Jazz News

Lee Ritenour's Video Featurette - Watch Seven Videos About the Making of "6 String Theory"

Source: Michael Ricci
August 14, 2010

Presented by filmmaker Bret Primack It's hard to believe that 2010 marks 50 years since Lee Ritenour starting playing the guitar, setting in motion a career that legends are made of. A career that has earned him 19 GRAMMY nominations, a GRAMMY® Award, numerous #1 spots on guitar polls, A Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian SJ Awards, and the prestigious “Alumnus of the Year" award from USC. During his illustrious career, he has recorded over 40 albums, with 35 ...

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Richie Hayward, Founding Member of Little Feat, Dead at 64

Source: C. Michael Bailey
August 13, 2010

Richie Hayward, drummer and co-founder of the influential West Coast jamband Little Feat, passed away Thursday, August 12, 2010 from complications due to liver cancer diagnosed last year. In addition to his percussive duties with Little Feat, Hayward was an important part of the studio scene over the past 40 years, contributing to recordings by Eric Clapton, Warren Zevon, Travis Tritt, Robert Palmer, Tom Waits, Taj Mahal, Barbra Streisand, John Cale, Buddy Guy, Arlo Guthrie, Carly Simon, Bob Seger and ...

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Enter the "The Stryker/Slagle Band - Keeper" Giveaway"

Source: All About Jazz
August 13, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “The Stryker/Slagle Band—Keeper“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on September 12th. Click here to enter the contest (Following The Stryker/Slagle Band at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! About The Stryker/Slagle Band and Keeper In jazz recording parlance a “keeper" is a take that is worth saving—one to be listened to over and over again. It's also a most ...

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Oreka TX: Once Endangered, Now on Tour

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 13, 2010

Oreka TX, North American Tour It can be a game, a friendly duel. It's a dialogue, where it's just as important to listen modestly as to make a bold statement. It can be made of wood, ice, stone. The answer to this riddle: a Basque percussion instrument, the txalaparta, wooden planks laid over trestles and struck with sticks held vertically. It resonates in the hands of Oreka Tx, an ensemble whose album, Nömadak Tx (on World Village), finds them exploring ...

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Pianist / Vocalist Marcia Ball to Perform in Camden

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
August 13, 2010

"A sensational, saucy singer and superb pianist...where Texas stomp-rock and Louisiana blues-swamp meet."—USA TODAY

Texas-born, Louisiana-raised pianist/vocalist/songwriter Marcia Ball, touring in support of her Grammy-nominated CD Peace, Love & BBQ, will perform at the Camden Waterfront Backyard BBQ in Camden on Sunday, September 5, 2010. Ball's groove-laden New Orleans R&B, heart-wrenching ballads and driving Gulf Coast blues have made her a one-of-a-kind favorite of music fans all over the world. Her music mixes equal parts simmering soul fervor and rollicking ...

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Join The Cool Cats Who Listen To Freedom Jazz Dance

Source: Ken Hohman
August 13, 2010

Sunday from 5 PM—PM EST 90.1 FM WDCE Richmond Listen online via live webcast at www.wdce.org Archived shows uploaded at freedomjazzdance.net Tune in to the sound of freedom in the groove this Sunday on Freedom Jazz Dance from 5-7 PM. This week I'll be spinning choice selections from the Metta Quintet, trumpet genius Terence Blanchard, the magic mute of Miles Davis, saxophonist Myron Walden and so much mo.' I'll also be featuring my usual panoply of unsung jazz heroes and ...

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WHCR.org 90.3FM In NYC Celebrates 20 Years Of Gardens Of Tranquility and Contemplation

Source: Daa'iya L. Sanusi
August 13, 2010

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Antonia Bennett To Release Debut Record, "Natural", On Mesa/Bluemoon

Source: 1888 Media
August 13, 2010

Los Angeles, CA: Natural, the debut record from singer Antonia Bennett, will be released by Mesa/Bluemoon on Tuesday, August 17. The 6-song EP introduces Bennett as a gifted interpreter of jazz classics with an impeccable and accessible vocal style. “[Antonia] conjures echoes of Billie Holliday and Rickie Lee Jones, with a hint of Betty Boop." The New York Times Like her legendary father Tony Bennett, Antonia embraces the warm, timeless sound of the standards and also like her dad did ...

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