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SOURCE: All About Jazz Publicity From November 4th to 8th, Berlin will once again be the reigning capital of jazz.

Though she's hardly a household name around these parts, Fil-Am Charmaine Clamor has already made a mark abroad with her new style of music called "Jazzipino." The chanteuse's inimitable style has even caught the ears of American jazz critic Don Heckman of the Los Angeles Times who wrote "her debut album, announced the arrival of an impressive new ...

Called 'superior jazz singing by an artist of the highest quality" by Jazz Journal International, Ellen Johnson will be sharing her unique style and repertoire of jazz vocals joined by San Diego jazz artists, pianist Rick Helzer and bassist Rob Thorsen.

SOURCE: Kim Smith Public Relations "Others grew by inches 'Trane grew by yards. I use that as an example." Dr.

SOURCE: Kim Smith Public Relations "Others grew by inches 'Trane grew by yards. I use that as an example." Dr.

Pianist Steve Kuhn recently explored the beginnings of his musical career on Mostly Coltrane .

WHEN the jazz singer Sheila Jordan is in Manhattan, she has ready access to the musicians, clubs and urban energy she has cherished since she moved there nearly 60 years ago to immerse herself in the music she loved.

Trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, pianist Johnny O'Neal, bluesman Johnnie Bassett and multi-reedman Wendell Harrison's Swing Ensemble head the roster of Detroit-based musicians performing at the 2009 Detroit International Jazz Festival.

Anyone who's had a chance to hear Laura Crema perform at the Langley Jazz Festival in past years will no doubt instantly recognize the Vancouver singer's unmistakable deep and sultry tones when she hits the stage once again in Douglas Park at noon on June 6. Or, then again, perhaps they will have heard her somewhere else.

Bassist Cameron Brown has had a long and illustrious career as a sideman. He has appeared on around 100 recordings, providing an anchor for luminaries such as Archie Shepp , Roswell Rudd and Beaver Harris , as well as the celebrated Don Pullen / George Adams Quartet.

The high art of Bienvenida is no accident. This is because its principal performer is the miracle behind it all.

At 80, Sheila Jordan, the Detroit-reared bebop singer, is a marvel. She phrases like a butterfly riding a gust of wind, and her spontaneity and swing are undiminished.

Weekend Edition Sunday , May 3, 2009 - This year marks the 70th anniversary of Blue Note Records, with its historic roster that once included jazz heavyweights Thelonious Monk , Art Blakey and Horace Silver .

The pianist Barry Harris rolls on. A performer and a teacher at the same time - one task is not distinguishable from the other - he has come back this week to the Village Vanguard for his more or less annual visit, with the drummer Leroy Williams and the bassist Ray Drummond.

Other jazz musicians have set the poetry of Robert Creeley to music a ' Steve Lacy with singer Irene Aebi and, on the 1979 ECM album Home , Steve Swallow with Sheila Jordan.