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The Chris Parker Trio
December 13, 2013(GPR Records) Drummer Chris Parker, pianist Kyoko Oyobe and bassist Ameen Saleem make beautiful music together as The Chris Parker Trio. Parker, a veteran of trios since he was 11 years old playing backup to exotic ...
AP: Master Jazz Guitarist Jim Hall Dies at 83
December 11, 2013Jim Hall, one of the leading jazz guitarists of the modern era, whose subtle technique, lyrical sound and introspective approach strongly influenced younger proteges such as Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell, died early ...
Suzanna Smith – Halfway Between Heaven & Love
December 10, 2013(Ink Pen Records) Bay-area vocalist Suzanna Smith makes a strong debut with Halfway Between Heaven and Love. Smith’s voice recalls that of great torch singers and yet has a very present day quality. ...
56th Annual Grammy Nominations in Jazz
December 9, 2013The National Academy for Recording Arts and Sciences announced nominees for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards. There were few surprises among the jazz nominees and some names that theJazzPage.com selected for review ...
George Bouchard Group – Listen To Your Dreams
December 6, 2013(George Bouchard) On his fourth recording as a leader, saxophonist/composer George Bouchard offers up a collection of pleasing original songs and performances. Listen to Your Dreams is thoroughly enjoyable ...
Anthony Strong – Stepping Out
December 3, 2013(Naive) Anthony Strong is a singer right out of the great crooner tradition. His new recording Stepping Out features nice contemporary arrangements of classic standards delivered with great confidence and vocal ...
NYT: Herbie Hancock is Emmisary of an Art Form
November 29, 2013Nate Chinen New York Times LOS ANGELES — Herbie Hancock, a pianist of sparkling touch and brisk intuition, has often seemed like a figure rushing ever onward, and the direction in which he has increasingly hurled ...
NYT: Drummer, Bandleader Chico Hamilton Dies at 92
November 27, 2013PETER KEEPNEWS New York Times Chico Hamilton, a drummer and bandleader who helped put California on the modern-jazz map in the 1950s and remained active into the 21st century, died on Monday in Manhattan. He was 92. ...
Doug Webb – Another Scene
November 22, 2013(Posi-tone) Veteran saxman Doug Webb has a big-time jazz saxophone voice, in league with some of the great purveyors of the instrument. This sound is on full display on his latest effort Another Scene. Webb can burn ...
TBT Review: Biographies bring jazz giants Ellington, Parker to life
November 19, 2013Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times Book Editor Some books make me wish they came with sound tracks. Duke: A Life of Duke Ellington and Kansas City Lightning: The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker are both that kind of ...
