Jazz News

Celebrating Cal Massey: Fred Ho and Salim Washington Concert on April 22

Source: Michael Ricci
March 24, 2010

CELEBRATING CAL MASSEY with Fred Ho & the Afro Asian Music Ensemble and Salim Washington & the Brooklyn College Big Band Thursday, April 22, 7 pm, Gershwin Theater Brooklyn College, Campus Road and Hillel Place FREE to Public This concert features a rare performance of the gifted composer and trumpeter Cal Massey's piece, The Black Liberation Movement Suite. Presented by the H. Wiley Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music and The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium ...

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Evan Parker with Susan Alcorn and Michael Formanek at The WindUp Space in Bailtimore on April 18th

Source: Michael Ricci
March 24, 2010

CREATIVE DIFFERENCES presents EVAN PARKER - solo saxophone plus SUSAN ALCORN - pedal steel guitar MICHAEL FORMANEK - double bass EVAN PARKER - saxophones SUNDAY APRIL 18 AT 6PM @ The WindUp Space 12 W.North Ave Baltimore MD thewindupspace.com 410 244 8855 THIS CONCERT WILL BEGIN AT 6PM. DOORS OPEN AT 5PM Admission is $10 on the door Evan Parker is widely regarding as ...

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A Free Bass Lesson from John Clayton

Source: Michael Ricci
March 24, 2010

ArtistShare pays tribute to John Clayton, a stellar bassist and a valued part of the ArtistShare family. We invite you to experience his musical world by accessing an exclusive free online bass lesson at artistshare.com. John, along with his brother Jeff, are working on a new ArtistShare fan-funded project, entitled The New Song and Dance. Watch as The Clayton Brothers write, perform and record compositions and arrangements inspired by dance.

About John Clayton The sheer wizardry of his ...

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Michael Wolff on NPR Jazzset 4/1; West Coast Tour in May

Source: Seth Cohen PR
March 24, 2010

Acclaimed jazz pianist Michael Wolff's appearance at The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. is confirmed for broadcast on NPR Jazzset on April 1st. The performance will air on 119 NPR stations nationwide, and via jazzset.npr.org. Airdates on WBGO in New York will be Sunday, April 4th at 6pm and Wednesday, April 7th at 6:30pm. Wolff recently wrapped up a successful multi-weekend stand at his beloved Knickerbocker club in lower Manhattan (and plans a return for April 23rd and 24th.) Wolff ...

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Mass. Gov. Patrick Donates Collection to Berklee

Source: Michael Ricci
March 24, 2010

By Globe Staff Governor Deval Patrick and his family are donating the scores, photographs, recordings, and personal materials of his father, Pat Patrick, an influential baritone saxophone player who shared the stage with many jazz greats of the 20th century, to Berklee College of Music, the school announced today.

Pat Patrick, who died of leukemia in 1991, was best known for his 40-year association with band leader and composer Sun Ra. He accompanied the Sun Ra Arkestra on overseas tours ...

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Steve Belkin Joins Innervision Records as General Manager

Source: GoMedia PR
March 24, 2010

Music industry veteran Steve Belkin has been named as General Manager of the Aliso Viejo, California-based label Innervision Records and Entertainment, as announced by label VP of A&R and Promotion, Adam Leibovitz.

Belkin brings some three decades of experience in all areas of the music business to the GM post, including work in marketing, sales and distribution and artist management. A musician and songwriter in his own right, Belkin will continue to operate Open All Nite Entertainment, his management, marketing ...

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Philly Music-Makers Mull Museum at Torched Offices

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2010

Longtime R&B record producers Leon Huff and Kenneth Gamble are considering whether to rebuild their fire-damaged offices into a music museum, the duo said Tuesday just hours after the man accused of setting the blaze was ordered to stand trial. Testimony and surveillance video shown at a preliminary hearing convinced a judge that Christopher Cimini should be tried on charges including arson and burglary in the Feb. 21 fire that destroyed Philadelphia International Records. The music label, which produced dozens ...

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Composer/Violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) Releases Woodbox Beats & Balladry (Thirsty Ear)

Source: AMT Public Relations
March 24, 2010

Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR): Woodbox Beats & Balladry Available March 30th on Thirsty Ear Recordings Haitian-American violinist/composer Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) continues to establish himself as one of todays most relevant artists on the contemporary classical music scene. An innovative violinist, composer, performer, re-mixer, and band leader, DBR has won world-wide acclaim for his eclecticism and fearless exploration, whether through extended violin techniques, the infusion of electronics, or in his perspectives on the definition of chamber music. On Woodbox Beats ...

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