Jazz News

LAJC Summer Jazz Festival 2010 at the Blue Whale Friday and Saturday, July 23-24, Los Angeles, CA

Source: Two for the Show Media
July 21, 2010

The Los Angeles Jazz Collective is bringing together an impressive collection of jazz artists for a two-night festival at the Blue Whale, one of the newest and most promising additions to the Los Angeles jazz club scene. Since opening its doors earlier this year, this Little Tokyo jazz club has become a favorite among musicians and listeners alike in Los Angeles. The players that have agreed to perform on the festival are representative of an emerging generation of jazz musicians ...

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Sonny Rollins @ 80 Concert at the Beacon Theatre Sept 10 to Feature Special Guests Jim Hall, Roy Hargrove, Christian McBride

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
July 21, 2010

Guitarist Jim Hall, trumpeter Roy Hargrove, and bassist Christian McBride have been tapped by tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins to join him onstage at the Beacon Theatre on Friday, September 10, to help celebrate the jazz legend's 80th birthday. Christian McBride first worked with Rollins in September 2007, on the recommendation of drummer Roy Haynes, at the Carnegie Hall concert marking the 50th anniversary of the saxophonist's Carnegie debut. Rollins performed in a trio with McBride and Haynes that night in ...

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Vocalese Singer Giacomo Gates Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2010

Giacomo Gates brings a rich, full-bodied timbre to the vocal jazz table. His pure vocalese approach has earned him lauds among critics, who hail him a champion artist in the modern jazz genre. He's been performing alongside the most recognized artists in the industry, using only his voice to produce a broad range of spectral color. Gates can be found singing melodies, lyrics, and even singing bass lines or flute solos.

The vocalese medium has been expanding since Eddie Jefferson ...

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Frank Sinatra's "September of My Years" Reissued on Concord Records

Source: conqueroo
July 20, 2010

September of My Years set for release on August 31, 2010

LOS ANGELES, CA--Nearly a half-century after its initial release, Concord Records ushers in the bittersweet season of autumn with a digitally remastered version of Sinatra's September of My Years. On license from Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE), the album is set for release on August 31, 2010.

In the spring of 1965, Sinatra huddled with his arranger and friend, Gordon Jenkins, to record September of My Years, a collection of ...

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CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Reaches Over 23,000 Fans

Source: Carolyn McClair
July 20, 2010

CareFusion Jazz Festival New York Found New Fans, New Friends and Renewed Faith in the Future of Jazz NEW YORK, July 20, 2010--Jazz reared her beautiful head June 17-26 and more than 23,000 people turned out to greet her when the CareFusion Jazz Festival New York presented 45 concerts at 20 venues throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. “I can't thank the jazz community enough for the overwhelming support of this year's festival," said George Wein, CEO of New ...

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Guitarists Are Choice Picks at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
July 20, 2010

Freelance Writer Eugene Holley, Jr. takes a look at a new generation of guitarists performing at CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival NEWPORT, RI--In Oklahoma in the 1930s, Charlie Christian plugged in, and was the first to swing the body electric. Half a world away, an inventive Belgian Gypsy with a battle-scarred hand named Django Reinhardt put his percussive, six-string citizenship on his axe. A couple of decades later, Wes Montgomery's thumb unfurled new chordal colors. And today, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin ...

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Jazz Unites The House As Yamaha Honor Britain's 2010 Jazz Scholars

Source: Bruce Lindsay
July 20, 2010

The hugely successful, high-powered and influential partnership between Yamaha in association with Jazzwise, PPL and the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group celebrated the fourth year of its Jazz Scholarship programme at the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group's annual 'Summer Jazz' event in association with Jazzwise and PPL in the House of Commons on Wednesday 14th July.

Six winners representing the cream of young British jazz talent put in an exceptional performance, after being nominated for special consideration by ...

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Continuum, A Journey Through Jazz: Episode 15, "Sultry Sirens, Part 3"

Source: J. Scott Fugate
July 20, 2010

SoulandJazz.com presents: Continuum--A Journey Through Jazz Episode 15: “Sultry Sirens 3" Hosted and Produced by J. Scott Fugate, 'The Jazz Evangelist' As always, the show is free, absolutely legal, fun for the whole family, and available for listening right now, right here. This week we continue our journey through Jazz with the third installment of 'Sultry Sirens' - but with a slightly different vibe than the classic, smoky, bluesy, sirens of Jazz and Blues that you've heard over the ...

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