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Aaron Diehl – The Bespoke Man’s Narrative
August 9, 2013(Mack Avenue) For his debut recording, pianist Aaron Diehl constructed music as finely as a tailor crafts a custom cut suit. The music on the aptly titled, The Bespoke Man’s Narrative , was conceptualized for ...
NYT: George Duke, Keyboardist Who Crossed Genre Boundaries, Dies at 67
August 7, 2013By WILLIAM YARDLEY NY Times George Duke, who began his career as a jazz pianist in the 1960s but made his name by crossing musical boundaries, died on Monday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 67. He had suffered heart ...
Anya Malkiel – From The Heart
August 6, 2013(Anya Malkiel) Bay Area vocalist Anya Malkiel grew up in the former Soviet Union where jazz was forbidden. But listening to prized bootleg copies of jazz’s great female vocalists, she aspired to become one of ...
NPR Covers The 2013 Newport Jazz Festival
August 3, 2013(Aug 3, 2013) -National Public Radio’s coverage of the Newport Jazz Festival was – once again – second to none. The network provided live streaming of the famed Rhode Island festival for much of ...
Yellowjackets – A Rise In The Road
August 2, 2013(Mack Avenue) A Rise In The Road is the Yellowjackets’ 22nd recording in a storied 32-year career. Throughout the years, this band like most bands, has seen members come and go, but what’s consistent ...
Agachiko – Yes!
July 30, 2013(Accurate Records) Agachiko, the Boston-based septet has a cool new recording out titled Yes!. Fronted by vocalist Gabrielle Agachiko, the group has a sound that blends the traditional with the contemporary quite ...
Noah Haidu – Momentum
July 26, 2013(Positone) On Momentum , the sophomore recording by pianist Noah Haidu, he aptly demonstrates his versatility as a musician. Haidu possesses a master touch on the keys and an epic sense of swing. His runs across the ...
NPR: Carline Ray: A Pioneer For Women In Jazz Dies At 88
July 23, 2013Pioneering musician Carline Ray died July 18 at age 88. In the 1940s, when it was difficult for women to be accepted as jazz musicians, Ray found a home in the all-female band The International Sweethearts of Rhythm ...
Natalie Cole – En Español
July 23, 2013(Verve) “Exquisite” is the word that comes to mind regarding Natalie Cole’s latest recording. En Español follows in the tradition of Cole’s legendary father, Nat King Cole, who recorded an ...
AP: Trumpeter Lionel Ferbos, 102: Jazz keeps him going
July 19, 2013STACEY PLAISANCE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS—Music, jazz music, is what keeps Lionel Ferbos going at 102. The Creole jazz singer and trumpeter celebrated his 102nd birthday July 17 by blowing the high notes for ...
