Jazz News

Premik Russell Tubbs with Buddha on Mars

Source: Michael Ricci
August 9, 2010

Edgar Paterson Mills and Premik Russell Tubbs combined both skill and diverse talents to create this multimedia, multi-instrumental, global music concert that will not only lift your spirits but just maybe transport you to new dimensions of mind...through the marriage of sound and image. Edgar worked for 2 year collaborating with dancers and yoga teachers for the images of this project. The modern dance troupe Circle of Dance (Huntington, NY) in conjunction with other dancers and yoga teachers, are choreographed ...

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WartaJazz.com's Agus Setiawan Interviewed at AllAboutJazz.com

Source: John Kelman
August 11, 2010

In his book The Miracle: The Epic Story of Asia's Quest for Wealth (HarperCollins, 2009), Michael Schuman writes, “In little more than a generation, Asia has emerged from centuries of stagnation to become the rising force of the global economy—a transformation so spectacular that some have called it a miracle."

Given the sheer number of people—over 4 billion—the booming economies and important social changes, it is not so farfetched when Agus Setiawan, of WartaJazz.com, declares, “The next big thing for ...

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Pianist Mark Soskin Interviewed at All About Jazz

Source: John Kelman
August 10, 2010

In conversation with the immensely talented and engaging pianist Mark Soskin, the word “challenge" arises periodically. It's used in a good sense. Simply put, “I like to be able to be handed a challenge and then rise to it," he said in conversation, earlier in the summer of 2010.

Diversity is also something he likes. The evidence is in the myriad of projects with which he has involved himself since leaving a golden gig with Sonny Rollins years ago, after ...

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Drummer Lenny White Interviewed at AllAboutJazz.com...and More!

Source: John Kelman
August 9, 2010

Since first showing up on the radar on Miles Davis' iconic Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970) at the age of 19, drummer Lenny White has gone from success to success, most notably for his tenure as a member of Chick Corea's legendary electric group Return to Forever, which launched a successful comeback in 2008.

White always has plenty to say, but he's got even more to say than usual about his first studio release as a leader in 10 years, Anomaly ...

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53rd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Presented By Verizon Coming in September!

Source: Michael Ricci
August 8, 2010

500 Legendary Jazz Icons, Classic Collaborations and Multi-Cultural and International Artists on 8 Stages for 3 Days of Nonstop Entertainment, September 17㬏, 2010 Headliners on the Arena/Lyons Stage Include Dianne Reeves, Freedom Band with Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, Christian McBride and Roy Haynes; Ahmad Jamal, Harry Connick, Jr., Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, Roy Hargrove Big Band, Billy Childs with the Kronos Quartet, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Pieiro de Cuba, Delbert McClinton, Trombone Shorty, Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens MJF Debut ...

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Musician Edward Weiss Develops "Paiku" -- A New Piano Improvisation Technique

Source: Edward Weiss
August 7, 2010

Teacher, author and composer Edward Weiss has come up with a novel and intriguing method for helping his students learn the joys of musical improvisation (or improv for short) on the piano. He's christened it Paiku—a fusion of the word piano and the Japanese poetic art of haiku. A haiku is a short poem about a present moment experience. So a Paiku is the exact same thing, only for music. So, how exactly is Paiku played? Paiku is a short ...

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Mike Clark Hits #8 with Owl Studios' 'Carnival of Soul'; "Among Best Jazz Albums" of 2010

Source: Seth Cohen PR
August 8, 2010

MORE RAVE REVIEWS FOR MIKE CLARK, AS CD JUMPS TO #8 ON CHARTS! “Among the best new jazz albums to be released this year" “Mike Clark seems to create something new every time he sits down at the drums, and there is a tremendous sense of play on Carnival Of Soul. This is not just a first class jazz/fusion/funk album; it's an album alive with the joy of the players practicing their craft at its apex" “Showing his prodigious chops ...

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Enter the Alma Records 3-CD Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
August 8, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Alma Records 3-CD giveaway contest starting today. Five winners will win all three CD's listed below at the conclusion of the contest on September 4th. Click here to enter the contest

(Following Hilario Duran at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Alma Records

Hilario Duran—Motion

One of Hilario's major creative partners has been dynamic Cuban trumpet player, Arturo Sandoval. In 1981, ...

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