Jazz News

Xavier Casellas' New Album Unguarded Smiles Now Available at E-Music Sites

Source: Michael Ricci
September 11, 2010

Now, after the release of YESTERDAY'S SUN (Fresh Sound Records) in 2006, the presentation of which brought him to present it at 38th Barcelona International Jazz Festival and the renown Dizzy's Club at Lincoln Center in New York, Xavier Casellas has just released his second album entitled UNGUARDED SMILES. Casellas has penned tunes by great artists such as Kurt Rosenwinkel, Brad Mehldau, Emilio Solla, Oscar Feldman or Frederic Mompou enlisting a wonderful NYC jazz scene line up led by Emilio ...

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Legendary Randy Van Horne Singers Return To Stage on September 12

Source: Max Vasquez
September 11, 2010

The Randy Van Horne Singers, famous for The Nat King Cole Show, Hanna-Barbera cartoon theme songs The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, and many others and work with Martin Denny and Esquivel will perform live on stage at the Pasadena Central Library (CA) SECOND SUNDAY CONCERTS presents ...And All That Jazz THE RANDY VAN HORNE SINGERS performing eight-part harmony Jazz arrangements of music by GEORGE GERSHWIN ~ ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM ~ COLE PORTER featuring Max Vasquez on trumpet Sunday, September ...

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Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews' National TV Appearances Set; Added to Final Dave Matthews Bands Tour Dates

Source: conqueroo
September 10, 2010

Troy “Trombone Shorty" Andrews' media profile continues to explode with several national television performances in recent and coming weeks. Included are a featured appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on September 23, a special guest spot with Ricky Minor and The Tonight Show band on September 30, and nation-wide airing of PBS' Austin City Limits on October 23. The 24-year-old funk/rock star who burst onto the national scene with his Backatown debut (released April 20 on Verve Forecast), recently made his ...

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Mike Melvoin to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
September 10, 2010

Jazz legend Mike Melvoin to be honored with the Los Angeles Jazz Society's 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award for his esteemed body of work as a Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Producer and Recording Artist. The annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner and Concert was established in 1983 to recognize and honor Los Angeles based artists for their contributions in furthering the art form of jazz.

Melvoin is considered one of the greatest keyboardists in the history of the L.A. scene. His credits, in ...

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Maria Schneider - The Eastman Recordings

Source: Clay Wilson
September 10, 2010

Best known as the composer and conductor of the “Maria Schneider Orchestra," Maria Schneider and ArtistShare have teamed up to provide an inside look into some of Maria's early works with “Maria Schneider—The Eastman Recordings." To start things off, Maria has posted three recordings from her Eastman School of Music Master's recital. These recordings offer a rarely heard glimpse of Maria's writing for jazz small groups and an impressive insight into the beginnings of Maria's unmistakable sound as a composer. ...

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4th Annual New Jersey Blues & Jazz Festival

Source: Daniel Grossman
September 10, 2010

State Theatre presents the annual New Jersey Blues & Jazz Festival at the Backstage Jazz Club featuring: Sugar Blue: Thursday, September 23 at 8pm Eddie Palmieri: Friday, September 24 at 8pm & 10pm Maria Muldaur: Saturday, September 25 at 8pm & 10pm Regina Carter's “Reverse Thread": Sunday, September 26 at 11:30am Ticket Office: 732-246-SHOW (7469) New Brunswick, NJ (August 25, 2010)—The State Theatre presents the annual return of the New Jersey Blues & Jazz ...

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Announcing the Winners of the "Alma Records - 3-CD" Giveaway

Source: Michael Ricci
September 9, 2010

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Michele Rosewoman Interviewed on WKCR, September 15, 2010

Source: Seton Hawkins
September 9, 2010

On September 15, 2010 WKCR-FM will interview Michele Rosewoman and broadcast rare live recordings of her performances at the now-legendary venue Soundscape. The venue emerged as a vital part of the city's live music spectrum thirty years ago, as the brainchild of music producer Verna Gillis and her late husband, sculptor Bradford Graves. Soundscape served as the first New York venue to present Michele as a leader, and also proved a vital location for the further development of her unique ...

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