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Performance / Tour

Cassandra Wilson Gives All the Band Members Some at Her Blue Note Gig

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
November 27, 2010

Cassandra Wilson made her appearance Wednesday night, Nov. 17, at Manhattan's Blue Note jazz club as she usually does, coming onstage after her band warms the crowd up for a few minutes. This was the second night of a brief two-night stand at the club to celebrate the release of her new album, 'Silver Pony.' After joining the group for a loose version of the Ellington standard 'Caravan,' she introduced the musicians and stated that this new album was “a ...

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Music Industry

$99 Media Contact Lists Puts Your Music and Art in Front of the Right Jazz Radio Stations and Reporters

Source: PRThatRocks.com
November 27, 2010

Jazz reviewers and radio stations are not going to come to come knocking on your door wanting to review your music or band. You have to reach out and expose them to your music if you want to move your career forward. Smart jazz artists that want to do their own publicity need to get exposure from the right media outlets, such as leading jazz radio stations, newspapers, magazines, news websites, bloggers, or television programs. You've probably reached all the ...

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Radio

A Brief History of Mary Lou Williams

Source: David Brent Johnson
November 27, 2010

Does anybody embody the history of 20th-century jazz as much as Mary Lou Williams? The arc of her career extends from the territory bands and Kansas City swing of the 1930s to the heights of the big-band era, the bebop movement of the 1940s, the American expatriate jazz of the post-World War II era, the sacred-jazz trend of the 1960s, and the emergence of jazz education in the 1970s. Only Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, and Benny Carter can compare to ...

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Event

Todd Clouser's A Love Electric On Tour in Mexico through Dec 7

Source: Calabro Music
November 27, 2010

Berklee educated guitarist Todd Clouser and his internationally composed collective, A Love Electric, are on the road south of the border, performing in clubs throughout Mexico Nov 24 through Dec 6. Highlights include a night at Mexico's legendary Zinco Jazz Club, an evening at the Centro de Cultura in Coyoacan, and a tour closer in the open air at Guadalajara's Via Recreativa. More information and calendar at www.toddclouser.com Joining Todd are drummer Hernan Hecht (Tim Berne, Brainkiller, Sho Trio), a ...

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Radio

Riverwalk Jazz Interviews Nat Hentoff

Source: Don Mopsick
November 27, 2010

Author and columnist Nat Hentoff is one of America's most revered commentators on jazz. This week on Riverwalk Jazz, host David Holt caught up with the 85-year-old at his home in Greenwich Village to talk about the people and personalities covered in his new book, At the Jazz Band Ball: Sixty Years on the Jazz Scene. Riverwalk Jazz is a weekly hour-long show distributed nationally by Public Radio International and heard on Sirius/XM's “Real Jazz" channel, as well as streamed ...

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Performance / Tour

Jazz Bridge Presents Lauren Lark at Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church on December 9

Source: Suzanne Cloud
November 27, 2010

Appearing at the Mt. Airy Presbyterian Church, 13 E. Mt. Pleasant Ave., Philadelphia, PA, on December 9th, will be singer Lauren Lark and her band. One show starts at 7:30-9 p.m. Tickets: $10/$5 for students No advance sales. Free parking and free refreshments! Lauren Lark has worked with such greats as Nneena Freelon and saxophonist Dave Koz and she recently came back from Japan where she toured with hip-hop artist Steph Pockets. Lark has been featured at the Philadelphia Film ...

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Event

Jazz Bridge Presents an All-Star Jazz Jam to Raise Money for Needy Musicians and Singers

Source: Suzanne Cloud
November 27, 2010

On Sunday December 5th, drummer Rob Henderson will host an all-star jam session featuring some of the finest musicians in the Philadelphia area at the La Rose Jazz Club 5531 Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, PA. The fun starts at 6 p.m. where young musicians will meet the old heads and the audience emjoys the competition. Great food, free onsite and secure parking. Fabulous door prizes! Tickets: $15 No advance sales. For info: 215-517-8337 or [email protected]. Jazz Bridge will also be ...

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Radio

Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz - "Thanksgiving Moods & Reflections"

Source: J. Scott Fugate
November 24, 2010

Soulandjazz.com Presents: Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz Episode 32—"Thanksgiving Moods & Reflections" Hosted & Produced by J. Scott Fugate, “The Jazz Evangelist" Happy Thanksgiving! I know this is an American Holiday—but whether you celebrate it or not . . . it's a wonderful time for reflection & gratitude anywhere you happen to be around the world—and the music in this show should help in the process. Here it is—free, legal, and in CD quality at 320 ...

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