Jazz News

Torah - The Scotsman

Source: Michael Ricci
April 27, 2010

27 April 2010 By Kenny Mathieson TOMMY SMITH & THE SNJO: TORAH * * * * [4 stars] THE Scottish National Jazz Orchestra has been underrepresented on disc over its opening decade and a half, but that situation is fast improving. This new studio recording follows last year's Rhapsody In Blue, and is another glowing testimony to the band and its director, Tommy Smith. Smith composed Torah in 2000 for American saxophonist Joe Lovano and the ...

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At 30, Princeton Record Exchange is Still Groovy

Source: Michael Ricci
April 27, 2010

By Scott Morgan It is Wednesday, in the middle of a day in the middle of an unremarkable week, and there are at least 40 people flipping through records or reading the spines of CDs along the walls of the Princeton Record Exchange. The store will draw nearly 800 people before closing this night and this is just on an otherwise unremarkable, non-shopping-season weekday. On a normal Saturday there might be 1,500 customers wending their way through 4,300 square feet ...

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Americas off Broadway Celebrates Jazz Legend Artie Shaw with the Anderson Twins, Daryl Sherman

Source: Michael Ricci
April 27, 2010

Americas Off Broadway Celebrates the Artie Shaw Centennial with a special two week engagement of The Anderson Twins with THE ANDERSON TWINS - BENNY GOODMAN MEETS ARTIE SHAW: WHO WAS KING? (May 18 - 23) and THE ANDERSON TWINS CELEBRATE ARTIE SHAW AT 100 WITH DARYL SHERMAN (May 25 - May 30) New York, New York April 27, 2010--59E59 Theaters (Elysabeth Kleinhans, Artistic Director; Peter Tear, Executive Producer) is thrilled to celebrate Artie Shaw's Centennial at AMERICAS OFF BROADWAY when ...

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Keep New Orleans Jazz Alive! 10th Annual Ladies in Red Gala

Source: Michael Ricci
April 27, 2010

Help keep New Orleans jazz history alive! The Preservation Resource Center (PRC), a New Orleans non-profit, is hosting the 10th Annual Ladies in Red Gala to raise funds to continue their already successful efforts to preserve jazz landmarks throughout the city of New Orleans. The event promises to be an exciting evening for any jazz lover, with live music by Some Like it Hot! and the Batiste Brothers with Topsy Chapman and Solid Harmony, and traditional Creole cuisine by some ...

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Marilyn Mazur to Receive the International Eurocode - JTI Jazz Award

Source: Michael Ricci
April 27, 2010

The First International EuroCore - JTI Jazz Award of 10.000 Euro will go to Marilyn Mazur. On Saturday April 24th, it was announced at Jazzahead in Bremen, that first international jazz musician to receive the new EuroCore - JTI Jazz Award of 10.000 Euro will be Marilyn Mazur. The award, that is given to “A prominent musical personality with international reach, an international profile and an international standard of musicianship," will be handed over at a price concert in Trier ...

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"New Music, New Works" at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis

Source: Michael Ricci
April 27, 2010

This Sunday, May 2, the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis and the Mizzou New Music Initiative will present “New Music, New Works," the world premiere of three original compositions created by University of Missouri composition students Stephanie Berg, Michael Strausbaugh, and David Witter and performed by the University of Missouri New Music Ensemble.

The Ensemble is part of the Mizzou New Music Initiative, sponsored by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation, and is directed by Stefan Freund, associate professor of music theory ...

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Invalid Warrant Used in Raid on Iphone Reporter's Home

Source: All About Jazz
April 27, 2010

Police raided the house of an editor for Gizmodo on Friday and seized computers and other equipment. The raid was part of an investigation into the leak of a prototype iPhone that the site obtained for a blockbuster story last week. Now, a legal expert has raised questions about the legality of the warrant used in the raid. On Friday, officers from California's Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team in San Mateo, California, appeared at the home of Gizmodo editor Jason ...

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Latest Protester of Comcast - NBC Deal Plays Race Card and Has Ex-FCC Chairman on Board

Source: Michael Ricci
April 27, 2010

A recently formed advocacy group has some pretty harsh words for cable giant Comcast Corp. and has hired a former FCC chairman as its counsel. “For decades Comcast has shut the door to African American ownership of cable channels," said Stanley E. Washington, president and chief executive of the National Coalition of African American Owned Media. He even charged Comcast investors with “supporting apartheid right here in America." The coalition, which appears to be a relatively new group, says its ...

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