Jazz News

Joseph Patrick Moore Releases "To Africa with Love"

Source: Michael Ricci
May 11, 2010

Composer, producer and performer Joseph Patrick Moore weaves tribal rhythms into funk, pop and jazz melodies on his eighth solo release, To Africa With Love. Mr. Moore connects with some old friends and new ones in this dedication to the Land of the Sahara. The work itself contains 13 songs that range in genre from Contemporary Jazz to Funk to Rock to Contemporary.

Moore and company utilize funky blues man Charlie Wood to spark a contemporary version of the Meters ...

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Bassists Anthony Jackson and Yiorgos Fakanas Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
May 11, 2010

It may come as a surprise to anyone wading through bass guitar giant Anthony Jackson's discography, which mind bogglingly totals over three thousand recordings, that he has never recorded a solo album. The legendary bassist--who has played with an astonishing variety of artists of the caliber of Chick Corea, Roberta Flack, the O'Jays, Buddy Rich, Paul Simon, Chaka Khan, Michel Petrucciani, Michel Camilo, Pat Metheny, Quincy Jones, Steely Dan and Wayne Krantz to name but a small number--has simply never ...

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Saxophonist Paul Carr to Release "Straight Ahead Soul," His 4th CD as a Leader, on May 25

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
May 11, 2010

Straight Ahead Soul, the new CD by Paul Carr, is the most personal musical statement to date from the tenor saxophonist and educator, who's been a mainstay of the Washington, DC jazz scene for the last 25 years. It's a meditation on Carr's Southern roots and “the influence a Southern upbringing has had on my musical foundation," he says. And it explores his journey from inner-city Houston to the suburbs of Washington, DC, as he pays homage to mentors (and ...

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Rachael Sage in Wall Street Journal Today, New CD 'Delancey Street' out 5/18

Source: Seth Cohen PR
May 10, 2010

RACHAEL SAGE FEATURED IN WALL STREET JOURNAL, NEW CD 'DELANCEY STREET' OUT 5/18

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL New Roots and Old on Delancey By Jim Fusilli May 10, 2010

Rachael Sage has been living on the Lower East Side for about a month, moving over from Broadway and Eighth, but as the title of the singer-songwriter's new album suggests, for her it's a location already rich with meaning.

On “Delancey Street" (Mpress Records), Ms. ...

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Playlist for "Continuum, a Journey Through Jazz" on soulandjazz.com

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2010

"Continuum - A Journey Through Jazz" on SoulandJazz.com Episode 5: “Kind of Cool #3"... with your tour guide Scott Fugate, the Jazz Evangelist

Podcast: Available right now, free, legal, and CD quality at 320 kbps. Click here.

We continue our Journey Through Jazz this week with the 3rd consecutive episode devoted to the sound of “Cool" and “West Coast Jazz".

This week we start our exploration with the cool Turkish rhythms of Dave Brubeck, and follow his saxophonist Paul Desmond ...

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Head-Direct HiFiMan HM-801 Audio Player

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2010

Suck It, iPod: Meet the King of Geeky Portable Audio Devices It used to be there were only two ways to improve the sound quality on your portable music player: Ditch the shoddy included earbuds for real headphones, or hook in a headphone amplifier. Now there's a third option, in the form of the HiFiMan HM-801 Audio Player. This is, without a doubt, the first audiophile-worthy portable digital audio player I've encountered in the past 13 years of covering portable ...

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Tommy Castro Collects Four Blues Music Awards

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2010

Singer-guitarist Tommy Castro scooped up four Blues Music Awards at the non-profit Blues Foundation's annual ceremony, held in Memphis on Thursday. During the Cook Convention Center fete, journeyman Castro received the B.B. King Entertainer of the Year Award, and also took home honors for band of the year, best contemporary blues male artist and best contemporary blues album (for “Hard Believer," on Chicago indie Alligator Records). Singer-guitarist Joe Louis Walker's “Between a Rock and the Blues," issued by Canada's Stony ...

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Stephanie Jordan on the Passing of Lena Horne

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
May 10, 2010

Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress known for her signature song “Stormy Weather" and for her triumph over the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, has died. She was 92 according to AP writer Verena Dobnik. Horne died Sunday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, according to hospital spokeswoman Gloria Chin. Chin would not release any other details. Horne, whose striking beauty and magnetic sex appeal often overshadowed her talent and artistry, was ...

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