau ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 11/01/2021
NEWS VIDEOS
Miguel Zenón and Luis Perdomo, “La Vida Es Un Sueño” Alto saxophonist Miguel Zenón and pianist Luis Perdomo share a deep history of collaboration — going back to ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 09/01/2021
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz saxophonist Patrick Brennan. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 09/01/2021
New CD's Review VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues
Posi-Tone Records unveils a carefully curated presentation of “New Faces” and keeps the musical message focused “Straight Forward.” This album is certainly not just another blowing date. This ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 09/01/2021
BLUES VIDEOS
We recorded the song “Stand And Deliver”, the proceeds of which will be transferred to the Lockdown Financial Hardship Fund. Morrison established it to “help musicians struggling financially ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 07/01/2021
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz pianist and keyboardist Billy Childs. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 07/01/2021
New CD's Review VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues
Carmen Lundy began her professional career as a jazz vocalist and composer when there were very few young, gifted and aspiring jazz vocalists on the horizon. Three decades ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 07/01/2021
NEWS VIDEOS
The comedian and jazz fan returns for a series of programmes in which he turns on full-on-jazz-geek and looks at ‘Jazz Family Trees’. The comedian Marcus Brigstocke returns to present ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 05/01/2021
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues
Jazz interview with Jazz pianist Cheryl Ann Spencer. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – Let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 05/01/2021
New CD's Review VIDEOS
Jeremy Monteiro (pianist, vocalist, composer, jazz educator) has won critical acclaim in many parts of the world. He has performed all over the World in addition to numerous occasions at ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 05/01/2021
NEWS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues
Jazzmeia Horn, “Where We Are” The title of Jazzmeia Horn’s new single, “Where We Are,” refers to more than a physical location. Conceived during the painful uncertainty of ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 03/01/2021
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz cointrabassist Raviv Markovitz. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 03/01/2021
New CD's Review VIDEOS
Mark Eisenman has performed with numerous eminent Canadian and U.S. jazz artists including the following: Lew Tabackin, Barney Kessell, Ed Bickert, Rob McConnell, and Pat LaBarbera. He is ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 03/01/2021
NEWS VIDEOS
Eugene Wright, whose nimble and rock-steady bass playing anchored the Dave Brubeck Quartet during its most popular and prolific decade, from the late 1950s through the late ‘60s, ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 01/01/2021
BLUES INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Interview with St. Louis-based Jeremiah Johnson: the voice of Mississippi River blues blending with the struggles of everyday life. How has the Blues, Rock and Roots music influenced ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 01/01/2021
New CD's Review VIDEOS
‘Visions in Black and White’ is a collection of rare jazz and improvised themes by one of the greatest Russian film composers Mikael Tariverdiev (1931-1996). Transferred from the ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 01/01/2021
NEWS VIDEOS
Frank Kimbrough, a pianist of unerring taste and touch, a composer drawn to flowing ethereality, and an improviser steeped in the art of epiphany, died on Wednesday at ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 29/12/2020
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz trombonist and composer Brian Scarborough. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 29/12/2020
New CD's Review NEWS VIDEOS
The Covid-19 pandemic halted live performance, the lifeblood of the genre, but a run of powerful albums — and standout debuts — provided respite, and hope. Quarantine is especially ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 29/12/2020
New CD's Review VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues
More Than Anther Day is the latest instrumental jazz release from composer/pianist/producer, Lisa Kristine Hilton. Hilton and her band mates: Rudy Royston on drums, and Luques Curtis on ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 27/12/2020
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz saxophonist Krzysztof Kuśmierek. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 27/12/2020
New CD's Review VIDEOS
Carsten Dahl is widely considered to be one of the most original and creative pianists coming out of Europe. He has received several awards like the Ben Webster ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 27/12/2020
CONCERTS FESTIVALS VIDEOS
For a certain type of music fan, the 2020 Big Ears Festival was one of the first American casualties of the coronavirus pandemic. The fest, which takes place ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 24/12/2020
INTERVIEWS The bad musicians VIDEOS
Jazz interview with the bad saxophonist Sam Weinberg. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 24/12/2020
