Jazz News

The Wahya Consort Premieres "Mingus and Beyond" to Benefit The Humane Society

Source: Sound Visions Media
May 18, 2011

An exciting day of jazz events includes The Wahya Consort making their debut with a premiere of, “Mingus and Beyond," on Sunday June 12, 2011 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Ojai Arts Center located at 113 South Montgomery Street in Ojai. The Wahya Consort includes vocalist Ellen Johnson, pianist Bevan Manson, percussionist Brad Dutz and bassist Rick Shaw performing music of Charles Mingus, original compositions and lyrics, and free improvised music. The Consort, in support of the ...

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One of the Best Drummers in Los Angeles takes Drums, Drummers, and Drumming On A Quantum Surge with New Book "The Footiments"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
May 18, 2011

Los Angeles—When you think of double-Bass/double-Pedal drummers names like Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta, Ginger Baker, Mike Portnoy, Neil Peart, and Chris Adler obviously spring to mind. Yet one drummer has taken the science of double-bass/double-pedal drumming to a new level of intensity with his new book 'The Footiments.' For the drummer in the know, the name Rick BooM Steel is a respected innovator in the field of music education. BooM is a successful drummer with a unique style and sense ...

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Patti Austin Releases Sound Advice, Her 18th Album, Via Shanachie Entertainment

Source: 1888 Media
May 18, 2011

Austin Creates Tapestry Of Diverse Songs With Powerful Messages From The Rolling Stones, Depeche Mode, Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Bill Withers, Brenda Russell And More! From the stirring, gospel-flavored intro of her inspiring reading of Des'ree's 1994 hit “You Gotta Be" to the final bars of a highly distinctive, ethereal and moody remake of the Depeche Mode staple, “Enjoy The Silence," Patti Austin has created what is destined to be another musical gem in a catalog ...

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What's New From Taylor Ho Bynum

Source: Chris Rich
May 18, 2011

New CDs

Next, a trio recording with guitarist Joe Morris and bassoonist Sara Schoenbeck, is now available for pre-order from Porter Records; very intimate and intense improvisational chamber music. And two other recent CDs are still warm from the oven: The Throes, a quartet with Nate Wooley on trumpet, Ken Filiano on bass, and Tomas Fujiwara on drums, and Book of Three , a collective trio with bassist John Hébert and drummer Gerald Cleaver. All music I am very proud ...

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Only Two Weeks Remain to Enter Rene Marie's "Voice of My Beautiful Country" Contest to Win a Trip to Washington DC

Source: GoMedia PR
May 18, 2011

In celebration of her Motéma Music, debut, Voice of My Beautiful Country, award winning singer-songwriter and trailblazing vocalist René Marie is asking fellow Americans to follow her lead, listen to their inner voices, pull from their own experiences and creatively express to the world what they love most love about their country. They can use poetry, photography, spoken word, video or music, to best display their own “Voice of My Beautiful Country." Until May 31, 2011, fans across the US ...

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OPEYE ORCHESTRA Free MP3 Download!

Source: Henry Kuntz
May 18, 2011

OPEYE ORCHESTRA Live at Tuva Space (HB CDR 5/6) Free MP3 Download! Two Outrageous Sets of World-Expansive Free Improvised Music! “Along with expanding the range of instruments available for improvisation in a cultural sense, (OPEYE has) been working to expand the formal bounds of improvisation itself. As a group, we have been consciously moving away from what I think of as a lowest common denominator approach to the ways players relate to each other in an improvisational setting. That is, ...

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New Release by Baritone Saxophonist Claire Daly, The Mary Joyce Project: "Nothing to Lose," Inspired by the Spirit of her Pioneering Ancestor, Will be Released in September

Source: GoMedia PR
May 18, 2011

Daly's Second Cousin, Mary Joyce, Owned Saloon in Alaska in the Early 20th Century, and Ran Supplies For the Allies by Dogsled in WW II In September, award-winning baritone saxophonist Claire Daly, will release The Mary Joyce Project: Nothing to Lose, a musical homage to her father's first cousin, Mary Joyce. A pioneer who made a 1,000 mile dogsled journey from Juneau to Fairbanks in 1935-36, the story of Joyce and her three month journey is an amazing tale of ...

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Rhiannon Giddens Laffan Joins NC Symphony Globe-Trotting Concert, May 31-June 5

Source: Arthur Ryel-Lindsey
May 18, 2011

CARY, N.C.—Grammy Award-winning vocalist Rhiannon Giddens Laffan joins forces with North Carolina Symphony Music Director Grant Llewellyn and the stellar talents of your state's premier professional orchestra for a journey across the musical globe. “Around the World in Eighty Minutes," the second entry in the Symphony's 2011 Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series, takes place at Cary's Koka Booth Amphitheatre on Saturday, June 4, at 7:30 p.m. Children 12 and under are free. The orchestra also takes the show on the road, ...

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