Jazz News

Trombonist Saunders Sermons on tour with Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi

Source: Lauren Rogers
April 29, 2011

They used to call the late funk legend James Brown the hardest working man in showbiz. Look out because trombonist Saunders Sermons is starting to vie for that title. Currently on tour with the blues' greatest husband-and-wife team Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, Sermons knows life on the road like his ABCs. In his young life Sermons has already performed with legendary acts like hip-hop kingpins Jay-Z, 50 Cent, and Diddy; soul diva Mary J. Blige; Grammy-winning trumpeter Roy Hargrove; ...

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On May 11 Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Presents The Joel Harrison Large Ensemble @ The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music!

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
April 28, 2011

Connection Works Presents The 4th Season Of Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open @ The Brooklyn Conservatory Of Music Concert Hall

The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is located at 58 Seventh Ave (at Lincoln Place), Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY, 718 622 3300, Tickets are $15, and $10 for students and seniors   

Final Concert of the 2010-2011 season  Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 8:00 PM

Joel Harrison Large Ensemble Presenting a new work commissioned by Connection Works with assistance from Meet ...

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Phil Palombi Plays Scott LaFaro's Bass This Weekend at the Kitano

Source: Phil Palombi
April 28, 2011

A CD release Party at the Kitano in NYC—Friday and Saturday nights, April 29th & 30th! In support of his newest release, entitled RE:Person I Knew—A Tribute to Scott LaFaro, Phil Palombi will be leading a trio at the Kitano this weekend. Joining him on the gigs will be legendary pianist Don Friedman and drum great Eliot Zigmund. The special guest for the event, however, is Scott LaFaro's actual 1825 Abraham Prescott bass. This is the instrument that he recorded ...

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Eric Jackson over the years and at Jazz Week on May 2nd and May 6th

Source: Chris Rich
April 28, 2011

Learning about this music in the early 70s in greater Boston was, in retrospect, an unusual and happy coincidence for me. A friend handed me Volunteered Slavery from Rahsaan Roland Kirk and I was good to go. I got so much of my basic sense of the idiom from FM radio. It is important to note that FM back then was an exotic and mysterious thing for audiophiles and classical music. We were still mainly an AM top 40 culture ...

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International Day of Hand Percussion in Philadelphia

Source: Michael Ricci
April 28, 2011

FIRST TIME EVER IN PHILADELPHIA: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HAND PERCUSSION Artists and students celebrate rhythmic traditions from all over the world Presented by the University of the Arts in conjunction with faculty member and Master Percussionist Arturo Stable, on Saturday May 7th, Philadelphia celebrates the first day of Hand Percussion in the history of the city. The event will take place at the Caplan Recital Hall, located on the 17th floor of the Terra building, 211 S. Broad Street. Doors ...

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Gonzalo Rubalcaba Releases CD On His New 5 Passion Label

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
April 28, 2011

FÉ ... Faith, the premiere release from Gonzalo Rubalcaba on his newly founded independent 5Passion label, marks an important milestone in the career of one of contemporary music's most compelling artists. Boasting an imposing discography of more than 25 critically acclaimed albums as a leader (including a dozen choice dates for Blue Note) featuring the virtuoso pianist in the company of some of modern music's best players, it is Rubalcaba's distinctive keyboard work that is the consistent hallmark of his ...

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San Antonio Swing Reborn on Riverwalk Jazz This Week

Source: Don Mopsick
April 28, 2011

This week, Riverwalk Jazz revisits San Antonio's hot spots and revives hot dance music of the city's historic East Side in the 1930s. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band expands to a 12- piece orchestra, performing new arrangements of rarely heard Swing Era compositions from the Don Albert Orchestra and Boots and His Buddies. The weekly jazz series is distributed in the US by Public Radio International and Sirius/XM, and can be streamed worldwide from the Riverwalk Jazz website. A special ...

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Playboy Jazz Festival To Present Justo Almario's Afro-Colombian Ensemble And Israeli Pianist Tamir Hendelman's Trio, In Free Community Concert Sunday, May 1st, At Beverly Hills Civic Center

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April 28, 2011

Get ready for a little samba, a little sass, and a lot of jazz, when the acclaimed multi-talented master saxophonist and composer Justo Almario brings his distinctive fusion of jazz, South-American and world rhythms to Beverly Hills in a free concert on Sunday, May 1st. The show will also feature award-winning Israeli pianist Tamir Hendelman and his Trio. Presented by the Playboy Jazz Festival, the event will take place from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Beverly Hills Civic ...

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