Jazz News

Killerbees CD Release Party at Waid's Caribbean Restaurant (Seattle) on April 8th

Source: Michael Ricci
March 29, 2010

SEATTLE, WA - Orange House Records presents the Killerbees debut CD with a CD release party at Waid's Caribbean Restaurant on Thursday, April 8th. The event will begin at 8:00 PM. Waid's Caribbean Restaurant is located at 1212 E. Jefferson St., Seattle, WA. Elements of jazz, classical, minimalist, pop, standards, ballads, latin and world grooves. That's what the Killerbees do. We cover a wide range of styles & genres. Vocalist Makini Magee meets multi-instrumentalists Bud Schultz & Bob Antolin. “The ...

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German Jazz Player Peter Herbolzheimer Dies at 74

Source: All About Jazz
March 29, 2010

Peter Herbolzheimer, a musician and big band leader who helped promote jazz in Germany, has died at 74. The head of the German Music Council, Peter Ortmann, told the ddp news agency that Herbolzheimer died Saturday in Cologne following a long illness. Herbolzheimer was born in 1935 in Bucharest, Romania, and moved to Germany in 1951. A trombonist who played with a number of international musicians, he went on to become the musical director of Germany's national youth jazz orchestra ...

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Jazzmobile Presents: Vocalfest in April (NYC)

Source: Michael Ricci
March 29, 2010

Paying homage to Jazz Appreciation Month and jazz vocalists of the past and the present, Jazzmobile's month-long celebration of the art of the voice is unveiled over four fabulous weekends in April. Friday, April 9 Truly the essence of a cool, laid back style, winner of Jazzmobile's 2005 Jazz Vocal Competition, Lynette Washington , will fascinate, captivate and lift your spirits and make your heart soar. Saturday, April 10 Classic beauty and elegance, Cynthia Holiday sings and swings with a ...

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Apple to Unveil New Ad Format Following iPad

Source: All About Jazz
March 29, 2010

Apple has something different up its sleeve: an advertising platform that will deliver personalized ads to the iPhone, iPod Touch and the soon-to-ship iPad, to be announced shortly after consumers first lay hands on the iPad on April 7. According to unnamed “executives familiar with the plan" who apparently told Online Media Daily about this, Apple expects this new ad platform to have as significant an impact on its business as its iTunes, iPod, iPhone and iPad launches, and Steve ...

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Finally, Wireless Headphones with Clean, Clear Audio

Source: All About Jazz
March 29, 2010

Wireless headphones used to be perfect for head-bangers: The constant static and dropouts made you want to bang your head against the wall. But it's a different ballgame now, and cruising around the house sans wires doesn't have to cause any audio-induced migraines. Sennheiser's RS 180 is part of a new line of wireless headphones that use Kleer technology, a 2.4-GHz-band wireless system that transmits CD-quality audio over (reasonably) long distances without interference. The RS 180 setup is pretty simple: ...

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Paula West and Rebecca Parris Celebrate Lena Horne in Concert

Source: KMP, Inc.
March 29, 2010

FIVE PERFORMANCES (BOSTON, MA; CAMDEN, ME & WASHINGTON D.C.)

James Gavin's STORMY WEATHER

WHERE: Scullers Jazz Club (inside Doubletree Guest Suites Boston) 400 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02134-1805 (617) 783-0090 scullersjazz.com

WHEN: Saturday, April 24, 2010 sets at 8:00 & 10:00PM

WHERE: Camden Opera House 29 Elm St., Camden, Maine 04843 (207) 470-7066 camdenoperahouse.com

WHEN: Sunday, April 25, 2010 4PM

WHERE: ...

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Ron Brendle and Mike Holstein New CD "Rhizome"

Source: All About Jazz
March 29, 2010

Jazz bassists Mike Holstein and Ron Brendle have released a new album as a duo. The album, entitled Rhizome, was released this month by Brendle's LoNote Records. Brendle, who studied with Charlie Haden at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Smyrna, Florida, has performed along side jazz greats such as Charlie Byrd, Clark Terry, Frank Kimbrough, and Mose Allison. Holstein is equally qualified as a seasoned pro with performance credits including Randy Brecker, Don Braden, Kendra Shank, and Ingrid ...

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Mark Kramer and Joe La Barbera Tour Eight Cities in Italy with Eddie Gomez Trio

Source: All About Jazz
March 29, 2010

Eddie Gomez (contrabbasso); Mark Kramer (pianoforte); Joe La Barbera (batteria) will be performing at major festivals and concert halls in a tour including 8 cities in Italy in April 2010. The planners of the tour suggested this unusual edition of the Eddie Gomez Trio for performances which they describe as jazz of “great beauty, transcending all temporal boundaries."

This pairing of the trio's leader Eddie Gomez (the pivotal virtuoso bassist who is the most recorded and enduring associate of the ...

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