Jazz News

Jazz Saxophonist David S. Ware is Live -- And Very Much Alive -- In Brooklyn

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
March 18, 2010

By Tad Hendrickson

Stories about jazz musicians with health problems too often end sadly, so it was more than a little uplifting to see that saxophonist David S. Ware's did not. Ware had been in declining health in recent years because kidney dialysis was no longer as effective as it needed to be. Finally, in May of 2009, he received a new kidney, thanks to a donor who was found through an e-mail blast sent out in January of that ...

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Savannah Music Festival Opens This Weekend

Source: Michael Ricci
March 18, 2010

On the heels of one of the country's biggest St. Patrick's Day celebrations, the 2010 Savannah Music Festival opens on Thursday, March 18th with a concert featuring Chinese pianist Lang Lang with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, along with Mike Marshall's Big Trio premiering the newly-commissioned “Suite Savannah" on a co-bill with new favorites of western swing, The Belleville Outfit. Unique co-bills and original productions are staged in intimate venues throughout the historic seaport city from March 18th through April 3rd, ...

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Enter the "Chuck Anderson - Freefall" Giveaway Contest

Source: All About Jazz
March 18, 2010

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the “Chuck Anderson - Freefall“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on April 17th. Click here to enter the contest

(Following Chuck Anderson at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck!

About Chuck Anderson, The Most Distinctive Voice in Audience-Friendly, Progressive Jazz Guitar Combining virtuosic technique with stunning originality, Chuck Anderson projects the soul of jazz to his audience. Original ...

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Pianist /Composer Randy Klein to Perform with His "Two Duos" Ensemble April 9th, 2010

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 17, 2010

Pianist /Composer Randy Klein will be performing with his “Two Duos" ensemble (featuring the great Chris Washburne on Trombone & Ole Mathisen on saxophone) at Klavierhaus in NYC on April 9th, 2010 at 7 pm in celebration of his upcoming new CD release on Jazzheads Records titled “ Sunday Morning." Randy Klein - Piano Chris Washburne- Trombone Ole Mathisen - Saxophone 'Sunday Morning' is the first in a series of CD recordings by Randy Klein titled, ...

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Music for Film Networking Event and Contest, April 10

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

The Learning Center and the Film Scoring Department at Berklee College of Music will host the fifth annual Music for Film networking event and associated film scoring contest on Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 1:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Media Center at 150 Massachusetts Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For further event information, contact Alison Plante, assistant chair of the Film Scoring Department at [email protected], or visit learningcenter.berklee.edu. As the only film event ...

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YouTube Sets Its Sights on Independent Musicans

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

YouTube wants to rock MySpace. The Google-owned video site is expected to announce Wednesday a new program, dubbed Musicians Wanted, to lure independent musicians to its social- networking site.

The program targets independent artists, offering them an easy way to create their own home page, or channel, on YouTube and share in the ad revenues generated by their videos. Until now, YouTube has offered the revenue-sharing option only to artists who have contracts with record labels or who have special ...

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25th Annual TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival Announces Major Artists to Headline B.C. Honda Dealers Series at the Centre Plus Nikki Yanofsky and John Pizzarelli to Perform at Queen Elizabeth Theatre

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

Tickets on sale March 25 at 10 AM Vancouver's signature festival--the TD Vancouver International Jazz Festival--celebrates its 25th anniversary June 25 - July 4, 2010. The Festival is pleased to announce that tickets will go on sale March 25 for Nikki Yanofsky and John Pizzarelli at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre Marquee Series (July 3) and for the eight-night B.C. Honda Dealers Classic Sounds at The Centre Series (June 25 - July 2). Fourteen-time Grammy-winning pianist Chick Corea, the 'I Believe' ...

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Marc Hoffman to Perform at Founders Hall on March 26th

Source: blueplate pr
March 17, 2010

Recording artist Marc Hoffman will bring his original jazz to Founders Hall on Friday, March 26, when he performs during the Friday Acoustic Concert Series from noon to 2 p.m. Hoffman, a composer, pianist and vocalist, has been performing at Founders Hall since 2004. Along with original jazz compositions, both instrumental and vocal, his upcoming solo performance will include his own arrangements of standards, ballads and pop tunes. Gary Dalkin, editor of Film Music on the Web, has described Hoffman's ...

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