Jazz News

Putumayo Presents "Jazz," a Collection of Exceptional Recordings by Jazz Legends

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 18, 2011

Featured Artists: Cannonball Adderley with Bill Evans * Mose Allison * Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson * Chet Baker * Blossom Dearie * Hampton Hawes * Billie Holiday * The Nat King Cole Trio * Anita O'Day * Nina Simone * Zoot Sims * Maxine Sullivan

Putumayo announces the May 3rd release of Jazz, featuring a veritable who's who of jazz legends performing beloved standards. The 1950s was a golden age for jazz and three-quarters of this collection was recorded ...

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Pianist / Vocalist Marcia Ball Celebrates New Release in Philadelphia

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
March 18, 2011

"Based in Austin and steeped in New Orleans, Marcia Ball plumbs the richness of both musical meccas. From rootsy swamp pop and blues-drenched boogie woogie to languid ballads, Ball is equally comfortable with brash roadhouse romps and caressing love songs." —USA Today

Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist/vocalist/songwriter Marcia Ball will celebrate the release of her new Alligator Records CD, Roadside Attractions, on Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at the World Music Cafe in Philadelphia. Ball's groove-laden New Orleans R&B, heart-wrenching ballads and driving ...

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Jazz great Pope tells of bipolar struggles

Source: Michael Ricci
March 18, 2011

Fellow jazzman Joe Lovano once described Odean Pope as a “bad, bad, bad, beautiful musician, man."

Anybody who has heard Pope reign supreme on tenor sax over the years couldn't argue with that. But after sitting down with Pope the other day and listening to him candidly share details of his decades-long struggle with a personal demon, I'd have to add another word to that riff of superlatives.

Courageous.

For more than 30 years, Pope has suffered from bipolar disorder, ...

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Japan Benefit Concert @ I-beam Brooklyn on March 20th

Source: Akiko Pavolka
March 18, 2011

We are all shocked by the horrific events unfolding in my homeland at this time. I hope and pray for the people of Japan to recover from this tragedy as quickly and completely as possible. This coming Sunday, March 20th I will be hosting a benefit to raise money for the victims of the Japanese earthquake and it's after-effects. We have a really terrific group of musicians lined up, it is a rare treat to see all of these wonderful ...

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Volto! Bring Their Jam Rock Fusion Jazz Sounds To Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club With Special Guests Gryphon Labs, Saturday, March 19, 2011

Source: Kim Koury
March 18, 2011

CENTRAL Social Aid & Pleasure Club, Westside's newest event facility, for music, nightlife, art, culture and causes welcomes Volto with special guests Gryphon Labs on Saturday, March 19, 2011. Tickets are $20.00. Doors open at 8:00 PM. CENTRAL is located at 1348 14th Street in Santa Monica, CA. This is a 21+ event. Volto! are an America progressive rock band from Burbank, CA consisting of notable band members. Drummer, Danny Carey is also the drummer for multiple Grammy award-winning hard ...

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Simons/Plsek/Frenette Trio at the Outpost on March 19th

Source: Kevin Frenette
March 17, 2011

OUTPOST 186 186 1/2 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA 02139 8:00 PM The Green Umbrella Series presents: The Simons / Plsek / Frenette Trio Junko Simons—(cello) Tom Plsek—(trombone) Kevin Frenette (guitar) Cellist Junko Fujiwara Simons is both a “creative musician"/improviser and an active classical musician. She has performed with Joe Morris, Allan Chase, Jim Hobbs, Charlie Kohlhase, Tom Plsek, Jane Wang, Laurence Cook, and Luther Gray. Junko Simons has also participated ...

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Karrin Allyson Covers Ellington, Sondheim & More on "'Round Midnight"

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 17, 2011

Elegant, Dreamy, Understated CD by Grammy-Nominated Vocalist Karrin Allyson Features Melancholy Takes on Jazz/Broadway/Pop Songs by Ellington, Sondheim, Monk, Bill Evans, Paul Simon, Anthony Newley, Johnny Mandel, and More Concord Jazz Sets 'Round Midnight for May 3rd On her new album, 'Round Midnight, Grammy-nominated vocalist and pianist Karrin Allyson weaves an elegant, understated dreamscape featuring 11 songs by some of the most storied writers in jazz, Broadway and pop music, from Duke Ellington to Stephen Sondheim to Paul Simon and ...

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Riverwalk Jazz Explores the Jazz/Classical Connection This Week

Source: Don Mopsick
March 17, 2011

This week on Riverwalk Jazz The Jim Cullum Jazz Band explores the frequent cross- pollination between European art music and swinging jazz. Included on the program: Dick Hyman and John Sheridan interpret Gershwin's “Prelude No.1" in a jazz treatment for two pianos. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band performs a movement from an original composition for jazz band and symphony orchestra, “Playing With Fire." And Jim and the Band play a selection from their jazz transcription of Gershwin's folk opera Porgy ...

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