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Mario Pavone Returns To Cornelia Street Café February 24th

Bassist/composer Mario Pavone and his Mythos Sextet will debut new material and celebrate the 10th anniversary of his Playscape Recordings release, Mythos, at Cornelia Street Café.

Best Of 2011 Lists

A complete round-up of all the polls and year-end lists that recognized our clients in 2011

Mario Pavone Orange Double Tenor On NPR’s JazzSet

The current episode of NPR’s JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater featured veteran bassist Mario Pavone and his Orange Double Tenor ensemble performing live at the 2010 Litchfield Jazz Festival.

KLANG’s Other Doors Featured On NPR’s All Things Considered

Chicago-based clarinetist/composer James Falzone and his five year-old quartet KLANG, featuring vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Tim Daisy, were featured yesterday on NPR’s All Things Considered. Their latest record, Other Doors (Allos Documents), was part of a…

Kidd Jordan Track To Be Featured On HBO’s Treme This Sunday

The track “Last of the Chicken Wings” from eminent New Orleans tenor saxophonist Kidd Jordan’s 2006 AUM Fidelity recording Palm Of Soul, featuring bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake, will be used in this Sunday’s episode of the HBO…

Mary Halvorson’s Saturn Sings Featured At NPR.org

All this week, NPR.org offers an Exclusive First Listen of guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson‘s latest release, Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12 Records). The record, which officially hits the streets October 5th, is the follow-up to Ms. Halvorson’s acclaimed 2008 debut, Dragon’s Head…

NPR: Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society At CareFusion Jazz Festival Newport

Despite the fact that special guest Bob Brookmeyer was unable to join them as planned due to illness, Darcy James Argue‘s Secret Society played a well-received set on CareFusion Jazz Festival Newport‘s Harbor Stage this past Saturday morning. The 18-piece big band…

NPR Jazz: KLANG At The Chicago Jazz Festival

NPR Jazz blogger Patrick Jarenwattananon recalls KLANG‘s “inventive set of Goodman-inspired originals and re-arrangements from clarinetist James Falzone“ in a new post highlighting 10 of his favorite moments from this year’s Chicago Jazz Festival. He notes the group “just released an album…