Jazz News

Enter the ArtistShare "Jim Hall - The Art of Listening" Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the ArtistShare “Jim Hall—The Art Of Listening“ contest sponsored by ArtistShare. Five winners will be announced on August 18th. Each winner will receive 1. autographed copy of Jim Hall and Bill Frisell's Hemispheres and 2. download participant access to Jim's current ArtistShare fan-funded project, Duo 2010, with drummer Joey Barron, a continuation of “The Art Of Listening" duo series on ArtistShare.

Click here to enter the contest

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1st Kalamata (Greece) Jazz Festival

Source: Konstantinos Yaxoglou
July 19, 2010

Kalamata's first ever summer jazz festival! Amazing musicians from Greece, Holland, Bulgaria, Serbia, Sweden, New York and Mani come together to celebrate good music and groove! Miyagis' Dream, Freak Brothers Band, Harris Lambrakis Quartet, Tzoum, Dimitris Pantelias Group, Blazin' Quartet from Amsterdam and the enigmatic NOW vs. NOW with Jason Lindner, Panagiotis Andreou and Mark Guiliana from downtown New York will make this a musical experience to remember! The festival starts after the 16th International Dance Festival of Kalamata and ...

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New Jazz Book Includes Interviews with Trumpeters Mark Rapp, Terence Blanchard, Lew Soloff, Freddie Hubbard, Chris Botti and more

Source: Mark Rapp
July 19, 2010

How Jazz Trumpeters Understand Their Music: Twenty-Seven Interviews 1. Vince DiMartino, 2. Kenny Wheeler, 3. Terence Blanchard, 4. Lew Soloff, 5. Rick Braun, 6. Freddie Hubbard, 7. Dave Douglas..., 11. Eddie Henderson, 12. Donald Byrd..., 14. Herb Alpert, 15. Wallace Roney..., 19. Brian Lynch, 20. Mark Isham..., 22. Chris Botti..., 25. Tim Hagans..., 27. Mark Rapp This work is one of the most complete collections of in-depth commentary on the state of jazz music today. These interviews illustrate the interplay ...

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Pianist Denny Zeitlin Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
July 19, 2010

San Francisco-based jazz pianist Denny Zeitlin--aka Dr. Dennis Zeitlin, Psychiatrist--boasts a music career that spans more than fifty years. He began, at a tender young age, playing professionally in the early fifties in his home town of Chicago. He was, very early in his life, interested in the fields of medicine and music, and he has been able to navigate career paths in both disciplines with great success.

Zeitlin may be the king of multi-taskers. At 72 years of age, ...

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The 2010 New Music Seminar Announces Music Conference Schedule and Speaker Line Up

Source: Michael Ricci
July 18, 2010

New York, NY--The original New Music Seminar (NMS), announces the schedule and speaker line up for its New York City summer conference from July 19th to 21st at The NMS Revolution Hall @ Webster Hall.

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Blues for Food Fest 2010 - Sept. 4

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 18, 2010

Fourth Edition of Blues for Food Fest a GO!

The fourth annual Blues for Food Fest will take place at Magnuson Park Amphitheatre on Saturday, September 4, 2010, from 12 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Blues for Food Fest is a celebration of food, music and community designed to raise money and awareness for the P-Patch Trust and the Washington Blues Society's musicians' relief fund.

It is an all-ages event featuring live music by some of the finest blues bands in ...

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Laya Project's Tsunami of Music: Sounds Embrace Survival from the Maldives to Myanmar

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 18, 2010

On a beach, a fisherman pours his heart into a love song for his wife, taken by the sea. A worn but beautiful woman, at first shy and retiring, sings an unexpectedly passionate welcome. A couple selling trinkets to sun-hungry tourists opens an arresting trove of traditional instruments and plays them with astounding zeal.

On the shores of great tragedy and destruction, the sounds and images of the just released Laya Project (EarthSync; July 13) reveal an abundance of life-affirming ...

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Call for Musicians: North Carolina Symphony Launches Triangle Talent Search

Source: Chris M. Slawecki
July 18, 2010

CALL FOR MUSICIANS: North Carolina Symphony Launches Triangle Talent Search; Winners to Perform with the Symphony on New Year's Eve

Raleigh, NC -- Triangle, have you got talent? The North Carolina Symphony is holding its first Triangle Talent Search in Raleigh on Saturday, Sept. 25, with the winner or winners earning a chance to perform live with the Symphony as a featured soloist on New Year's Eve.

“People who never thought they could perform with the North Carolina Symphony now ...

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