Jazz News

The Grateful Dead Movie with Never-Before-Seen Jerry Garcia Interviews Returns to Theaters

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 27, 2011

The critically acclaimed cinematic concert rockumentary, The Grateful Dead Movie Event will take audiences back to the '70s for a one-night in-theater event on Wednesday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m. local time. Under the direction of the band's lead guitarist Jerry Garcia and co-directed by Leon Gast, these legendary 1974 concerts capture the Grateful Dead at the pinnacle of their psychedelic worldwide fame while documenting the Dead Head experience. During this NCM Fathom event, theater audiences will be the first ...

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Instant Composers Pool Orchestra to Play 3-Day Concert Series April 1-3 in Philadelphia on US Spring Tour

Source: Canary Promotion + Design
March 27, 2011

From April 1st through the 3rd, Ars Nova Workshop will present Three Days in Philadelphia, a multi-night concert series showcasing the work of acclaimed Dutch ensemble Instant Composers Pool Orchestra (ICP), in a rare US appearance. The internationally celebrated tentet has engaged audiences with their unique blend of tradition and experimentation for over 40 years.

Instant Composers Pool Orchestra blurs the lines between improvisation and composition with their distinctive, and oftentimes theatrical, practice of “instant composing," while juxtaposing historically disparate ...

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Yoshi's engineer goes on rampage at the Oakland location

Source: Michael Ricci
March 26, 2011

OAKLAND _ A Yoshi's sound engineer is in custody this morning after he entered the jazz club on Embarcadero at 8:45 a.m. and destroyed equipment with a baseball bat, Oakland police said. Yoshi's will reopen tonight. But the employee, Dan Pettit, was arrested for felony vandalism, police said. He took a bat to dressing rooms, as well as an office and performance areas, police said. He damaged computers and pictures, and turned over tables and chairs. Police estimated the damage ...

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Sid Griffin & the Coal Porters Plan Rare U.S. West Coast Foray

Source: conqueroo
March 26, 2011

British alt-bluegrass band fronted by Long Ryders founder and author Sid Griffin will perform at the Stagecoach Festival plus San Francisco and three L.A. shows LONDON, U.K.—Musician/writer/author/broadcaster Sid Griffin rose to fame in Los Angeles as leader of Island recording artists the Long Ryders, one of the first bands of the alt-rock era to incorporate the influences of Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers and the Byrds. Yet in recent years, he's made his home in London, where he ...

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Lenore Raphael to tour North Carolina and Florida in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month

Source: LenMar Promotions
March 26, 2011

Renowned Jazz pianist Lenore Raphael will begin a tour in honor of Jazz Appreciation Month with a concert at the Halle Cultural Arts Center in Apex, North Carolina with an evening of popular and more obscure Duke Ellington compositions. Accompanied by bassist Rick Eckberg and drummer Peter Ingram, this trio sold out their last performance at this venue so early ticket purchase is suggested on etix.com or at the theater box office. She continues the tour with a concert at ...

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200 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz CD/DVD Release Center

Source: Michael Ricci
March 25, 2011

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Heineken TransAtlantic Festival Kicks Off April 14

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
March 25, 2011

Afrofunk, Wheels of Steel, and Ocean Waves: Miami's Global Portal at the Beachfront Heineken TransAtlantic Festival, April 2011 The Heineken TransAtlantic Festival (April 14-30, 2011) grabs a fearless hold on the punk travels and dubbed-out grace of a generation of new musicians from Mexico to Brazil, from Brooklyn to Nigeria. Then it transports them to Miami Beach's best kept secret: A swooping mid-century bandshell right on the beach, in the heart of the city's North Beach historic district. It's an ...

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Odean Pope Benefit at the Philadelphia Clef Club March 21, 2011

Source: Victor L. Schermer
March 25, 2011

It has often been noted that the community of jazz musicians is as close and caring as an extended family. Indeed, in Philadelphia, modern jazz received a major thrust in the 1950s-60s when pioneers like John Coltrane, the Heath Brothers, McCoy Tyner, Benny Golson, James Moody, and a small army of others would get together in each others' homes to practice, invent, talk, and cement lifetime bonds, while the parents would host, listen, befriend, and cook up meals for them. ...

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