New CD's Review VIDEOS
Avant-garde tenor saxist Ivo Perelman is celebrating his having reached 100 albums by releasing three new ones. Shamanism is one of these. Recorded in Brooklyn during April 2018, this collection, ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 24/12/2020
NEWS VIDEOS
Jeff Clayton, an alto saxophonist and flutist who cut a wide swath as a sideman, and who stood front and center in the Clayton Brothers Quintet and the ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 22/12/2020
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz saxophonist Sam Gill. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 22/12/2020
New CD's Review VIDEOS
The project began in discussions with Ryan Keberle about what more we could do to address the changes towards justice we both see as crucial to our country ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 22/12/2020
BLUES NEWS VIDEOS
Ebo Taylor became one of Ghana’s major prolific musicians in the 1950s and ‘60s, making his signature Ghanaian highlife that influenced the father of afrobeat, Fela Kuti. As ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 20/12/2020
BLUES INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Interview with Texas blues musician Hamilton Loomis: Christmas album “This Season” brings us hope – at a time when it’s needed most. How has the Blues and Rock ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 20/12/2020
New CD's Review VIDEOS
Johnny O’Neill is renowned for his unique performing style, which combines incredible technical virtuosity and gentle ballad melody. Jazz legends – Oscar Peterson and Art Tatum – have ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 20/12/2020
NEWS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues
When James Brown sang his “It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” in 1966, he might also have the world of jazz guitar in mind. Because until a few ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 18/12/2020
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz pianist Kemuel Roig. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 18/12/2020
New CD's Review VIDEOS
In terms of sound and style, North, the latest release by woodwinds player Anders Hagberg, has more in common with an ECM release than one from Blue Note. ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 18/12/2020
NEWS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues
Billie Holiday’s tumultuous life story surely has been told more often, and in more ways, than that of any other female jazz singer. Books, films, plays, articles – ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 15/12/2020
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS Woman in Jazz & Blues
Jazz interview with jazz singer Roya Naldi. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 15/12/2020
New CD's Review VIDEOS
Album cover design winner for Mike Rud’s upcoming album, Salome’s Dance: The Mike Rud Trio Invites Peter Bernstein. I probably will never get over this feeling lol. But ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 15/12/2020
NEWS VIDEOS
Jamie Cullum, “Hang Your Lights” The Pianoman at Christmas So many holiday albums today stick to a tried-and-true formula: dust off some old classics, put a new spin ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 13/12/2020
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz clarinetist François Houle. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 13/12/2020
New CD's Review VIDEOS
Without a doubt, Paquito is the # 1 saxophonist and clarinetist on the current world scene of Latin Jazz. And Cargo Music from CLAZZ, is proud and honored ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 13/12/2020
BOOKS VIDEOS
Simon Gronowski had committed many acts of bravery and generosity in his 89 years of life, and opening a window in April wouldn’t ordinarily have counted among them, ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 11/12/2020
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz saxophonist Alexey Kruglov. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – First let’s start with where you grew up, and what got you interested in ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 11/12/2020
New CD's Review VIDEOS
John, Paul, George and Ringo. Compressed ten years of band history, 12 studio albums alone, hundreds of songs, many of them absolutely legendary. Anyone approaching this should know ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 11/12/2020
ARTISTS BOOKS VIDEOS
The best jazz requires improvisation. So do the best lives. You can’t buy sheet music that tells you how to live. Improvise, man. Improvise. So when Dizzy Gillespie ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 09/12/2020
INTERVIEWS VIDEOS
Jazz interview with jazz pianist and composer Fred Hersch. An interview by email in writing.  JazzBluesNews.com: – When you improvise, you know where you’re going. It’s a matter of ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 09/12/2020
New CD's Review VIDEOS
Fresh from winning his first Ivor Novello award for writing the year’s best song, the multi platinum-selling musician and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Cullum announces his first festive collection The ...
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By http://jazzbluesnews.com
- 09/12/2020
ARTISTS BOOKS VIDEOS
He was nicknamed Bird and he soared in his music – if not in his life. For the centenary of the saxophonist who redefined jazz, today’s players reveal ...
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