Jazz News

Farnell Newton's "Class is Now in Session" on House of Love Records Now Available

Source: Michael Ricci
May 4, 2011

Trumpeter Farnell Newton is one of the most versatile musicians and educators in the Northwest, playing straight ahead jazz, smooth jazz, Latin music, soul, and hip hop. When he is not teaching at Portland State University's Jazz Department or working with his youth jazz group, PDX Jazz Project, he is touring, recording, and performing with sax man Mike Phillips (who has performed with Stevie Wonder and Prince, among others), the DooDooFunk All- Stars, & the BET/CENTRIC Soul Train Award All-Star ...

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Flying High: A Jazz Life and Beyond by Peter King (Northway Books)

Source: Ann Cotterrell
May 4, 2011

Peter King's book ranks among the great jazz autobiographies. Peter King's book ranks among the great jazz autobiographies. One of the world's leading alto saxophonists, he tells his story with searing honesty, revealing the obsessions and motivations that have driven him and the dilemmas of surviving as a top creative musician in an often inhospitable world. With unsparing self-analysis he describes the traumas that accompanied his brilliant career for many years. Internationally recognised as a jazz star, Peter King has ...

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The Dark Side: Pictures of Rosaria La Ciura

Source: Ross La Ciura
May 4, 2011

Opening: May 4, 2011 Presentation of Fabio Savagnone, photographer and Gianmichele Taormina, professor of jazz history period: from May 4 to June 4, 2011 Broadway Performing Arts Library Via Rosolino Pilo 18 Palermo, Italy Daily from 9.00 to 13.00 and from 16.00 to 19.30 Free admission Working on a scene setting marked by white and black, two classic colors which neutrality flares up in accordance with the jazz of world history, Ross La Ciura ...

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"On the Edge: Exploring the Creative Music Scene" Musician Panel on May 4th for Jazz Week from JazzBoston

Source: Chris Rich
May 3, 2011

Top-flight musicians Dave Bryant, Tom Hall, John Kordalewski, and Neil Leonard carry on a lively conversation about current trends, with performances by the presenters at the Boston Public Library between 6 and 8pm in the Boston Room.

Dave worked with Ornette Coleman in Prime Time and has been contributing to the quality of musical life here for 30 years. Tom was a founding member of Your Neighborhood Saxophone Quartet. John is the guardian of the Makanda Ken McIntyre legacy and ...

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Berklee and Harvard Business School Announce Winner of Music Business Model Competition at Rethink Music, NuevoStage Awarded $50,000 For Innovative Band Booking Solution

Source: Berklee Public Relations
May 3, 2011

Boston, MA—This week, Boston's Hynes Convention Center played host to the inaugural Rethink Music: Creativity, Commerce and Policy in the 21st Century, presented by Berklee College of Music and MIDEM, in association with Harvard University's Berkman Center and Business School. The conference brought together 500 attendees including creators, industry experts, policymakers, and academics for high-level deliberation seeking and developing solutions for the unpredictable trajectory of the music industry. As part of Rethink Music, Berklee and Harvard Business School ran a ...

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Dream Team Faculty to Teach At Samba Meets Jazz Workshops in Bar Harbor July and August 2011

Source: GoMedia PR
May 3, 2011

College of the Atlantic (COA) in Bar Harbor, Maine, will once again be the site for the third annual Samba Meets Jazz Workshops program, taking place July 24 through 30, and July 31 through August 6. Under leadership of its Artistic Directors—world-class jazz guitarist and educator Roni Ben-Hur and Artistic Director virtuoso Brazilian bassist Nilson Matta— the faculty is expanding in 2011 to include legendary pianist, composer and educator Arturo O'Farrill multi-instrument reed player Steve Wilson (saxophone, flute, clarinet); vocalist ...

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Sunday Evening Jazz Cruise aboard Yacht Manhattan in New York Harbor

Source: Michael Ricci
May 3, 2011

Cruise New York City's famous harbor aboard the 1920's style yacht Manhattan while listening to live jazz music by the Classic Harbor Line Jazz Trio!

Sit back and enjoy the gorgeous view of the New York skyline and her quintessential lower Manhattan harbor sites. The band sets an extra festive, jazzy mood by playing selections from the Great American Songbook and pieces by NYC jazz legends such as Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker (just to name a few).

Take in ...

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Announcing the Winners of the "Anthony Wilson - Campo Belo" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2011

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