Jazz News

The Adam Ramsay/C.J. Glass Quintet Performs at the Iridium - Saturday, May 22nd

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

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Free Jazz Concert: Carol Fredette & Trio in Monmouth (NJ)

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

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34th Annual Paradise Valley Jazz Party

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

It is one of the longest running jazz event in the world according to Don Z. Miller who, with his late wife Sue, created the first Paradise Valley Jazz Party in 1978. Since the Millers conceived, produced, and underwrote this event, hundreds of the leading jazz artists in the world have appeared on the Paradise Valley Jazz Party stage including many legends of the jazz world . . . Joe Williams, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, Diana Krall, Milt Hinton, and ...

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Gizmodo to Apple's Steve Jobs: 'Right Now, We Have Nothing to Lose'

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

The affidavit in the missing iPhone case contains an e-mail exchange that could spell trouble for the Gizmodo editor who resisted when Apple CEO Steve Jobs requested he return the top-secret prototype.

Deputy District Attorney Chris Feasel told reporters on Friday that police are still investigating and that media organizations that commit crimes can be prosecuted. According to the affidavit prepared by Det. Matthew Broad of the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, Jobs contacted Gizmodo Editor Brian Lam on April ...

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The Princeton Record Exchange: For Music Lovers, Something for Everyone

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

By Lauren Zumbach

The Princeton Record Exchange just off of Nassau Street was founded by Barry Weisfeld in 1980. The store sells more than 140,000 LPs, CDs and DVDs. The town of Princeton may be best known as home to the University, but a store just off of Nassau Street has garnered fame of its own. The Princeton Record Exchange, a local icon since Barry Weisfeld founded the shop in 1980, was rated the top record store in the country ...

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Jazz Has the Blues: A New Series at Vernon's Jazz Club

Source: Michael Ricci
May 15, 2010

We're, “Making a way out of no way," starting May 14th, 8:30PM til MIDNIGHT! Jazz Has the Blues, a monthly series kicks off with the incomparable Cathryn McGill! Cathryn McGill is an award-winning singer/songwriter-- she infuses her jazz, R&B and soul with a special vocal flavor that is uniquely her own. On May 14th, Cathryn McGill serves up 'Gospel-cooked, Blues for the body and soul, just for YOU. See you at Vernon's! 6855 4th. St. NW Village of ...

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Judy Collins' Elektra Albums Reissued on Collectors' Choice

Source: conqueroo
May 13, 2010

From “baroque folk" in '66 to show tunes, jazz and country in the '80s, the albums trace Collins' particularly eclectic musical development

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Collectors' Choice Music will reissue nine albums by Judy Collins, one of the great interpretive folksingers of our time, representing a good portion of her Elektra Records years from 1966-97. Collins' clear soprano, unerring taste and uncommon sensitivity to her material has enriched songs by everybody from Bob Dylan to Jacques Brel to Stephen ...

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Skirball Cultural Center's Sunset Concerts Series 2010

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
May 14, 2010

Sanctuary on the Dance Floor: Skirball Cultural Center's Sunset Concerts Series Revels in Global Sounds and Bringing People Together

July/August 2010 Thursday night concerts feature Parno Graszt (7/22), Natacha Atlas (7/29), Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys (8/5), La Excelencia (8/12), the Jews on Vinyl Revue (8/19), and Kenge Kenge (8/26).

The open expanse of the Skirball Cultural Center's courtyard looks peaceful nestled under the Santa Monica Mountains, but in summer, it bursts with the raucous and joyful noise of ...

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