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Harry Connick, Jr. on The Today Show

Harry Connick, Jr. spoke about his children’s book, The Happy Elf, his newest Trio recording, Music From The Happy Elf, and his current Broadway project, On A Clear Day You Can See Forever on December 5’s The Today Show. Check him out here!

Zenón, Adasiewicz, Lage top best jazz list

Publication: Chicago Tribune
Author: Howard Reich
Date: December 3, 2011

The jazz year produced recordings of tremendous vitality, creativity and intellectual heft.

Miguel Zenón, “Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook” (Marsalis Music): Alto saxophonist Zenón has been exploring music of his Puerto Rican heritage for years, but with “Alma Adentro” he arrives at a remarkable musical nexus: the place where jazz improvisation, Puerto Rican popular song and quasi-classical orchestration converge.
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The holiday music preview

Publication: Toronto Sun
Author: Darryl Sterdan
Date: November 26, 2011
Harry Connick Jr.
Music From The Happy Elf
It’s the gift that keeps on giving. Connick’s Elf has grown from a tune to a TV special to a kids’ book — which comes with this swingin’ instrumental CD of bumptious NOLA jazz and post-bop.

DOWNLOAD: What a Night

2.5 out of 3

For Darryl’s other picks, please visit the original article here.

Bon Iver leads area's Grammy pack

Publication: News & Observer
Author: David Menconi
Date: December 1, 2011

David Menconi provides a roundup of North Carolina Triangle area related Grammy nominations.

As for other nominations of North Carolina interest:
Marsalis Music, the label of Durham jazzman Branford Marsalis, scored in the category of best large jazz ensemble album for “Alma Adentro: The Puerto Rican Songbook.”

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Handicapping The 2012 Jazz Grammys (Or What's Left Of Them, Anyway)

Publication: A Blog Supreme/NPR Jazz
Author: Patrick Jarenwattananon
Date: December 2, 2011

As an avid jazz media consumer based on the East Coast, I’ve come to find the annual announcement of Grammy nominations worth a bit of detached amusement. The results, at least where jazz is concerned, rarely align well with my perceptions of emerging critical consensus, but it’s fun enough to handicap the field presented for you. Meanwhile, some jazz musicians are getting awards with some prestige to them, and the vast majority of other jazz musicians remain happily unconcerned with Grammy Awards and the sector of the recording industry responsible for them. So no harm is really done.

This year is a bit different. When two jazz categories from the Grammy Awards were eliminated in a top-down Awards-wide cutdown in April, a number of jazz musicians — notably, Latin jazz musicians, who lost the Best Latin Jazz Album category — publicly protested. Some have since filed suit.

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