Jazz News

East Coast Jazz Joints

Source: All About Jazz
June 19, 2010

Herbie Hancock (Thursday) His 70th-birthday CareFusion concert at Carnegie Hall is of that type, but it can't be too bad: He'll be playing with Wayne Shorter, Joe Lovano and Terence Blanchard. Later that night and into the morning at City Winery, the drummer Jeff (Tain) Watts leads a jam session trail through Mr. Hancock's tunes. At 8 p.m. Carnegie Hall (212) 247-7800 at 11 p.m., ...

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Lennon Lyrics Fetch $1.2m at NYC Auction

Source: All About Jazz
June 19, 2010

John Lennon's handwritten lyrics to the final song on the classic Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band were purchased by an American collector on Friday for $1.2 million.

The winning bid for “A Day in the Life" was placed by phone at Sotheby's auction house, which declined to identify the collector further. The price exceeded the pre-sale estimate of $500,000 and $800,000. The double-sided sheet of paper features Lennon's edits and corrections in his own hand -- ...

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Tunesmiths Celebrate Their Craft

Source: All About Jazz
June 19, 2010

Starry, starry night: The honorees at this year's Songwriters Hall of Fame Awards Gala Thursday night at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel included noted tunesmiths/performers ranging from veterans Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen and Earth Wind & Fire to 20-year-old Taylor Swift.

Inspired: On the red carpet, Judy Collins recalled that she wasn't yet writing songs when she met inductee Cohen (elegant in black tie and a fedora), “and he asked me why. I started writing as a ...

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Baseball's Giants of Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
June 19, 2010

We cherish Ernie Harwell and other masters of improvisation because we may not hear a sound like theirs again

Tributes poured in from all over the nation as a city that is falling apart united in its heartache. Seventeen hours after the Tigers opened Comerica Park to the public last Thursday, there was a line around the corner to see the body of a 92- year-old man who described baseball for a living. Detroit grieved for Ernie Harwell, who died ...

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Queen of Soul Brings Down the House

Source: All About Jazz
June 19, 2010

Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson honored at Apollo. Franklin and Tucker share a laugh at Harlem's Apollo Theater spring benefit. Emcee Jaime Foxx urges everyone to cut loose at the famous theater.

The Queen of Soul had the joint jumping. Leslie Uggams channeled Lena Horne to deliver a rousing “Stormy Weather." And emcee Jamie Foxx never stopped urging everyone to “Let it go" and get excited. Harlem's Apollo Theater spring benefit inducted Aretha Franklin and Michael Jackson (posthumously) as Hall ...

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Hancock Can 'Imagine' More Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
June 19, 2010

The music world is not unaware that Herbie Hancock turned a youthful 70 on April 12. To mark the occasion, there will be a concert in New York's Carnegie Hall on June 24, two days after the release of his latest album, “The Imagine Project," and the Hollywood Bowl will host a star-packed concert Sept. 1 featuring many of the performers on the album. There will also be a tour in support of the disc, which was recorded on five ...

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Musical Mad Scientist Concocts Bizarre Instruments, Strange Sounds

Source: All About Jazz
June 19, 2010

Diego Stocco forged a niche for himself in the music world by creating sounds using custom-made instruments and unusual sources. His sonic palette includes sounds culled from sources as simple as sand and as drastic as a burning piano.

The hybrid instruments Stocco concocts, like the Experibass, generally involve sawing common musical instruments in half and attaching them to other instruments or less- conventional objects. Film composers use Stocco's sought-after sounds -- which are delivered in a multisample format or ...

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New Music Management & Booking Firm Founded by Music Industry Veteran Scott Foster

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
June 18, 2010

SCOTT FOSTER MANAGEMENT provides representation for superb jazz artists ADA ROVATTI, ARLEE LEONARD, PATRIZIA SCASCITELLI, and JAMIE BAUM Music industry veteran SCOTT FOSTER has announced the formation of a new artist management organization, SCOTT FOSTER MANAGEMENT, with a unique spotlight on female jazz artists. Scott Foster's many years in the jazz festival business make him ideally positioned to understand the relationships between performers, audiences, media, and the business interests of concert presenters. His artist management services include concert booking, publicity, ...

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