Jazz News

Herb Alpert Educational Village Celebration November 4

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 28, 2011

On November 4th, at 10 AM, members of the New Roads School community, together with the New Visions Foundation, benefactor Herb Alpert, supporters, and education and community leaders, will mark a significant milestone in the creation of The Herb Alpert Educational Village, as they celebrate completion of steel framing for the centerpiece Performing Arts and Leadership Center. Located at 3131 Olympic Boulevard (the current site of New Roads High School and Middle School, Santa Monica campus) and named for its ...

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La Maison Française Honored with DCJF Jazz Advocacy Award

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 28, 2011

The DC Jazz Festival (DCJF) honored La Maison Française and The Embassy of France as the recipient of the 2011 John Conyers Jr. Jazz Advocacy Award for its devotion and commitment to jazz. The Jazz Advocacy Award is presented each year to an individual or organization that has actively supported jazz and the DCJF. The award, named in honor of Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), a champion of jazz, who introduced a bill in Congress (HR-57) in 1987 that declared ...

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Backbeat Books Publishes "Here and Now!: The Autobiography of Pat Martino"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 28, 2011

The world (and the world's bookstores) are full of comeback stories, both real and fictional, but few can hold a candle to Here and Now! The Autobiography of Pat Martino (Applause Books; $24.99). Written with jazz journalist Bill Milkowski, legendary jazz guitar master Pat Martino tells the remarkable story of his comeback from a brain aneurysm that took his memory and nearly took his life. By age 16, Martino was already working as a member of R&B star Lloyd Price's ...

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Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium to Celebrate 12th Anniversary

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 28, 2011

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC), producers of the annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival, will celebrate its 12th anniversary on Wednesday, November 16th, at Sugar Hill Supper Club, 609 DeKalb Avenue near Nostrand Avenue in the Bedford Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. Restaurant opens at 5:00 performance until 9:00 PM. The celebration features the music of Ahmed Abdullah's Diaspora; award presentation to The Noel Pointer Foundation. Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium founded in 1999 is a not for profit organization. An amalgam of ...

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Acclaimed Kiwi Funk Sensations, Sola Rosa, Set To Bring The Funk (Plus the Jazz, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Latin, & More) To The US

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 28, 2011

Acclaimed New Zealand combo Sola Rosa will bring their groovalicious blend of hip hop, reggae, jazz, latin, soul and funk to lucky US audiences for the first time later this year, via a series of tour dates just announced. Starting November 29th, frontman Andrew Spraggon will take the stage alongside Spikey Tee (Jah Wobble, Mr. Scruff, Bomb the Bass) and Lila Tomlins (Kiwi vocal sensation) for a Sound System tour of ten North American cities, beginning in New York, NY ...

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Enter the "Rifftide: The Life and Opinions of Papa Jo Jones" Giveaway at All About Jazz!

Source: All About Jazz
October 27, 2011

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Ellington's 3-minute Masterpieces This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
October 27, 2011

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and special guest Dick Hyman present a program of jewel-like short jazz pieces from the Duke Ellington repertoire. Broadway actor Vernel Bagneris brings to life scenes from Ellington's legendary life in first-person accounts. Other guests include New Orleans singer Topsy Chapman, trumpeters Nicholas Payton and Clark Terry, and the father-son guitar team of John and Bucky Pizzarelli. The program is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM ...

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New from Legacy: Tony Bennett's "The Classic Christmas Album"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 27, 2011

14-time Grammy Award®-winning Columbia Records artist Tony Bennett turns his attention to his timeless catalog of Christmas recordings and personally picks 18 of his favorites—including one brand new, previously unreleased tune, “What Child Is This"—for The Classic Christmas Album. The new collection will be available everywhere starting October 11th through Columbia/RPM/Legacy, a division of SONY MUSIC ENTER­TAINMENT.

The Classic Christmas Album will contain the new Ultimate Access Pass that allows a computer to access special offerings from the tonybennett.com website. ...

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