Jazz News

Nicolas Delfino Releases "Inertia"

Source: Michael Ricci
July 22, 2011

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Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra at Tea Lounge on July 25th

Source: Scott Reeves
July 22, 2011

After years of writing for Dave Liebman's Big Band, the Westchester Jazz Orchestra, Bill Mobley's Smoke Big Band, the BMI Jazz Composers Orchestra and the Cecil's Big Band, trombonist/composer Scott Reeves fronts his own 16-piece jazz orchestra featuring some of the best jazz musicians in New York City. Reeves has forged an original compositional style which All About Jazz describes as “varied and substantial, ranging from hard bop and Latin oriented themes...to French impressionist influences. His arrangements are restless, full ...

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LA36.org will be showing Words and Music Documentary film & Live Concert July 25 & 31st

Source: Ron Kaplan
July 21, 2011

LA36.org will present the documentary film Words and Music and a 15 singer live concert as part of their TV and online programming on behalf of GreatAmericanSongbook.org on July 25th & 31st. If in L.A. tune in or anywhere online!

American Songbook Preservation Society...Singing the Great American Songbook.

7/25/2011 2 pm Words and Music 7/25//2011 3 pm Live Concert 7/25//2011 10 pm Words and Music 7/31//2011 9:45am Words and Music 7/31//2011 10:30am Live Concert

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Michael White Quintet Unit 2 Kicks Off Collaborative Arts Initiative Tour The Arts.mwq With A New Series Beginning September 25

Source: Leisei Chen
July 21, 2011

SERIES COMBINES LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES, PRESENTATIONS BY VISUAL ARTISTS, AND EXHIBITIONS AT THE CROATIAN CULTURAL CENTER OF GREATER LOS ANGELES SEPTEMBER 25, OCTOBER 1, AND OCTOBER 8 Los Angeles, CA—The award-winning Michael White Quintet UNIT2 inaugurates their new initiative, tour the ARTS.MWQ, with a weekly series running Saturday, September 25 through Sunday, October 8 at the Croatian Cultural Center of Greater Los Angeles (CCCGLA) in San Pedro. The multicultural, uniquely collaborative events join performances from an array of musicians, conversations ...

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Cole Porter's Songs This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
July 21, 2011

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, singer Nina Ferro joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band for a concert of Cole Porter compositions live from the Filoli Estate in California. 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. You could say that Cole Porter was born with a platinum, jewel-encrusted spoon in his mouth. He enjoyed being “rich-rich." And this was before he made ...

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UYS: Aki Takase interview

Source: underyourskin
July 21, 2011

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MTO Plays SLY: Steven Bernstein's Tribute to Sly & The Family Stone

Source: Calabro Music
July 20, 2011

STEVEN BERNSTEIN'S MILLENNIAL TERRITORY ORCHESTRA Pays Tribute To The Music Of SLY & THE FAMILY STONE On Third Studio Album MTO PLAYS SLY With Special Guests ANTONY HEGARTY, BERNIE WORRELL, BILL LASWELL, DEAN BOWMAN, MARTHA WAINWRIGHT, SANDRA ST. VICTOR, SHILPA RAY and VERNON REID Available SEPTEMBER 27 On LP, CD & Mp3 from ROYAL POTATO FAMILY New York City's favorite “little big band," Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra cracks open wide the monumental songbook of Sly & The Family Stone ...

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Crescendo "Jazz, the Voice of America" To be released winter of 2012

Source: Mike DiGiovanni
July 20, 2011

Crescendo Productions LLC with the cooperation of Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc. has announced the release date for Crescendo the story of the creation and continuing evolution of jazz. Experienced through the lives of the musicians who live and breathe it, Crescendo takes us fully into the making of this most original form of musical expression. The film follows jazz legend Wynton Marsalis and his band, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Using a biographical style of filmmaking, Crescendo delves into ...

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