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CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: James Moody - 4b (2010)

5243 days ago
All About Jazz — By Pico Like the proverbial fine wine, James Moody only gets mellower and better with age. A seasoned saxophone and flute veteran who was in Dizzy Gillespie's original big band of the later 1940's and most famously the author of everyone's favorite ... more info
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Steve Waterman: Buddy Bolden Blew It! | CD review

5246 days ago
Guardian Music — (Mainstem)Despite the title, this session by UK trumpeter Steve Waterman doesn't actually concentrate on the New Orleans funerals-and-marches music proto-jazz legend Buddy Bolden might have played, but it does include the famous West End Blues (one o... more info
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VIDEO/DVD: Lee Ritenour's Video Featurette - Watch Seven Videos About the Making of "6 String Theory"

5247 days ago
All About Jazz — Presented by filmmaker c: Bret Primack It's hard to believe that 2010 marks 50 years since Lee Ritenour starting playing the guitar, setting in motion a career that legends are made of. A career that has earned him 19 GRAMMY nominations, a GRAMMYA... more info
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50 great moments in jazz: John Coltrane's giant step for improvisation

5249 days ago
Guardian Music — Perhaps the most influential saxophonist all of time, Coltrane produced an intensely soulful sound that reached way beyond the jazz cognoscentiMiles Davis was a good authority on the saxophonist John Coltrane, who played in one of the trumpeter's ban... more info
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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky | Film review

5251 days ago
Guardian Music — This is a polished but unmoving account of the affair between two 20th-century greatsThere's a wonderful moment in Clint Eastwood's Bird, when Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie make an expedition one night to the Los Angeles home of their idol, Igor... more info
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OBITUARY: Martin Drew, British Jazz Drummer Dies

5251 days ago
All About Jazz — Martin Drew, a British jazz drummer who was a member of the pianist Oscar Peterson's internationally popular group for three decades, died on July 29 in London. He was 66. The cause was a heart attack, his wife, Tessa, said. Mr. Drew first worked ... more info
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EVENT: Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola September 2010 Lineup

5261 days ago
All About Jazz — Coca-Cola Generations In Jazz Festival The Coca-Cola Generations In Jazz Festival from September 6-October 10, 2010, features a full array of jazz performers from 15-92 years of age, a multi-generational exploration of the full spectrum of jazz trad... more info
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BOOK/MAGAZINE: Paul Slaughter: Jazz Photographs

5267 days ago
All About Jazz — Long-time readers of JazzWax are familiar with Paul Slaughter's images (see "PhotoStory" in the right-hand column). Like the other generous photographers on the list, Paul has graciously provided JazzWax with images he took of jazz legends over the y... more info
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GENERAL MUSIC INDUSTRY: West Coast Cool Jazz

5279 days ago
All About Jazz — Cool jazz was one of the most popular jazz styles of the 1950s. Not all of the cool jazz leaders were based in California, and not all of the jazz there during the era was cool jazz; but the music made its greatest impact and reached the height of it... more info
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INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Lee Morgan

5280 days ago
All About Jazz — All About Jazz is celebrating Lee Morgan's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Lee MorganMorgan was a jazz prodigy, joining the Dizzy Gillespie big band at 18, remaining a member for two years. Beginning in 1956, he began recording as a leader... more info
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