Jazz News

George Gee Swings in Harlem Every Monday, Starting May 24th

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
May 3, 2010

Gospel Uptown (GU LIVE!) Harlem's Hottest Entertainment Night Spot Presents UPTOWN SWING every Monday starting May 24th Featuring The George Gee 17pc. Big Band (aka The George Gee Swing Orchestra) With Jazz and Blues Vocalist John Dokes

New York, New York -- Beginning May 24, 2010, The George Gee 17-piece Big Band will begin a weekly Monday night engagement at Harlem's newest hotspot - ...

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Audiences, and Hollywood, Flock to Smartphones

Source: Michael Ricci
May 3, 2010

It might be hard to imagine watching The Office on a screen no bigger than a business card. But tens of thousands of people by the most conservative estimate are already doing just that. As Hollywood shrinks its films and television shows for the small screens of cellphones, its assumptions about mobile viewing are being upended by surprisingly patient consumers. We all thought they'd be watching video clips in the checkout line or between classes, said Vivi Zigler, the president ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York May 2010 Issue Now Available!

Source: Michael Ricci
May 3, 2010

Lest one needs a reminder of the globalization of the world in general and music in particular, last month's eruption of a volcano under Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier was a particularly effective one. Lost in all the news reports of stranded travelers on both sides of the Atlantic were the many musicians whose tour plans were disrupted by the thousands of cancelled flights. The modern musician is a world traveller by necessity in the 21st century; there just aren't enough audiences ...

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'Free to be Creative at the Piano' Makes It Easy to Sit Down and Play

Source: Michael Ricci
May 1, 2010

Music fans take note: Edward Weiss has just completed his extensive new book on creating, composing and playing New Age piano compositions. A distillation of Eds 20 years as an instructor and composer, Free to Be Creative at the Piano promises to take even novice players step by step through the process of creating music from scratch. In fact, in his book, Edward even effectively teaches those of us who've never touched a keyboard in our lives. As the author ...

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Air Department fuses world music with jazz for new CD

Source: Michael Ricci
May 1, 2010

Once described by a fan as sounding like “an eight-piece duo," The Air Department produces sounds unusually immense for just two musicians. Multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer and engineer Roger Ebacher performs original music using keyboards, keyboard bass, melody flute, wood flute, a Casio DH-100 digital horn, kalimba, congas, bongos and doumbek. He's joined by Dennis Pelletier on drums. The two combine to create world jazz influenced by an eclectic mix of music from Brazil, the Middle East and India. “It's adventurous," ...

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Stephanie Jordan to Perform for Mayor-Elect Mitch Landrieus Inauguration

Source: Sylvain Music Notes
May 3, 2010

NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans jazz vocalist Stephanie Jordan is one of the featured performers for the May 3, 2010 Inauguration of New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu. Jordan is scheduled to perform at 1:45 P.M. during the Celebrate New Orleans Festival which will be held at Lafayette Square across the street from Gallier Hall. Jordan says that she honored to be a part of the festivities. In tribute of those being sworn in, I will sing an up-tempo version of ...

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Megan Lynch's Debut Album - Songs the Brothers Warner Taught Me

Source: Michael Ricci
May 3, 2010

Megan Lynch has released her debut album, Songs the Brothers Warner Taught Me, interpreting rare, jazz age tunes featured in the classic Warner Brothers cartoons of Bugs Bunny and others. Backed by two members of R. Crumb's legendary Cheap Suit Serenaders, Tony Marcus and Robert Armstrong, Megan wraps her big, rich, sassy, swinging alto around these merry melodies, spinning them far beyond the versions we know by Daffy Duck and Michigan J. Frog. It's both a fascinating work of musical ...

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Tom Braxton's Groundbreaking First European Tour as Ambassador of Smooth Jazz

Source: Sound Visions Media
May 3, 2010

Jazz saxophonist and composer, Tom Braxton recently made his first European appearance on a tour in the Netherlands, which kicked off on March 31st and wrapped up on April 4th. Smooth Jazz Europe organized and sponsored the groundbreaking tour that featured Braxton in concert in five different cities highlighting the music from his current CD release, Endless Highway, on the Pacific Coast Jazz label. “It was fantastic to have a great sax player like Tom Braxton come to the Netherlands," ...

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