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[VIDEO] Sonny Rollins @ 2011 Kennedy Center Honors
January 3, 2012The great Sonny Rollins was among the artists at 2011 Kennedy Center Honors. Fellow honorees included actress Barbara Cook, singer Neil Diamond, celloist Yo-Yo Ma, and Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep. The ...
Sam Rivers Dies at 88
January 2, 2012By NATE CHINEN, New York Times Sam Rivers, an inexhaustibly creative saxophonist, flutist, bandleader and composer who cut his own decisive path through the jazz world, spearheading the 1970s loft scene in New York ...
2012 Jazz Grammy Nominees
December 29, 2011The Grammys recently selected their nominees for the 2012 Grammy Awards. Curiously, Pat Metheny’s What’s It All About” recording was included in the New Age nominees. The following were the ...
For 25 years, the Storyville Jazz Band has roamed the Dome on New Orleans Saints game days
December 5, 2011By KEITH SPERA, The Times-Picayune Most days, an American flag and a modest “Who Dat” yard sign decorate the tidy red-brick ranch house in Metairie. On game days, the Stars and Stripes are swapped out for a Saints ...
Paul Motian Passes Away at Age 80
November 23, 2011By BEN RATLIFF, New York Times Paul Motian, a drummer, bandleader, composer and one of the most influential jazz musicians of the last 50 years, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. He was 80 and lived in Manhattan. The ...
Occupy – Jazz Music?
October 26, 2011Salon Magazine’s Martin Johnson wonders aloud if jazz musicians could provide the musical expression of the Occupy Wall Street movement. BY MARTIN JOHNSON, Salon.com In the late ’50s and ’60s, during the peak ...
Music Foundation Created In Memory of Slain Jazz Fan
October 14, 2011NEWPORT, Ore. – A special music foundation has been created for underprivileged children, in the memory of slain Oregon teen Cody Myers. Myers was involved with several bands and loved music – especially jazz. ...
Dafnis Prieto Named MacArthur Genius Fellowship Grant Recipient
September 20, 2011Percussionist and composer Dafnis Prieto was recently named a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship Grant, also known as MacArthur Genius Award. Congratulations are in order for Mr. Prieto in receiving this ...
USA Today: As old as jazz itself, Lionel Ferbos keeps on jammin’
July 15, 2011By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY Trumpeter Lionel Ferbos arrives 30 minutes early each Saturday night for his gig at the Palm Court Jazz Cafe. He reads over that night’s music, handwritten with extra large clefs so ...
National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2012 NEA Jazz Masters
June 25, 2011The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) recently announced the recipients of the 2012 NEA Jazz Masters Award — the nation’s highest honor in jazz. The five recipients will receive a one-time ...