Jazz News

Guitarist Tyson Graf unites fiery progressive-rock guitar with rambunctious jazz improvisation on new album

Source: Lauren Rogers
March 29, 2011

Guitarist Tyson Graf isn't content with exploring the surface; instead, he'd rather the plumb the depths. To him, playing music takes on a transcendent quality. “As I get older music becomes more and more of a spiritual activity," Graf revealed. “Spiritual in the sense of becoming more enlightened through music and hopefully enlightening others." On his second album Rehearsals, Graf stitches together his command of progressive-rock guitar with his fascination for jazz improv. The union of the two makes for ...

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All About Jazz and Mosaic Records/True Blue Music Newsletter Sponsorship and CD Marketing Program

Source: Michael Ricci
March 28, 2011

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Nellie McKay at Feinstein's

Source: Miller Wright & Associates
March 28, 2011

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York" by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, continues its star-studded Winter 2011 season with “I Want To Live!"—an evening with NELLIE McKAY, a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars... The return engagement of the critically acclaimed singer, songwriter and actress, featuring songs from her latest CD Home Sweet Mobile Home, will run from March 22 to ...

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This Week at The Cornelia Street Cafe - March 28-April 4

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

Monday, March 28, 8:30 PM  20TH CENTURY SCHIZOID MUSIC: EARTH DAY AT THE CAFE! Madeleine Shapiro, cello; Jonathan Skinner, poet

Tuesday, March 29, 8:30 PM  STEVEN LUGERNER—CD RELEASE Steven Lugerner, alto soprano saxophones, bass clarinet; Lucas Pino, tenor saxophone; Itamar Borochov, trumpet; Angelo Spagnolo, guitar; Glenn Zaleski, piano; Ross Gallagher, bass

Wednesday, March 30, 8:30 PM  SAM TRAPCHAK—PUT TOGETHER FUNNY Sam Trapchak, bass; Tom Chang, guitar; Greg Ward, alto sax; Arthur Vint, ...

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Frank Sinatra: Concert Collection 7-DVD Box Set

Source: Michael Ricci
March 28, 2011

FRANK SINATRA'S GREATEST TELEVISON AND CONCERT PERFORMANCES FEATURING AN INCREDIBLE ARRAY OF GUEST STARS AND PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL Los Angeles, CA—Shout! Factory celebrates one of the most important and beloved entertainers of our time with the release of the 7-DVD box set Frank Sinatra: Concert Collection, which contains over 14 hours of television and concert performances from the '50s through the '80s, including four previously unreleased specials, a box-set exclusive compilation of vintage performances, and a 44-page book featuring rare ...

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Ljova and the Kontaband at Cinema Arts Centre (Huntington, NY) on April 3rd

Source: Premik Russell Tubbs
March 27, 2011

Ljova and the Kontraband is new music, i.e. chamber-jam music for the remix generation. As if by alchemy, Eastern-European and Gypsy melodies, Latin rhythms, Jazz-inspired improvisations, and deeply rooted Classical forms are given new meanings in original compositions that fearlessly forge a new direction, with a nostalgic gaze towards the past. Since making its debut in June 2006, the ensemble has performed at venues such as New York's Lincoln Center & the Museum of Modern Art, The Kennedy Center in ...

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CD Release: Dave Le Febvre, From Soul To Soul

Source: Jeff Rzepiela Public Relations
March 28, 2011

Dave Le Febvre's new CD release, From Soul to Soul, features original straight-ahead and Latin jazz compositions performed by his quintet. Dave performs on tenor saxophone and EWI with Jean Michel Huré on guitar, Murray Low on piano, Dan Feiszli on bass and Curt Moore on drums. From Soul to Soul may be purchased online through CDBaby.com and Amazon.com beginning April 1, 2011. Jazz saxophonist and composer Dave Le Febvre (pronounced “Le Fay" in the US) has performed throughout California, ...

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NASA Space Station Musical Instruments in Orbit

Source: All About Jazz
March 27, 2011

A surprising number of astronauts are also musicians—and they love to play in space. Astronaut Carl Walz once lived on the International Space Station (ISS) for 196 days—about six and a half months. That's a long time to look down at Earth, and not be able to touch it.

Before he went up in 2001, Walz recalls, the psychological support people asked him what kind of things he'd be interested in taking along. “I said, 'Well, a keyboard would be ...

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