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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 ...
Pianist Enrico Pieranunzi mixes jazz and classical styles
July 7, 2013MONTREAL — Enrico Pieranunzi, the top jazz pianist from Italy (and perhaps all of Europe), started out playing both classical music and jazz as a child. He eventually played on Ennio Morricone’s soundtracks, propped ...
NYT: Preservation Hall Jazz Band’s Goal: Keep History and Make It
July 6, 2013Alan Light – New York Times (July 5, 2013) – At the recent Bonnaroo festival in Manchester, Tenn., the Preservation Hall Jazz Band ran a musical marathon. When the Saturday headliners, Mumford & ...
In Remembrance: LA Times: Paul Smith Dies at 91
July 1, 2013Don Heckman – (LA Times) Paul Smith, a jazz pianist, arranger-composer and music director for stars such as Sammy Davis Jr., Anita O’Day, Mel Torme, Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Day, the Andrews Sisters, Sarah ...
National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2014 NEA Jazz Masters, Nation’s Highest Honor in Jazz
June 27, 2013The National Endowment for the Arts has announced its 2014 Jazz Masters, the nation’s highest honors in jazz. The four recipients chosen for the honor are musician/educator Jamey Aebersold, saxophonist and ...