Jazz News

More Jazz in the Sands: The 11th Porthcawl International Jazz Festival

Source: Green
February 13, 2012

the 11th Porthcawl International Jazz Festival will take place on the 13, 14 and 15 April. The major players include The John Miller Orchestra, The Pasadena Roof Orchestra, The Capital City Jazz Orchestra, Michael Janisch and the New York Standards Quartet, The B D Lenz Trio, The Nik Turner Quartet, The Gabrielle Ducomble Quartet, Wonderbrass, the Cottle Brothers Generations and Mike Harries and the Root Doctors. The Festival will also feature a wide range of the finest Welsh bands. Further ...

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Nu Jazz Entertainment Announces the First Digital Music Panel to Deal With Catalog and Deep Catalog Rejuvenation at the Digital Music Forum East In NYC

Source: Nu Jazz Entertainment
February 13, 2012

New York, NY: Nu Jazz Entertainment has just announced that founder & CEO Jerald Miller will be leading and moderating a digital media panel entitled: Developing Non-Popular Music & Catalog Content For The 21st Century on February 23, 2012 for the Digital Music Forum East to be held in New York City at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, as part of the two day Social Music Summit at the Digital Music Forum East. The panel, the first of its kind ...

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Samuel Williams Makes His Violin His Mistress for a Good Cause

Source: Samuel SavoirFaire Williams
February 13, 2012

Of all the musical instruments in jazz music it's fair to say the violin has gone the short end of the bow. Samuel “Savoir-faire" Williams wants to change the way African Americans view the instrument and our history with it. Tell me about African Americans' historical relationship with the violin and how you are making sure the violin secures its place in jazz history? I think, with respect to Jazz, that there is a very rich history in the tradition ...

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Rockwired.Com's All New Jazzed and Blue Podcast Profiles Talking Cows and Their New Release "Almost Human"

Source: Rockwired Media LLC
February 13, 2012

The weekly online radio series Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is back and is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview with Robert Vermeulen of the Talking Cows regarding their brand new release Almost Human. In the opening segment, Vermeulen discusses the inspiration behind the tracks of this new project, his rapport with the other members of the band including saxophonist Frans Vermeerssen, drummer Yonga Sun and bassist Dion Nijland and the lunatic ...

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New album from New York-based Time in Transit is rooted in city's bustling streets

Source: Lauren Rogers
February 12, 2012

Time in Transit could only emanate from New York. The band's freewheeling, gritty vision is rooted in the city's bustling streets. On the group's self-titled latest album, progressive jazz is made accessible for once as the genre's wild experimentation is tempered with sleek craftsmanship and an actual point. In other words, the songs do not meander in an aimless confusion. It becomes quickly obvious that saxophonist Glenn White and his band are sculpting actual soundtracks to their fevered imaginations, producing ...

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Roomful of Blues to Perform in Sellersville March 9

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
February 12, 2012

The horn-fueled, jumping, swinging, award-winning band, Roomful of Blues, touring in support of their latest Alligator CD, Hook, Line & Sinker, will perform live at the Sellersville Theater in Sellersville on Friday, March 9, 2012. Roomful of Blues, according to DownBeat magazine, “are in a class by themselves." Since 1967, the group's deeply rooted blend of swing, rock 'n' roll, jump, blues and soul has earned it five Grammy Award nominations and a slew of other accolades, including seven Blues ...

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David Diggs & Daughter Debut "Black Coffee"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
February 12, 2012

After more than 20 years of critically-acclaimed success, Top 10 Billboard Jazz artist David Diggs collaborates with his daughter Rachel for their national record debut of Black Coffee on April 3, 2012.

Produced, arranged and orchestrated by David, the American Songbook album features two instrumental tracks “Just Ask" and “She Paints," performed by David as well. Additionally, Rachel transforms her poems into lyrics that are beautifully portrayed in the vibrant track “Spice of Life." The Gold Label father-and-daughter duo blends ...

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Naxos of America and Arthaus Musik Announce the March 27 U.S. Launch of the Jazzhaus CD/DVD Series

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
February 10, 2012

Previously Unreleased “Live" Radio and Television Performances of Jazz Greats From the Archives of Sdwestrundfunk Stuttgart, Baden-Baden and Mainz First Quarterly Release (March 27) Includes CDs by Cannonball Adderley Quintet, Gerry Mulligan Sextet, Benny Goodman Orchestra featuring Anita O'Day JAZZHAUS—Label Story JAZZHAUS is a new music label featuring an indefinite number of audio and video jazz programs taken from live radio and television recordings from the archives of Sdwestrundfunk Stuttgart, Baden-Baden and Mainz in southwest Germany. Jazz broadcasts by Sdwestrundfunk ...

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