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Album Review

Tiles: Presents Of mind

Read "Presents Of mind" reviewed by Glenn Astarita


Based out of Detroit, Michigan, “Tiles” are reportedly enjoying a substantial following in Europe and Japan as Presents of Mind represents the band’s third and latest release. Enhanced by a fine audio recording “Tiles” combine many of the finer attributes of progressive rock and metal while featuring resonant guitars, heavy yet at times complex rhythms and strong lead vocals by Paul Rarick. Here, the band mix it up rather well with enticing instrumentals such as “Crossing” which features soft acoustic ...

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Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joan Stiles

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joan Stiles

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Joan Stiles' birthday today!

Pianist/composer Joan Stiles has been gaining recognition for her highly creative approach to the jazz tradition. She recently joined the roster of pianists who have appeared on Marian McPartland’s PianoJazz show and she was profiled on WBGO’s hour-long “Jazz from the Archives” broadcast. Her 2nd CD, Hurly-Burly garnered a 4-star review from Downbeat Magazine and topped JazzWeek Radio charts. Ted Panken writes... Read more.

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Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joan Stiles

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joan Stiles

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Joan Stiles' birthday today!

Pianist/composer Joan Stiles has been gaining recognition for her highly creative approach to the jazz tradition. She recently joined the roster of pianists who have appeared on Marian McPartland’s PianoJazz show and she was profiled on WBGO’s hour-long “Jazz from the Archives” broadcast. Her 2nd CD, Hurly-Burly garnered a 4-star review from Downbeat Magazine and topped JazzWeek Radio charts. Ted Panken writes... Read more.

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Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joan Stiles

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joan Stiles

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Joan Stiles' birthday today!

Pianist/composer Joan Stiles has been gaining recognition for her highly creative approach to the jazz tradition. She recently joined the roster of pianists who have appeared on Marian McPartland’s PianoJazz show and she was profiled on WBGO’s hour-long “Jazz from the Archives” broadcast. Her 2nd CD, Hurly-Burly garnered a 4-star review from Downbeat Magazine and topped JazzWeek Radio charts. Ted Panken writes... Read more.

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Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joan Stiles

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joan Stiles

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Joan Stiles' birthday today! Pianist/composer Joan Stiles has been gaining recognition for her highly creative approach to the jazz tradition. She recently joined the roster of pianists who have appeared on Marian McPartland’s PianoJazz show and she was profiled on WBGO’s hour-long “Jazz from the Archives” broadcast. Her 2nd CD, Hurly-Burly garnered a 4-star review from Downbeat Magazine and topped JazzWeek Radio charts. Ted Panken writes... Read more. Place our Musician of the Day widget ...

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Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joan Stiles

Jazz Musician of the Day: Joan Stiles

Source: Michael Ricci

All About Jazz is celebrating Joan Stiles' birthday today! Pianist/composer Joan Stiles has been gaining recognition for her highly creative approach to the jazz tradition. She recently joined the roster of pianists who have appeared on Marian McPartland’s PianoJazz show and she was profiled on WBGO’s hour-long “Jazz from the Archives” broadcast. Her 2nd CD, Hurly-Burly garnered a 4-star review from Downbeat Magazine and topped JazzWeek Radio charts. Ted Panken writes... Read more. Place our Musician of the Day widget ...

Recording

Singer/songwriter JL Stiles Presents The House Of Murmurs

Singer/songwriter JL Stiles Presents The House Of Murmurs

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

San Francisco, CA - “If it weren't for his appearance, listening to JL Stiles' gritty, twangy voice, you'd swear you were hearing an old bluesman like the late Ted Hawkins, to whom he's been compared,” LA's Music Connection magazine touted about singer/songwriter JL Stiles. In many ways, the essence of this extraordinary music artist, along with his unique songwriting and blues guitar style, is his distinctive soulful voice – a voice that harkens to the days of classic blues and ...

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Contest

Enter the "Joan Stiles - Three Musicians" CD Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Enter the "Joan Stiles - Three Musicians" CD Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Oo-Bla-Dee “Joan Stiles—Three Musicians“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on January 31st. Click here to enter the contest (Following Joan Stiles at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! Your Friends at Oo-Bla-Dee Music “Stiles, drummer Matt Wilson and saxophonist Joel Frahm overlap, contrast, collide and collude with one another in complementary fashion as they create music full ...

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Recording

"Three Musicians" is New CD from Pianist/Arranger Joan Stiles, Featuring Joel Frahm & Matt Wilson

"Three Musicians" is New CD from Pianist/Arranger Joan Stiles, Featuring Joel Frahm & Matt Wilson

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity

Pianist Joan Stiles's first two CDs—Love Call (Zoho, 2004) and Hurly-Burly (Oo-Bla-Dee, 2007)—showcased Stiles the resourceful and inventive arranger for octet and sextet. Her new album, Three Musicians, on which Stiles arranges for an unusual trio with saxophonist Joel Frahm and drummer Matt Wilson, reveals the pianist as a fearless improviser who combines harmonic gifts and rhythmic acuity with a pleasingly sharp sense of humor. The album is due for Oct. 25 release on her Oo-Bla-Dee label. Three Musicians is ...

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Video / DVD

Weekend Extra: Joan Stiles

Weekend Extra: Joan Stiles

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey

The pianist, composer and teacher Joan Stiles runs one of the hippest sextets in New York. Her circle of insider admirers encompasses many of the best-known musicians injazz today and is widening to include a substantial number of listeners in the general audience. Stiles achieves identifiable individuality in her own compositions and in her arrangements of songbook standards and pieces by Mary Lou Williams, Thelonious Monk, Fats Waller, Jimmy Rowles and Duke Ellington, among others. Stiles was the most recent ...

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Performance / Tour

Joan Stiles Sextet at Sweet Rhythm/NYC - January 7th, 2008

Joan Stiles Sextet at Sweet Rhythm/NYC - January 7th, 2008

Source: Two for the Show Media

Pianist, Composer, & Bandleader Joan Stiles will be performing with her Sextet at Sweet Rhythm in NYC Monday, January 7th, 2008 in celebration of her new release Hurly-Burly. Set Times 8:00 & 10:00 PM. Joan Stiles Sextet Joan Stiles, piano Mike Rodriguez, trumpet Steve Wilson, alto sax Joel Frahm, tenor sax David Wong, bass Matt Wilson, drums “Each track of Hurly-Burly is its own small event, immaculately prepared ...

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Presents Of mind

Magna Carta Records
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