Jeff Tamarkin

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06/18/13    News

‘Made in the UK’ Shows Coming to Dizzy’s

Soweto Kinch and Cleveland Watkiss Quartet to perform at NYC venue

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06/17/13    News

Concord to Reissue Five Classic Riverside Albums

Monk & Mulligan, Evans, Baker, Montgomery, Adderley & Jackson titles due July 23

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06/17/13    Albums

Lenny White Live
Lenny White

The late ’90s was not the most inspired period of Lenny White’s long career. Despite aligning himself with musicians beyond reproach—some of whom join him on this live Japanese set from 1997—White had more or less set aside his authoritative powerhouse drumming...

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06/15/13    News

Kenny Burrell Tribute Concert Coming to L.A. Aug. 18

Big band plus guitarist Lee Ritenour, singer Gretchen Parlato and more

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06/14/13    News

Performing Arts High School Sextet to Perform

Mendocino concert on July 20 will include standards, classics and contemporary jazz

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06/14/13    News

Pianist & Composer Myra Melford Receives Three Honors

Solo piano recording due in October

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06/14/13    News

Gary Burton to Celebrate 70th with Album, Tour, Book

Vibist will release ‘Guided Tour’ on Aug. 20; book and tour to follow

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06/14/13    News

Joni Mitchell to Appear at Toronto’s Luminato Festival This Weekend

Reclusive artist will read poem, backed by Frisell, Akinmusire and Blade

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06/13/13    News

Dion Parson and United Jazz Foundation to Hold Mentoring Showcase Tomorrow

Event will feature 20 students who participated in program

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06/12/13    News

Carnegie Hall Announces 2013-14 Season Jazz Shows

Spalding, Botti, Feinstein, Zenón and more on schedule

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06/12/13    News

Earl Klugh to Release Covers Album July 30

Guitarist will perform standards and pop tunes

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06/11/13    News

Alicia Hall Moran & the Motown Project Coming to NYC June 21

With Jason Moran on Rhodes, singer will blend Motown hits and operatic arias

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06/10/13    News

2nd Annual Lesher Jazz Series Set for Walnut Creek, California

Cyrus Chestnut, Stacey Kent, Eliane Elias and Dick Hyman booked

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06/09/13    News

Cuban Pianist López-Nussa to Make U.S. Debut

Five-city tour begins this week in Santa Cruz

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06/08/13    News

Buster Williams Quartet's "Something More" Tour Starts This Week

Cindy Blackman-Santana, Patrice Rushen among band members

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06/08/13    News

Terence Blanchard to Premiere Opera in St. Louis June 15

Trumpeter will also perform two concerts with his quintet in city

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About Jeff Tamarkin

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A former editor-in-chief of Goldmine, CMJ, Relix and Global Rhythm, Jeff Tamarkin is the Associate Editor of JazzTimes. He also spends his days (and often nights) freelancing for a variety of outlets, among them Playbill, the Boston Phoenix, Mojo, Relix and All Music Guide, covering anything from Appalachian string bands to Arabic pop music to rock, R&B, country and jazz of all kinds.

Jeff is the author of the biography Got a Revolution! The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane, as well as more than 75 liner notes and thousands of articles, reviews, press releases, bios, etc. Jeff has been a jazz fan since he was in the single digits and saw a couple of puppets lip-syncing to Oscar Peterson and Clark Terry's "Mumbles" on The Soupy Sales Show.

Jeff Tamarkin joined the JazzTimes community on Jan 31, 2008