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Performance / Tour

Louie Cruz Beltran Performs Tribute to Willie, Mongo and Cal!

Source: Michael Ricci
January 11, 2011

Hollywood, CA.—Noted percussionist and bandleader Louie Cruz Beltran returns to Catalina's Jazz Club January 27th to perform a special tribute to three influential figures in the history of Latin Jazz—Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, and Cal Tjader. Beltran, whose high energy showmanship draws from a rich variety of jazz, R&B and pop influences, has long admired and been inspired by these three iconic figures. The show will feature their music, and will shed light on their lives and careers. Beltran headlines ...

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Award / Grant

Herbie Hancock To Receive Award At BET Honors

Source: Muse Media
January 11, 2011

HERBIE HANCOCK TO BE HONORED BY BET JANUARY 15TH AS PART OF ANNUAL BET HONORS CEREMONY Recently nominated for three upcoming 2011 Grammy Awards for his critically-acclaimed CD, “The Imagine Project," Hancock is also set to perform at the celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's inauguration January 20th at The Kennedy Center Los Angeles, California. Legendary musician and genre-defying artist Herbie Hancock will be a recipient at this year's BET HONORS celebration January 15th in Washington, ...

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Recording

Amy London Set To Soar with "Let's Fly"

Source: GoMedia PR
January 11, 2011

Vocalist's Second Motèma Music CD Drops Today, 1 -11 11 Let's Fly, the much anticipated follow-up to Amy London's acclaimed 2008 Motéma debut, When I Look in Your Eyes, is a swinging and sensual affair, replete with jazz and Brazilian standards, tasty re-imaginings of songs by Joni Mitchell and Laura Nyro, and rare gems by bop legends Charles Mingus and Elmo Hope. London's considerable talents, developed through her many years as a first-call New York City jazz, Broadway and big ...

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Performance / Tour

David Murray Big Band @ Birdland, NYC, from Jan. 18 to 22

Source: Murray
January 11, 2011

From January 18 to 22 at 8.30pm and 11.00pm Reservations: birdlandjazz.com or 212-581-3080 David Murray began writing for big band in 1978 in preparation for a concert at the Public Theatre in New York. At this time Loft Jazz was in full swing and David had surfaced as one of the progenitors of the new phenomena that had captured the downtown music scene.The compositions were a more complex and extended version of many trio and quartet songs that ...

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Interview

"Man'ish Boy" Saxophonist Darius Jones Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: John Kelman
January 11, 2011

Alto saxophonist Darius Jones—who won most critics' nomination for the best jazz newcomer album of 2009 for Man'ish Boy (A Raw And Beautiful Thing) (AUM Fidelity, 2009)—is a great fan of Johnny Hodges. He says that the lyrical Duke Ellington altoist is his hero, and this is pleasantly noticeable at the beginning of Man'ish Boy. It is also a good thing; not only did Hodges possess one of the most beautiful sounds in music, but Jones' focus on Hodges-like bends ...

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Recording

Frank Sinatra: Best of Vegas Showcases Brilliant Live Performances Along the Strip by the Chairman of the Board

Source: conqueroo
January 10, 2011

Fourteen-song collection available February 15, 2011 from Concord Records LOS ANGELES, Calif. —In the span of a few years, Las Vegas refueled Frank Sinatra's career and Sinatra in turn became the lead figure in the city's ascendance. It was a synergistic relationship that has since become legendary in the annals of 20th century entertainment. Some of the finest moments in that legendary symbiosis are captured in Frank Sinatra: Best of Vegas, a series of live recordings set for release on ...

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Recording

Laurent Medelgi project ~ Live in The Village ~ Available Today

Source: Laurent Medelgi
January 10, 2011

Remastered and mixed by Medelgi himself, Live in The Village features extended and revisited versions of original compositions first released on Diverses. Laurent composed for a ten piece band, but only eight band members were featured on the bill: Yutaka Uchida drums Danny Zanker Upright Bass Bartosz haddala Piano Adrianna Mollelo Violin Will Martina Cello Benjamin Drazen Tenor Sax Les rogers Trumpet An unusual line up provides for ...

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Recording

Frank Macchia Grammy Nominated For Third Time and New CD!

Source: Frank Macchia
January 11, 2011

Grammy nominated Composer/arranger Frank Macchia has received his third nomination for a Grammy for his interpretation of the classic American folk song “Skip To My Lou," in the Best Instrumental Arrangement category. The song is from his recent jazz CD Folk Songs for Jazzers, where he reinterprets traditional American folk songs. He also is releasing a follow up to that CD, SON of Folk Songs for Jazzers, which features a top-notch cast of Los Angeles jazz musicians, including Peter Erskine, ...

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