News from allaboutjazz.com | March 23, 2002



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MARCH GREETINGS: The State of the Art

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.

LEANER, MEANER, TIGHTER, CLEANER

AAJ is sportin' a sporty new look with all new graphics that snap, crackle and pop. It also fits into smaller screen sizes and loads in Netscape 4.x. So stop on out and dig our new digs!

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150+ CD REVIEWS

Another monthly dose of reviews by our squad of expert reviewers: Explore new releases from Michael Blake, Manhattan Vibes, Josh Roseman, Bobby McFerrin, Dave Douglas, Organic Grooves, Moutin Reunion Quartet, Lynne Arriale, Justin Morell, Stanton Moore, Norah Jones, Phil deGruy... plus many more.

C. Michael Bailey counts down the TOP TEN BEST LIVE JAZZ RECORDINGS continuing with #5 - Duke Ellington: The Complete Live at Newport, 1956.

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

Plus, ten concert reviews including James Hurt and Marc Cary, Diana Krall Quartet, Ray Brown Trio, Joshua Redman Trio, Roy Hargrove Quintet, Bill Cunliffe Sextet, Assif Tsahar, Peter Kowald & Gerald Cleaver, Avram Fefer Trio, Charlie Haden's Quartet West, and the John Scofield Band.

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Plenty of great new articles this month, especially... Where is Jazz Today? Right Where It "Aught" To Be! by Victor Magnani, 'Poets of Action': The Saint Louis Black Artists' Group, 1968-1972 by Ben Looker, Music Biz 101: Publishing, Part 1 by Charlie Dahan, and One Mo' Time on Broadway to rid NYC of the 9/11 Blues by Dan Kassell.

for more articles click the COLUMNS menu  

BUILDING A JAZZ LIBRARY

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

ARTIST PROFILES

Profiles on Wayne Shorter, Grant Green, pianist Doug Hall, Freddie Hubbard, trumpeter-composer Dave Weiss, and a look back at Dakota Stanton.

for more profiles click the PROFILES menu  

INTERVIEWS

We outdid ourselves this month with 14 in-depth interviews. AAJ chatted with John Abercrombie, David Benoit, Bob Berg, Terri Lyne Carrington, Bill Carrothers, Jack DeJohnette, Lorraine Feather, Adam Levy, Peter Martin, Pat Metheny, John Patitucci, John Scofield, Dave Storrs, Part 2, and Robert Walter.

more interviews...  

PHOTO GALLERIA

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

This month: Jam Session by Mark Sheldon, Jazz Sax by Joe Smith, and Bass Players by Lonnie Timmons III.

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

more exhibits...  

BEST OF THE WEB

We'd like to thank Forbes for recognizing our efforts and designating AAJ as a BEST OF THE WEB. Other sites that also received this prestigious award were eBay, The Motley Fool, and Sothebys.com. Not bad company.

Enjoy!

Mike & Chris