Jazz News

New Album from Mike St-Jean & Math Rosen in Stores Now!

Source: Michael Ricci
May 16, 2010

Thursday, May 6, 2010 (Vancouver, B.C.) - Maximum Jazz is proud to announce the release of Alchemist by the group Project.

Available Tuesday, May 11 wherever you buy your music Alchemist is a collaboration between Vancouver composer and drummer Mike St-Jean and electronic artist & filmographer Math Rosen. This impressive debut is full of subtle rhythms, lush arrangements and infectious moments where keys, double bass & drums explore dynamic, tonal and energetic possibilities founded on digital samples and loops.

Throughout ...

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2010 Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
May 16, 2010

July 9, 10 and 11, 2010, the 7th annual Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival, located in the Southern California Wine Country City of Temecula, has announced a change of venue from Main St. in Old Town, to the new Home of the Chuck Niles Memorial Jazz Library and the Temecula Valley Cultural Arts & Music Center at 27455 Tierra Alta Way. This year's festival is in honor of the “first lady of song, “ Ella Fitzgerald. Tributes to Ella include ...

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Joshua Tree Music Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 16, 2010

When it comes to desert music festivals, Coachella isn't the only game in town. The eighth annual Joshua Tree Music Festival offers three days of eclectic live music under the expansive sky of the Mojave.

Scheduled performers include the cross-cultural electronica act Mexican Institute of Sound, the Afrobeat artist Wunmi and the Bulgarian-born singer-songwriter Geri X.

May 14-17 2010 Joshua Tree Lake Campground 2601 Sunfair Road, Joshua Tree. 6 p.m.-midnight Fri. 11 a.m.-midnight Sat. ...

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Rob McConnell Dies at 75; Valve Trombonist Who Led the Boss Brass

Source: Michael Ricci
May 16, 2010

He led one of Canada's best-known big bands and won three Grammys, one as an artist for the album 'All in Good Time,' was known as one of the few modern masters of the valve trombone.

Rob McConnell, a celebrated composer, arranger and valve trombonist who led the Boss Brass, one of Canada's best and best-known big bands, has died. He was 75. McConnell, a three-time Grammy winner, died May 1 at a Toronto hospital, his family announced. He had ...

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31st Annual Detroit Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 16, 2010

Subtitled “Flame Keepers: Carrying the Torch for Modern Jazz," the 31st annual Detroit Jazz Fest will pay homage to six trailblazers of modern jazz: Art Blakey, Ray Brown, Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Betty Carter, and Gil Evans.

The talents of these geniuses burned brightly not only through the movements they created, but also through their investment in and 'schooling' of young players - now seasoned and carrying the torch for their mentors. Terri Pontremoli Executive and Artistic Director ...

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Montreal Jazz Festival Announces Full Indoor Lineup

Source: All About Jazz
May 16, 2010

Herbie Hancock performs June 27 at Montreal's Theatre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts.

Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette will perform July 3, organizers for the Montreal International Jazz Festival revealed Tuesday while announcing the festival's final group of ticketed indoor shows. The three musicians last appeared together at the festival three years ago. DeJohnette's incomparable drum work will also be present - in spirit, at least - when an eclectic group of Miles Davis disciples put their own ...

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53rd Monterey Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 16, 2010

Welcome to the Monterey Jazz Festival 3-Day Celebration of the Best in Jazz, with over 500 artist appearing on 8 stages on 20 acres in the heart of Monterey, California!

Monterey Jazz Festival Artist Highlights September 17-19 2010

* The return of jazz legends Chick Corea, Dianne Reeves, Roy Hargrove, Chris Potter, Christian McBride, Billy Childs, Kenny Garrett, and more

* The MJF debut of Harry Connick, Jr., Ahmad Jamal, Angelique Kidjo, Les Nubians, Delbert McClinton, Trombone Shorty, ...

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Core Music Bundle Offers New Method for Jazz Education

Source: Michael Ricci
May 16, 2010

Fifty years ago, learning jazz was based on apprenticeship on the bandstand, preceded by lessons with a classical teacher and a lot of hanging at the clubs. Possibly the latter was substituted by the new Long Play stereo records. Since then, jazz has become an institutionalized art form with prescribed course material. The books have often received a position as one-stop solutions; some deservingly, others far more questionably. Where classical music education found its uniformly accepted teaching methods centuries ago, ...

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