Saturday, February 27, 2016

GEORGE 'SAX' BENSON TEAMED WITH PIANIST GLENN TUCKER FOR SPLENDID DUO RECORDING 'DREAMERS'

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W hen saxophonist George ”Sax” Benson and pianist Glenn Tucker met to record their new album at Solid Sound Studio in Ann Arbor, MI., ...
Wednesday, February 17, 2016

NEW ALBUMS BY DRUMMER HERLIN RILEY & VOCALIST NICOLAS BEARDE ARE MUST HAVES

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“ New Direction,” out recently on Mack Avenue Records, is a testament that jazz drummer Herlin Riley is a quintessential craftsman, a t...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

UNDERWHELMING PERFORMANCE OF POP CLASSICS BY JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA AT ANNUAL UMS CONCERT

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Wynton Marsalis The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra put on its annual jazz concert for the University Musical Society Wednesday e...
Friday, January 1, 2016

JD ALLEN, CHARLIE HADEN LIBERATION MUSIC ORCHESTRA & BRIAN BLADE AMONG TOP 10 JAZZ CONCERTS OF 2015

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Tenor saxophonist JD Allen J D Allen Trio (Detroit Groove Society House Concert Series) Tenor saxophonist and native Detroiter J...
Sunday, December 20, 2015

10 OUTSTANDING JAZZ ALBUMS OF 2015

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Jose James Yesterday I Had The Blues The Music of Billie Holiday (Blue Note Records) Billie Holiday would have turned 100 April 17 t...
Monday, December 14, 2015

A BEFITTING TRIBUTE TO JAZZ PIANIST & CULTURAL WARRIOR KENN COX

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Kenn Cox Inside the Knight Suite at the Carr Center Sunday evening, a long overdue tribute to the late jazz pianist Kenn Cox was h...
Monday, December 7, 2015

MSU JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH SPECIAL GUEST JIMMY COBB BOWLED OVER AUDIENCE AT THE CARR CENTER

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Drummer Jimmy Cobb Minutes before the Michigan State University Jazz Orchestra played the first piece of their Sunday evening co...