Jazz News

Jazz Arts Group Announces 2011-12 PBJ & Jazz Concert Series

Source: Michael Ricci
September 15, 2011

The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is pleased to return to the Lincoln Theatre for the 2011-2012 season of the Jazz Academy's PBJ & Jazz concert series presented by Bob Evans Farms. Due to popular demand, this year's season has been expanded to include two performance times per concert, beginning at 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The season kicks off on Saturday, October 15 with Columbus Jazz Orchestra saxophonist and composer Pete Mills. Other series highlights include the Vernon ...

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New CD Box Sets at shop.allaboutjazz.com

Source: Michael Ricci
September 15, 2011

MOSAIC RECORDS LIMITED EDITION BOX SETS The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Atlantic Studio Recordings 1956-64 (7 CDs)—$119.00 The Complete Jimmie Lunceford Decca Sessions (7 CDs)—$119.00 The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-1962 (9 CDs)—$149.00 The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton (8 CDs)—$136.00 Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (8 CDs)—$136.00

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Jazz Bridge Celebrates Jelly Roll Morton on September 24th at Trinity Episcopal Church (Ambler, PA)

Source: Suzanne Cloud
September 14, 2011

On Saturday, Sept. 24th, saxophonist Larry McKenna will be celebrating the life and legacy of one of the progenitors of jazz—Jelly Roll Morton—with a dynamite traditional jazz band that will include trumpeter Al Harrison, trombonist Clarence Watson, pianist Tom Lawton, bassist Ed Wise and drummer Jimmy Coleman. This unique concert, which will raise money for two important nonprofits in the area dedicated to jazz, and will take place from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 708 S. Bethlehem Pike, in ...

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Jazz Arts Group Presents "Don't Listen to This!" - An Evening of Banned Music Featuring Byron Stripling, Dave Powers & Christian Howes

Source: Michael Ricci
September 14, 2011

The Jazz Arts Group's Inside Track series kicks off the 2011-12 season on September 23 24 at the Lincoln Theatre with “Don't Listen To This!," an evening of music and lyrics that once fanned the flames of controversy, featuring Byron Stripling, Dave Powers, Christian Howes and a pre-concert lecture with the Thurber House. Music censorship didn't begin in the '80s with Tipper Gore and the PMRC. Dean Martin's hit song “Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am" was banned by radio stations ...

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Jazz Bridge Presents Charlie Rice in Collingswood on October 6th

Source: Suzanne Cloud
September 14, 2011

Kicking off the 8th season of the Jazz Bridge Neighborhood Concerts Series on Thursday October 6th at the Collingswood Community Center, 30 W. Collings Ave. Collingswood, NJ will be legendary (and 91 years old!) drummer Charlie Rice and his band featuring pianist Don Wilson, bassist Ed Wise, saxophonist Bob Howell and trombonist Clifford Adams. Rice has been a mainstay of the Philadelphia scene since the late 1940s when he was in the houseband at the famous Downbeat Club playing opposite ...

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All About Jazz Tops 7 Million MP3 Downloads

Source: Michael Ricci
September 14, 2011

All About Jazz recently topped 7,000,000 free MP3 downloads. Since its inception in 2005, the All About Jazz Download Center has averaged over one million MP3 downloads annually through its MP3 Download of the Day program. The service is free to musicians and readers and it continues to be one of the most active sections at AAJ over the last six years. “Download of the Day was popular from the outset, but it has really come into its own more ...

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Sting: Back to Bass Tour North America 2011

Source: Universal Music Enterprises
September 14, 2011

Live Nation is pleased to announce that this fall, Sting will embark on the Back to Bass Tour throughout North America as he celebrates the 25th anniversary of his solo career by taking it back to bass...all of the hits, stripped down, as they haven't been played in years. Tickets go on sale beginning September 19th at Ticketmaster.com and LiveNation.com.

In support of his forthcoming box set collection Sting: 25 Years, slated for release on September 27, the tour features ...

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"Sinatra: Best of the Best" to be released November 1, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
September 14, 2011

NEW COLLECTION BRINGS THE CHAIRMAN'S ICONIC RECORDINGS WITH CAPITOL AND REPRISE TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER Single-Disc Features 23 Sinatra All-Time Favorites; Deluxe 2-CD Adds Out-of-Print Concert Recording Available November 1 Hollywood, California: For the first time, Frank Sinatra's greatest recordings for Capitol Records and his own Reprise Records have been gathered for one stellar collection. Sinatra: Best of the Best will be released in single-disc and deluxe 2CD packages on November 1 (October 31 internationally), with insightful track ...

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