News from allaboutjazz.com | February 26, 2002



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FEBRUARY GREETINGS: Jazzin' the Big City

A monthly page to welcome you to All About Jazz -- it's the quickest way to discover the latest and greatest features on our ever-expanding site.

For what's hot this month, be sure to check out all the items under IN THE SPOTLIGHT.

MAKING NEWS

We're branching out in some very exciting directions... Read our latest news items:

AAJ & Warp Radio Join Forces to Deliver Internet Jazz Radio
AAJ: Philadelphia Newspaper to Launch in February

100+ CD REVIEWS

Another monthly dose of reviews by our squad of expert reviewers: Explore new releases from John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Dom Minasi, Doug Hall, Bill Carrothers, Reuben Wilson, Mark Kleinhaut, Faruq Z. Bey, Tony Monaco, David Weiss, James Emery, Matthew Shipp... plus many more.

Don't forget about our Combing the Catalog Series: reissue coverage from Fantasy, Blue Note and Verve.

Ten 2 Entrance provides monthly recommendations to those who dig down-tempo, chill-out, DJ and electronica music.

Plus, ten concert reviews including Two Blowhards Teach a Nouveau Lesson, and several new book reviews: Lost Chords by Richard Sudhalter, Open The Door by William R. Bauer, Jazz: A Visual Journey by Herb Snitzer and Lester Leaps In by Douglas Henry Daniels.

ARTICLES GALORE!

Plenty of great new articles this month at AAJ.

Ask Ken (about hard-to-find/out-of-print recordings) by Ken Dryden
Best Keep Secrets In Jazz by Chris Burnett
Those Blue Note Blues by Chris M. Slawecki
Peggy Lee, Rosemary Clooney... by Marshall Bowden
Don Byron at Village Vanguard by Laurence Donohue-Greene
Lennie Tristano by Peter Madsen
The Gospel of St. John by Jeff Fitzgerald
Jazz Beginnings, Part 2 by Emmett G. Price III
Playing the Word. Six jazz poems by Dan Jaffe
Improvising with Marian McPartland and Willie Nelson by Jackie King

Coverage of IAJE - Convention 2002 by Craig Jolley, The Biggest Show in Jazz by Jason West, The IAJE Merry-Go-Round by Jack Bowers, and Memories of IAJE 2002 by Ken Dryden.

OUT-OF-PRINT - Andrey Henkin provides reviews and helpful information about how to track discs that are "out of print". This month: The MPS label from Germany.

for more articles click the ARTICLES menu  

BUILDING A JAZZ LIBRARY

Looking to get your groove on? Check out our latest recommendations: Classic Funk and Road Songs. For our other list of recommendations, see the BAJL home page.

TEN CDs I'M LISTENING TO NOW

Ever wonder what jazz musicians listen to? Find out in our third installment of "Ten CDs I'm Listening to Now". This month, picks from Bill Carrothers, Jeff Coffin, George Colligan, Mark Elf, Dave Fiuczynski, Martin Koller, Tony Monaco, Stanton Moore, John Scofield, and David Weiss.

ARTIST PROFILES

Meet guitarist Mark Kleinhaut, pianist Renee Rosnes, unsung organist Reuben Wilson, violinist Joe Maneri, and a look back at Philly Joe Jones.

for more profiles click the PROFILES menu  

INTERVIEWS

This month, we shine the jazz spotlight on singer Claudia Acuna, guitarist David Gilmore, organist Tony Monaco, and saxophonists Gebhard Ullmann and Ken Vandermark.

more interviews...  

PHOTO GALLERIA

We've posted several new photo exhibits over the last two months...

This month: Jazz In Their Faces by Murad Sekerli, Jazz Piano by Joe Smith, and Swinging Camera by Karlheinz Fürst.

Last month: Brotherhood with Jazz by Pat Robinson, Motor City Jazz, Part 2 by Chris Hovan, and Jazzy Linen by Dianne Pollock.

more exhibits...  

Enjoy!

Mike & Chris