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Chris Standring and Mica Paris Concert Review

Cadogan Hall was a fulcrum of excitement recently as English jazz guitarist (now residing in LA) Chris Standring took the stage for a very special performance. This would see...

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Dot Time Records Launches Louis Armstrong Legacy Series.

By: Peter McLaren | Photos Courtesy of the Louis Armstrong House Museum. Some weeks back Dot Time Records announced an agreement with the Louis Armstrong Educational Foundation to...

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Paul Jost at Cornelia Street Café

In jazz, scat singing is improvisation with or on syllables, without forming words at all and is really nonsensical, but is deliberate. The choice of scat syllables is the key...

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Logan Richardson | On Blue Note | Late March EU Tour Dates

Blue Note is one of the most important jazz labels for their recordings in the 1960s and 70s. Vintage post-bop, soul jazz, funky groove, modern and experimental to post-modern,...

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Typhanie Monique ‘Call It Magic’ CD Release Show Old Town School of Music Chicago, IL.

The human voice can be a magical instrument. When studying this instrument closely, the voice is defined generally by pitch, note, and tone. These terms are often used the wrong...

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Hazmat Modine – A Weird American Post-Modern Blues & World Music Fusion Experience

Greil Marcus’s brilliant book “Weird America” was written to explore the secret roots of Bob Dylan’s music—obscure ballads and folk legends, which usually led to...

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Louis Hayes @ Ronnies – An 80th birthday celebration gig!

An 80th birthday bash is, normally, a very special event indeed, but it would become even more special if, the birthday boy in question is, as in our case, the mighty Louis Hayes,...

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CD Review | “Bomb” by Blurt

“When I grow up I want to be a jazz musician,” says the poet Milton – no, not that one (he of Paradise Lost, “Of Man’s first disobedience and the fruit...

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The Alex Skolnick Trio | Europe Unbound Tour (presented by Guitar Magazine) in March.

Alex Skolnick Trio—Jazz Rock On Text: Tony Ozuna Alex Skolnick is the veteran guitarist of Testament, a long-standing speed-metal outfit from the Bay Area, in California, but in...

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An Evening with Ola Onabule…RAW

Text: Lori I. Hutie | Photos: Rolf Schoellkopf The type of instrument (voice) a singer has, is identified by certain qualities or characteristics of vocal range, weight,...

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SAVE & WIN a Jazz Weekend Getaway in Andalucia, Spain courtesy of JazzinEurope

Imagine being able to escape the day to day grind, the dreary weather, the never ending demands of others to be transported to a place where the sun warms your body, you are...

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