News Tip: Lunch with Quincy Jones Auctioned for Charity!
I am reaching out to you to let you know about a brand new item in our Center for the Advancement of Women auction that would make some very lucky music fans' dreams come true.
The highest bidder and a guest will have the luxury of meeting and dining with the one and only Quincy Jones at ...
(Published: March 09, 2010) [read more]
Composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti tours Afrikan Machinery this Spring 2010
Composer/Percussionist Lukas Ligeti Continues a Nationwide Tour of Afrikan Machinery
"Brilliant...neatly bridges the classical-modernist-world-music divide." - The Scotsman (U.K.)
Fresh off his first ever UK solo performances, composer/percussionist Lukas Ligeti continues to wow audiences with ...
(Published: March 08, 2010) [read more]
Lisa Hilton To Release New Album, "NUANCE," June 8th
The rumble of an early morning voice, a summer breeze, the warmth of a hand on your back, or as Ira Gershwin put it, "the way you wear your hat" - it is the nuances that can touch us as deeply as dramatic events. It's not only what we say, but how we say it, that makes all the difference. For ...
(Published: March 04, 2010) [read more]
Seabreez Jazz Festival To Sizzle Florda Gulf Coast with Smooth Jazz The Weekend of April 15-18th
Jazz-lovers and sun-seekers across the nation are getting ready to "shake off those winter blues" --- with a remedy of white sands, beautiful water, and a dose of the best in smooth contemporary jazz. The coastal beach setting of Panama City Beach will "come alive" for the 2010 ResortQuest ...
(Published: March 02, 2010) [read more]
North Central College Jazz Faculty Featured In Concert
Naperville, IL - On, Friday, March 12, the North Central College Performing Arts Series will present the eight internationally-known members of the NCC Jazz Faculty in concert. The performance will be presented at 8:00 p.m. in Wentz Concert Hall, 171 E. Chicago Avenue.
The featured artists, ...
(Published: March 01, 2010) [read more]
Sonny Rollins Named 2010 Edward MacDowell Medalist, First Jazz Composer Honored
The MacDowell Colony, the nation's leading artist residency program, will present its 51st Edward MacDowell Medal to jazz composer Sonny Rollins on Sunday, August 15th. Since 1960, The MacDowell Medal has been awarded annually to an individual artist who has made an outstanding contribution to ...
(Published: March 01, 2010) [read more]
LA Trumpeter Chris Tedesco Releases his Jazz CD "Living the Dream"
Eight big band tracks along with two, thirty piece orchestra tracks along, four of those with vocals by Tony Galla. The CD reminds one of visions of 1962 Capitol Reocrds with Sinatra and Basie live in the studio. Big, fat, sassy and swingin are the words reviewers are using to categorize ...
(Published: March 01, 2010) [read more]
Sonny Rollins Named 2010 Edward MacDowell Medalist, First Jazz Composer to Be So Named
The MacDowell Colony, the nation's leading artist residency program, will present its 51st Edward MacDowell Medal to jazz composer and tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins on Sunday, August 15. The MacDowell Medal has been awarded annually since 1960 to an individual who has made an outstanding ...
(Published: March 01, 2010) [read more]
6th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival
The 6th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival™ will be held on August 13 - 14, 2010 at the Provincetown High School in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
For 2010, the Festival will celebrate the survival and revival of New Orleans Jazz as we commemorate the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. A ...
(Published: February 26, 2010) [read more]
Vocalist Petra van Nuis & Guitarist Andy Brown to Release Their First Duo CD, "Far Away Places," March 30
Since settling in Chicago in 2004, vocalist Petra van Nuis and guitarist Andy Brown have established themselves as artists of note in a variety of musical settings. Petra has recorded two well-regarded albums of her own and gigs regularly with a trad jazz band, while Andy, a top-call sideman, has ...
(Published: February 26, 2010) [read more]
DRUM! Continues Diversity of Coverage; From Slayer's Dave Lombardo To Switchfoot's Faithful Chad Butler
San Jose, Calif., -- Last month, Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip/drum percussion magazines worldwide, featured the new loud and aggressive playing techniques of Slayer's Dave Lombardo. Continuing its diversity of coverage, the March Issue explores Switchfoot's Chad Butler ...
(Published: February 25, 2010) [read more]
Arturo Sandoval's New Album A Time for Love Scheduled for Nationwide Release by Concord Jazz May 11th
The Multiple Grammy Award-Winning Trumpet Virtuoso Explores New Ground in Compositions Melding Classical Orchestra and American Standards With Jazz; Guest artists include Chris Botti, Monica Mancini and the Shelley Berg Trio
Los Angeles--In what promises to be a breakthrough achievement in a ...
(Published: February 25, 2010) [read more]
Funkasaurus Rex CD "Etched in Stone" review: Phosphorescence Magazine
Phosphorescence Magazine
January 2010
In its June 2009 release, "Etched in Stone," New York City's Funkasaurus Rex incorporates all the right ingredients of Jazz, Funk, and R&B into this instrumental mix. The band, created by Joey Berkley, includes a world- class group of players who have ...
