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Eric Johnson & Mike Stern – Eclectic
October 28, 2014(Heads Up/Concord Records) Guitarist Eric Johnson’s bluesy rock sound and guitarist Mike Stern’s jazz fusion voice meet in their first ever recording together to spectacular ends. Eclectic is the product ...
The Guardian: Why pop-turned-jazz stars just ain’t got that swing
October 27, 2014by Philip Clark The Guardian Of all those rubbish ideas dreamt up by major-label record honchos frantically trying to balance their ailing books, the pop star – often fading, but not necessarily – sings jazz ...
MPR: Drummer Kevin Washington: ‘You have to change the music’
October 24, 2014Anyone who has seen Kevin Washington play the drums knows that he is among the most versatile of jazz musicians – as adept at playing straight-ahead tunes as he is incorporating Afro-Latin rhythms or hip-hop ...
Steve Heckman – Search For Peace
October 24, 2014(Jazzed Media) Saxophonist Steve Heckman leads an all-pro lineup in a diverse set on his latest effort. Search for Peace is the Brooklyn native’s fourth recording under his own banner and it’s a great ...
Alicia Olatuja – Timeless
October 21, 2014(Olatuja Music) First, wow. Occasionally, a voice comes along that stops you in your tracks, Alicia Olatuja possesses one of those voice. On her second recording, Timeless, you hear what incredible command she has ...
MPR: Jazz radio legend Leigh Kamman dies at 92
October 18, 2014Leigh Kamman, the former host of the long-running “The Jazz Image” on Minnesota Public Radio and whose broadcasting career spanned more than six decades, died Friday evening. He was 92. Kamman is ...
Tineke Postma & Greg Osby – Sonic Halo
October 17, 2014(Challenge Records) Sonic Halo is the fantastic teaming of a rising star on the saxophone with a rising star-turned-established leader on the instrument for an outstanding exhibition of craftsmanship. The project is ...
Manhattan Transfer Founder Tim Hauser Dies at 72
October 16, 2014By Bruce Weber/NY Times Tim Hauser, a singer and showman who founded the Manhattan Transfer, a Grammy-winning vocal group that brought four-part harmonies to several decades’ worth of American popular songs, died on ...
Fullerton’s Steamers Jazz Club celebrating 20 years of all that jazz
October 15, 2014FULLERTON – On Friday evening after the sun has set, but before the doors have opened for a night of music, Terence Love sat on the back patio of Steamers Jazz Club and Cafe and remembered 1994. The area was little ...
ASA: silence, jazz can reduce heart rate after surgery
October 14, 2014New Orleans — (October 13, 2014) Researchers are one step closer to confirming what people in New Orleans have known for decades: Jazz is good for you. Patients undergoing elective hysterectomies who listened to ...
