Music critic Keith Spera sounds off on the best local CDs of 2009
- 2:18 PM — Dec 29 —
- Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA
South Louisiana delivered yet another bounty of CDs in 2009. Read More
DownBeat magazine's 75-year history is one for the books
- 11:16 AM — Dec 29 —
- Source: Chicago Tribune - Chicago IL
Seventy-five years ago, a new Chicago publication began chronicling a fast-growing music: the big bands. Read More
Score and strains from the cinema
- 6:18 AM — Dec 29 —
- Source: Telegraph-Journal - St. John - NB - Canada
To sum up 2009, we take a look at some of the year's most prominent soundtracks and scores. Read More
Morgan had right pieces for NO jazz photo book
- 1:36 AM — Dec 18 —
- Source: ABC - WBRZ 2theadvocate.com - Baton Rouge LA
For the publishers of Historic Photos of New Orleans Jazz, Tom Morgan was the right man in the right place. Read More
Plenty of Cause for Optimism
- 11:16 PM — Dec 17 —
- Source: The Wall Street Journal
No rock or pop album released in 2009 signaled a seismic shift in today's music scene. Read More
Best jazz albums of 2009
- 3:55 PM — Dec 17 —
- Source: NBC - KPNX TV 12 - Phoenix AZ
Vijay Iyer Trio: "Historicity" (ACT Music). Read More
Music Review: Bob Greene - St. Peter Street Strutters
- 9:15 AM — Dec 13 —
- Source: Blogcritics.org Music
Often music provides more than just a pleasurable listening experience — it also educates. Read More
12-10-09 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE
- 6:20 AM — Dec 10 —
- Source: EURweb.com
Filmmaker announced news on his Web site; did not mention cause of death. Read More
Short Takes on Recent Releases
- 5:17 AM — Dec 10 —
- Source: Chicago Reader - Chicago IL
Keyboardist Anthony Coleman has cranked out driving montunos with guitarist Marc Ribot, injected feverish energy into the music of Yiddish composer Mordechai Gebirtig, played long-form, large-ensemble John Zorn compositions on albums like Spillane and The Big Gundown , and written somber chamber music for his own groups—and he can draw on any or all of those styles as an improviser, which is first and foremost what he is. Read More
MARSALIS HAS MASSIVE CASE OF THE 'BLUES': Trumpeter Wynton to pen epic symphony reflecting artform through American history.
- 3:50 AM — Dec 10 —
- Source: EURweb.com
*Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis, the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, is composing an original symphony for orchestra that seeks to reflect American history from Revolution to the present. Read More
Biography
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