Jazz News

Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir to Release "Hear My Prayer" October 4

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
August 25, 2011

In the quarter-century since its founding, the 60-member Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir has become internationally renowned as one of the premier choirs in the gospel field. Its performances outside the San Francisco Bay Area are relatively rare, however, which makes the release of the OIGC's new CD, Hear My Prayer, all the more reason for celebration.

Hear My Prayer, the OIGC's fifth album to date, reflects the group's remarkable eclecticism. “It's like attending an Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir concert," says ...

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Grammy Award-Winning Buckwheat Zydeco to Perform in Arden

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 25, 2011

"Stanley 'Buckwheat' Dural leads one of the best bands in America. A down-home and high-powered celebration, meaty and muscular with a fine-tuned sense of dynamics...propulsive rhythms, incendiary performances."—The New York Times

Grammy Award-winning American musical legend Stanley “Buckwheat" Dural Jr.—along with his band, Buckwheat Zydeco—is the preeminent ambassador of Louisiana zydeco music. Buckwheat Zydeco will perform at Gild Hall in Arden on Sunday, September 18, 2011. Their latest release (and Alligator Records debut) is the Grammy Award-winning CD, Lay Your ...

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Gregg Robins Debut CD 'Everything That Matters' Offers Plain-Spoken, Emotive Rock with a Russian Twist

Source: Seth Cohen PR
August 25, 2011

Plain-Spoken, Emotive Rock, with Unexpected Instrumentation, as Gregg Robins Crafts a Personal Collection with a Russian Twist Debut CD, Dedicated to Singer-Songwriter's Three Daughters, is, Literally, “Everything That Matters" Underlying Patriotism of an American Abroad Fuels a Pair of Tracks; Album Out October 25th With plain-spoken, emotive lyrics and unexpected instrumentation, singer-songwriter Gregg Robins crafts a heartfelt debut CD dedicated to his three daughters. Robins, a Bronx transplant living in Russia, builds engaging songs that are direct and conversational in ...

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"Chora Baiao," New CD by Brazilian Pianist/Composer Antonio Adolfo, Due Sept. 27

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
August 24, 2011

Antonio Adolfo has long been an integral and influential behind-the-scenes player as a producer, composer, arranger, label entrepreneur, and educator—in his native Rio de Janeiro and beyond. In recent years, however, he has thankfully been devoting more time to recording his own music. First came a critically acclaimed collaboration with his vocalist daughter, 2007's Antonio Adolfo and Carol Saboya Ao Vivo/Live. Last year's La e Ca (Here and There), also featuring Saboya, tapped into standards by Americans and Brazilians such ...

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Nancy Wilson To Give Final Bow At Ohio University

Source: Mark Brunton
August 23, 2011

Athens, Ohio—Legendary jazz song stylist Nancy Wilson makes one thing crystal clear: If she's going to do something, she wants to do it right. She began her career embracing that standard, and now she's set to end it in the same way. The three-time Grammy Award winner recently confirmed that after 60 years, she will perform on a public stage for the last time at Ohio University, giving her final show in the same state that she gave her first. ...

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Sten Hostfalt Solo Standards at Symphony Space NYC August 25 2011

Source: Sten Hostfalt
August 23, 2011

Sten Hostfalt Standards Solo @ Symphony Space's Thalia Cafe' NYC August 25 2011 (at 7pm / no cover) presenting music by a genuinely innovative musician, reflecting the 80's spent in creative improvised music, the 90's as an apprentice in noted traditional jazz orchestras on tour in Europe, South America and USA and the recent decade as a celebrated solo performer and bandleader developing an original musical expression, through the legacy of mentors legendary Icons of American Music and Jazz Jimmy ...

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Jon Whitledge's "Magic Bus" Appears In The September Issue Of "The Abso!ute Sound" Magazine!

Source: Jon Raymond Whitledge
August 23, 2011

Last June, Jon Whitledge had the honor and privilege to exhibit the “Magic Bus" at T.H.E. Show in Newport Beach. Mr. Whitledge exhibited for all three days and was swamped by listeners of all types—home audiophiles, car stereo aficionados, audio component designers, and musicians—all of whom were impressed by the Magic Bus. Most of all, the show was relaxing and enjoyable, as Robert Harley, Editor-in-Chief of “the absolute sound" magazine, and renowned reviewer/writer remarked: “Of the 70 or so hi-fi ...

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Rockwired.com’s Latest Edition Of Jazzed And Blue Presents: The Multimedia Extravagance Of The King Hat Review And Music From Dee Dee Bridgewater, Veronneau And Tracy Nelson

Source: Rockwired Media LLC
August 23, 2011

The latest edition of Jazzed and Blue: Profiles in Blues and Jazz is now available for download at Rockwired.com and features an exclusive interview with Bobby Bragg of The King Hat Review regarding their exciting multimedia production which details the history of American music through song and dance. In this opening segment, Bragg discusses the inspiration behind the project, working with co-creator Johnny Williamson and their plans for an all out, tour de force production. The second half of this ...

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