Jazz News

New Cassandra Wilson Album, "Silver Pony," Set For Release November 9 On Blue Note Records

Source: Muse Media
September 2, 2010

NEW CASSANDRA WILSON ALBUM, “SILVER PONY," SET FOR RELEASE NOVEMBER 9 ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS; FEATURING SPECIAL GUESTS RAVI COLTRANE & JOHN LEGEND Silver Pony, the stunning new album from multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz-pop chanteuse Cassandra Wilson, will be released by EMI's Blue Note Records on November 9. Wilson, whose remarkable, husky-tinged vibrato has created a trademark sound for her as an artist, will be touring worldwide in support of the release which features special guests, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane ("Silver ...

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A celebrated Austin lounge group re-creates itself in Richmond

Source: Michael Ricci
September 1, 2010

By Brent Baldwin The Recliners retrofit Cream, Billy Idol and Beastie Boys into lounge versions at nite clubs and venues throughout Richmond and the north eastern United States as well as the southwest and west coast. The Richmond music scene could always use a little more good humor. All that math rock, jazz and metal is so damn serious. Enter The Recliners, your new lounge band, playing cheesy (but technically adept), oddly soothing versions of popular modern songs be they ...

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Pianist Mike Jones Releases "Chicago Trio 2010" For Free Unlimited Download

Source: Bruce Eaton
September 2, 2010

Pianist Mike Jones has released Chicago Trio 2010—his first new recording in five years. Recorded live in July at Chicago's legendary Green Mill Jazz Club during a rare break from Jones' appearances with Penn and Teller in Las Vegas, the full- length recording is available for unlimited free download exclusively at jonesjazz.com Chicago Trio 2010 offers ample proof why Mike Jones has been hailed as the “great living Mainstream Monster of jazz piano" (Jeff Simon / The Buffalo News) with ...

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Jerome Sabbagh/Danny Grissett Duet - Miles Cafe - September 4

Source: Jerome Sabbagh
September 1, 2010

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Soulsville Charter School Orchestra Concert at Metal Museum

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
September 1, 2010

On Thursday, September 2nd, The Soulsville Charter School Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at the National Ornamental Metal Museum's Thursday Night Live Family Fun Night, in a concert on the grounds overlooking the Missisippi River.

Event is from 6:30 to 9 p.m. $5 Admission | FREE to Metal Museum Members For more information, including directions to the National Ornamental Metal Museum, please visit www.metalmuseum.org. For more information on the Soulsville Charter School, please visit www.soulsvilleusa.com ...

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Putamayo to Release "Yoga" Music September 14

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
September 1, 2010

Yoga, scheduled to be released on September 14th, is Putumayo's first CD release featuring songs selected to accompany yoga practice and serve as a relaxing soundtrack for daily life.

Yoga features renowned musicians from around the world. British-born, South Indian artist Susheela Raman duets with Kenyan singer Ayub Ogada on the harmonious “O Rama." Krishna Das, who is the best-known US performer of traditional Indian kirtan-style music, demonstrates call-and-response chanting on “Hanuman Baba (Dub Farm Remix)." Costa Rican group Amounsulu ...

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September All About Jazz Newsletter

Source: Michael Ricci
September 1, 2010

In case you missed yesterday's newsletter announcement, we've included the content highlights below: RECENT INTERVIEWS Taylor Haskins Pete Robbins Abbey Lincoln Jeff Berlin Lenny White Nobu Stowe RECENT NEWS & ARTICLES Ahmad Jamal Trio: The Complete Argo Sessions Montreux Jazz Festival 2010 Newport Jazz Festival 2010 On The Sunny Side Of Jazz Dreyfus Records Profile Satchmo Summerfest 2010 Biofile ...

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Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival Announces 2010 Entertainment Line Up

Source: Mark McLaughlin
September 1, 2010

Event Tickets Now Available MILWAUKEE, WI—The West Bend Sunrise Rotary Foundation, Inc., producers of the annual Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival (KMJF), announced that the line up for the 2010 event, to be held Fri., Sept. 10—Sat., Sept. 11, would once again feature an internationally diverse collection of musicians and vocalists. The event, which will take place along the banks of the upper Milwaukee River at Riverside Park in West Bend, Wis., will showcase seven play slots, three on Sept. 10, ...

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