Music Industry News

American Jazz Hall of Fame Award To Les Paul April 10th at the Iridium Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
March 29, 2006

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM

EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS TRIO

The New Jersey Jazz Society will be presenting guitar legend Les Paul with their American Jazz Hall of Fame Award on Monday, April 10 during the 8PM set.

The New Jersey Jazz Society (http://www.njjs.org/) and the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University ...

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Bruni Sablan World Renowned Portraitist of Jazz Musicians

Source: All About Jazz
March 29, 2006

Bruni Sablan is the originator of the legendary “Jazz Masters Series by BRUNI". This explosive and emotional body of work now numbers over 1,100 original canvases of Jazz greats. I would like her to be considered as one of your 'featured visual artists.' Regarded by many as “The greatest living portrait painter", this highly acclaimed Artist has paintings in the permanent collections of: The Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. - Portrait of Duke Ellington. Universal Studios: The Downbeat Jazz Hall ...

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Two for the Show Media Celebrates its second year

Source: All About Jazz
March 28, 2006

Chris DiGirolamo and staff are celebrating their second year servicing jazz musicians across the globe. Since their inception in 2004, Two for the Show Media presents something that is not always available to musicians. “We coordinate all campaigns according to artist budget." Two for the Show believes in the artist and getting the material that they create out to the masses.

With a fantastic client list that has included percussionist/composer Susie Ibarra to jazz great Lisle Atkinson, they hold a ...

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The Berkeley Item - #273

Source: All About Jazz
March 27, 2006

JOEY DE FRANCESCO, whose new Organic Vibes CD was released by Concord Jazz last Tuesday (3/21), opens a week-long engagement at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago tomorrow (3/28) with his trio, guitarist Jake Langley and drummer Byron Landham. It was at the Jazz Showcase last summer, De Francesco told Billboard's Dan Ouellette (3/25), that he caught a particularly compelling Hutcherson set ("Bobby was playing his butt off with heavy emotion") and invited him on the spot to be part of ...

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London International Jazz (Singers') Competition winner Mon David (Philippines)

Source: All About Jazz
March 27, 2006

Wednesday 22 March an enthusiastic audience enjoyed a highly-charged evening of an incredible range of jazz material produced by some wonderfully talented vocalists from around the world, all competing for the prestigious LIJC Vocalist 2006 award. The host venue, Chelsea's splendid Cadogan Hall, was swinging to the rafters with exciting performances from all six finalists, making the judges' decision extremely difficult. After much deliberation, Filipino Mon David was announced the winner. He received the LIJC Vocalist 2006 award, a cheque ...

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Tarik Shah update (March 18, 2006)

Source: All About Jazz
March 19, 2006

Dear all,

I'm really too upset to write coherently about yesterday in court, compounded by the fact that I'd only had two hours of sleep the night before, so please forgive me if this is not the most reliable of reports. But as I notified you all before, Tarik Shah had decided a change of attorney was essential to his defense, and he and the family had obtained the services of Joshua Dratel, a powerful and highly reputed defense attorney, ...

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Ejazznews.com Launches Ejazztravel.com

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

It's with great pride we announce our new web service Ejazztravel.com.

Ejazznews editor/photographer/publisher Kristine King has spent the past decade and a half attending and documenting jazz festivals around the world. While on location she's had the opportunity to meet people from hotel associations and tourism.

King is a member of Editorial Photographers, Canadian Association of Journalists and JJA.

King says she created Ejazztravel.com as a way of combining her love of photography, music and travel and to share exciting ...

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Tower Records and Blue Note Unveil 10 Unique Compilation CDs Featuring Legendary Jazz Artists from the Blue Note Vault

Source: All About Jazz
March 16, 2006

Themed CDs Feature Tracks from Jazz Greats: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker and more!

SACRAMENTO, March 16, 2006 - Tower Records, America's leading independent music and entertainment retailer, and Blue Note Records, the finest in Jazz since 1939, today announce that they have collaborated to create an unique line of ten compilation jazz CDs which feature some of the greatest legends in jazz performing their greatest jazz tunes. The themed compilations also serve ...

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