Jazz Music

Pianist-composer mixes Latin, jazz and classical in concerto

Drenched in jazz and Afro-Caribbean idioms, Michel Camilo's attractive Piano Concerto No. 1 tapped into two larger currents at Thursday's Detroit Symphony Orchestra concert with the composer as soloist.

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Anjulie Anjulie

Artist: Anjulie Title: Anjulie Label: Hear Music Genre: Pop/Soul Honeycomb-churning contralto-voiced sugar pop chanteuse Anjulie is a harmonious idiosyncrasy to say the least, and with her eponymous...

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Singing Jazz: Judy Niemack Master Class

"Part of the fun of jazz is like seeing someone ski down a dangerous slope. When you improvise, you have to take a chance. If you fall, you fall," Judy Niemack was telling her master class on September 26. The nine women with...

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Notes Going Into The Weekend

Jazz History Preservation Not all of the reconstruction work to be done in New Orleans is a result of Katrina's damage. One of the city's jazz landmarks has been falling apart for decades. Now, it appears that Crescent City...

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Time to jazz it up

Debarun Borthakur The Asian Age Carrying forward the 31-year-old legacy of "jazzing up" music lovers in the capital, 100 Pipers Jazz Utsav 09 is all set to take people on a "stand up, sing along and swinging" ride this...

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Montreux unveils 2010 poster by Brazil's Britto

ZURICH (Reuters) - Brazilian Romero Britto has created the 2010 edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival's poster, adding to a long list of striking images by famous artists that have made the posters desirable objects among...

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George Shearing On Piano Jazz

In Shearing's second appearance on the program from 1987, host Marian McPartland reminisces with her fellow countryman about obscure British tunes, and the two have fun re-harmonizing "God Save the Queen." Shearing also sings...

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Sam Stryke's free Christmas jazz concert slated 7 p.m. Dec. 8 at KU Edwards Campus

Acclaimed pianist Sam Stryke (aka Struyk) comes to The University of Kansas Edwards Campus for a special Christmas Jazz Concert on December 8 at 7 pm. Called “a formidable talent” by On-The-Town Magazine, Stryke shows off his...

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VANITY FAIR INTERVIEW WITH JOHN CLEESE

UNDERNEWS Undernews is the online report of the Progressive Review, edited by Sam Smith, who covered Washington during all or part of one quarter of America's presidencies and edited alternative journals since 1964. The Review,...

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JEAN-LUC PONTY "Civilized Evil" (Jazz Rock/Fusion, 1980) by wbiphoto

5/5 STARS - It's progressive, yet accessible, showcasing some of JLP's best music of his career. Civilized Evil is the funkiest, most urban work that that JLP had done to date; closer to rock and electronica than jazz or...

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