Jazz News

SFJAZZ Appoints Rebeca Mauleon Director of Education

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
January 27, 2011

SFJAZZ, the leading nonprofit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter of the SFJAZZ Spring Season 2011, running February 24 through June 25, today announced the appointment of Rebeca Mauleón as Director of Education. As SFJAZZ Director of Education, Mauleón will bring her perspective, talent, expertise, experience and vision to all SFJAZZ education efforts. She will apply her specific and practical knowledge to create dynamic new programs, expand current ones and creatively broaden partnerships. Mauleón will build the ...

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Rare Gems of Bix Beiderbecke on Riverwalk Jazz This Week

Source: Don Mopsick
January 27, 2011

On public radio this week, Riverwalk Jazz explores cornetist Bix Beiderbecke's gift for music and his place in jazz history. One of the first major soloists to emerge in jazz, Beiderbecke is considered by many to be the first to start playing and recording ballads in a jazz context. Jazz historian, bandleader and bass saxophonist Vince Giordano, one of today's foremost interpreters of Bix's musical legacy and the leader of his Nighthawks Orchestra in New York City, joins The Jim ...

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Portrait of Little Jazz: a Centennial Tribute to Roy Eldridge

Source: David Brent Johnson
January 28, 2011

They called him “Little Jazz," but he was born David Roy Eldridge on January 30, 1911 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Roy Eldridge has often been called the link or bridge between Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. He was indeed a strong influence on Gillespie, who called him “the Messiah of our generation," and he certainly admired Armstrong, who he said taught him how to build a story out of his solos. Biographer John Chilton writes that: “The combination of Armstrong's ingenious ...

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"Trust": New CD from Bassist/Composer Sean Smith's Quartet Due March 1

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
January 27, 2011

Jazz bassist/composer Sean Smith makes a welcome return to recording with Trust—his third album as a leader, his first since 2001, and the debut release for his own imprint, Smithereen Records. Smith's swinging, finely attuned quartet, which consists of guitarist John Hart, saxophonist John Ellis, and drummer Russell Meissner, is dedicated to exploring Smith's original compositions. “Trust is such a big part of what we do," Smith says. “I trust that these guys are going to interpret my pieces without ...

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Band Contest: Winner plays Telluride Jazz Celebration

Source: Todd Altschuler
January 26, 2011

Telluride Jazz Celebration is currently taking submissions for the festival's 1st Annual Band Contest. The winning band will receive a VIP weekend in Telluride, $500 cash and a performance slot on the main stage at the 35th Anniversary Telluride Jazz Celebration to be held August 5-7, 2011. To submit your band for consideration, please follow the official rules and submit your band's information on the festival website. Other musicians and bands that you will be playing alongside include Paquito D'Rivera, ...

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Pianist Roberta Piket releases "Sides, Colors" on Thirteenth Note Records

Source: Michael Ricci
January 26, 2011

Thirteenth Note Records is pleased to announce the March 2011 release of pianist Roberta Piket's seventh CD. On Sides, Colors, Roberta's intriguing arrangements enhance the piano trio with strings, reeds, brass, percussion and organ. As Piket says, I wanted to maintain the intimacy of the trio. At the same time I love the colors and textures that the other instruments add. While Sides, Colors is not just another piano trio album, it is the trio of Roberta, bassist Johannes Weidenmueller ...

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Celebrate Ray Santisi's Birthday @ Ryles Jazz Club, Tuesday Evening, February 1st

Source: Patricia Adams Ensembles
January 26, 2011

This Tuesday evening, February 1st, Ray Santisi celebrates a milestone birthday. Toast him and his trio while they gig at Ryles Jazz Club, 212 Hampshire Street, Inman Square, Cambridge. For information, call 617 876 9330. The music begins at 8:30pm. “As anyone familiar with the Boston scene knows, there are few things finer than hearing Ray take on an acoustic piano. This night, he decided to put on a clinic. It was a master indulging in the sheer joy of ...

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Cuneiform Artists on Tour - February, 2011

Source: Michael Ricci
January 26, 2011

Lots of stuff beginning to come together from a number of acts. We post here once a month, but things change and get updated all the time That's it. Thanks for taking a look. JASON ADASIEWICZ'S ROLLDOWN June 26—Hungry Brain—Chicago, IL (Celebrating the Hungry Brain's 10th Anniversary!!) June 28—Museum of Contemporary Art—Chicago, IL November 18—The Stone㬌 Avenue C (the corner of Avenue C and Second Street)—NYC, NY 10009

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March 18—Empty Bottle� North Western Ave—Chicago, IL (with Roomate)

BIRDSONGS OF ...

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