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Music Review: Peter Appleyard and the Jazz Giants - The Lost 1974 Sessions

Put together an ensemble of talented jazz musicians, give them some classic tunes to work with, let them get at it and you've got the makings of some very fine listening. Canadian vibraphonist Peter Appleyard did exactly that and the result is Peter Appleyard and the Jazz Giants' The Lost 1974 Sessions .

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Related Topix: Jazz, Peter Appleyard, Hank Jones, Bobby Hackett, Urbie Green, Grady Tate, Music, Entertainment

Sun Feb 05, 2012

All About Jazz

Bob Brookmeyer: Jack of All Trades, Master of Valves

Bob Brookmeyer , a Renaissance man among jazz musicians who died December 15, 2011, four days before his eighty-second birthday, will be remembered as many things: composer, arranger, musician, educator, outspoken arbiter who brooked no nonsense and wasn't shy about letting others know when he believed they were not giving the music he loved the ... (more)

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Related Topix: Bob Brookmeyer, Jazz, Stan Getz, Gerry Mulligan, Jimmy Giuffre, Clark Terry

Sat Feb 04, 2012

All About Jazz

Jazz Composers Collective featuring Lee...

The "Lost Jazz Shrines" concert series, hosted by the Tribeca Performing Arts Center in downtown Manhattan, is now in its third year.

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Related Topix: Al Cohn, Jazz, Sonny Stitt, Ben Webster, Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz

Sat Jan 14, 2012

All About Jazz

Roger Kellaway: The History Man

Roger Kellaway could not be called a best kept secret. He's been active for over 40 years, performing with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Zoot Sims, Sonny Rollins, Ben Webster, Barbra Streisand, and yes, Bobby Darin, the subject of the first two discs reviewed here.

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Related Topix: Roger Kellaway, Jazz, Black Entertainment, Dizzy Gillespie, Ben Webster, Sonny Rollins, Pop/Rock, Bobby Darin

Tue Jan 10, 2012

All About Jazz

Mike Wofford / Holly Hofmann Quintet: Turn Signal

Down in out-of-the-way San Diego, California , flautist Holly Hofmann and pianist Mike Wofford have been steadily making world-class jazz for a couple of decades.

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Related Topix: Jazz, Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Black Entertainment, Benny Carter

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