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Festival

Camp Bisco Announces Dates For 11th Annual 3-Day Music & Arts Festival In Mariaville, New York This July 12-14, 2012

Source: Caren West PR
March 23, 2012

Hosted by The Disco Biscuits and Featuring Over 90 Acts From Around the Globe Mariaville, New York: After a record setting 10th anniversary, Camp Bisco, the three-day music and arts festival founded by The Disco Biscuits, will return to Mariaville, New York this July 12 through 14, 2012. Continuing in the same tradition of introducing groundbreaking artists, while elevating the level of talent that has turned Camp Bisco into the country's largest and longest running electronic/rock music festivals, the festival ...

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Contest

Enter the "Gary Smulyan - Smul's Paradise" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2012

Recording

Bassist/Composer Omer Avital Offers an Album of Celebratory & Expressionistic Music on Suite of The East

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 23, 2012

Anzic Records to Release Suite of The East on April 24, 2012, featuring Omer Avital, Omer Klein, Avishai Cohen, Joel Frahm & Daniel Freedman Bassist/composer Omer Avital defines the words creative and prolific, with more than a half dozen new recordings of original music released over the past several years. Suite of The East, Avital's latest creation, to be released by Anzic Records on April 24, 2012, is the end result of a month-long residency at Smalls (in Greenwich Village, ...

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Recording

Latin Jazz Guitarist/Composer Roland Hunter Releases Debut CD with Launch at Toronto's Lula Lounge

Source: LMC Media
March 23, 2012

Innovative Latin Jazz Guitarist and Composer ROLAND HUNTER releases debut CD TORONTEROS Featuring Roland Hunter on guitar, Ali Berkok on piano, Paco Luviano on bass, Mario Allende on drums and Jalidan Ruiz on congas and celebrates his new release with a special CD Launch Event at Toronto's Latin and World Music Headquarters The LULA LOUNGE 1585 Dundas West Toronto Friday, April 13th at 8:00 PM to 9:15 PM; One ...

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Recording

Neneh Cherry & The Thing Collaborate And Release The Cherry Thing, Out June 19 On Smalltown Supersound

Source: Pitch Perfect PR
March 23, 2012

Neneh Cherry and jazz trio The Thing met for the first time at a recording session in London in the fall of 2010. It clicked right away as they all shared an open, free approach to the music. The high energy of The Thing's playing found a fitting counterpart in Neneh's intense style. After a performance at Strand, Stockholm in March 2011, they decided to continue the collaboration resulting in their forthcoming, self-titled album, The Cherry Thing, out June 19 ...

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Interview

How Marilyn Monroe changed Ella Fitzgerald's life

Source: Groove Notes
March 22, 2012

If asked “Who played an important role in the musical career of Ella Fitzgerald?" you might respond with names like Chick Webb, Louis Armstrong, Norman Granz, and Dizzy Gillespie. The name Marilyn Monroe, however, might not come to mind. While touring in the '50s under the management of Norman Granz, Ella, like many African-American musicians at the time, faced significant adversity because of their race, especially in the Jim Crow states. Granz was a huge proponent of civil rights, and ...

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Music Industry

Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute Application Deadline: Monday, April 16, 2012 at 5:00 pm (EST)

Source: Michael Ricci
March 22, 2012

Phase 1: Intensive August 7-11, 2012 UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music Phase 2: Readings, April-June, 2013 The Jazz Composers Orchestra Institute (JCOI) will bring together up to 35 jazz composers, working in jazz, improvised, and creative music, whose work demonstrates excellent musicianship, originality, and potential for future growth in orchestral composition, to explore composition for symphony orchestra. Previous hands-on orchestral experience is not expected, but applicants should address how increasing their skills, knowledge and experience with orchestral instruments will ...

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Event

Jazz at Château Palmer, 3rd Edition

Source: Sylvain Menard
March 22, 2012

Listen to the 2011 vintage of Château Palmer and its Alter Ego, interpreted by Giovanni Mirabassi, Glenn Ferris and Flavio Boltro, on TSF JAZZ Radio and on the Web. Friday, March 23, 2012, from 7:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m., the concert will be broadcasted live, in its entirety from the Château Palmer website and TSF JAZZ Radio. Château Palmer and jazz : A common philosophy Like Château Palmer, jazz has deep roots, with a long history that has undergone many ...

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