Jazz News

Over the Rhine Album 'The Long Surrender' Enlists Joe Henry Production and Lucinda Williams, Guest Vocals

Source: conqueroo
October 26, 2010

Due out January 11, 2011, the album they call “a record we couldn't imagine in advance" marks the duo's 20th year. Lucinda Williams makes a vocal appearance. LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Long Surrender, the new studio album from the southern Ohio- based husband-and-wife team of multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Linford Detweiler and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Karin Bergquist, otherwise known as Over the Rhine, is something rare and wondrous—an intimate epic. The fan-funded record, to be released January 11, 2011 on OtR's own Great Speckled Dog label ...

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6 Year Old Girl has Jazz Drummer On Her Side

Source: All About Jazz
October 26, 2010

Milford, CT—Year Old Zoe Anyan, who lives in Milford, Connecticut, is fighting a form of brain cancer that has required lengthy radiation and chemotherapy treatment at St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Zoe is now home in Milford, but is suffering from paralysis, a side affect from the treatments that is making it very hard for her to climb stairs and go to school. Her mother must carry her up and down the stairs every day in order for Zoe ...

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Jamie Davis Tours Malaysia Helping The Dalat Vision In Kuala Lumpur

Source: Jamie Davis
October 26, 2010

Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor Dalat International School is expanding its' world class college preparatory international school into Kuala Lumpur. When US vocalist Jamie Davis, heard about the KL Vision he said, “I believe in your project, let me know how I can help" and that generous offer from Jamie is taking him to Malaysia. The Dalat KL Vision for a school in Kuala Lumpur where children have quality teachers, a safe environment, and excellent academics. Kuala Lumpur needs a school ...

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Legendary Jazz Pianist & Composer Fahir Atakoglu at Drom (NYC) on December 16

Source: Carol Green, Redwood Entertainment
November 1, 2010

New York, NY—Legendary Jazz composer Fahir Atakoğlu will be performing live on December 16, 2010 at 9:00 PM at Drom in New York City in support of his latest CD, Faces & Places—which has reached #1 on the JazzWeek World Music Charts. Fahir will be performing at Drom with the internationally renowned musicians bassist Anthony Jackson and Cuban drummer Horatio “el Negro" Hernandez. Born in Istanbul, award-winning composer and pianist Fahir Atakoğlu is well known for his ambitious symphonic works ...

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At 82, Pianist/Singer Jo Thompson Swings Her Way to Grammy Consideration

Source: Betsyann Faiella
October 25, 2010

New York —JazzJewels Digital and pianist/singer Ms. Jo Thompson are proud to announce Ms. Thompson is in consideration for the upcoming 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. On Jo Thompson: Forever Fabulous the most beautiful, hip octogenarian you've ever seen or heard leads the J.C Heard Orchestra through fifteen cheeky gems, including an original Thompson instrumental composition, “Jumpin' With Jo." Among others, Fats Waller's “Ain't Misbehavin'" and Lieber and Stoller's perfectly apt, “I'm A Woman" are also given the treatment by Jo ...

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Shakira Releases "Sale el Sol / The Sun Comes Out"

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 24, 2010

New York, NY: On the heels of the momentous success of “Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)," a sold out tour, and her newly released single “Loca," Shakira released her 9th album, Sale El Sol / The Sun Comes Out, through Epic Records on October 19th.

Sale El Sol marks a return to the eclectic approach that defined Shakira's music and established her unique sound and style. The album, which Entertainment Weekly calls an “eclectic, adventurous mix," has three distinct, ...

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Mark Your Calendars: globalFEST 2011

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
October 24, 2010

Annual World Music Mecca globalFEST Returns to NYC's Webster Hall: Thirteen Acts, Three Stages, One Ticket on January 9, 2011

“Last year, I was a kid in a candy store; this year, we're all in for a treat, so spread the word."—NPR's All Songs Considered

“Some of the bands could have melted the ice on the nearby streets."—The Wall Street Journal

globalFEST is a carefully curated bright spot for music lovers in the dark days of early January. ...

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Central Brooklyn Jazz Anniversary Concert

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
October 24, 2010

Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium (CBJC) will celebrate its 11th anniversary on Saturday, November 27, 2010 at Jazz966 located 966 Fulton Street in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn with a jazz concert featuring the Steven Kroon Sextet. The bill also includes a youth jazz ensemble performance by Q City Soundz and a special award presentation to Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts' (MoCADA) founder and executive director Laurie Cumbo. Performances from 4 to 8:30 PM. Tickets $25 in advance, $30 ...

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