Jazz News

Amy Cervini Announces Residency & Canadian Tour Following a Sold-Out Engagement at The 55 Bar

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 14, 2012

Singer Amy Cervini Announces Residency & Canadian Tour Following a Sold-Out Engagement at The 55 Bar in NYC Cervini's Homage to Hip Jazz Pixie Blossom Dearie, Digging Me, Digging You Receiving Unanimous Critical Acclaim Amy Cervini—whom The New York Times describes as “a thoughtful and broad-minded jazz singer" for her free-spirited, genre-blind approach—recently celebrated her new recording Digging Me, Digging You: A Tribute to Blossom Dearie, with two sold-out nights at The 55 Bar in NYC (March 6 & 7), ...

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George Wein Announces Line-up for 2012 Newport Jazz Festival presented by NGAM

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
March 14, 2012

Newport Festivals Foundation Celebrates Proud History of Newport Jazz Festival with Jazz Stars of Today and Tomorrow, Secure with a Three-Year Contract with Natixis Global Asset Management Returning as Presenting Sponsor Tickets on Sale March 15 at 10:00 am at newportjazzfest.net. NEWPORT, RI: George Wein, producer and founder of the Newport Jazz Festival and Chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation today announced the program for the 2012 Newport Jazz Festival presented by Natixis Global Asset Management to be held in ...

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AAJ Launches Weekly "Upcoming Concerts" Announcement

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2012

All About Jazz is well on its way to building the most comprehensive jazz concert calendar and we now share them with our registered members via a weekly email. All About Jazz aggregates concert dates from several sources including its own proprietary feed format, through various GigPress.com feeds (a WordPress plugin), through the ArtistData.com feed, through the ThrillCall.com feed, and through AAJ's own submission form. Each Thursday, opt-in members receive a weekly concert calendar. And each concert listing is conveniently ...

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All About Jazz Top 5 MP3 Downloads: February 2012

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2012

All About Jazz features and syndicates an exceptional song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 29 tracks featured in February, these five represent my personal favorites. I also included the top five reader favorites as indicated by total downloads.

If you are a musician or record label, you can submit your full length MP3 for consideration here.

Enjoy! Dave Sumner Editor, Download of the Day

Editor's Picks

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Jazz Pianist Sunnie Paxson’s Hot "Bohemian Sun" Is Rising

Source: Diane Hadley
March 13, 2012

Since the beginning of the year, innovative contemporary jazz pianist, songwriter, producer and performer Sunnie Paxson has been methodically moving up the Jazz Week and Smooth Jazz charts with her new album, Bohemian Sun, released on the Roxboro Entertainment label. The CD has been gaining in radio play both domestically and internationally. Currently she ranks 23 on SmoothJazz.com's Radar Chart and 32 on the Jazz Week (February 28) charts as submitted by national radio stations and is moving up the ...

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Los Angeles-Based Jazz Vocalist Sara Leib Releases 2nd CD, "Secret Love," March 20

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 13, 2012

At its core, jazz is a music of personal expression, a concept that singer Sara Leib clearly embraces. On her new CD, Secret Love—due out March 20 on OA2 Records—the glowing-toned mezzo-soprano gives an array of classic and contemporary material fresh, distinctive sounds. One way that Los Angeles native Leib gives a new slant to her repertoire is to render some tunes in unusual time signatures. Cole Porter's “Night and Day" switches from 6/4 to 5/4 every eight bars, while ...

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Honoring Its Steadfast Commitment To Building New Audiences For Jazz, National Nonprofit JazzReach Has Served Over A Quarter Million Young People Nationwide Since Inception

Source: Chris Schimpf
March 12, 2012

AIMS TO SERVE MORE THAN 30,000 THIS YEAR ALONE EXTENSIVE NATIONAL TOURING & OUTREACH CONTINUES THROUGHOUT THE SPRING, REACHING YOUNG PEOPLE IN OVER 17 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES LATEST ALBUM AND LIVE MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM BIG DRUM/SMALL WORLD CELEBRATES INCREASINGLY GLOBAL NATURE OF JAZZ WITH COMMISSIONED WORKS BY SOME OF TODAY'S MOST ACCLAIMED COMPOSERS “With music this compelling and performances this committed, [JazzReach house ensemble] Metta Quintet ought to have a much higher profile...[The organization's] commitment to raising jazz visibility has ensured it ...

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Pianist/Composer/Producer Lisa Hilton Releases New Recording "American Impressions"

Source: Kim Smith Public Relations
March 12, 2012

Pianist/composer/producer Lisa Hilton releases new recording AMERICAN IMPRESSIONS featuring J.D. Allen, Larry Grenadier and Nasheet Waits On March 27th, 2012 pianist, composer and producer Lisa Hilton releases American Impressions—her 14th album as a leader and second with her band featuring, J.D. Allen on tenor saxophone, Larry Grenadier on bass and Nasheet Waits on drums. In the spirit of George Gershwin, Aaron Copland and other American composers, Hilton's second release with this ensemble focuses on impressions of everyday life in America. ...

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