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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 ...
Gregory Porter Scheduled To Appear On The Tonight Show
September 25, 2013Gregory Porter is scheduled to will make his US TV debut on Friday, September 9/27 on NBC Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Porter is out promoting his newest release,”Liquid Spirit”. Check your local listings ...
San Jose Mercury News: Monterey Jazz Festival: Exhausting, uplifting, often remarkable
September 24, 2013Richard Scheinin San Jose Mercury News The Monterey Jazz Festival is an annual event and an ongoing chronicle. Sure, Armstrong, Ellington, Miles and Coltrane all played there. But so-called “golden eras” ...
Star-Tribune: Fusion is not a dirty word
September 20, 2013Article by: BRITT ROBSON , Special to the Star Tribune Nearly a quarter-century ago, bassist Dave Holland released the record “Extensions,” a glorious mix of power and complexity, featuring guitarist Kevin Eubanks, ...
OnPoint Radio: Life Behind The Vibes: Jazz Musician Gary Burton Looks Back
September 18, 2013Seven-time Grammy winner Gary Burton joins NPR’s OnPoint host Tom Ashbrook to talk about his life as a jazz vibraphonist and his personal journey as an unannounced gay man in the jazz world, something he ...
Martin Luther King Jr. tribute presented by NJSO
September 8, 2013Carlton Wilkerson Daily Record (Sept 8, 2013) – The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra opens its 2013-14 season with a program that pays tribute to the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I ...
Chicago Tribune: New home for jazz fest knows how to swing
September 1, 2013Howard Reich Chicago Tribune In a single stroke, the Chicago Jazz Festival went from grunge to glamour over the weekend, thanks to a simple – and desperately needed – change of address. For its first 34 years, the ...
