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Radio

Ted Daniel Talks King Oliver at WKCR

Source: Chris Rich
June 5, 2011

Tune in for Ted Daniel's musical tribute to the renowned jazz cornetist on Columbia University's jazz radio program on the Columbia University jazz radio program with Ben Young, Monday evening June 6th from 6:00-9:00pm on WKCR 89.9 FM. During the program, Daniel will discuss the life and times of Joseph “King" Oliver his involvement in King Oliver's music, and IBMC's performance of King Oliver material in concert on June 7th. The following evening (June 7th, 2011) Ted Daniel's International Brass ...

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Performance / Tour

Lisle Atkinson's Neo Bass Ensemble Meets "Ellington" Featuring Valerie Capers, Danny Mixon And Richard Wyands @ Symphony Space, June 10, 8pm

Source: The Cinarae Group
June 5, 2011

Lisle Atkinson's NEO BASS Ensemble, a unique, multi-bass ensemble, features the bass as “lead" instrument, putting the full range of the double bass on display: from lead instrument, harmonic front line, solo and rhythm section. Founded by well- respected leader, Lisle Atkinson and his wife and fellow bassist, Karen Atkinson, The NEO BASS Ensemble's annual summer fetes at Symphony Space have featured such stellar Jazz names as Ron Carter and Richard Davis. In its' 11th year, NEO BASS Meets ELLINGTON ...

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Contest

Enter the "Colin Vallon - Rruga" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2011

Interview

Lee Konitz at 83: Taking It Slow and Steady on "Live at Birdland"

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
June 4, 2011

The latest entry in All About Jazz's Legends series is alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, who first arrived on the scene back in the late 1940s when he played in Claude Thornhill's orchestra. As a teen, he studied with the legendary Lennie Tristano, eventually playing and recording with the master. He was also a member of the group that recorded Miles Davis' landmark 'Birth of the Cool,' and soon thereafter began to lead bands of his own. One of the great ...

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Festival

David Longoria To Perform At Temecula Balloon And Wine Festival

Source: Universal Music Enterprises
June 4, 2011

Hollywood, CA— International recording artist David Longoria will bring his Latin infused jazz and pop music to the stage at the 2011 Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival Saturday June 4th at 4pm at Lake Skinner. The singer and trumpet player is known by jazz and pop audiences from both his releases, and his work performing and producing with top artists' music including Sting, General Public, Boys II Men and many others. Longoria's single “Deeper Love," featuring Cece Peniston, reached ...

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Recording

Tony Bennett's "Best of the Improv Recordings" Coming On Concord

Source: conqueroo
June 4, 2011

Sixteen-track compilation spotlights the singer's recordings on his own label July 12 release date celebrates Bennett's 85th birthday LOS ANGELES, Calif.—In the decade between the end of World War II and the advent of rock 'n' roll, Tony Bennett emerged as one of the premier pop singers of his generation — the heir apparent to figures like Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and other iconic balladeers whose versatile and engaging vocal styles had already translated to huge successes in the 1930s ...

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Festival

Vision Festival 16 Opening Night; Echoes of Ascension, Marion Brown and John Tchicai.

Source: Chris Rich
June 4, 2011

Having covered the Panel Discussion for Sunday the music needs its due. Where else but the Vision Festival, in the US at least, would you find a night given to two participants in that legendary extended fanfare the world knows as Ascension. One still works among us, John Tchicai, and the other left us since Vision Festival last conveved. Marion Brown was a wonder. He was among the early inventors of mixed medium work incorporating poetry, visual arts and the ...

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Event

Elli Fordyce, Jazz Vocalist/recording Artist, Opens Jazz Revolution II At The Shrine In NYC

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
June 4, 2011

New York, NY,—In support of her latest successful CD release, Songs Spun of Gold, Elli Fordyce will be performing live at Aleksander Baldych's Jazz (R)Evolution II at The Shrine Bar, Restaurant/World Music Venue in NYC on Tuesday, June 28, 2011 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. In her performance at The Shrine, Elli will be performing songs from her effervescent, Songs Spun of Gold, as well as her previous well-received CD, Something Still Cool. She will be accompanied by talented Jazz ...

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