Jazz News

Art Spaces and Institutions Are Part of the Heart of Jazz Week from JazzBoston

Source: Chris Rich
April 28, 2011

Jazz Week begins at lunch hour in Downtown Boston with several free public performances by area music students including the Ecce Trio, led by Henrique Eisenmann (Brazilian jazz, Latin rhythms) holding court at the Prudential Center. South Garden, Fausto Sierkowski's Unit (Improvised music) manning Downtown Crossing and the Gypsy Jazz Duo (Gypsy jazz, folk, blue grass)enhancing South Station—Main Train Terminal, Summer Street and Atlantic Ave. The Boston area is home to an unusual concentration of music schools. And it has ...

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"Big Bands Afire: Swing to Beyond" kicks off Jazz Week from JazzBoston

Source: Chris Rich
April 28, 2011

Large ensemble lovers have several options in as many locations for Jazz Week. The Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra holds court at the Cambridge Family YMCA Theatre with an offer to pay the first 50 attendees to show up. The 19 piece JCA Orchestra will present a concert of new music by resident composers David Harris, Jim Hobbs, Darrell Katz, Bob Pilkington, Warren Senders and Norm Zocher. The JCA Orchestra has been bringing new and exciting music to Boston for 25 ...

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Steve Khan's "Parting Shot (Golpe de Partida)" Released April 26 (Tone Center)

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
April 27, 2011

STEVE KHAN—PARTING SHOT (GOLPE DE PARTIDA) For guitarist Steve Khan, “PARTING SHOT" (Golpe de Partida) marks his fourth release for Tone Center Records. It follows “THE GREEN FIELD"; the Grammy nominated, “BORROWED TIME"; and the spectacular double-live recording, “THE SUITCASE." It marks the first time since 1994 and “CROSSINGS" that Steve reunites Eyewitness: Anthony Jackson (contrabass guitar); Dennis Chambers (drums); and Manolo Badrena (percussion)—but this time, there is something different, very different. They now combine the looseness of their improvisations, ...

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Mizzou New Music Summer Festival announces selection of eight resident composers for 2011

Source: Dean Minderman
April 27, 2011

Columbia, MO—The University of Missouri School of Music and the Mizzou New Music Initiative have selected eight resident composers for the 2011 Mizzou New Music Summer Festival, which will be held Monday, July 11 through Saturday, July 16 in Columbia. They are:

Kari Besharse, Champaign IL David Biedenbender, Ann Arbor MI Patrick David Clark, Columbia MO Michael-Thomas Foumai, Honolulu HI Yotam Haber, New York NY Clint Needham, Columbus OH Steven Snowden, Austin TX Liza White, Berkeley CA

The 2011 Mizzou ...

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Guitarist Dean Brown and RunFly Studios Release Pickup Tunes!

Source: Dean Brown
April 27, 2011

Changing Ear “Training" into Ear “Gaming," Pickup Tunes Puts a Musical Ear in Everyone's Reach. Just as a great chef can taste every nuance of a dish, a person with a musical ear can break a musical “sentence" down to its formative ideas. While there is little doubt that being able to listen well makes for better musicians, it is also true that a musical ear increases everyone's enjoyment of music. The question is: how do we get it? A ...

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Dublin Rocker Paul Brady's 12th Album, 'Hooba Dooba,' Due on Proper American May 24th

Source: conqueroo
April 27, 2011

U.S. May 24th release features guest stints from Jerry Douglas and Sarah Siskind DUBLIN, Ireland—The career of Paul Brady—whose 12th solo album, the exuberantly titled Hooba Dooba, gets its U.S. release on May 24, 2011 via Proper American—is not that of your usual singer/songwriter. And the new record is the most wildly eclectic this man for all seasons has yet recorded. “I'm a marketing department's nightmare," he jokes, before discussing the confusion that has surrounded him for so long. “I ...

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May 5-11 at Tutuma Social Club (NYC)

Source: Joe Alterman
April 27, 2011

Thursday May 5 @ 7pm Jonghun Song Quartet. Straight ahead jazz music Jonghun Song (guitar), Ji-yong Park (Piano), Younchul Kim (Bass) Ray Kim (Drums) @8:30pm: Lando Tap—Passion of Rythym. Modern Afro-Peruvian song and dance Toño Vilchez (percussion, zapateo, & tap), Alex Da Silva (Bass), John Doing(Drums), Laurandrea Leguia (sax) Grant Fisher (guitar). Reservations recommended @10:30pm: Afro Peruvian Quartet with Daniel Susnjar. Afro Peruvian jazz Daniel Susnjar (perc), Paul Bollenback (guitar), Alex Norris (trpt), Joseph Lepore (bass) Friday May 6 @ ...

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Blue Note Jazz Club Presents The Rigas Ritmi Festival All Stars From Latvia, with Special Guests Chris Potter and Brian Lynch, May 16, 2011; 8 pm & 10:30 pm

Source: hubtone PR
April 27, 2011

NEW YORK, NY—The Blue Note, in collaboration with New York University (NYU) and The New York Foundation of the Arts (NYFA), presents a rare opportunity to hear world-class musicians from the venerated Baltic city of Riga in Latvia. This special evening salutes the idea of cultural exchange, as The Rigas Ritmi Festival All Stars, featuring special guest artists Chris Potter and Brian Lynch, present the sound of Baltic jazz. They come to the States as artistic ambassadors representing a country ...

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