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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 ...
Cecil Taylor Receives Japan’s Kyoto Prize
June 21, 2013(June 21, 2013) Today, venerable pianist and composer Cecil Taylor was named a Kyoto Prize laureate by the the Inamori Foundation. The annual award is presented for excellence in the areas of the arts, philosophy, ...
Tony Bennett and Dave Brubeck Recording Discovered 50 Years Later
June 19, 2013NEW YORK — Tony Bennett never forgot the first time he performed with Dave Brubeck more than half a century ago. But the tape of that memorable collaboration between two American jazz masters lay forgotten in a ...
2013 Playboy Jazz Festival: LA Times Review
June 18, 2013Chris Barton, Los Angeles Times Jazz Critic June 16, 2013 There was a moment at the Hollywood Bowl on Saturday night when a question came to mind that felt a little like a Zen koan: If you hear a guitar solo but ...
Harry Connick Jr. releases “Love Wins” in honor of Ana Grace Marquez-Greene
June 14, 2013NEWTOWN, Conn. — Harry Connick Jr. has written a song in honor of a 6-year-old girl killed in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting. Connick this week released the song “Love Wins,” dedicated to Ana Grace ...
Chucho Valdes – Jazz Great Carries On Tradition
June 4, 2013Family dynasties are the backbone of Cuba’s rich musical history. Big bands that were formed during the golden age of Cuban music – the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s – are still performing today, with the son of the ...
Pianist Mulgrew Miller Dies at 57
May 30, 2013NATE CHINEN (New York Times) Mulgrew Miller, a jazz pianist whose soulful erudition, clarity of touch and rhythmic aplomb made him a fixture in the postbop mainstream for more than 30 years, died on Wednesday in ...
