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Lebanese Pianist Tarek Yamani Drops Electro-Arabic-Jazz Mash-Up Single In Tribute To Buzuq Maestro Matar Muhammad
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All About Jazz
Tarek Yamani—a pianist who appears to have made it his life's work to figure out just how far Arabic musical traditions can be thrust into the American jazz idiom—has unleashed perhaps his most audacious project yet. Typically an acoustic player most often fronting a trio, Yamani makes a brave about face with “King Matar," a quarter-tonal jazz/electro tribute to the virtuoso Lebanese/Syrian buzuq player Matar Muhammad (1939-1995), who lived most of his life in the pianist's homeland, Lebanon. The result ...
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Idris Muhammad, legendary New Orleans drummer, is dead at 74
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Michael Ricci
Idris Muhammad, whose drumming crossed over several musical styles including funk, jazz, and rhythm and blues, died Tuesday (July 29). He was 74. Muhammad's death was confirmed by close friend Dan Williams, who got to know Muhammad through Williams' Jazz Journey concert series sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. Williams learned of Muhammad's death through family members in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. A converted Muslim, Muhammad was immediately buried in accordance with the traditions of Islam, Williams said. ...
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3rd Annual 'Post' Charlie Parker Festival Open Mic/Jam Session at the Muhammad Salahuddeen Memorial Jazz Theatre (NYC)
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Saadia Salahuddeen
”BIRD LOVERS" WELCOME! On Sunday, August 29, 2010 the University of the Streeets (UOTS) will host it's 3rd Annual 'Post' Charlie Parker Jazz Festival Open Mic/Jam Session. UOTS has been an institution dedicated to supporting the jazz community for over four decades, offering legendary jazz figures, as well as youngsters a place to meet, rediscover old friends and colleagues, play and learn together. What a perfect way to honor the name of the legendary alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, who changed ...
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WPFW-FM Host Jamal Muhammad Presents the Carolina Connection Special August 25, 2009
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All About Jazz
WPFW-FM's Jamal Muhammad Presents The Carolina Jazz Connection, with Larry Reni Thomas on WPFW (Washington, DC) August 25, 2009 Features The Lady Who Shot Lee Morgan Interview!
Jamal Muhammad of WPFW-FM, Washington, DC's jazz station, presents The Carolina Jazz Connection with Larry Reni Thomas, August 25, 2009, from 3pm to 6pm.
The program, hosted by veteran jazz host and historian Muhammad, will include music from native North Carolina personalities, including John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach and Nina ...
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Roberto Magris Performing and Recording in Los Angeles with Idris Muhammad by PCAMI*
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All About Jazz
PCAMI* is proud to present, in conjunction with the Italian Institute of Culture-Los Angeles, a new CD Showcase of Kansas City Outbound with a Legends of Jazz Tribute and performance with international jazz icon, ROBERTO MAGRIS Sunday, December 7, 2008 starting at 8pm at the Jazz Bakery in Culver City, CA This historical and classic evening will feature one of the most sought after musical stylist, who has for over 50 years blended soul, R&B, pop, and jazz into a ...
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Traps Covers It All: Third Issue Features Unpublished Material on John Bonham Plus Soul-Jazz Pioneer Idris Muhammad and Conga Legend Candido Camero
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All About Jazz
Enter Music Publishing, publishers of diverse, drum/percussion magazines worldwide, has released Traps Issue Three, its first rock cover story, on Zepellin's John Bonham. Brilliantly organized into eight “chapters" by Traps editor, Andy Doerschuk, this 25-page tribute to Bonzo is proof once again that Traps is committed to its editorial mission: covering 'The Art of Druming" in unique, creative ways, whether it's jazz, rock or somewhere in between.
As previously announced in “Traps Swings To Success", the magazine's premiere issue was ...
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The Champs New Release with Ximo Tebar, Joey DeFrancesco, and Idris Muhammad
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All About Jazz
