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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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
Esperanza Spalding’s “We Are America” Takes Stand Against Indefinite Detentions at Guantanamo Bay Prison
November 18, 2013Bassist, vocalist, composer and bandleader Esperanza Spalding has just released “We Are America,” a new music video highlighting the injustice of prolonged indefinite detention at the prison at Guantánamo Bay. ...
Star-Tribune: Blue note from St.Paul: Artists’ Quarter to Close
October 8, 2013CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER , Star Tribune St. Paul’s longest-lived downtown nightclub and a mainstay for jazz purists three decades running, the Artists’ Quarter will shut its doors for good at the end of 2013. Choking ...
At 80, Wayne Shorter performs ‘without a net’
October 4, 2013By CHARLES J. GANS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At age 80, Wayne Shorter isn’t ready to rest on his reputation as one of the greatest composers in jazz history. Instead, whenever he performs the ...
Bossa Nova Guitar Great Oscar Castro-Neves Dies at 73
October 1, 2013Steve Chawkins, LA Times Oscar Castro-Neves, a Brazil-born guitarist who helped to create the cool, sensuous rhythms of bossa nova and orchestrated music for movies including “L.A. Story” and ...
AP: Jazz Pianist, Composer Vijay Iyer among 2013 Genius Grant Winners
September 26, 2013Jazz pianist and composer Vijay Iyer is among this year’s 24 Genius Grant winners. Iyer and 23 others fellows will each receive $625,000 over the next five years from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur ...