Jazz News

"Eddie Condon: Renaissance Man of Jazz" This Week on Riverwalk Jazz

Source: Don Mopsick
April 21, 2011

This week, Riverwalk Jazz presents Eddie Condon: Renaissance Man of Jazz. A fast-talking, wisecracking Midwesterner, Condon epitomized Chicago Jazz. The show is distributed in the US by Public Radio International, on Sirius/XM Sattelite Radio and streamed worldwide from the Riverwalk Jazz website. Joining us this week is photographer, author and record producer Hank O'Neal, who collaborated on Eddie Condon's Scrapbook of Jazz. Also, daughter Maggie Condon shares her wealth of memories. She paints this picture of her father at the ...

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Jazz: For all, or the few?

Source: Speakin' the Blues
April 21, 2011

Let's face it... Jazz as a musical force is not what was back in it's heyday. Yes, Jazz continues to evolve with it's never ending strive for innovation. Jazz radio stations remain very popular, and as I hear from Voice of America's Jazz America program every Saturday morning (Kuwait local time), the amount of new Jazz that comes out is phenomenal, given it's dwindling sales and lack of promotion. I usually do not write on this blog, mostly because I ...

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New Ear Training Games at Theta Music Trainer Make Music Theory Fun

Source: Steve Myers
April 21, 2011

Theta Music Technologies has unveiled three new innovative games for music lovers, along with a host of new features in the latest version of its acclaimed online ear training system Theta Music Trainer. A new personal feedback feature makes Theta Music Trainer the world's first online ear trainer that can respond to students individually based on the results from their music games. Theta Music Technologies today added three new titles to its growing collection of music skill games, announcing the ...

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Bassist Alex Blake to Be Honored by Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum With Lifetime Achievement Award

Source: Manjari Prakash
April 21, 2011

NEW YORK, NY—World renowned double bassist Alex Blake will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and induction into the Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame and Museum by the Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium on April 28th, 2011 from 6:00 to 8:30pm in a ceremony at the Brooklyn Historical Society. The Lifetime Achievement Award acknowledges a “master musician who continues to play" and contribute to the arts as an ongoing inspiration for other musicians and future talent. The ceremony is one ...

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Chihiro Yamanaka Trio 4/24 at the Blue Note (NY), releases CD "Forever Begins"

Source: Scott Foster
April 20, 2011

The Chihiro Yamanaka Trio will perform April 24, 2011 at the Blue Note in New York City. Appearing with Chihiro, a brilliant jazz pianist/composer/arranger, will be bassist Yasushi Nakamura and drummer Pete Van Nostrand. For this Sunday brunch engagement, audiences have a choice of attending either of two sets, at 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM. The Blue Note is at 131 W. 3rd St. in Manhattan. Reservations may be made on the Blue Note's website or by phone (212-475-8592.) The ...

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5th Annual Longwood Gardens Wine & Jazz Festival Set for June 4th

Source: Michael Ricci
April 20, 2011

Experience a day full of jazz greats, Pennsylvania fine wines and local fresh fare amid spectacular gardens during the 5th annual Wine & Jazz Festival. Longwood's outdoor stage overlooking the picturesque meadow comes alive with sizzling performances by the finest jazz artists of today! Tickets $34 Members/$21 Designated Driver $40 Non-Members//$25 Designated Driver Price includes Gardens admission. Groups of 15 or more can receive a discounted price of $34 per adult. Contact our Group Visits office for more ...

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Vocalist Roseanna Vitro Debuts on Motema Music with "The Music of Randy Newman" May 17

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
April 20, 2011

With the release on May 17 of The Music of Randy Newman, her debut CD for Motema Music, Roseanna Vitro stakes a claim as the first jazz vocalist to explore the richly melodic, sharply observant Randy Newman songbook. Having previously covered the music of American icons Ray Charles and Bill Evans in acclaimed album-length projects, Vitro relished the challenge of selecting material from Newman's vast catalog. “What I love about Randy Newman is his ability to tell a story, and ...

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Youssou Ndour Album Release & Tour

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
April 20, 2011

In Marley's Footsteps: Youssou Ndour Discovers the African Heart of Reggae on Dakar-Kingston

Youssou Ndour's journey to Kingston began with the music pulsing from the Dakar market stalls of his childhood. It began during long hours of listening to reggae LPs from his uncle's record store. It continued decades later, long after Ndour became one of the world's best known and best loved African singers, as circumstances conspired and he found himself at Tuff Gong studios, walking in Bob Marley's ...

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