Music Industry News

Jazz/Funk Keyboard Virtuoso Steve Weingart Announces New Band

Source: All About Jazz
September 10, 2007

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Mitchell's Jazz Bar & Grill Opens in Brooklyn, NY

Source: Karin Haerter
September 8, 2007

Mitchell's Bar & Grill 259 Flatbush Avenue Brookyln, NY, 11217 Map 718-484-4114 Jazz lovers will be delighted to have a new spot to experience top names on the jazz scene with the opening of Mitchell's Bar & Grill, located at 259 Flatbush Avenue, right on the Park Slope - Prospect Heights border in Brooklyn. The brainchild of Michel Issa, who for 20 years had operated the former Charcuterie Deli across the street ...

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Stanley Clarke, Jean-Luc Ponty & Al DiMeola at the Keswick Theatre on September 20, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
September 7, 2007

With some of the best chops in the industry, jazz phenoms STANLEY CLARKE, JEAN-LUC PONTY & AL DiMEOLA came together in 1995 to create the now-classic album The Rite of Strings, followed by a wildly successful tour. Although very busy with individual projects, THE RITE OF STRINGS threesome reconnect for a rare tour showcasing their integrity, musicianship and legendary improv skills, at Glenside's Keswick Theatre on Thurs., Sept. 20, @ 8 PM. In 1971, as a young teen prodigy from ...

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Andy Young Quartet Signs with Hardrush Music

Source: All About Jazz
September 7, 2007

Progressive Jazz innovators The Andy Young Quartet have signed with ARIA label Hardrush Music. The first CD to be released will be “Downside Up", a 10 track recording of just over one hour duration of sparkling class jazz. AYQ comprises Andy Young on jazz guitar, Sean Brady on drums and percussion, Hamish Stevenson on upright double bass and Kelly Ottaway on piano and vibes. With all four having studied at Music schools at conservatories and tertiary institutions the Quartet are ...

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Kansas City & New Orleans: Sister Cities of Jazz

Source: ASR Records - Publicity Division
September 5, 2007

Birthplace & Breeding Grounds of Jazz Unite to Raise Awareness of Jazz through Education & Performance (Kansas City, MO - September 5, 2007) - It's often been said that jazz was born in New Orleans, and it grew up in Kansas City. Since the birth of America's greatest art form, its journey through America both east and west, and across the globe, these two cities have put distinctive stamps in its sound, history and development. In honor of ...

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Nat Hentoff Features Amanda Carr in 9/5 Issue of the Wall Street Journal

Source: All About Jazz
September 5, 2007

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A Great Day in Seattle Photo by Daniel Sheehan

Source: All About Jazz
September 4, 2007

On May 6th, 2007 nearly 300 local jazz musicians met on the steps of Seattle's City Hall for a photograph in the spirit of Art Kane's 1958 “A Great Day in Harlem."

Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer Daniel Sheehan captured the event as the musicians who cross jazz music's many generational and stylistic boundaries were photographed together for the first time in Seattle's legendary jazz music history.

On October 1st, 2007 posters, as well as a very few limited-edition signed prints, will ...

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Suzanne Grzanna Graces the Cover of Volume 6 of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment

Source: All About Jazz
September 3, 2007

The Federation of American Musicians, Singers and Performing Artists (FAMSPA) announced this week that Suzanne Grzanna will grace the cover of volume 6 of the World Who's Who in Jazz, Cabaret, Music and Entertainment. The title of this new volume is: Entertainment Greats From the 1800's to the Present: Cinema, Music, Divas, Legends. It is authored by Maximillien de Lafayette who has to his credits 114 books, 3 encyclopedias and several world premiere musicals. One of his plays was produced ...

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