http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/ Voices Feed en-us Jazz - New Jazz Frontiers From Washington (Original Jazz Classics, 1999) presents The JFK Quintet, which was discovered playing in the U.S. capital by Cannonball Adderley. Upon Adderley's recommendation 2013-05-21 19:12:16 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/3023/ J Jazz - Randy Weston is well established in his career as a composer, pianist and international jazz ambassador, known around the globe as a critical conduit through which the musical tributaries between US, 2013-05-14 23:36:38 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/3016/ J Jazz - Warm Tenor (Pablo, 1996) is, so far as I know, the first Zoot Sims music I’ve ever listened to. I’ve been around enough to know that this title is a great description of Sims’ saxophone sound, because 2013-05-08 13:32:45 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/3007/ J Jazz - Prestige Records must have been an amazing place to work in the late-1940s and early-‘50s, when Sonny Rollins, Stan Getz, Lee Konitz, Gerry Mulligan, Miles Davis and so many other stars recorded for t 2013-04-30 20:25:26 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2999/ J Jazz - The Cal Tjader Trio -- originally released on 10-inch vinyl from sessions recorded in 1951, and newly issued on vinyl to celebrate Record Store Day 2013 (April 20th) -- marked the percussion master’s 2013-04-20 12:24:31 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2988/ J Jazz - Dave Brubeck recorded numerous Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals between 1949 and 1951 as the leader of a uniquely melodic trio with bassist Ron Crotty and Cal Tjader swapping between vibes, drums and 2013-04-18 15:52:22 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2979/ J Jazz - Guitarist Tal Farlow might be as celebrated for his famous reluctance to record or perform in public (even preferring, for a time, to earn his keep as a sign painter) as he is for his instrumental bri 2013-04-04 23:14:56 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2965/ J Jazz - Pete Escovedo’s Concord Picante release, Live From Stern Grove Festival, is a bright and evocative live Latin jazz album recorded at the famed San Francisco venue in July 2012, fronted by Escovedo and 2013-03-20 17:51:59 By David Shannon http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2917/ J Jazz - Pianist Hilton Ruiz was a lesser-known but highly respected figure in Latin jazz circles, and was considered one of the top bandleaders in the genre throughout the 1980s and ‘90s. One has to wonder wh 2013-03-07 12:56:29 By John C. Bruening http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2906/ J Jazz - NEXT Collective is a new young lions of jazz ensemble who announce their presence with Cover Art (Concord Jazz), a debut completely assembled from the music of their rock, rap, R&B, hip-hop an 2013-02-06 16:22:36 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2881/ J Jazz - One jazz adage suggests that if you don't notice the bass player, then the bass player is doing their job. But if you don't notice bassist Leroy Vinnegar, you're going to miss some of t 2013-01-30 04:43:09 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2877/ J Jazz - Although born without great vision, Art Tatum was blessed with such insight and dexterity for piano that Tatum remains the benchmark for jazz pianists more than one hundred years after his birth. The 2013-01-24 21:17:34 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2872/ J Jazz - Red Rodney's jazz star shone so brightly and rose so quickly that he played his first show when he was just 15 and assumed the trumpet chair in the Charlie Parker quintet, in the frontline opposi 2013-01-16 15:31:41 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2859/ J Jazz - Trumpeter Bob Scobey was an influential figure in Dixieland's west coast revival movement that began in the late '30's. Scobey started as a trumpeter in Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jaz 2013-01-13 19:10:09 By Anne Farnsworth http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2853/ J Jazz - Even though he succumbed to pneumonia at 38, Larry Young's career as an organ player embodied three decades of jazz changes. Young emerged in the late-1950s from the R&B tradition in jazz 2013-01-09 17:00:59 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2848/ J Jazz - Pianist, arranger and conductor Alan Broadbent grew up in New Zealand, studied at Berklee, and has since worked with employers and collaborators such as Woody Herman, Chet Baker, Marian McPartland, Ne 2013-01-02 11:46:00 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2836/ J Jazz - Roy Eldridge (1911-1989) was one of those players who truly loved to jam. Recorded onstage in 1975, Decidedly (Fantasy, 2002) captures the trumpet player in stellar like-minded company: Tenor sax ace 2012-12-26 16:25:14 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2829/ J Jazz - One of Concord's 2012 Very Best of sets, The Very Best Of Vince Guaraldi encapsulates the pianist's decade (1957-'66) on Fantasy Records. It weaves the Latin jazz, Brazilian jazz, post- 2012-12-19 01:48:57 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2821/ J Jazz - Julian "Cannonball" Addeley left the languid warmth of Florida to make his mark in New York City, but packed plenty of heat in his alto saxophone. One of Concord's new Very Best collect 2012-12-12 01:09:31 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2810/ J Jazz - The passing of composer, pianist and bandleader Dave Brubeck -- a sturdy fixture on the jazz landscape since World War II, before many of his fans (including me) were born -- on Dec. 5, the day before 2012-12-07 11:14:35 By Chris Slawecki http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2807/ J Jazz - This morning the world lost a true music legend.  Pianist, composer, bandleader, and jazz ambassador, Dave Brubeck passed away at 91, just a day short of his 92nd birthday.  According to his longtime 2012-12-05 16:47:44 By Nick Phillips http://www.concordmusicgroup.com//Jazz/2799/ J Jazz - In recent years, veteran guitarist Lee Ritenour has committed himself to seeking out and spotlighting young musical talent. His Six String Theory project, originally launched in 2009 as an internation 2012-11-29 03:25:47 By John C. 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