Jazz News

Jazz Musicians to Protest at Six Top NYC Jazz Clubs Tonight!

Source: All About Jazz
March 1, 2012

“Justice for Jazz Artists" asks profitable jazz clubs to contribute to musician pensions; Launches new ad campaign, social media program and website: justiceforjazzartists.org NEW YORK, NY: The top jazz artists in the world live and work in New York City—yet many older jazz musicians are forced to retire in poverty. Even those musicians who play in the most prestigious and profitable jazz clubs are denied basic benefits and pensions. While musicians who play on Broadway and in symphony orchestras are ...

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Toots Thielemans Rarities, "Yesterday & Today" (2-CDs), Set for U.S. Release by Naxos of America & out of the Blue Records

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
March 1, 2012

This double CD, Yesterday & Today" (March 27 release) may well contain the best Toots Thielemans you never heard before. It's a stunning collection of both rare and great music, starting with his earliest recording as a soloist and ending with a memorable duet in the new millennium. Producer Cees Schrama, a personal friend of Toots, selected all of these treasures, looking for recordings that follow his long and impressive career and are hard or simply impossible to purchase on ...

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David Bindman Ensemble Sunset Park Polyphony CD release March 1

Source: David Bindman
March 1, 2012

On March 1, 2012, saxophonist/composer David Bindman unveils his double CD Sunset Park Polyphony, a narrative collection of his original compositions performed by a six- member ensemble. The album's songs and extended compositions explore layers of rhythmic and harmonic complexity and adapt elements from world music traditions, including West African rhythms and Indian raga (modes) and tala (time cycles). Bindman writes of the polyphony in the album/song title, improvisational voices, and compositional forms: “In Sunset Park, Brooklyn, one hears a ...

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Rudresh Mahanthappa Leads His Quintet For The New York Premiere of Samdhi Suite In Zankel Hall On Saturday, April 21

Source: Michael Ricci
March 1, 2012

On Saturday, April 21 at 10:00 p.m. in Zankel Hall, jazz saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa leads his quintet in its first performance at Carnegie Hall as they perform the New York premiere of the Samdhi Suite in its complete form. Samdhi Suite is an electro-acoustic work that combines the complex melodic and rhythmic elements of Carnatic (or South Indian) music with jazz in ways previously unheard. For this performance, the alto saxophonist—recently named both a Guggenheim fellow and the 2011 Downbeat ...

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Dekel Bor "Electric Bach" Tour of Israel

Source: Dekel Bor
March 1, 2012

Dekel Bor has collaborated with Reggie Workman, Tom Harrell, The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and modern-dance icon David Parsons, and will perform a major concert-hall tour of israel in March. The “Bach Electrified" Tour will focus on selections from “6 Sonatas & Partitas for violin solo," “The Goldberg Variations" and “The Well-Tempered Clavier." The Dekel Bor Trio is: Dekel Bor—Guitars Assaf Hakimi—Contrabass Rea Mochiach—Drums Tour dates are:

3/1/12 :: Enav Cultural Center, Tel-Aviv 3/10/12 :: Tarbuta, Yokne'am ...

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KJ Denhert Celebrates 15 Year Anniversary In Next Month’s “Spotlight Series” At BMCC Tribeca PAC

Source: Michael Sanders
March 1, 2012

On Friday, March 16, 2012 at 8PM, BMCC Tribeca PAC presents the uniquely talented and culturally blended feel-good music of award-winning singer-songwriter and bandleader, KJ Denhert. This concert will celebrate KJ's 15th anniversary with her touring band, the NY Unit. Joining KJ are band members: Mamadou Ba (bass), Adam Klipple (keys), Aaron Heick (sax) and Raymond Levier (drums). Special guests include: Jen Chapin, Adam Falcon and Tomas Donker. Tickets are $15 each or $10 with the purchase of a “Spotlight ...

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11th Annual Brubeck Festival to Explore Communities

Source: Patrick Giblin
March 1, 2012

Dave Brubeck created community both on and off-stage from the moment he began performing. Trios, quartets, octets and even orchestras and choirs became vehicles for Dave's music. Off-stage he and Iola worked to bring groups out of the clubs, onto college campuses and into concert halls. As momentum grew so did the community until Brubeck sounds were heard the world over. This year's annual Brubeck Festival, themed “Building Communities," features select performers who have created and sustained a culture of ...

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SFJAZZ Appoints Ishmael Reed First SFJAZZ Poet Laureate

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
February 29, 2012

SFJAZZ, the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast, the presenter of the SFJAZZ Spring Season 2012 running now through June 22, and the San Francisco Jazz Festival, today announced the appointment of Ishmael Reed as the first SFJAZZ Poet Laureate. This appointment will serve to expand and promote the role of poetry and spoken word in jazz and to continue celebrating jazz as a living art form built on a constantly evolving tradition. The mission of SFJAZZ is ...

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