(Published: February 23, 2010) [read more]
Funkasaurus Rex CD "Etched in Stone" reviewed on AllAboutJazz
Funkasaurus Rex
Etched in Stone
Self Produced
2008
Joey Berkley wears many different musical hats: Tenor saxophonist (with"no end of idiomatic facility," enthuses The Toronto Globe & Mail); leader of the Four Good Reeds saxophone quartet; leader of the straight-ahead, acoustic Joey Berkley ...
(Published: February 23, 2010) [read more]
Trumpeter Christian Scott Covers Thom Yorke On New Single
Concord Jazz star trumpeter Christian Scott has released the first single from his upcoming new album. Recorded at the renowned Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey by legendary engineer Rudy Van Gelder (John Coltrane, Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock), the new track is Christian's ...
(Published: February 16, 2010) [read more]
Alfonzo Blackwell is in the studio working on his 8th CD on Utopia Records
New York, NY - Saxman/Songwriter/Producer, Alfonzo Blackwell is busy, busy, busy working hard in the studio on his 8th CD project on Utopia Records. His current release "Dance To This" brought listeners to the dance floor and his approach for his next project is to bring listeners the ...
(Published: February 12, 2010) [read more]
Chico Hamilton Returns to DC for One-Night Only 2/20 @ Bohemian Caverns
NEA Jazz Master Chico Hamilton Returns to
Washington, DC, February 20th @ Bohemian Caverns
WHAT: 88-year old jazz legend/band leader/percussionist Foreststorn
"Chico" Hamilton celebrates his latest album Twelve Tones of Love. Described as being "more creative and artistic than ever" ...
(Published: February 11, 2010) [read more]
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola March 2010 Lineup
Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola March 2010 Lineup
WHAT/WHO:
Mon, March 1 - Monday Nights with WBGO
The Freddie Redd Quintet
Featuring Freddie Redd, piano; Brad Linde, tenor saxophone; Chris Byars, alto saxophone; Ari Roland, bass; Stefan Schatz, drums.
Tue-Sun, ...
(Published: February 10, 2010) [read more]
CHICO'S HOUSE of JAZZ - Returning Jazz to Asbury Park, NJ
CHICO'S HOUSE of JAZZ
At The beautiful Shoppes at the Arcade
631 Lake Avenue Asbury Park, NJ 07712
Press Release February 8, 2010
Asbury Park, New Jersey---- For Immediate Release
Occasionally a moment comes to light in the World of Jazz that remind us that the planets do align ...
(Published: February 08, 2010) [read more]
Conference Call in Austin, Tx
Central Texans will soon have the rare opportunity to hear the exciting jazz quartet that JazzReview.com has called "one of the most important ensembles on the scene today."
On April 17, 2010, Conference Call will make a one night only appearance in Austin, Texas at The Boyd Vance ...
(Published: February 02, 2010) [read more]
Roman Miroshnichenko: The Independent Music Awards Winner!
Kimberly Bjorklund President of K&B Entertainment and our Global Partners congratulates Mr. Roman Miroshnichenko on winning the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards in the category of "World Traditional Song." The song nominated was "Unforgiven" from his top selling CD Temptation.
The Winners in ...
(Published: January 31, 2010) [read more]
Rmembering Etta Jones & Eddie Jefferson
Very Truly Yours Consultants Inc.
Proudly Presents
Another Sunday Serenade
Live at the Bassline
Featuring
Antoinette Montague: Vocals
Giacomo Gates: Vocals
With
Marcus Persiani: Piano
Seth Lewis: Bass
Chuck McPherson: Drums
James Zollar: Trumpet ...
(Published: January 30, 2010) [read more]
Jazz vocalist Sophie Berkal-Sarbit CD launch at The Trane Studio on Valentines Day in Toronto!
For Immediate Release
Media Contact: LMC MEDIA - Lesley Mitchell-Clarke & Amanda O'Reilly 416-486-6742 - ...
(Published: January 29, 2010) [read more]
Jazz/Folk Chanteuse Lissy Walker to Release Debut Album, "Life Is Sweet," on Feb. 9
After an acting and singing career that took her from Berkeley High to New York's Public Theater to San Francisco's ACT, Lissy Walker has returned to her hometown and to her musical roots. On Wednesday, March 10, she will celebrate the release of her sublime debut album Life Is Sweet with a ...
(Published: January 27, 2010) [read more]
Hiromi Chronicles Her World Travels On Her First Solo Piano Recording
If all the world is indeed a stage, pianist-composer Hiromi Uehara has played on just about every corner of it. Since the beginning of the decade, she has supported her impressive body of studio work with an ambitious tour schedule that has electrified audiences throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia ...
(Published: January 26, 2010) [read more]
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