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A free lunch-time concert series open to the public starts at noon today at Jackson State University’s Student Center. Cultures collide in a melding of art forms in what drummer Ali Jackson calls “an intersection of modern dance, tap dance, jazz music, and poetry” when his Beats of NYC plays the Allen Room Jan. Studio recordings from 1959 make a strong case for that year as one of the best ever for jazz. Now, a large set of 50-year-old live recordings from the Newport Jazz Festival have been released online. WBGO’s Josh Jackson and The New York Times ‘ Ben Ratliff select some choice highlights Classic Christmas songs will take on a jazzy sound as the Jackson County Central JAZZ opens the holiday concert for the high school band Sunday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m More than 200 young musicians will be featured in an hour-long production by three bands and four choirs when the Jackson County Central Middle School Music Department presents its fall concert on Tuesday at the middle school auditorium, starting at 6:30 p.m. — an hour earlier than listed on the school calendar. On this edition of All Songs Considered , we spin some of the year’s best new jazz recordings. Bob Boilen talks with WBGO’s Josh Jackson, host of Live At the Village Vanguard , a monthly concert series from the legendary New York City jazz club. The two play cuts from some of 2009’s standout albums, including “I Can’t Help It” (from Gretchen Parlato’s In a Dream ) and Ben Allison’s “Kramer vs L.A.-based AEG invested between $25 million and $30 million in the pop star’s comeback. Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Summer Jazz Camp June 15 - 26, 2009 At Monterey Peninsula College Camp Instructors Include 2009 MJF Artists-In-Residence Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Members Vincent Gardner And Ali Jackson Nationally-Renowned Clinicians Teach Over 150 Monterey County Music Students… About Jazz Vocalist, Composer, Guitarist Suzahn Fiering Suzahn Fiering’s music is an elegant entre into a romantic world of dazzling virtuosity with smoky-smooth vocals, impressive guitar work, masterful scatting, critically acclaimed originals and unique interpretations of jazz standards. The listener is transported to a place with blue martini’s, clinking wine glasses, well-dressed … |
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