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Cedar Walton Dies at 79
August 23, 2013Back in the day at Ronnie Scott’s club in London, when artists were booked on the personal whims of the founding proprietors Scott and Pete King without much regard for the box office, the same performers ...
OnPoint Radio: The Legacy of John Coltrane’s ‘A Love Supreme’
August 21, 2013NPR’s OnPoint Radio featured this program on the legacy of “A Love Supreme” on the verge of its 50th anniversary. Tom is joined by Tony Whyton, author of “Beyond A Love Supreme: John Coltrane ...
Marian McPartland, Jazz Pianist and NPR Radio Staple, Dies at 95
August 21, 2013Peter Keepnews New York Times Marian McPartland, the genteel Englishwoman who became a fixture of the American jazz scene as a pianist and, later in life, hosted the internationally syndicated and immensely popular ...
Litchfield Jazz Festival delights music fans for 18th year
August 12, 2013By Jack Coraggio/The Register Citizen GOSHEN, CT – For an 18th year in a row the Litchfield Jazz Festival, the music and culture celebration that draws music fans from all over the state and beyond, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
SFJazz Center Announces 2013 – 2014 Season Artist Lineup
July 18, 2013SFJAZZ Center, based in San Francisco, recently announced the artist lineup for its 2013-2014 Season, which runs from September 5, 2013 to June 8, 2014. SF Jazz Center opened in January 2013 has a membership of ...
Welcome Back to Page One
July 8, 2013We’re pleased to announce the return of Page One, our News of Note section. We’re also pleased with the completed consolidation of the site. In previous builds of The Jazz Page, various pages were ...
