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Sathima Bea Benjamin Celebrates 71st Birthday at Sweet Rhythm As Well As Reissue of Her Debut Album Print E-mail
Written by Ronaldo Oregano   
Friday, 05 October 2007
Legendary South African jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin celebrates the reissue of A Morning in Paris—her 1963 masterpiece recorded with Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and Abdullah Ibrahim as pianists—as well as her 71st birthday, with a performance at Sweet Rhythm on Wednesday, October 17, 2007. A Morning in Paris, Sathima's stunning debut album that was thought to be lost for nearly 40 years only to resurface in the mid-90s, will finally be made available for download from online vendors on October 16, with CDs hitting stores January 22, 2008. However, advance copies will be available for purchase at her Sweet Rhythm birthday concert this October. Sathima Bea Benjamin will be performing with pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs, bassist Marcus McLaurine, and drummer George Gray.
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Benjamin with Ellington

Originally from Cape Town, Sathima Bea Benjamin is one of South Africa's musical treasures. In 1977 that Sathima and her family left South Africa in self-exile to settle in New York. Through her contacts at the ANC office there she was given the opportunity to become a cultural ambassador. Over the years, Sathima established herself as one of the greatest living jazz singers in the world, having worked with such musical legends as Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, and her husband, Abdullah Ibrahim. Throughout her career, Sathima has recorded 11 albums, earned a Grammy nomination, and received in 2004 the Order of Ikhamanga, South Africa's highest honor.
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Gearing Up for New York Gig, Mark Rapp Stretches Boundaries Print E-mail
Written by Joe Montague   
Thursday, 04 October 2007

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Mark Rapp
“I think you can uphold jazz ideals, be true to the music and yet still bring the greater public onboard with it,” says jazz trumpeter Mark Rapp. Perhaps more than anyone else among today’s trumpeters, Rapp is breaking down the age-old paradigms as to how the trumpet ought to be played in a jazz environment.  

Rapp is not stretching the boundaries out of disrespect for jazz history and tradition, but he is a composer and a player who is looking for an opportunity to enhance the music that he loves. He is not afraid to take risks and experiment with his music to accomplish that end.
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Geri Allen Trio at the Village Vanguard, October 2-7 Print E-mail
Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor   
Tuesday, 02 October 2007

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Geri Allen
“Music at its most evolved transcends language, culture, genre and even time itself.” –Geri Allen 
 

One of the unique and most creative voices of her generation of musicians, pianist Geri Allen will bring her trio into the Village Vanguard for six nights, October 2-7. Her supporting cast includes bassist Kenny Davis and the legendary drummer, Jimmy Cobb. 
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The Heaths’ “Brotherly Jazz” at the Brooklyn Conservatory, October 6th Print E-mail
Written by Andrea Canter, Contributing Editor   
Thursday, 27 September 2007

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The Heath Brothers: Jimmy, Percy and Tootie. Photo © Ted Bloom.
One of the highlights of my trip to the 2006 Healdsburg (CA) Jazz Festival was the first public viewing of the documentary, Brotherly Jazz, a visual and musical history of the last sixty years of jazz brought to life through the careers of the Heath brothers. Long considered one of the “royal families” of jazz, the Heaths—Percy, Jimmy and Albert (Tootie)—came of musical age on the cusp of the bop era, and went on to distinguished careers in the company of the legends of modern jazz, individually and together on stage with Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and more. And when oldest brother Percy was between gigs as the bassist for the Modern Jazz Quartet, and after the disbanding of the MJQ, the three performed and recorded as The Heath Brothers. With Percy’s passing in April 2005, saxophonist Jimmy and drummer Tootie established a new edition of the Heath Brothers, honoring Percy’s legacy and continuing the family tradition of soulful—and brotherly—jazz. Still touring regularly, the Heath Brothers will perform at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music on October 6th. 
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