Jazz News

Saxophonist/Writer/Historian Loren Schoenberg Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: John Kelman
December 7, 2010

Saxophonist, band-leader and writer Loren Schoenberg, now Executive Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, spent an interesting childhood and teenager-hood growing up in New Jersey in the 1970s, meeting and befriending both Teddy Wilson and Hank Jones, and ultimately becoming employed by Wilson's famous '30s boss, Benny Goodman. Schoenberg was first an assistant to Goodman and then Goodman's manager, and, as a tenor saxophonist, formed the big band that Goodman was eventually to lead himself for a year ...

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Exclusive piano playing system teaches New Age music online

Source: Edward Weiss
November 29, 2010

Thousands of people worldwide listen to New Age music and many have often wished they could create their own. That dream can now become a reality with Piano Lessons by Quiescence Music. Online piano lessons are the brainchild of pianist and composer, Edward Weiss, who has been teaching students to play piano in the New Age style for over 15 years. He now works with private students, gives group lessons and offers his expertise online. Piano Lessons by Quiescence Music ...

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This Week at The Cornelia Street Cafe: November 29 to December 6

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
November 29, 2010

This Week @ The CORNELIA STREET CAFE NOVEMBER 29—December 6, 2010 Venue: The Cornelia Street Café “A Culinary As Well A Cultural Landmark" Proclamation, City of New York, 1987

For reservations and more info call 212-989-9319 Located at 29 Cornelia Street, Greenwich Village, NYC 10014, [email protected] Showtimes: Weeknights: 6:00 PM, 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM, Weekends: 6:00 PM, 9:00 PM and 10:30 PM (doors open @ 5:45 PM-early shows, & @ ...

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UCLA Live Presents Alice Coltrane Tribute Dec. 5 All-star evening includes performances from McCoy Tyner, Kyp Malone, Nels Cline, Han Bennink, Daniel Carter, Michael White & Leisei Chen, Radha Botofasina, plus Flying Lotus and special guests

Source: Jessica Wolf
November 29, 2010

UCLA Live Presents Alice Coltrane Tribute Dec. 5 All-star evening includes performances from McCoy Tyner, Kyp Malone, Nels Cline, Han Bennink, Daniel Carter, Michael White & Leisei Chen, Radha Botofasina, plus Flying Lotus and special guests LOS ANGELES—A host of jazz luminaries and some of modern music's most exciting artists gather on the Royce Hall stage Sunday, December 5 at 7 p.m. in honor of the legendary Alice Coltrane. Led by Kyp Malone, of TV on the Radio and Rain ...

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Back Alley Players Live at the Sugar Bar with Special Appearance by Piano Great David Bennett Cohen

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
November 29, 2010

New York, NY—The Back Alley Players perform live every Tuesday night at 8:00 PM at Ashford & Simpson's legendary Sugar Bar in NYC as the house band in its weekly Tuesday night “Nuttin' But the Blues" series hosted by Nick Ashford of Ashford and Simpson which frequently features multiple guests. Yet on Tuesday, December 14th, 2010, sitting in with the band will be special guest David Bennett Cohen, the original pianist for Country Joe and the Fish and a dynamic ...

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Top 10 Jazz Fashion Crimes

Source: Tim Tamashiro
November 29, 2010

By Tim Tamashiro Jazz musicians are incredible at what they do. They are Ferrari's of musical capability and horsepower. So why are jazzers the perpetrators of so many crimes against fashion? I'm no expert when it comes to fashion but I do know that a suit and tie can go a long way for a gentleman or a fashionable black dress can do wonders for any woman. Duke Ellington once said, “You've got to find some way of saying it ...

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Dave Douglas & Greenleaf Music: Bundle Up and Save up to 50%!

Source: Dave Douglas / Greenleaf Music
November 29, 2010

Greenleaf Music announces deep discounts on new and catalog albums. Check out all the 6 Bundles up for sale now. Sheet Music, Downloads, CDs and LPs. It's all there. Also, we launched our Record Of The Day deal. $8 CD, $7 FLAC, $6 MP3. The first in this series is the newest Dave Douglas title, Spark Of Being; Expand. And as a bonus for your vinyl lovers, purchase the LP and receive a free download of the Spark Of Being; ...

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Pianist/Composer Nik Bartsch Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
December 6, 2010

Pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch would be the first to recognize that he is no revolutionary, as his aesthetic vision draws inspiration from multiple sources, ranging from 20th century classical music to funk, and from Japanese ritual music to minimalism. The distillation of all these sounds results in a music that invites meditation and at the same time urges you to move to the groove—something of a feat, it has to be said. Whether or not Bärtsch's group, Ronin, has ...

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