Sunday, August 31, 2014

FOUR NOTEWORTHY SETS FROM THE FIRST FULL DAY OF CONCERTS AT THE DETROIT JAZZ FEST

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Cyrus Chestnut Saturday, marked the first full day of concerts at the 35 th Detroit Jazz Festival. Although I got an early start, I d...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

THE 35TH DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL OPENED FRIDAY EVENING WITH A TERRIFIC SET FROM BAD PLUS FEATURING JOSHUA REDMAN

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Bad Plus & Joshua Redman After 25 minutes of backslapping by the big sponsors of the Detroit Jazz Festival, the 35 th installme...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

UPCOMING TALK WITH RANDY WESTON & BILLY HARPER AT THE DETROIT JAZZ FESTIVAL

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Randy Weston and Billy Harper July was a good month. I received a bunch of excellent jazz albums, and I picked up writing drive-by alb...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

AN ADVANCE PEEK AT NEW MUSIC COMING SOON FROM BOBBY BROOM, RODNEY WHITAKER & ERIC REED

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The jazz guitarist Bobby Broom last album was "Upper Westside Stories" . He packed it with new music, and for the first time f...
Friday, July 18, 2014

NEW SESSIONS FROM SEAN JONES & ORRIN EVANS ARE COMING

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Trumpeter Sean Jones has been with Mack Avenue Records for 10 years. He's celebrating that achievement with the release of his 7th st...
Wednesday, July 16, 2014

PIANIST CYRUS CHESTNUT RELEASES A LIVE ALBUM, FINALLY

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"Midnight Melodies" is the jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut's first live album. He made it at Smoke, a favorite jazz club in New...
Friday, July 11, 2014

'AFROPHYSICIST' IS THE NEW ALBUM FROM RISING STAR THEO CROKER

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The jazz trumpeter Theo Croker is the grandson of the late and legendary trumpeter Doc Cheatham. Croker is like him in a few ways. He has...