Event News

Eurovision Song Contest Finals Announced

Source: All About Jazz
May 26, 2008

New fix for Idol junkies: Eurovision Finals Held Saturday Former runner-up from Russia Wins Eurovision Contest

Russia's Dima Bilan won the Eurovision Song Contest singing the R&B ballad Believe. winning the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, beating performers from Ukraine and Greece. Bilan won the title early Sunday with an R&B ballad Believe that featured a violinist and an ice dancer in the packed Beogradska Arena hall in Belgrade, Serbia. Bilan made a comeback two years after he settled for the ...

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First International Jazz Awards Scheduled for June 29th in Beverly Hills

Source: All About Jazz
May 26, 2008

Mark you calendars! The international Jazz Awards is on June 29th. A 2-hour televised extravaganza celebrating the greatest music in the world brought to you by the greatest musicians in the world. D.L. Hughley Set To Host Televised Event BEVERLY HILLS, CA - The first annual International Jazz Awards, a global television special, celebrating over 100 years of jazz music, will take place in Beverly Hills, California at the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, June 29th. ...

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Astaire Awards 2008 with Singer Sylvia Tosun, Brooke Shields & Tommy Tune

Source: Marvelous Public Relations
May 24, 2008

Award Winning Singer Sylvia Tosun Joins the evening with Brooke Shields, Tommy Tune, Savion Glover Former Astaire Dance Partners: Jane Powell & Arlene Dahl his daughter Ava Astaire; 2008 Award Winners: Rob Ashford, Karen Olivo, Spencer Liff & Dave Scott Monday, June 2nd Grand Ballroom, Manhattan Center Studios Pop/ rock, singer/songwriter sensation Sylvia Tosun will keep the temperature hot at America's only honor recognizing excellence in dance on both stage and film, the Fred ...

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Java Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2008

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Vocalist Sony Holland CD Release @ The Blue Note NYC

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2008

Vocalist Sony Holland NYC CD Release Concert for Swing, Bossas, Ballads & Blues With Ted Rosenthal, piano: Paul Bollenback, guitar: Yasushi Nakamura, bass: Tim Horner, drums Sunday, June 15th (Sunday Brunch Concert Series) 2 shows: 12:30 PM & 2:30 PM 131 W. 3rd Street, NYC Phone: (212) 475 8592

Vocalist Sony Holland celebrates the release of her brand new CD “Swing, Bossas, Ballads & ...

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Patti Bown Memorial at St. Peters Church in NYC on June 8th

Source: All About Jazz
May 22, 2008

Please join us at the upcoming Memorial Tribute to Patti Bown at St. Peters Church in New York on June 8 from 7-10P.M. A short list of scheduled performers includes Billy Taylor, Barry Harris, Randy Weston, Richard Wyands, Benny Powell, Bob Cunningham, Ronnie Cuber, Charles Davis, Bertha Hope, Jimmy Owens, Frank Owens James Spaulding, Steve Williams, Jackie Williams, and Elise Woods. Patti Bown, 76, lit up Seattle's early jazz scene By Paul de Barros, Seattle Times jazz critic ...

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Chuck Niles Jazz Music Award Competition

Source: All About Jazz
May 22, 2008

The 5th Annual Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival - presented by the City of Temecula, Paul and Diane Garrett, and co-sponsored by Down Beat Magazine and KSDS 88.3 FM - is now accepting submissions for the “Chuck Niles Jazz Singer" and the “Chuck Niles Be-Bop" Awards Competitions. This year's events will take place in Old Town Temecula on July 10 through July 14.

“We have inherited Chuck's private music collection, and we are in the beginning stages of building the ...

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N.O. Music Alive Ensemble Present "Jazz Meets Classical"

Source: All About Jazz
May 22, 2008

Under the direction of violinist Rachel Jordan, the Music Alive Ensemble, a unique ensemble of Classical and Jazz musicians will perform in New Orleans for the first time in since hurricane Katrina. The concert takes place on Sunday, May 25, 2008 from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. at the University of New Orleans Performing Arts Center Recital Hall (Lakefront Campus). Principally sponsored by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, admission is free but RSVP is suggested. Jordan said, “The selected ...

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