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    May 16, 2013 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  1. Sugar Blue sweetens genre with jazz additions

    <span style=&quot;font-size: small;">Sugar Blue hears mold growing on the blues these days, and he doesn&rsquo;t like it.</span>
    South Bend Tribune
    Sugar Blue hears mold growing on the blues these days, and he doesn’t like it. “If you can’t add anything to the canon,” the harmonic virtuoso says, “if all you can do is regurgitate another man’s ideas while...

    Tags: Entertainment Events, Theater, Entertainment, Music Theater, Genres

    2. May 3, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. New tunes and a few surprises from pianist Benny Green

    Pianist Benny Green took a few chances Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, and the risks paid off handsomely &ndash; for both him and his listeners.
    Pianist Benny Green took a few chances Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, and the risks paid off handsomely – for both him and his listeners. The move was significant because Green typically plays with so much polish, precision and control...

    Tags: Entertainment, Music Industry, Joe Segal, Music

    3. Apr 8, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call

  3. Review: Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell flashes back with exciting Eleventh House reunion

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    It was quite a celebration for Larry Coryell. The pioneering jazz guitarist just had his 70th birthday last week. But his reunion with two members of his 1970s fusion group, The Eleventh Hour, was thwarted by the hospitalization of keyboardist Mike...
    4. Apr 5, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. The exuberant spirit of pianist Eric Reed

    In the world of jazz, there aren't many things you can count on, but one of them is that Eric Reed will swing. Hard.
    In the world of jazz, there aren't many things you can count on, but one of them is that Eric Reed will swing. Hard. He reaffirmed that tenet from his first robustly stated notes Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase, the pianist digging deeply into the...

    Tags: Entertainment, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, Music

    5. Mar 21, 2013 |Column| Orlando Sentinel

  5. Art, rhythm rock UCF Jazz Fest

    It never has been easy to define jazz, but the task won't be any simpler at this weekend's <strong>UCF Orlando Jazz Festival</strong>, which aims to introduce music fans to the scope of the genre's influences.
    It never has been easy to define jazz, but the task won't be any simpler at this weekend's UCF Orlando Jazz Festival, which aims to introduce music fans to the scope of the genre's influences. At concerts Friday and Saturday, March 22-23, at the...

    Tags: Dizzy Gillespie, Entertainment, Teaching and Learning, Queens (New York City), Orlando Magic

    6. Feb 26, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Remembering Fred Anderson: Chicago salutes a fallen jazz giant

    On stage, he was a volcano, torrents of sound pouring from the bell of his tenor saxophone.
    On stage, he was a volcano, torrents of sound pouring from the bell of his tenor saxophone. In person, he couldn't be gentler, a soft-spoken jazz giant who nurtured generations of musicians and, therefore, enhanced Chicago's stature as a nexus of...

    Tags: Old Town School of Folk Music, Entertainment, Music Theater, Concerts, Fred Anderson

    7. Jan 15, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  7. Downers Grove South ensemble ready to swing

    The Jazz Ensemble from Downers Grove South High School was selected to compete at a nationwide jazz festival this spring. The group is one of 12 bands from 10 states that will square off in the eighth annual Swing Central Jazz competition in Savannah,...

    Tags: Entertainment, Music Theater, Arts and Culture, Schools, New York City

    8. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| WTXX-LTV

  8. Taylor Ho Bynum Premieres His Prince Project at Real Art Ways in Hartford

    <strong>Taylor Ho Bynum Ensemble: The Prince Project World Premiere</strong>
    Taylor Ho Bynum Ensemble: The Prince Project World Premiere Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m., $10-$15, Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St., Hartford, (860) 232-1006, realartways.org   Franz Liszt did it. So did Gustav Mahler, the Rolling Stones, John Lennon, Anthony...

    Tags: Entertainment, Genres, Ornette Coleman, John Lennon, Steven Bernstein

    9. Jan 29, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Jazz bass legend Charlie Haden yearns to perform again

    The revered jazz bassist Charlie Haden hopes he can give a brief speech when he picks up his Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy the day before the Grammys are broadcast on Feb. 10.
    The revered jazz bassist Charlie Haden hopes he can give a brief speech when he picks up his Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy the day before the Grammys are broadcast on Feb. 10. But Haden sometimes has difficulty speaking, and...

    Tags: Entertainment, Keith Jarrett, Polio, Music Theater, Ornette Coleman

    10. Jan 23, 2013 |Story| Aberdeen News

  10. 43rd annual S.D. Jazz Festival Thursday

    <strong>When:</strong>&nbsp; 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
    When:  7:30 p.m. Thursday. Where: Johnson Fine Arts Center. Admission:  Tickets will be available at the door. They are $7 for adults and $5 for seniors, Northern State University students and high school students. Younger kids get in free. Aberdeen...

    Tags: Dizzy Gillespie, Entertainment, Teaching and Learning, Concerts, Arts and Culture

    11. Jan 4, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. The gentle art of trumpeter Bobby Lewis

    Each January, the Jazz Showcase turns its spotlight toward Chicago artists, enabling the club to bypass costlier touring attractions at a time of year when audiences typically are small.
    Each January, the Jazz Showcase turns its spotlight toward Chicago artists, enabling the club to bypass costlier touring attractions at a time of year when audiences typically are small. That's a boon not only to the city's musicians but to listeners,...

    Tags: Entertainment, Jim Ryan, Music Industry, Peggy Lee, Music

    12. Jan 12, 2013 |Story| Glendale News Press

  12. Trumpeting legend Arturo Sandoval to play at the Alex Theatre

    No one taught a young Arturo Sandoval more about the mysteries of bebop and how to approach a life in music than Dizzy Gillespie. At times during their long friendship, the jazz trumpeters referred to each other as father and son. &ldquo;He was more than a teacher,&rdquo; Sandoval says of the bop originator. &ldquo;He was my hero first, and then he became my mentor. He helped me so much, man. Since the first day.&rdquo;
    No one taught a young Arturo Sandoval more about the mysteries of bebop and how to approach a life in music than Dizzy Gillespie. At times during their long friendship, the jazz trumpeters referred to each other as father and son. “He was more...

    Tags: Entertainment, Dizzy Gillespie, Havana (Cuba), Concerts, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida)

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