The Apollo Theater & Harlem Week Honor Music Legend Randy Weston
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 5, 2010
Krista N. Saunders, ksaunders@bmcc.cuny.edu, 212.220.1459
Publicity Associate
A YEAR OF HONORS FOR JAZZ LEGEND RANDY WESTON
(New York, NY) ─ This year marks the 50th anniversary of Randy Weston's signature recording session Uhuru Afrika, a ...
(Published: August 05, 2010) [read more]
Jazz Trumpeter Brad Goode's 4th Delmark Album, "Tight Like This," Due September 21
Jazz trumpeter/composer Brad Goode debuts his exciting new quartet on Tight Like This, Goode's fourth Delmark Records CD and his twelfth as a leader. The Chicago native has assembled the band "I've longed for my entire career," one that shares his willingness to take risks "while ...
(Published: August 05, 2010) [read more]
Continuum - A Journey Through Jazz: "Satchmo Summerfest, Part 2"
Soulandjazz.com Presents:
Continuum - A Journey Through Jazz
Episode 17: "Satchmo Summerfest, Part 2"
Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, "The Jazz Evangelist"
As always, the show is free, absolutely legal, fun for the whole family, and available for listening right now, right here, ...
(Published: August 03, 2010) [read more]
Japanese Pianist Junko Onishi to release "Baroque" Sept 14th
JAPANESE JAZZ PIANO SENSATION JUNKO ONISHI MAKES VERVE DEBUT WITH "BAROQUE" SEPTEMBER 14th
CD features an all-star ensemble including Nicholas Payton, James Carter,Wycliffe Gordon and James Carter
"It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that blues and swing," states Junko Onishi, one ...
(Published: August 03, 2010) [read more]
Chicago Jazz Vocalist Milton Suggs Releases "Things to Come," New CD on His Skiptone Label, Sept. 28
Simply put, Milton Suggs's new CD, Things to Come, marks the arrival of a major jazz vocal talent. Blessed with a sumptuous baritone, the 27-year-old Chicago native also displays his prodigious skills as arranger and composer on the disc, which his Skiptone Music label will release on September ...
(Published: July 29, 2010) [read more]
THE GENIUS OF MILES DAVIS!
THE GENIUS OF MILES DAVIS: 43-CD COLLECTION ASSEMBLES ALL EIGHT MULTI-CD BOX SETS RELEASED BETWEEN 1996 AND 2007,
WINNERS OF EIGHT GRAMMY AWARDS
• Miles Davis & John Coltrane: The Complete Columbia Recordings (1955-1961)
• Miles Davis & Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings ...
(Published: July 28, 2010) [read more]
Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz - "Satchmo Summerfest"
Soulandjazz.com Presents:
Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz
Episode 16 - "Satchmo Summerfest", Part 1
Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, "The Jazz Evangelist"
As always, the show is free, absolutely legal, fun for the whole family, and available for listening right now, right here, ...
(Published: July 27, 2010) [read more]
Litchfield Jazz Camp Presents the 3rd Annual Jazz College Fair Night
Kent, CT - Litchfield Jazz Camp (est. 1997) is a total jazz immersion where students ages 13 through adult learn and play in a non-competitive environment on the campus of Kent School in Kent, CT. Students rehearse in combos with others at their level 15 hours a week, study music theory, perform ...
(Published: July 27, 2010) [read more]
Matt Wilson Appointed Artist-in-Residence at the Litchfield Jazz Festival
Kent, CT -- World-renowned drummer, Matt Wilson, has been appointed the first Artist-in-Residence to mark the 15th anniversary of the Litchfield Jazz Festival, August 6th - 8th at Kent School in Kent, CT. In this role Matt will be a presence for the Festival throughout the year, giving clinics ...
(Published: July 27, 2010) [read more]
New Cassandra Wilson CD set for release September 28th
NEW CASSANDRA WILSON ALBUM, "SILVER PONY," SET FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 28TH ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS; ALBUM FEATURES SPECIAL GUESTS TERENCE BLANCHARD, COMMON AND JOHN LEGEND
Los Angeles, California. "Silver Pony," the stunning new album from multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz-pop chanteuse Cassandra ...
(Published: July 27, 2010) [read more]
Swing! / "The Birth of the Big Bands"
Soulandjazz.com Presents:
Swing!
Episode 2 - Birth of the Big Bands
Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, "The Jazz Evangelist"
As always, the show is free, absolutely legal, fun for the whole family, and available for listening right now, right here: http://bit.ly/bE4dtc
Welcome back ...
(Published: July 23, 2010) [read more]
SINGERS BATTLE FOR JAZZMOBILE ‘BEST OF THE BEST' TITLE Jazzmobile Vocal Competition Returns to Harlem's Uptown Grand on July 26
NEW YORK (Ju1y 16, 2010)-Singers from across the tri-state area and beyond will wage a fierce battle to claim the "Best of the Best" title at the Jazzmobile Vocal Competition on Monday, July 26 at the chic Uptown Grand restaurant in Harlem. The contest, which sold out last year, begins at 7:00 p.m. ...
(Published: July 22, 2010) [read more]
Neil Peart Barely Paradiddles by Travis Barker; 4th Straight Drummies
San Jose, Calif., This year's Drummies have been very interesting for a variety of reasons. As previously reported, recording voting occurred as 6500 drummers casted 100,000 votes in the 40 categories that make up The Drummies.
