Jazz News

Sunjump Records Announces New CD Release By Sangeeta Michael Berardi

Source: John Esposito
January 12, 2012

SUNJUMP RECORDS ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASE FOR 2012 Sangeeta Michael Berardi: Calling Coltrane Sangeeta Michael Berardi, Guitar James Finn, Tenor Sax, Flute John Esposito, Piano Hilliard Greene, Bass Peter O'Brien, Drums The second part of the 1996 Studio session that yielded Sangeeta Michael Berardi's Earthship reveals more of this under-recorded, highly original guitarist. Recorded at Nevessa Studio, Woostock, NY by Ted Orr and remastered by Scott Petito at NRS Studio, Catskill, ...

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This Week On Riverwalk Jazz: Blues Queens Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Victoria Spivey

Source: Don Mopsick
January 12, 2012

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, actor Vernel Bagneris and singer Topsy Chapman join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band in a tribute to Ma Rainey, her Rabbit Foot Minstrels and blues shouters of the Deep South in the 1920s. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM sattelite radio and can be streamed on-demand from the Riverwalk Jazz website. Long before Mamie Smith had the first hit blues recording in 1921, “blues shouters" in traveling tent ...

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"Chico & Rita" Set In The Jazz Worlds of Havana, NY & Europe, Opens February 10

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
January 12, 2012

The multi-award winning and critically acclaimed Chico & Rita, set in the jazz worlds of Havana, New York, and Europe, opens its US theatrical run on February 10 at NYC's Angelika Film Center (18 W. Houston St., 212-995-2570) before expanding nationally. The film by Academy Award® winning director Fernando Trueba (Belle Epoque) won Best Animated Feature at the 2011 European Film Awards as well as Spain's Goya Awards, has been nominated for an Annie Award, and is vying for an ...

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Thomas Dolby's "Time Capsule Tour" of the US

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
January 12, 2012

In the wake of his critically acclaimed album A Map of the Floating City, and the groundbreaking FloatingCity.com transmedia game he co-designed, Thomas Dolby will embark on a 26-date North American tour this March, with a rather unusual vehicle in tow.

The Time Capsule is a chrome- and brass-plated road trailer that seats three. With handcrafted leather and wood fittings, and complex electrical wiring that could have been designed by Nikola Tesla, it resembles a Jules Verne/HG Wells-inspired time-travel machine. ...

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Liftoff to Release "Sunday Morning Airplay" January 17 on Fort Knox Recordings

Source: Press Junkie PR
January 12, 2012

Fort Knox Recordings presents Sunday Morning Airplay the debut album from Liftoff. On this new record, Liftoff takes flight on a blissed-out journey drenched in acid-soaked melodies and 808 beats. Escape into the void and join them on their infinite quest for endless summers and higher states. Featuring 13 songs for the new flower power generation, Liftoff invites you to sing along to their psychedelic campfire songs amidst strawberry fields and marshmeadows.

Guitar/Singer/Songwriter Steven Albert (Fort Knox Five and Thunderball ...

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New Jersey country artist Moot Davis Delivers Man About Town; enlists Grand Ole Opry star/Outlaw Country Sirius XM host Elizabeth Cook and Kenny Vaughan

Source: conqueroo
January 11, 2012

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—From Auckland to Austin to Nashville, New Jersey-based country musician Moot Davis took quite a journey to make his third CD, Man About Town, but it was certainly worth it. Davis describes his new release as the one he likes the most because “it wasn't altered to suit anybody's tastes but mine." Moot Davis burst onto the country music scene in the mid-2000s. With his self-titled debut, Davis delivered a set of timeless honky tonk that brought comparisons ...

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Soul-Jazz Saxophonist Reinhold Schwarzwald Rides "Sunset" onto the Wave

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
January 12, 2012

Single produced by Grammy nominee Patrice Rushen in rotation at influential Los Angeles radio station Pacific Palisades, CA: A collaboration with a pair of Grammy nominated artists ushered the amorous title track to soul-jazz saxophonist Reinhold Schwarzwald's Sunset album onto the radio waves of influential Los Angeles radio station 94.7 KTWV The Wave. The kissing on the beach or by the fireplace—ballad written by the international saxman was produced by keyboardist Patrice Rushen and includes fretwork from guitarist Doc Powell. ...

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Composer Dave Burrell’s Civilians During War Time Premieres at the Rosenbach Museum & Library, Jan. 18 & 21

Source: Canary Promotion + Design
January 12, 2012

World-renowned jazz pianist performs new compositions inspired by Civil War research Wednesday, Jan. 18, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, 2:00-3:30 p.m. and 7:00-8:30 p.m. Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008-2010 Delancey Place, Philadelphia Free with museum admission, but RSVP is required. To RSVP, call (215) 732-1600, ext. 123 or email [email protected]. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $5 for students and free for children under five. For more information visit rosenbach.org. The Rosenbach Museum & Library welcomes ...

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