Jazz News

Jazz Pair Are Note Perfect

Source: Gene Ess
May 25, 2011

Award-winning musicians Gene Ess and Niki King are joining forces for two special shows at Blue Note this month. Guitarist Gene—who has played with such greats as Carlos Santana, Ravi Coltrane, Al Foster, Rashied Ali and Dave Liebman—asked former UK Jazz Vocalist of the Year King to collaborate with him after a friend sent him a copy of her single Wild Is The Wind. He said: “Her singing really spoke to me musically, as it was very mature and heartfelt, ...

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Larry Golding "In My Room" Solo CD Performance with Special Guests Friday June 3, 2011

Source: All About Jazz
May 24, 2011

Larry Goldings “In My Room" CD RELEASE CONCERT WILL BE PERFORMED SOLO BY LARRY WITH SPECIAL GUESTS singer, Gaby Moreno Bassist, David Piltch Singer/Songwriter, Alex Lilly (Obi Best)at Vitello's jazz & supper club in Studio City, Ca Friday June 3, 2011 at 8p & 10p.m. Tickets are available at www.ticketweb.com or call www.vitellosrestaurant at 818-769-0905. For more than two decades, Larry Goldings has been recognized as one of the most distinctive and versatile keyboardists in jazz, R&B and pop, with ...

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Buell Neidlinger Quartet LIve at Ravenna Jazz '87 With Special Guest Steve Lacy

Source: Marty Krystall
May 25, 2011

K2B2 Records (k2b2.com) has just released a new CD—Buell Neidlinger Quartet Live at Ravenna Jazz '87 With Special Guest Steve Lacy (K2B2 3969). This live concert was the first time since 1959 that Neidlinger and Steve Lacy would play music together. They last played together at the NYC Cecil Taylor sessions for Candid Records. Supported by tenor saxophonist Marty Krystall, pianist Brenton Banks and drummer Billy Osborne, this quintet burns through five Thelonious Monk compositions: Skippy; Epistrophy; Reflections; Little Rootie ...

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Novara Jazz 2011 is coming up!

Source: Marco Scotti
May 25, 2011

The festival Novara Jazz has just reached its eighth edition and comes back from 26th May to 5th June with two weeks devoted to jazz and contaminations. Also this year unpublished projects and large previews from the Italian and International jazz scene will be presented on the stands of Piazza della Repubblica and Auditorium Cantelli in the heart of Novara; then dj set, jazz brunch and sunset jazz in the most evocative locations of the province, a large photo exhibition, ...

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Capitol Records Schedules Digital Release of World Without Walls by Ancient Future to Celebrate Reunion Concert June 7, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
May 25, 2011

First Digital Release of Classic 1990 Recording by Ancient Future featuring Tabla Master Zakir Hussain Sepia photo for print (14.7" x 9.7" sepia jpg, 7.2 MB). Ancient Future circa 1990. Photo by Irene Young. Pictured: Matthew Montfort (guitars), Jim Hurley (violin), Doug McKeehan (keys), Ian Dogole (percussion). On June 7, 2011, the exact lineup of Ancient Future that performed on the band's influential World Without Walls and Asian Fusion recordings will reunite to perform for the first time in over ...

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Boubacar Traore CD Release: "Mali Danhou" June 14

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
May 24, 2011

Down Home in Bamako: Boubacar Traoré and the Mischievously Subtle Guitar Blues of Mali Denhou

Boubacar Traoré took his guitar and strode out into the fields outside of Bamako, Mali. There, in the country quiet, he wrote a dozen new songs in a month. “Town is too noisy. And I didn't go to the bush, but I left my guitar here, on my farm. Because I know here, I'm on a leash," Traoré told a recent interviewer.

That leash, that ...

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Eric Dolphy Graphic Novel seeking funding

Source: Keith Henry Brown
May 23, 2011

Keith Henry Brown, illustrator, writer and occasional contributor to AllAboutJazz.com, is on a personal mission. “Eric Dolphy is someone whose music and persona I've always liked and admired. This project to me is a true labor of love. Just something I feel I have to do." This “labor of love" is a graphic novel about the influential multi-instrumentalist Dolphy, who's known for his work with John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and Chico Hamiliton as well as his own incomparable recording efforts ...

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Ayler Records has a New Website

Source: Stephane Berland
May 23, 2011

French label Ayler Records re-launched its new website today. Entirely redesigned, the website also offers new functionality and a better access to all things label-related. A big thank you and a round of applause to the talented Max Micheliov from design4music.org, for his dedication and tremendous help in bringing the new website to life. And to celebrate the launch of the new website, Ayler Records is now offering reduced prices on all currently available releases. Check out the CD catalogue ...

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