Jeff Tamarkin

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05/23/13    News

2nd Napa Valley Jazz Getaway Planned for June 5-9

Brian Culbertson curated the event for aficionados of jazz and wine

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05/23/13    News

‘Round Midnight’ to Be Screened in NYC via Blue Note Jazz Fest

Acclaimed 1986 film stars the late Dexter Gordon

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05/21/13    News

2013 Blue Note Jazz Festival Finalizes June Program

Shorter, Spalding, Palmieri, McLaughlin, Tyner and more to perform

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05/20/13    News

Dave Douglas 50 States Project Tour Under Way

Free New Hampshire concert among upcoming gigs

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05/19/13    News

‘Sinatra in the Park’ Benefit Concert Coming to NYC June 11

John Pizzarelli, Bettye LaVette, Allen Toussaint among artists

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05/18/13    Albums

Journey to Journey
Miho Hazama

Journey to Journey is big and busy music, layers of sound that alternately complement, tag-team and overlap. New York-based, Japanese-born Miho Hazama employs more than a dozen musicians on this recording and she keeps them active. The composer and arranger...

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05/15/13    News

Blue Note Signs Vocalist Gregory Porter

Major label debut to be released in fall

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05/14/13    News

Mika and Richard Stoltzman to Perform Works by Corea, Zorn, Reich and more

Carnegie Hall concert May 30 will feature several world premieres

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05/14/13    News

NYC Landmarks Commission to Honor Miles Davis Thursday

The late trumpeter’s Upper West Side brownstone will receive a medallion

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05/13/13    News

Dizzy’s Presents Chick Corea Festival Wed.-Sun.

Performers to include Joe Locke, Don Byron, Marcus Roberts, others

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05/11/13    News

SFJAZZ Announces Summer Sessions Concert Series

New series runs July 10-August 25

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05/10/13    News

George Wein Receives Annual Highlights in Jazz Award

Newport Jazz Festival founder accepts award in NYC

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05/09/13    News

Preservation Hall Jazz Band to Release First-Ever Album of New Compositions

‘That’s It!,’ produced by Jim James and Ben Jaffe, is due July 9

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05/09/13    News

‘Live at Smalls’ Series Continues with Mabern, Magnarelli, Sipiagin & Vinson

SmallsLIVE label documents performances at the NYC club

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05/08/13    News

Pianist Joe Killian Dies at 86

Played with Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, others

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05/08/13    News

TD Vancouver Int’l Jazz Festival Set for June 21-July 1

Numerous venues to be utilized; Herbie Hancock to appear June 30

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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