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From Miles Davis to Music For Love “Dreaming Miles”
"The very first thing I remember in my childhood is a flame, a blue flame jumping off a gas stove somebody lit […] I felt [...]
The 1962 Monterey Jazz Festival Presents The Real Ambassadors
“Why was Pops’ performance in Dave and Iola Brubeck’s The Real Ambassadors such a moving and meaningful experience for him? Does this project have a special significance in Pops’ [...]
Buddy Rich – The 1977 Modern Drummer Interview
"To some, he is cocky, sometimes overbearing, at times unnecessarily arrogant. They only have the outward, extroverted exuberance to go by. Calm Buddy down, show him that he doesn't [...]
Notes and tones: Jazz Appreciation Month feels different this year
[Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series on Jazz Appreciation Month. Part One is an overview; Part Two will offer some specific domestic and international highlights, including [...]
The Undiscovered Dave Brubeck Quartet – Part 1
Dave Brubeck’s tunes and songs dotted the American musical landscape during the second half century of the 20th century and beyond. Brubeck [1920-2012] is perhaps best known as the [...]
Glastonbury Favorite Grainne Duffy Gains Chart Success With Sensational ‘Voodoo Blues’ Album
What started out as a slow burning, blues-rocking CD release last October, Voodoo Blues is deservedly achieving acclaim of incendiary proportions as word travels globally about Grainne Duffy’s best [...]
Jaco Pastorius, An Introduction To The Jazz Legend
Jaco Pastorius often told people that he was the greatest bass player in the world. During his brief, mercurial career, there was enough truth to his contention that his [...]
‘The Pure Musical Grace of Self-Confidence’ — Professional Instructor and Internationally Celebrated Pianist Matthew Xiong Teaches Musicians How to Battle Through Performance Anxiety
ALLSTON, Mass., Concert Pianist Matthew Xiong announced he was currently teaching musicians of all levels, and specializes in the skill of helping pupils work through performance anxiety issues. Matthew began [...]
Thinking in Jazz – “Seeing Out A Bit”
“It all goes from imitation to assimilation to innovation. You move from the imitation stage to the assimilation stage when you take little bits of things from different people [...]
Pinheiro Ineke Cavalli – Turn Out The Stars – The Music of Bill Evans
“I can recall quite vividly the very first time I heard Bill Evans play. I was about seventeen years old and had already been subjugated by Miles Davis with [...]
Will music festivals happen in 2021? Here’s what we know
After a year with no live music, large-scale festivals are making a triumphant return in 2021 — for the most part. A handful of major music festivals have announced [...]
Milford Graves obituary | Jazz
Drumming is a matter of doing several different and difficult things at the same time, and Milford Graves, who has died aged 79, extended that agility to just about [...]
‘It’s like missing Christmas and Thanksgiving’ | Jazz Fest vendors ready for return
Last year was different, but this year, many are ready for the sights, sounds and flavors to return NEW ORLEANS — Jazz Fest is back this year and people [...]
Veronica Lewis Joins the Intrepid Artists Family
Really excited to announce today that Intrepid Artists Int’l has signed Blue Heart Records recording artists, Veronica Lewis for Worldwide Bookings. Veronica is a confident young lady, singer/songwriter and [...]
New Stages for the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective Emily Tian
It’s been an intensely productive year for the Yale Undergraduate Jazz Collective, despite all pandemic-era expectations to the contrary. First, when the pandemic suddenly felled plans for the YUJC’s [...]
TRAILBLAZING COMPOSER AND ORCHESTRA LEADER MARIA SCHNEIDER WINS TWO GRAMMY AWARDS
"Best Instrumental Composition" for "Sputnik" from Data Lords "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album" for Data Lords "On the whole and in the details, it amounts to the most daring work of Schneider's [...]