The Jazz Heritage Center has begun holding its first exhibition, “Harlem of the West…Revisited.” Having started December 6th, 2008 and lasting until March 7, 2009, the Jazz Heritage Center will feature art and photography from The Fillmore bustling jazz era of the 1940s and 1950s. This free exhibit celebrates a unique and rediscovered chapter in [...]

Info:
Fred Anderson Quartet
Release: The Fred Anderson Quartet Live at the Velvet Lounge Volume 3
Dec. 5th & 6th
(8:30 pm)
The Velvet Lounge
Chicago, IL

At 79 years old, AACM founder Fred Anderson continues his creative output as he celebrates the release of The Fred Anderson Quartet Live at the Velvet Lounge, Volume 3 at the Velvet Lounge [...]

From the best-selling author of Jazz Saxophone Etudes comes the only jazz saxophone duet book you’ll ever need! Written for alto and tenor saxophones, this collection of 10 duets are fun to play, valuable to study and perfect for teachers of saxophone to use with able students. If you’re working on tone, phrasing or articulation, [...]

Having signed to the Concord Jazz label at age 22, and receiving a Grammy nomination for his debut album Rewind That at the age of 23, Christian Scott is definitely an artist to be looking at. Ever since his debut released in 2006, he has been getting a lot of attention, from both jazz [...]

For those not familiar with a cappella music, we’d like to direct your attention to the music sensation Straight No Chaser. Not your typical choir boy group, they are talented but also very entertaining. And they are the real deal - no voice editing.
Straight No Chaser is made up of 10 members who [...]

For most musicians, the key to improvement usually means putting in your time and practicing. Of course, it only goes as far as the amount of time you have to spend playing with others, and let’s face it - we can’t always meet with our band to practice. Playing along with others gives [...]

Think of a band or a song that you really like (and no, it doesn’t have to be jazz). Now imagine what a lounge version of that song would be. Well, that - in a nutshell - is Richard Cheese. He broke out with his first album Lounge Against The Machine back [...]

Taking off in the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was a “new” type of music evolving. Combining elements of funk, jazz fusion, and more popular styles such R & B and pop, this hybrid of sorts seem to reach most of its listeners through the electronic and club scene. Loved by [...]

Available for the first time on September 16th, 2008, the new release O’Reilly Street marks the first album of an exclusive partnership between Sony BMG Masterworks and world famous flute player Sir James Galway. Contributing on the album is Grammy-nominated Cuban music group Tiempo Libre.
The collaboration between these two great names marks the beginning [...]

Album Information
Artist: Jeff Lorber
Album: Heard That
Label: Peak Records
Released: 2008

All Your Jazz is pleased to give you a review of the latest release from musician/artist Jeff Lorber. Heard That, just released within this last month by Peak Records, brings listeners a good listen, exemplifying the essential components and qualities of smooth jazz.

Important Notes:

After listening to [...]