Jazz News

Michele Rosewoman and New Yor-Uba Perform at The Painted Bride, October 23, 2010

Source: Seton Hawkins
September 9, 2010

Pianist, composer, and bandleader Michele Rosewoman leads her New Yor- Uba ensemble in a performance at The Painted Bride in Philadelphia on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. Michele Rosewoman has made her mark in the jazz world as a highly original artist, fusing Afro- Cuban influences with intelligent and modern post- bop. Throughout her varied career, Michele has performed with such jazz luminaries as Julian Priester, Oliver Lake, Reggie Workman, and with Celia Cruz, Paquito D'Rivera, and Orlando ...

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Azar Lawrence, Classical to Jazz - Jazz to Classical

Source: Linda G.
September 9, 2010

In the early 20th Century a young girl named Ima Jeane Smith often went to the movies— Silent Pictures— where the only sound was a live pianist, vamping dramatically in sync to the happenings on the screen. Upon returning home from the pictures, Ima Jeane would sit down to her piano and play the “sound track" by memory.  Her parents, Casey and Beulah recognized their daughter's gift and they provided her with formal lessons.  Ima excelled in Classical music.  She ...

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Charlie Harrington to Judge Drum off Competition

Source: Michael Ricci
September 9, 2010

Award-Winning acclaimed artist, Charlie Harrington, has accepted an invitation to judge the Guitar Center's 2010 Drum Off Competition. Charlie, an in demand session player with a well-established reputation as a first call drummer, is proud to assist in judging the world's largest drum competition. His dedication and commitment to professional education are well known. Charlie is a Vic Firth Education Team Member, a Professional Drum Teachers Guild member, as well as a Remo Educational Artist and National Association of Rudimental ...

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Kansas Jazz Collective

Source: Chris Greco
September 9, 2010

This is the first concert of a new jazz series to be held at Benedictine College (KS) under the direction of Chris Greco.

The 2010 Kansas Jazz Collective will be comprised of Kansas City area jazz musicians and present a straight-ahead modern jazz quintet representing the music of some outstanding composer and performers of the past. Each KJC concert at BC will present a different view of jazz music's variegated styles.

Kansas Jazz Collective 2010 Players: Chris Greco—alto saxophone, clarinet. ...

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New Humorous and Sexy Musical Release By Multiple Award Winning New Age / Classical Crossover Artist Catya Mare, Who Now Goes Wacky Electronica.

Source: Catya Maré
September 9, 2010

The Hollywood Music in Media Award and Billboard World Song Contest winner Catya Maré´s new flirtingly humorous, sexy & slightly nutty album, titled “Tell Me Why..." is in stores worldwide today, September 8th, 2010. Coming from a classical crossover / new age background, songwriter and violinist Catya Maré recently started to include her own vocals into her music productions, what resulted in a new, sexy, humorous and slightly wacky music style: electronica / pop / world. “I was pretty surprised ...

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Adam Sullivan's Gripping CD 'The Room is Spinning Faster' Evokes Billy Joel, Rundgren

Source: Seth Cohen PR
September 9, 2010

Loneliness and Loss Taunt Hope and Connectedness on Adam Sullivan's Gripping 'The Room Is Spinning Faster' Songs as Pages from a Travel Diary, as Life on the Road Provides Both Melancholy and Inspiration On Adam Sullivan's gripping new CD 'The Room is Spinning Faster,' the singer/songwriter/pianist delivers a dramatic range of original songs that at times evoke the understated cinematic landscapes of '70s-era Billy Joel, the sense of heartache in Todd Rundgren's iconic 'Hello It's Me,' and a flair for ...

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Soundbrush Records Relaunches With Two New Releases

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
September 8, 2010

SRAÚL JAURENA'S FUERZA MILONGUERA (SR 1017) AND ROGER DAVIDSON'S BRAZILIAN LOVE SONG (SR 1018) Street Date November 9, 2010 Soundbrush Records, now under the discerning direction of pioneering New Tango bassist/producer Pablo Aslan, proudly announces an important new chapter in its critically acclaimed history with the release of Latin Grammy Award winning bandoneonist Raúl Jaurena's Fuerza Milonguera (SR 1017) and multitalented label founder, pianist/composer Roger Davidson's Brazilian Love Song (SR 1018). Both titles— along with the complete reactivated Soundbrush catalogue ...

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Los Angeles Jazz Society's 27th Annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner & Concert, honors Grammy Award musician Poncho Sanchez on October 10th

Source: Michael Ricci
September 8, 2010

GRAMMY WINNING MUSICIAN PONCHO SANCHEZ TO RECEIVE 2010 JAZZ TRIBUTE AWARD AT THE 27th ANNUAL LOS ANGELES JAZZ SOCIETY AWARDS DINNER & CONCERT LOS ANGELES MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN, SUN., OCT 10 Pianist and Composer Mike Melvoin Also To Receive “Lifetime Achievement Award"—Event Raises Money To Promote Music Education Throughout LA Los Angeles, CA—The Los Angeles Jazz Society's (LAJS) 27th Annual Jazz Tribute Awards Dinner & Concert, honoring Grammy Award musician Poncho Sanchez with the organization's “Jazz Tribute Award," will be held ...

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