Jazz News

Legendary Pink Dots New Album & Tour

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
September 13, 2010

New Album Seconds Late For The Brighton Line will be released October 5 on CD, Digital & Double LP; North American live dates start October 15.

Unlike most acts of their vintage the Legendary Pink Dots look forward. After more than 30 years they continue to make compelling new music that is demanded by their dedicated fan base and maintains the high level of quality that set their careers in motion.

Led by singer / songwriter Edward Ka-Spel and keyboardist ...

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Memorial Concert For Celebrated NYC Music Educator Jerry Sheik

Source: Carmen Bazzini
September 13, 2010

On October 2, 2010, music will fill the O. Henry School's auditorium in Chelsea in tribute to beloved music teacher, Jerry Sheik, who passed away on June 1st. Performers are his former students, now renowned musicians, who have gone on to work with both the Vienna and Berlin Philharmonic, as well as Bob Dylan, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Lionel Hampton, Aretha Franklin, and on Broadway. Sheik and students from some 30 years ago reunited in April for a celebratory concert ...

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New Release from Louis Armstrong "Hello Louis - The Hit Years (1963-1969)" On Verve / Hip-O Select

Source: Universal Music Enterprises
September 13, 2010

On December 3, 1963, at age 62, when most folks are thinking about retirement, Louis Armstrong recorded the sprightly “Hello, Dolly!," the title song for a Broadway show. Thus began a six year-long series of recordings that brought arguably most important 20th Century musician back into the limelight and, in fact, gave him his greatest recording successes ever.

The single of “Hello, Dolly!" supplanted The Beatles as #1 on the Pop charts (his first #1!) and was #1 for nine ...

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Grammy Foundation Grant Program Deadline To Apply October 1

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
September 13, 2010

WHO: The GRAMMY Foundation® Grant Program—generously funded by The Recording Academy®. Currently in its 23rd year, the Grant Program has awarded more than $5 million to more than 250 noteworthy projects.

WHAT: The Grant Program administers grants annually to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the music and recorded sound heritage of the Americas for future generations, as well as scientific research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition. ...

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Singer Susan McKeown Finds Melody in Melancholy "Singing in the Dark"

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
September 13, 2010

A Voice in the Night, A Light in the Wilderness: Singer Susan McKeown Finds Melody in Melancholy on Singing in the Dark Singer Susan McKeown has met the mad king forced to dwell with the birds in the treetops, and the witchy women and crazy ladies tearing through the night. Longing to counterbalance the persistent stigma of mental illness, McKeown turned to the poets, looking for the deep humanity, creative spark, and curious light that shines in even the blackest ...

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Musician/Composer Dana Leong Defies Gravity with Project Bandaloop

Source: AMT Public Relations
September 13, 2010

Musician/Composer DANA LEONG Premieres a Gravity-Defying New Work for Contemporary Dance Company Project Bandaloop September 30, October 1 & 2 at 8:30 p.m. FREE. @ Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Hall 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA COSTA MESA, CA—The Orange County Performing Arts Center's 2010-2011 Dance Series will begin with three breathtaking FREE performances by one of America's finest contemporary dance companies, San Francisco-based Project Bandaloop. The company will perform two works by the company's ...

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Jazzed Media releases 50th CD: Bob Lark & Friends "Cathy's Song"

Source: Graham Carter
September 14, 2010

Jazzed Media is pleased to announce the release of their 50th CD on September 14, 2010- Bob Lark and Friends Cathy's Song. This is the fourth CD release by jazz trumpeter Lark on the Jazzed Media label. Previous releases include The Bob Lark/Phil Woods Quintet In Her Eyes and The Bob Lark/Phil Woods Quintet Live at the Jazz Showcase. Bob Lark serves as Chair of the Jazz Studies department at DePaul University. Under his direction the DePaul University Jazz Ensemble ...

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Barry Cleveland's "Hologramatron" Submitted For “Best Alternative Music Album” Grammy Award

Source: Barry Cleveland
September 13, 2010

New York, N.Y.—Barry Cleveland's critically acclaimed Hologramatron has been submitted for the Grammy Award for “Best Alternative Music Album." Hologramatron is a 21st Century protest record with songs featuring biting, sometimes brutal, commentary on the state of the Western world. It's a musical response to contemporary social, political, and even spiritual realities. The disc draws inspiration from a musical continuum spanning art rock, psychedelia, metal, ambient, world music, trance, and funk. The cast of players joining Cleveland comprises some of ...

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