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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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