Jazz News

Zevious Tour Info - Complete, Updated and Final

Source: Michael Ricci
March 11, 2011

Here is the updated and final info for the New York trio ZEVIOUS as they begin their huge tour. Well, as final as anything can be when you get into the van with a bunch of gear and travel 12,000 miles across the USA and back over a month and hope that the venues will actually be there when you arrive (not to mention an audience).

This is your chance to see a great, truly hot NYC harmolodic/punk-jazz group in ...

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Baritone Saxophonist Brian Landrus Releases Powerful New CD "Traverse"

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
March 11, 2011

With pianist Michael Cain (piano and co-producer), bassist Lonnie Plaxico and drummer Billy Hart “A poet who has a mastery of tone, something he explores with gravity and a very gentle swing... Landrus is a voice to watch out for as he charts a creative course in music." —Raul d'Gama Rose, All About Jazz Baritone Saxophone Rising Star —DownBeat Magazine 2010 International Critics Poll Brian Landrus is quickly becoming recognized as one of his generation's most unique, passionate, and powerful ...

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Monument Eternal: Alice Coltrane's Spiritual Aesthetics, with Franya Berkman, Lewis and Clark College

Source: Yulanda Denoon
March 11, 2011

Monday, March 28, 2011, 8:00 pm 622 Dodge Hall, Columbia University Morningside Campus Free and open to the public. The author will sign copies of her book at the event. Alice Coltrane was a composer, improviser, guru, and widow of John Coltrane. Over the course of her musical life, she synthesized a wide range of musical genres including gospel, rhythm- and-blues, bebop, free jazz, Indian devotional song, and Western art music. Her childhood experiences ...

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Recursive Improvisations: The Art of Eric Metcalfe, With Jason Moran and Naomi Beckwith

Source: Yulanda Denoon
March 11, 2011

An introduction to the art of Canadian avant-garde artist Eric Metcalfe opens out into a discussion of the complex relationship among jazz, art, and contemporary global culture. Thursday, March 24, 2011, 7:30 pm 301 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University Morningside Campus Free and open to the public Vancouver-based artist Eric Metcalfe (b. 1940) epitomizes the avant-garde in Canadian art. Since the late 1960s, Metcalfe's art practice has crossed and merged disciplines: painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, printmaking, performance, ...

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Florida Guitar Virtuoso Todd Grubbs Releases New CD 'Return of the Worm' Featuring All-Star Line-Up

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
March 11, 2011

Tampa, Florida—Much to the anticipation of guitar aficionados across the globe, Florida guitar virtuoso Todd Grubbs is releasing his new CD 'Return of the Worm' this month (March 2011). Todd Grubb's previous CD 'Space, Time and the Electric' garnered rave reviews throughout the wworld, elevating the guitarist to cult status amongst seasoned musicians. Now Todd is back with an album that is sure to thrill and inspire those who listen. My new CD is a little different than my previous ...

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Gowanus Reggae and Ska Society Will Celebrate Release of "G.R.A.S.S. On Fire" With Show at the Apple Store in Soho on March 22

Source: Cary Goldberg
March 10, 2011

CD Features Group's Instrumental Interpretation of Music from Bob Marley's Catch A Fire On March 22, the eleven members of G.R.A.S.S. will celebrate the recent release of G.R.A.S. S. on Fire with a performance at the Apple Store in Soho. Showtime is 7 PM, and the store is located at 103 Prince Street. For more information about the show, click here or call (212) 226-3126. With the release of G.R.A.S.S. on Fire, G.R.A.S.S—the appropriately abbreviated Gowanus Reggae and Ska Society—have ...

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Trial To Determine Damages Suffered By Experience Hendrix In Trademark Infringement Case Set To Begin May 2, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
March 10, 2011

Seattle, March 10, 2011—In March, 2009, Experience Hendrix, LLC, the Hendrix family-owned company founded by James A. “Al" Hendrix, father of Jimi Hendrix, entrusted with preserving and protecting the legacy of Jimi Hendrix, filed a lawsuit against Andrew Pitsicalis and his companies. That suit, filed in Federal District Court, contended that unauthorized use of Experience Hendrix and Authentic Hendrix' trademarks by Pitsicalis, including the companies' headshot logos and Jimi Hendrix signature marks, was an infringement of those federally registered trademarks. ...

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Enter Music Publishing Presents: The 16th Annual Drummies With Voting Now Open

Source: JCM Media
March 10, 2011

San Jose, Calif.,—It's that time of year, yep, Enter Music Publishing's Annual Drummies Awards/Poll programs is now officially open for voting. Having gained respect from the drum/music industry as the most comprehensive Award/Polling events, drummers, fans and anybody else interested can now cast their votes online until May 1 at drummagazine.com. Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip, drum percussion magazines, worldwide and online, expects very strong voting returns as was experienced last year. In 2010, approximately 6500 drummers participated in ...

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