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20 hrs ago | All About Jazz

Remembering Bill Evans

Evans' most famous trio was with Scott LaFaro on bass and Paul Motian on drums, who played together from 1959-1961 and developed an almost-telepathic sense of interplay.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Paul Motian, Black Entertainment, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, Classical

Fri Feb 10, 2012

Patch.com

5 Things You Need to Know Today: Feb. 10

In addition, Powers faculty members Lisle Kulbach and Jay Rosenberg will perform with their fellow 'Voices of the Turtle'A ensemble member Ian Pomerantz a variety of instruments, including violin, harp, psaltery, dumbek, rebec and bouzouki as the trio presents some of the Mediterranean musical traditions of the Sephardic Jews.A 2. Drop-in on a ... (more)

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Related Topix: Bud Powell, Jazz, Fats Waller, Thelonius Monk, Yoga, Fitness

Thu Feb 09, 2012

All About Jazz

INTERVIEW/PROFILE: Jazz Musician of the Day: Bill Evans - Sax

Throughout his 20-year career as a solo artist, multi Grammy nominated saxophonist Bill Evans has explored a variety of musical settings that go well beyond the confines of traditional jazz, including hip-hop, fusion, reggae, Brazilian and slamming funk.

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Related Topix: Jazz

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Examiner.com

Jazz About Town, Feb. 6, 2012

Kama Ruby - Fri. & Sat., Feb. 10 & 11 and Sat., Feb. 25 King Tut; Sat., Feb. 18 Que Pasa; Tues., Feb.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Gil Evans, Black Entertainment, Herbie Hancock, Clare Fischer

Sun Feb 05, 2012

All About Jazz

Incomparably Quiet: Bill Evans

There was just something about his playing that said you'd better listen carefully or it would disappear and you will have missed it.

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All About Jazz

Tony Bennett

Chris M. Slawecki has been published in music industry and related publications for more than thirty years and has served AllAboutJazz.com as Senior Editor since 1997.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Tony Bennett, Celebrities, Frank Sinatra, Queens, NY, New York, NY

Thu Feb 02, 2012

Pocono Record

Billy Test Trio performing at Deer Head tonight from 7-11

The Billy Test Trio will perform from 7 to 11 p.m. today at the Deer Head Inn, 5 Main St., Delaware Water Gap.

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Related Topix: Delaware Water Gap, PA, Jazz, Fred Hersch, Richie Beirach, Jay Leonhart, Rich Perry

Tue Jan 31, 2012

The Globe and Mail

The Bill Evans magic does not die

That's how Riverside Records titled the jazz pianist's second album in 1958, and 54 years later, everybody just seems to be digging Evans even more.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Chick Corea, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian, Miles Davis, Black Entertainment, Tony Bennett, Music, Entertainment

Stereophile

Corea-Gomez-Motian, Further Explorations

Chick Corea's Further Explorations , with Eddie Gomez on bass and Paul Motian on drums, is my favorite jazz album of the year so far.

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Related Topix: Chick Corea, Jazz, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian, Blue Note

Sat Jan 28, 2012

All About Jazz

Take Five With Al Scott

Meet Al Scott: Al Scott has been playing the piano for over 10 years, and first became influenced by the music of Michael Jackson.

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Related Topix: Take Five, Jazz, Quincy Jones, Black Entertainment, Herbie Hancock, John Taylor

Fri Jan 27, 2012

All About Jazz

Introducing the Clean Feed Label

Clean Feed records label is as eclectic a label as it is an authentic jazz voice.

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Related Topix: Portugal, World News, Jazz, Thelonious Monk, Saxophone, Classical

All About Jazz

Red Trio + John Butcher: Empire

John first fell under the spell of free jazz in the 1970s when he wistfully regarded the loft jazz scene from across the Atlantic By inviting English saxophonist John Butcher to join them in a Lisbon studio, the Portuguese Red Trio executed a stroke of genius.

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Related Topix: Jazz

Tue Jan 24, 2012

Inc. Magazine

Minding Jazz's Main Stage

The biggest names in jazz have flocked to a basement in New York City's Greenwich Village: Lorraine Gordon's The Village Vanguard.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, John Coltrane, Wynton Marsalis, Jazz

Mon Jan 23, 2012

Jazz & Blues Music Reviews

Chick Corea with Eddie Gomez and Paul Motian - Further Explorations

Pianist Chick Corea recorded this homage to the late pianist Bill Evans with former Evans collaborators Eddie Gomez on bass and drummer Paul Motian recorded live in 2010 at the Blue Note in New York City.

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Related Topix: Eddie Gomez, Jazz

Fri Jan 20, 2012

All About Jazz

Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz

Marian McPartland's Peabody Award-winning Piano Jazz radio series profiling various musicians has been popular for 25 years and has featured over 300 musical guests.

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Related Topix: Recreational Vehicle, Award, Jazz, Oscar Peterson

All About Jazz

Red Garland Trio At The Prelude

Following the success of Bill Evans: The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961 the Concord Music Group has slated for release several historically complete thematic sets.

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Related Topix: Red Garland, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Miles Davis, Paul Chambers, John Coltrane, Philly Joe Jones

Tue Jan 17, 2012

The Huffington Post

Mike Ragogna: From Graceland To A Galaxy To Further Explorations:...

Ben Folds , Bill Evans , Blood Sweat & Tears , Bobby Colomby , Brett Dennen , Chick Corea , Chris Botti , Colbie Caillat , Eric Marienthal , Herbie Hancock , Jimmy Haslip , Joe Berlinger , John Mayer , Kenny G , Lil' Kim , Michael Brauer , Notorious B.I.G. , Paul Motian , Paul Simon , Pete Tong , Randy Brecker , Red Garland , Simon & Garfunkel , ... (more)

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Related Topix: Blood, Sweat & Tears, Pop/Rock, Chris Botti, Jazz, Chick Corea, Eric Marienthal, Herbie Hancock, Black Entertainment

Mon Jan 16, 2012

The Shreveport Times

Listen Up: Ani DiFranco, The Big Pink, Chick Corea

Two years ago, this Corea-led trio played a two-week residency at New York's Blue Note club that honored the late piano genius Bill Evans .

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Related Topix: Ani Difranco, Folk, Chick Corea, Jazz, Blue Note

Sat Jan 14, 2012

Pittsburgh Tribune

CD reviews: Tributes to jazz greats showcase inspired play

When three musicians of this caliber go on "Further Explorations," it is worthwhile to follow their path.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Eddie Gomez, Paul Motian, Chick Corea, Blue Note, Thelonious Monk, Music, Entertainment

All About Jazz

The New York Times Essential...

Jazz, like several twentieth century art forms, has for decades seemed to gain acceptance as a scholarly concern in part because of a number of renowned writers and critics heralding something that was once, remarkably, regarded as vulgar, base entertainment for the base masses, and now deemed America's indigenous artistic progeny.

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