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Radio

Maxine Sullivan's 100th Birthday Celebration on Riverwalk Jazz This Week

Source: Don Mopsick
May 12, 2011

This week on Riverwalk Jazz, Arbors recording artists Rebecca Kilgore and John Sheridan join The Jim Cullum Jazz Band for a program devoted to Maxine Sullivan's 100th birthday called Flow Gently, Sweet Rhythm. Over a five decade career, Maxine Sullivan brought a light, subtle approach to jazz vocals that paved the way for the “Cool School" of singing. Sullivan first came to New York in the summer of 1937. She said, “I auditioned every gin mill from 155th Street to ...

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Festival

The 2011 Copenhagen Jazz Festival, July 1-10, Announces: The Sound of Africa and 21st Century Jazz, plus Bobby McFerrin!!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
May 12, 2011

The 2011 Copenhagen Jazz Festival, July 1-10, Announces: The Sound of Africa and 21st Century Jazz Copenhagen Jazz Festival and Koncerthuset present an exclusive solo concert with vocalist Bobby McFerrin at The Concert Hall on July 5! Several venues, including Jazzhus Montmartre, Tivoli and Prøvehallen, have already released their festival programs—the details can be found in our festival calendar—and with top names like Keith Jarrett, Sonny Rollins, Mike Stern, Dave Douglas and Lyle Lovett confirmed and exciting names released from ...

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Performance / Tour

Shane Endsley Celebrates The Release of His New Recording At Joe's Pub

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
May 12, 2011

Trumpeter/Composer Shane Endsley Celebrates The Release of His New Recording Shane Endsley and The Music Band—Then The Other At Joe's Pub on June 1 @ 7:30 PM! Featuring Shane Endsley (trumpet, compositions), Matt Brewer (bass), Ted Poor (drums), and special guest Gerald Clayton (piano) “What's most remarkable about the quartet's latest, Then the Other, is its uncluttered directness; where many a modern composer props up his music with concepts and themes, Endsley is content to simply write songs, with bold ...

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Recording

Isaac Allen Releases "Don't Smoke"

Source: Powderfinger Promotions
May 12, 2011

It is hard to keep in mind that Mr. Isaac Allen is only twenty-four years young when listening to the tracks of heartache, addiction, death row, and back alleys that compose his brilliantly honest debut—Don't Smoke. Don't Smoke shows Allen's lyrical talents, melding of jazz and blues in day when artists of this type are teetering on the brink of extinction; however, he isn't simply recreating what past greats have done; instead, like the singer-songwriter giants before him, Isaac Allen ...

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Interview

UYS: Myra Melford interview

Source: underyourskin
May 12, 2011

Festival

Natixis Global Asset Management Is Presenting Sponsor of Newport Jazz Festival

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
May 12, 2011

Natixis Global Asset Management to Be Presenting Sponsor of 2011 Newport Jazz Festival Jazz Festival Is Debut Event in NGAM Musical Initiative to Enrich Lives and Benefit Communities NEWPORT, RI—Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. announced that Natixis Global Asset Management (NGAM), one of the world's leading asset managers, will be the presenting sponsor of the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, scheduled for August 5-7. Headquartered in Paris and Boston, Natixis Global Asset Management provides investment solutions to both institutional and individual clients. ...

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Radio

Mysticism to Metal: "Afropop" Goes to Egypt

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
May 12, 2011

Send Afropop Worldwide to Egypt! (It's Tax-deductible too!) More than a year before Egypt's inspiring revolution, Afropop began planning a research trip to the country as part of our ground breaking Hip Deep program series. The plan is to travel to Egypt in the summer of 2011 to gather material for four radio programs, and a variety of web offerings, including videos, blog posts and social media outreach. The programs are: Cairo, Part 1: A Musical Portrait: A history of ...

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Recording

Soulive's Al Evans Unearths "Crushed Velvet"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
May 12, 2011

Royal Family Records has announced the May 24 release of the long lost 1970s' motion picture soundtrack The Big One by Crushed Velvet & The Velveteers. This never-before-issued soul music gem was recently unearthed by Soulive drummer Alan Evans when a family friend in Buffalo, NY put him in touch with the movie's director Cleo McBride. A 1974 Shaft-meets-007 Blaxploitation production, The Big One never made it to the big screen as the film was reported to have been destroyed ...

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