Jazz News

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Announces $50 Million Initiative to Support Performing Artists

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 27, 2011

Ed Henry, President of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF), announced on October 20 that a new special initiative of the Foundation will offer virtually unprecedented freedom to 200 individual artists in the fields of jazz, theatre and contemporary dance. Individuals selected by the Doris Duke Performing Artists Initiative will receive flexible, multi-year cash awards of as much as $275,000, with funds given not to realize specific projects but as investments in their development and future work. The Initiative will ...

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Kinky Friedman Announces Hanukkah US Tour 2011

Source: conqueroo
October 27, 2011

AUSTIN, Texas—The Kinkster is back on the road this holiday season with his Hanukkah Tour of 2011. Taking time off from finishing up a book with Billy Bob Thornton and formulating one with Willie Nelson, Kinky Friedman will visit 14 cities in the Midwest, West and Southwest, starting November 29. In addition, the tour is bookended with two fundraisers in Salado, TX, for the Utopia Animal Rescue Ranch, one on November 26th featuring BJ Thomas (with Kinky as host), and ...

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Rush to Release "Sectors": Three Box Sets Spanning Entire Mercury Records Era

Source: Universal Music Enterprises
October 27, 2011

With more than 40 million records sold worldwide and countless sold-out tours, Rush—Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart—are not only one of the most successful and influential bands in rock history but continue to garner new fans and continue in popularity every year.

On November 21, 2011, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) celebrates the legacy of Canadian rock trio Rush with the release of three separate six-disc box sets which together spans their entire historic Mercury Records recording career. Each ...

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Lincoln Center: Adrian Utley (Portishead) & Will Gregory (Goldfrapp) US Premier "The Passion of Joan of Arc" October 29

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 27, 2011

Lincoln Center's White Light Festival will present a screening of Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 cinematic masterpiece The Passion of Joan of Arc, accompanied by the live performance and US premiere of a musical score created by renowned musicians Adrian Utley and Will Gregory of the groups Portishead and Goldfrapp, respectively, on Saturday, October 29 at 7:30pm in Alice Tully Hall. The new score for The Passion of Joan of Arc, led by British conductor Charles Hazlewood, is Utley's and Gregory's ...

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200 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center

Source: Michael Ricci
October 27, 2011

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Electric Cowbell Records Releases New Batch of Singles

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 27, 2011

Electric Cowbell Records is hot on the heels of its critically acclaimed debut compilation 101 Things To Do In Bongolia, which is a sonic brochure of the label's first batch of singles from 2010-2011 with the addition of some bonus tracks and remixes. The compilation has sparked gushing quotes like, “Electric Cowbell is Brooklyn's hardest-working new label" from the Village Voice to “this is how Sub Pop started out" by Midwest Record. The label has since released its next seven ...

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Jazz Bridge Presents Julian Pressley at the Collingswood Community Center on November 3rd

Source: Suzanne Cloud
October 27, 2011

Appearing at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 E. Collings Ave, in Collingswood, NJ, on November 3rd, 2011 will be alto saxophonist Julian Pressley with his band, featuring organist Dan Kostalnick and drummer Craig McIver. One Show: 7:30-9 p.m. Admission: $10/$5 for students. No advance sales. Free Refreshments! For info: 856-858-8914 Alto saxophonist Julian Pressley has performed and recorded with R&B artists such as Aretha Franklin, the Four Tops, and the Temptations, but this jazz giant also has a stellar background ...

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New album from Italian composer Stefano Isola a progressive work that aims for the stars

Source: Lauren Rogers
October 27, 2011

The music of Stefano Isola defines transcendence. On his latest album Music for Different Spaces, the Italian composer plunges listeners into otherworldly terrain. But this is not icy, high-brow experimentation; rather, Isola is committed to the melodic strands of smooth jazz in his visionary songwriting. The result is a progressive work that aims for the stars but keeps its heart grounded. It's obvious that Isola has a yen for film soundtracks, and that particular fascination is well-documented on this record. ...

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