News from allaboutjazz.com | September 23, 2002


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SEPTEMBER GREETINGS FROM ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Visit our monthly welcome page, the quickest way to discover the latest happenings and noteworthy updates at All About Jazz.

This month we'd like to draw special attention to the AAJ Discussion Forums. It's new, improved, and more interactive than the old system. We encourage you to visit the discussion forums to share your thoughts and ideas with others.

AAJ ARTIST PROMOTIONAL SERVICES

In response to repeated inquiries from jazz artists, promoters, and record labels wanting to promote and advertise their music, tours and websites at All About Jazz, AAJ along with The Jazz Excursion Radio Station have developed an affordable promotional services program to help do just that. Our introductory price is affordable and our services will put your music in front of 160,000 readers a month.

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COMBING THE CATALOGS

Blue Note has reissued several recordings for their Rare Grooves and Rudy Van Gelder series, plus more reissues from Verve, Columbia and Bluebird. We also examine the work of Elmo Hope on Fantasy.

And be sure to visit our Daily CD Reviews page as well as our recently revamped Box Set & Compilation Reviews page.

VIDEOS AND GALLERY

We've posted a video of drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz, CA.

In our Art Gallery, see the following exhibits: Painting To Jazz by Frans Mandigers, New Orleans Jazz Festival 2002 by Skip Bolen, I Live In Jazz by Szugye, and Motor City Jazz 2002 by Chris Hovan.

INTERVIEWS AND ARTIST PROFILES

Trumpeter Ralph Alessi, saxophonist John Butcher, singer Carla Cook, JazzHalo's Jos Demol, Erik Fratzke of Happy Apple, bassist/composer Dave Holland, guitarist Jef Lee Johnson, painist Frank Kimbrough, and a newly designed interviews page!

This month we're featuring pianist Mulgrew Miller, singer Barb Jungr, and pianist Steven Lantner. Be sure to check out our newly designed artist profiles page.

BOOK REVIEWS

Four more book reviews this month including: Cookin': Hard Bop and Soul Jazz by Kenny Mathieson, Jazz and Death—Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats by Frederick J. Spencer, Oscar Peterson: A Jazz Odyssey by Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, The Pianist as an Artist by Enrico Pieranunzi, and a newly designed book reviews page!

Enjoy!

Mike & Chris

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