Jazz News

Studio 6 Big Band Performance in Berkeley, CA on February 19

Source: Jeff Rzepiela Public Relations
February 15, 2012

Formerly The Don Piestrup Big Band, the Studio Six Band has been performing in the Bay Area since the 1960s. Many of Piestrup's compositions were recorded by the Buddy Rich Band in the 1960's and 70's. The Studio 6 Band performs music from the Don Piestrup library as well as many other well known jazz composers, including Bill Holman and Thad Jones. Made up of professional musicians and jazz educators from all over the Bay Area., this is a modern ...

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Guitarist Kyle Walz Exhilarates With Collection Of Jazz And R&B Covers

Source: Graham Taylor
February 15, 2012

There is a double meaning in the title of guitarist Kyle Walz's latest album, Lifted Standards. On one hand, it's a reference to the fact that the record is a collection of covers; in other words, these songs are 'lifted' from other artists. But in a subjective sense the music can really lift the spirits. Until spring rolls along, Lifted Standards delivers exhilarating waves of pure sunshine, much of it beaming from Walz's incandescent playing. Walz looks not only to ...

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Columbus Jazz Orchestra Celebrates the World Famous Cotton Club, March 14-18

Source: Michael Ricci
February 15, 2012

Columbus, OH—The Jazz Arts Group's Swingin' with the CJO series returns to the historic Southern Theatre to celebrate a different venue the world famous Cotton Club. The Columbus Jazz Orchestra will salute the unforgettable talent and musical legacy of this legendary club in “A Night at the Cotton Club" (March 14 18), featuring award-winning choreographer/tap dancer Ted Louis Levy and Broadway sensation Brenda Braxton. During the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s, the neighborhood cabarets and clubs attracted both ...

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Carole King to Reissue Four Classic Albums on Concord

Source: conqueroo
February 15, 2012

Carole King will release reissues of four classic albums—Pearls: Songs of Goffin and King (1980), Touch the Sky (1979), Welcome Home (1978), and Simple Things (1977)—on February 28 via her own Rockingale Records label and Concord Music Group. Each includes the original photography and album notes and, aside from Pearls, has never been previously released on CD in the United States.

Carole King is one of the primary architects of the singer-songwriter movement of the early 1970s, thanks in large ...

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Free Exclusive Video Download of "Details of the Wind" from Songlines

Source: GoMedia PR
February 15, 2012

For the next two weeks, Songlines Recordings, home to such critically acclaimed artists as Brad Shepik, Harris Eisenstadt's Canada Day, and Benoit Delbecq, is giving away a free, exclusive download of a video from Delbecq and Francois Houle. The video captures the two musicians in the studio during the recording of their current Songlines release Because She Hoped, performing an improvisation of the song, “Details of the Wind." Because She Hoped is the third release on Songlines from pianist Benoit ...

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Motéma Proudly Releases Solo The Compelling New Recording From Lynne Arriale

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
February 15, 2012

"Lynne Arriale's brilliant musicianship and bandstand instincts place her among the top jazz pianists of the day" —The New York Times Motéma Proudly Releases SOLO, The Compelling & Intimate New Solo Piano Recording FromPianist/Composer LYNNE ARRIALE LYNNE ARRIALE—ON TOUR: Lynne's “Solo," featuring Omer Avital, bass/oud & Anthony Pinciotti, drums March 11—Bach Dancing and Dynamite, Half Moon Bay, CA March 13-14—Dimitriou's Jazz Alley, Seattle, WA March 15-16—Dazzle, Denver, CO March 17—Yardbird Suite, Edmonton, Canada March 18שrd Sunday Jazz Series, Moline, IL ...

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Wishbone Ash Drummer Joe Crabtree Develops Innovative New Drum and Music Software

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 15, 2012

London, UK—Best known for his drumming with UK classic rock legend Wishbone Ash, Joe Crabtree has developed new and exciting software for the drummer and musician. Crabtree, who has been creating music software for a number of years, is excited to introduce the RhythMachine, OctopuSequencer, Pyramid and PolyNome. RhythMachine is a tool for generating rhythms and melodies and orchestrating them on the drum kit or pitched instruments. It can be used for ear training, creating vamps to solo over or ...

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Anna Mjoll at Vibrato on February 24th

Source: Anna Mjöll
February 15, 2012

Iceland's First Lady of Jazz, Miss Anna Mjoll plays another near-guaranteed sellout at Herb Alpert's Vibrato in Bel-Air Friday, February 24th, 2012 at 9pm “The sweetest voice on the current Jazz scene. Period." —Arnaldo DeSouteiro “Lightly twisted, jazzy..." —Los Angeles Times Anna Mjoll By LA Weekly's Tom Meek: Iceland's Anna Mjoll grew up in one of her country's leading musical families, eventually representing Iceland in the famed Eurovision Song Contest. She then joined the band of Julio Iglesias, touring worldwide ...

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