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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 ...
Seattle-Born Jazz Singer Sara Gazarek Comes Home To Give Back
May 21, 2013Hanna Brooks Olsen (KOMOnews.com) SEATTLE — Singer Sara Gazarek didn’t grow up with a lot of exposure to jazz — after all, Seattle is really known more for grunge (and, recently, hip-hop) than for ...
Don Was, Making ‘Authentic’ Music at Blue Note Jazz Label
May 17, 2013Dan DeLuca (Philadelphia Inquirer Music Critic) There’s a jazz man’s adage, attributed variously to Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, that goes something like this: “There are two ...
National Jazz Museum in Chicago
February 29, 2012Chicago Tribune writer Howard Reich looks at talks going on to bring a National Jazz Museum to the city of Chicago. It’d be nice if they could brought back jazz in the evenings there as well. Read the article here
The 2012 Grammy Award Winners For Jazz
February 18, 2012Here are the Grammy Award Winners from the ceremonies held in Los Angeles, CA on February 12, 2012. Best Improvised Jazz Solo Chick Corea – “Five Hundred Miles High” from Forever Best Jazz Vocal album Terri ...