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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
The Monterey Jazz Festival and the National Steinbeck Center are proud to present the fourth annual Jazz with Steinbeck concert and dinner, which takes place Wednesday, September 17, 2008 from 5:30 PM to 10:00 PM at the National Steinbeck Center at One Main Street in Salinas. This very special collaborative event offers aficionados of great food and titillating jazz an exclusive evening in support...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
One of the most widely recorded pianists in jazz from the 1950s to the 1990s, Ronnie Mathews worked with all the great names in the hard bop style, including Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Freddie Hubbard and Woody Shaw. Yet his own name seldom occurs in jazz history books, because although he was a perfect complement to those bandleaders and to scores of other musicians, he was not an innovator...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
The 29th Annual Jazz and Rib Fest will commence July 25 through July 27 at Bicentennial and Genoa Park in downtown Columbus. One of the most popular festivals in Columbus, this year should prove to provide another great weekend filled with a wide array of cool jazz music and saucy finger-licking ribs from 22 different rib burners from around the country...
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AfriClassical (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
[Black, Brown and Beige: A Duke Ellington Tone Parallel to the American Negro, as played by the Composer and his Famous Orchestra at his Carnegie Hall concerts; RCA Victor DC 39 (1944)] On Feb. 7, 2008, AfriClassical posted “Suites of Duke Ellington, James Price Johnson, Scott Joplin & William Grant Still”. It quoted the blog of WFIU, “Night Lights”: “It took Ellington 12 years to achieve his goal–the...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
It would be no exaggeration to say that the jazz musician Franz Jackson was the last of the heavyweight swing-era tenor saxophonists. His gritty tone and energetic phrasing were heavily influenced by Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster, and indeed he replaced Webster in such legendary bands as those of Fletcher Henderson and Roy Eldridge.
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Aguilar Amplification, maker of high quality bass amplifiers, speaker cabinets and accessories for bassists is pleased to announce their first in-house clinic on Saturday, August 30, 2008 with endorsing artist, Jazz-great Avishai Cohen. This free of charge event will be strictly "first come, first seated" as space is limited. Attendees will get a chance to get a tour of the Aguilar factory and try...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Uptown Lounge at Minton's Playhouse, Minton's Mentors Foundation, and the World Series of Stickball, Inc. host the second annual Minton's Playhouse Hall of Fame Induction and Stickball Classic with a full day of events on Sunday, August 10, 2008. This year, legendary figures Henry Minton, Teddy Hill, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, and John Birks Gillespie will be inducted into the Hall of Fame,...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pianist's First CD in Five Years Fuses Jazz and Classical Elements Pianist Jay D'Amico, who made a strong impact on the jazz scene with the release of Ponte Novello in 2001, has returned to the inspirations of Italy on his new release, Tuscan Prelude, which has just been released. The CD, which has already begun to find friends at jazz radio, is a further exploration of D'Amico's unique fusion of jazz...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wilson Nurtures the Careers of Young Jazz Musicians at Upcoming Concerts "One of the Bright Talents on the New York City -- or any -- Scene" Saxophonist Steve Wilson has a busy '08 and '09 in the works, as he continues to cultivate his roles as bandleader, educator, sideman and jazz historian...
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tuesdays on the Terrace presents another inspiring season of free evening jazz concerts on the MCA's Terrace and Sculpture Garden. Hosted by local radio personalities, visitors are invited to enjoy cocktails, Puck's Express snacks, or a dinner buffet from Puck's Cafe while listening to Chicago's finest jazz musicians...
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Chicken Yoghurt (Free subscription) | yesterday
Unwanted tickets for WOMAD have been brandished and so we’re off to sunny Wiltshire for the weekend. Squeeze, Chic, Billy Cobham, and Mavis Staples are all on the menu (unfortunately we’re arriving to late to see the mighty Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry). Hopefully those ace curried new potatoes they last year will be on as well. Anybody [...]
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tuesdays on the Terrace presents another inspiring season of free evening jazz concerts on the MCA's Terrace and Sculpture Garden. Hosted by local radio personalities, visitors are invited to enjoy cocktails, Puck's Express snacks, or a dinner buffet from Puck's Cafe while listening to Chicago's finest jazz musicians...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | yesterday
Wick's friendship with Ronald Reagan led to his appointment as director of the agency and gave him influence to recharge it with bigger budgets and superior technology.
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All About Jazz (Free subscription) | yesterday
On October 14th, AUM Fidelity will release the William Parker Quartet's new album, Petit Oiseau (AUM050), the group's second studio effort and third release overall. Named after Little Bird (or Petit Oiseau in French), a character from one of bassist/composer William Parker's tone poems, this recording features eight original compositions, including works dedicated to musicians Malachi Favors, Alan...
