Monday, June 27, 2016

MUST HAVE ALBUMS FROM BRANFORD MARSALIS, CYRUS CHESTNUT, DAN PRATT, MIKE LUGERNER & SHEILA LANDIS AND RICK MATLE

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“Hymn For The Happy Man” is the first time saxophonist Dan Pratt has recorded an album as a leader with a conventional rhythm sectio...
Sunday, June 19, 2016

INTRODUCING COREY KENDRICK: MSU GRAD, FAMILY GUY, AND COMPOSER WITH A TERRIFIC DEBUT 'ROOTLESS' OUT NOW

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In a recent interview with this blog, jazz guitarist Randy Napoleon asserted that jazz is in good hands with the current generation of u...
Saturday, June 18, 2016

PARADISE JAZZ SERIES ENDED SEASON WITH SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE'S TAKE ON MICHAEL JACKSON'S HITS

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SFJazz Collective Yearly, the SFJazz Collective, an all-star octet perform music of iconic musicians past and present. In the octet’...
Monday, June 13, 2016

JD ALLEN TREATED HIS HOMETOWN FANS TO MUSIC FROM 'AMERICANA' AND SAMPLINGS FROM HIS VAST CATALOGUE

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Tenor saxophonist JD Allen The jazz saxophonist JD Allen said in a recent Q&A with a popular jazz blog that whenever he plays D...
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

JD ALLEN ON HIS NEW ALBUM 'AMERICANA', HIS BLUE COLLAR APPROACH TO MAKING MUSIC, AND ALWAYS BEING A NERVOUS WRECK PERFORMING IN HIS HOMETOWN

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JD Allen The consensus among many JD Allen enthusiasts, jazz critics, and jazz bloggers is “Americana (Musing on Jazz And Blues...
Monday, May 23, 2016

MACK AVENUE RECORDS WILL RELEASE NEW MUSIC BY WARREN WOLF, DOMINICK FARINACCI, AND KENNY GARRETT JUNE 10TH

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Vibraphonist Warren Wolf has made his best album for Mack Avenue Records yet “Convergence “. Wolfe is joined on this terrific alb...
Monday, May 16, 2016

JAZZ GUITARIST RANDY NAPOLEON ON HIS NEW ALUBM 'SOON', HIS INFLUENCES, AND INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION

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Randy Napoleon Thanks for taking the time to talk to I Dig Jazz .  Man, it's totally my pleasure. Thanks for having so...