Neil Peart, for a fourth straight time, has won "Drummer Of The ...
(Published: July 21, 2010) [read more]
Sonny Rollins @80 Concert at the Beacon Theatre Sept. 10 to Feature Special Guests Jim Hall, Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride
Guitarist Jim Hall, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, and bassist Christian McBride have been tapped by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins to join him onstage at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, September 10, to help celebrate the jazz legend's 80th birthday.
Christian McBride first worked with Rollins in ...
(Published: July 21, 2010) [read more]
Continuum - A Journey Through Jazz / Episode 15: "Sultry Sirens 3"
SoulandJazz.com presents:
Continuum - A Journey Through Jazz
Episode 15: "Sultry Sirens 3"
Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, ‘The Jazz Evangelist'
As always, the show is free, absolutely legal, fun for the whole family, and available for listening right now, right here: ...
(Published: July 20, 2010) [read more]
Frank Foster takes back his Shiny Stockings
Composer and arranger Frank Foster, who penned one of the Count Basie Bands most popular tunes Shiny Stockings has initiated a contract termination process with the help of faculty and students in the Community law Clinic at Rutgers School of Law-Newark. The Clinic, under the supervision of ...
(Published: July 20, 2010) [read more]
"Originality," Debut CD by Boston-Based Pianist/Composer Mina Cho, Due Sept. 7
Pianist Mina Cho was on track for a dazzling classical career when she first encountered gospel music as a university student in her native Seoul. She sought private study of her new passion, which led her to jazz, a scholarship at Berklee College of Music, and the recording of her first CD. The ...
(Published: July 20, 2010) [read more]
Dedicated to Milt Jackson Cal Tjader
Very Truly Yours Consultants Inc.
Proudly Presents
Live at the Bassline
Another Sunday Serenade
"Dedicated to Milt Jackson & Cal Tjade
*Featuring*
Jay Hoggard:Vibraphone & Andy Gonzalez: Bass
*With*
Marcus Persiani:Piano ...
(Published: July 20, 2010) [read more]
Roman Miroshnichenko - D'Addario The Official Endorser!
"D'Addario Is pleased to have such an accomplished artist as Roman Miroshnicheno in there family!"
Founded in 1974 by John D'Addario, Sr. and his sons John, Jr. and Jim, D'Addario and Company is the world's largest manufacturer of musical instrument strings, and is a leading ...
(Published: July 20, 2010) [read more]
SERENDIPITOUS RELATIONSHIPS
LAUNCH RICHIE COLE'S ORCHESTRA DEBUT
Five By Design networks for the alto sax jazz legend
The spirit of Coleman Hawkins will be overseeing Richie Cole's debut with the Topeka Symphony on March 12, 2011. Hawkins, who grew up in Topeka attended Washburn University, is the site of Cole's forthcoming orchestra engagement. ...
(Published: July 19, 2010) [read more]
New Jazz Book Includes Trumpeters Rapp, Blanchard, Soloff, Hubbard, Botti...
How Jazz Trumpeters Understand Their Music:
Twenty-Seven Interviews
1. Vince DiMartino, 2. Kenny Wheeler, 3. Terence Blanchard, 4. Lew Soloff, 5. Rick Braun,
6. Freddie Hubbard, 7. Dave Douglas..., 11. Eddie Henderson, 12. Donald Byrd...,
14. Herb Alpert, 15. Wallace Roney..., 19. Brian ...
(Published: July 18, 2010) [read more]
San Francisco Vocalist Madeline Eastman to Appear at Kitano NYC, Sept. 22
Madeline Eastman will be making an all-too-rare New York appearance on Wednesday, September 22, when she takes to the stage with her trio at the Kitano for one night only. Eastman will perform two sets, at 8 and 10pm, with pianist Randy Porter, bassist Rufus Reid, and drummer Ross Peterson.
"I ...
(Published: July 16, 2010) [read more]
CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED VOCALIST JANE MONHEIT RETURNS "HOME" SEPTEMBER 21ST WITH STUNNING NEW CD OF JAZZ STANDARDS SET FOR RELEASE BY EMARCY/UNIVERSAL
New release is the first album to be produced by Jane in its entirety and features guest artists John Pizzarelli, Peter Eldridge, Frank Vignola, Joe Magnarelli, Mark O'Connor and Larry Goldings
Los Angeles, California. "Home," Jane Monheit's eagerly anticipated new CD, is set for ...
(Published: July 14, 2010) [read more]
GRAMMY-NOMINATED JAZZ VOCALIST JANET LAWSON
RETURNS TO LATVIA TO PERFORM AND TEACH AT MUSIC CAMP
NEW YORK, July 14, 2010 -- New York City-based jazz vocalist JANET LAWSON is off to Latvia once again to sing and teach at the IX INTERNATIONAL LATVIAN YOUNG MUSICIANS' MASTER CLASSES. Held every two years, previously in Ogre, the music camp takes place in Sigulda, Latvia July 15-24, 2010. ...
(Published: July 14, 2010) [read more]
Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz - "Sultry Sirens of Jazz & Blues"
Soulandjazz.com Presents:
Continuum--A Journey Through Jazz Episode 14: "Sultry Sirens, Part 2"
Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, "The Jazz Evangelist"
As always, the show is free, absolutely legal, fun for the whole family, and available for listening right now, right here: ...
(Published: July 13, 2010) [read more]
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