Legion of Honor Medal Given To Wynton Marsalis

Saturday, November 7th famed jazz trumpeter – and artistic director of Jazz At The Lincoln Center – Wynton Marsalis received the Legion of Honor Medal at the French Embassy in New York City. The medal was presented to him by the French Ambassador Pierre Vimont.

French Ambassador Pierre Vimont presented Wynton Marsalis the insignia of [...]

San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival Nov. 25th-29th

For over 25 years, visitors from around the world have visited San Diego to experience Traditional Jazz at the Town & Country Resort Hotel. From November 25th – 29th, 2009 see over 20 bands perform a variety of jazz styles at the Thanksgiving Dixieland Jazz Festival.

Discerning jazz fans call the San Diego Thanksgiving Dixieland [...]

All Your Jazz Interview With Ramsey Lewis

Fresh off his September 29th release of Songs from the Heart: Ramsey Plays Ramsey, jazz pianist/bandleader/composer Ramsey Lewis was very kind in sitting down and talking with us for about 20 minutes.
The album, which represents Lewis’ debut release with Concord Jazz, contains a refined collection of 12 new originals composed over a period [...]

Louis Armstrong Sings Pharaoh Sanders’ “The Creator Has A Master Plan”: Listen and tell us what you think

Louis Armstrong singing Pharaoh Sanders‘ freak hit “The Creator Has A Master Plan.” He even duets with Leon Thomas. No joke!
“The Creator Has A Master Plan”
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong and his Friends
Flying Dutchman : 1970
[Audio clip: view full post to listen]

Who Knew?
We tend to think of Louis Armstrong and Pharaoh Sanders as inhabiting entirely different [...]

All Your Jazz Interview With Spencer Day

All Your Jazz had the opportunity to talk with pianist/composer Spencer Day. Currently touring around the west coast – and promoting his latest release, Vagabond – we talked with him about his inspiration for the album, his musical influences, and future projects.
Questions are written in text, and all you have to do [...]

Benefit Concert Honoring Paquito D’Rivera and Downbeat Magazine

WBGO 88.3 – a radio station serving the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area with mainstream jazz, blues, and award-winning news and public affairs programming – celebrates 30 years with the annual Champions of Jazz benefit concert honoring nine-time Grammy-Award winner and NEA Jazz Master, Paquito D’Rivera, and the venerable jazz industry authority, Downbeat Magazine, celebrating [...]

All Your Jazz Review Of Coltrane’s “Side Steps” Box Set

As mentioned in an earlier post, the release of this 5 CD box set, Side Steps, completes the reissue in remastered form of John Coltrane’s legendary Prestige recordings that had been begun with the Fearless Leader and Interplay sets, released in 2006 and 2007, respectively.
Info About The Coltrane Box Set Series

Featured here on Side Steps [...]

Guitarist Peter White Releases “Good Day” On Peak Records

For nearly twenty years, Peter White has made the acoustic guitar a dynamic and expressive voice in the overall soundscape of contemporary jazz. Since his first recordings in the early 1990s, he has infused pop standards and his own original material with a sense of innovation and energy that rivals the abilities of many [...]

Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Combine Efforts: “Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles”

On one special evening at Jazz at Lincoln Center, two musical icons, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis, along with the stunning songstress Norah Jones, collectively brought their unique musical perspective to 15 of legendary Ray Charles’ hits such as “Hallelujah I Love Her So,” “Hit the Road Jack” and “Unchain My Heart.”

Recorded in High [...]

All Your Jazz Back Online: Our Forum has been lost, and we need all registered users to re-register with us

For about a week now, All Your Jazz has been in a state of transition, having to switch hosting sites. The reason for the disruption falls on the shoulders of our previous host (1&1) who dropped the ball and denied us (and our visitors) access many files.
As a result, we have been [...]