Jan 17, 2011
Lee Shaw releases 2 discs on ARC
Dr. Lee Shaw was born in Ada, Oklahoma. She began studying piano at the age of five. After graduating from high school, she attended the Oklahoma College for Women where she earned her Bachelor of Music...
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Dec 6, 2010
CD REVIEW: Mansur Scott Harlem Quartet “Sometimes Remembered, Sometimes Forgotten”
Mansur Scott Harlem Quartet – Sometimes Remembered, Sometimes Forgotten
Reviewed by Dawoud Kringle
A Piece of Beauty
Let’s face it; there are thousands of people releasing CDs of jazz standards....
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Sep 20, 2010
One by One: A Show with a Purpose
Jazz Artistry Now contributor, vocalist, TONI GATES discusses the annual One by One concert that she produces in Kansas City, and shows tangible proof that validates the importance of musicians taking...
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Aug 30, 2010
PRODUCT REVIEWS: CBO Lead Alto, Marshall McDonald
PRODUCT REVIEWS: AIZEN MOUTHPIECES
CLINICIAN – Marshall McDonald
Lead Alto Saxophonist of the Count Basie Orchestra
Marshall McDonald has played and recorded with The Lionel Hampton Orchestra,...
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Aug 27, 2010
In The Shed With…
To woodshed, or ‘shed, in Jazz jargon, is “to shut oneself up, away from the world, and practice long and hard, as in ‘going to the woodshed,” (The Jazz Theory Book, by Mark...
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Aug 24, 2010
AUDIO INTERVIEW: KEN NAVARRO
Jazz Artistry Now contributor, PHIL TRAYNOR interviews GUITARIST, KEN NAVARRO on his new CD “Dreaming of Trains”, his musical roots, and a host of other topics.
ABOUT: Top charting & award...
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Aug 23, 2010
Scott Yanow is with JAN
Jazz Artistry Now magazine is pleased to announced that noted writer, historian and jazz journalist, Scott Yanow has joined our writing staff as a featured contributor. Please join us in welcoming him to...
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Aug 17, 2010
Large Jazz Ensembles Now, Vol. 1
FEATURE ARTICLE WITH VIDEOS
Many people assume that large jazz ensemble music in the configuration of standard traditional big band instrumentation is a dying art. The costs of touring with and paying a...
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Aug 10, 2010
Go Trio ~ Jazz ala Americana
FEATURE
Included within the fashionable paradigm of today’s 21st Century jazz scene is the cursory declaration as to how original and unique some artist is, or how new what they are doing is. This...
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Jul 28, 2010
Music as a service
EDITORIAL
Music as a service…
Unless you are the latest commercial act that successfully appeals to the general public masses, it should be time to begin viewing recorded music as a service. Those...
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Jul 2, 2010
PRODUCT REVIEWS: Mouthpiece Roundup
I decided to take the Patterson Conversion Mello and try a bunch of the Horn mouthpieces I have lying around. Of course they all sound a lot alike, but my two favorites are the Marcinkiewicz and the...
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Jun 26, 2010
Why MySpace Music isn’t anymore
EDITORIAL
Why MySpace Music isn’t anymore…
I don’t think corporations, as they exist now, are good things for human society. Most all of the ills within most all of human society today...
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