Jazz News

Wilco Guitarist Nels Cline Reconnects with His Jazz Side on New Album

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
April 21, 2010

By Tad Hendrickson

Nels Cline was been straddling the line between jazz and rock guitar since the late '70s. He got his start working with jazz musicians of the likes of Julius Hemphill, Charlie Haden and Tim Berne, while also doing more rock-oriented stuff with Mike Watt, the Geraldine Fibbers and others, though his major claim to fame these days is his gig as lead guitarist for Wilco. While that band is seemingly on a never-ending tour, Cline has found ...

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Jazz Photographer William Ellis Exhibits at Rocharchive Gallery, London

Source: Michael Ricci
April 21, 2010

Rockarchive.com are proud to present the Jazz images of William Ellis. William Ellis is at the vanguard of music photographers and is widely regarded as having produced an important document of the contemporary international jazz scene in Africa, East Asia, Europe and the Americas.

His contribution to the culture was acknowledged by the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City when he was invited to produce the Inaugural International Exhibition in 2005 and where he returned in 2008 to show his ...

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Remembering Guru with Gang Starr's Defining Cut "Jazz Thing"

Source: All About Jazz
April 21, 2010

Acclaimed rapper Guru, best known as one-half of jazzy-rap duo Gang Starr, has died, according to a statement released from his most recent collaborator, producer Solar. Solar's statement contains a note purportedly written by Guru, who died at the age of 43 after a battle with cancer. The statement reads: I, Guru, am writing this letter to my fans, friends and loved ones around the world. I have had a long battle with cancer and have succumbed to the disease. ...

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Bass Player Derek Frank Joins Mindi Abair's Band, Spring and Summer Tour Dates Announced

Source: Michael Ricci
April 21, 2010

Los Angeles bass player, Derek Frank, has recently been offered a position in Concord Records recording artist Mindi Abair's band. Frank will tour with Mindi around the USA this spring and summer in support of her new album on Concord Jazz entitled “In Hi-Fi Stereo". He began rehearsals with Mindi on April 12th, the very same day that he returned from a tour of Australia and New Zealand with Hammond B-3 Organ legend Brian Auger. After 3 rehearsals, Frank recorded ...

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"South Rock" by Kiki Lee-- Book Condensed for Easy Reading Online

Source: Just Roots PR
April 21, 2010

Forward ~ The beginning of a new career in Rock and Roll.

Chapter 1 ~ After launching several Indy label hits in 1967 Atlantic Records recruited Dick Wooley to head their record promotion in the Southeast and Midwest. Dick helped Atlantic launch several legendary Rhythm & Blues and Rock artists, many who are now inductees in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Chapter 2 ~ The adventure.

Chapter 3 ~ Working with Atlantic Records distributed Capricorn Productions Dick was ...

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Trumpeter Greg Kelley Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
April 21, 2010

Boston trumpeter Greg Kelley takes an atom and constructs a world out of it. Taking his cue from the metallic tubes of his instrument and how they are connected to his mouth, and ultimately his body, his sounds are never wholly disembodied but rather maintain the precise quality of that apparatus that, in his hands, is a physical/technological continuum.

Or something--efforts to characterize his art are bound to fail, turning back on themselves with the fatal realization that the only ...

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Introducing Melanie Charles and The Journey at Nublu (NYC) on April 23rd

Source: The Bloom Effect
April 20, 2010

With a tone reminiscent of Sarah Vaughan, melodic lines inspired by John Coltrane and Miles Davis coupled with soulful yet funky vibes, Melanie Charles is the quintessence of soulful Jazz. Along with her band, The Journey, she transports her listeners back in time to the Harlem jazz clubs of the twenties while at simultaneously breathing a fresh new life into the popular neo-soul sounds of today. In order to truly understand her music you have to hear it for yourself. ...

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Gimme Shelter Screening Tonight in Santa Monica

Source: All About Jazz
April 20, 2010

The 1970 Rolling Stones tour filmed by the Maysles brothers, Gimme Shelter is a rare screening at the Santa Monica Library

Gimme Shelter Tue., April 20, 7:00pm Santa Monica Public Library - Fairview Branch 2101 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90406 Santa Monica (310) 450-0443

Starring: The Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger Director: Albert Maysles, David Maysles Camera: David Myers

To cite Gimme Shelter as the greatest rock ...

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