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ONE MAGIC DAY – NEW CD BY KRISTIN CALLAHAN

—by Marianne Matheny-Katz Kristin Callahan’s new CD One Magic Day takes its title from the lyrics of “Nature Boy,” one of the featured songs on her disc: And then one day / One magic day he passed my way / And while we spoke of many things, fools and kings / This he said to me / “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn / Is just to love and be loved in return.” | Read more>> Read More
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SAX MASTER HOUSTON PERSON AT EUBIE BLAKE CENTER SEPT. 22

by Rusty Hassan. Houston Person’s Big Beautiful Sound Houston Person is certainly carrying on the tradition of the big tenor sound created by his early influences Illinois Jacquet and Gene Ammons. Although he has recorded prolifically and traveled extensively, he still, as the cliché goes, deserves wider recognition. | Read more>> Read More
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BJA BIG BAND KEEPS TRADITIONS ALIVE

By: Chris Taylor. As John Tegler of WEAA introduced the Baltimore Jazz Alliance Big Band, he painted a portrait of the group’s break from the traditional size and shape etched by Don Redman and Fletcher Henderson. Bursting at the seams, the BJA Big Band had stacked its reeds and trombones, augmenting the standard for a diversified wall of sound. | Read more>> Read More
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