Sunday, April 29, 2012

A NEW BILL EVANS SESSION COMING SOON

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W hen I got home from work Thursday, the album you cut some 40 years ago “Bill Evans Live at Art D'Lugoff’s Top of The Gate” was wai...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

IS ROBERT GLASPER A SELL-OUT?

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I listened to your new album “Black Radio.” I couldn’t get into it. Some music writers have raved about it. Will Hermes of Rolling Ston...
Sunday, April 15, 2012

MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH CHARLES LlOYD

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Saxophonist Charles Lloyd I  have a confession. Saturday night at the Michigan Theater was my first Charles Lloyd experience. As a ja...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012

BRIA SKONBERG COVERED A LOT OF GROUND ON DEBUT

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B ria, what’s nice about running a jazz blog is the new albums I get from jazz musicians across the country I never heard of. Honestly, ...
Sunday, April 8, 2012

KENNY WERNER ON HIS NEW SOLO ALBUM, HIS WILLINGNESS TO SELL OUT, AND WHY JAZZ IS ALIVE AND WELL

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"M e, Myself, & I” is a solo album jazz piano player Kenny Werner cut live last year at the Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill in Mo...
Tuesday, April 3, 2012

SHEILA JORDAN'S 'YESTERDAYS' STIRRED UP OLD MEMORIES

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Chances are you don’t remember me. I’m the jazz reporter you talked to for two hours straight in 2004.  The former owner of Baker’s K...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

HALIE LOREN'S FIFTH ALBUM IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD

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I promised Maureen McFadden of DL Media, the company that handles publicity for Justin Time Records, I’d spend some alone time with ...