Jazz News

Oscar Winner "The Cove" Becomes Basis for New TV Series

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2010

Fans of “The Cove," the environmentally themed film that won the best documentary Oscar last night, will be happy to know there's more where that came from.

A new television series about the controversial dolphin trade in Japan, tentatively titled “Dolphin Warriors," has been greenlit by Animal Planet.

The series picks up where the movie leaves off and, like the film, stars animal activist Ric O'Barry.

Two episodes of the series -- which is being executive produced by O'Barry's son, ...

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'Toy Story' Creator Pixar Earns Theater Award

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2010

The makers of “Up," “WALL-E" and other Academy Award-winning cartoons have taken home a new prize. Disney-owned Pixar Animation received the ShoWest Big Ten Award on Tuesday in honor of the company's perfect track record - 10 films, 10 blockbuster hits, including “Finding Nemo" and “The Incredibles." John Lasseter, Pixar's creative mastermind and director of “Toy Story" and “Toy Story 2," accepted the award just before screening the franchise's sequel, “Toy Story 3," for the audience at ShoWest, an ...

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Stars of Broadway and Jazz Sing and Swing for Haiti

Source: Michael Ricci
March 16, 2010

One Night Only Benefit to be Held March 28, 2010 South Orange, NJ (March 8, 2010): In response to the devastating January 12, earthquake, a star-studded line-up of Broadway actors and jazz musicians will take the stage at the South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) in South Orange, New Jersey on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 7:00pm. The event will feature performances by: Geri Allen, Shane Bland, Cecil Brooks III, Catherine Brunnell, Kristin Carbone, Maurice Chestnut, Kenny Davis, Bradley Dean, ...

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Cape May Jazz Festival Aril 16-18, 2010

Source: Michael Ricci
March 16, 2010

At the 33rd Cape May Jazz Festival--April 16-18, 2010--presented by Bank of America and New Jersey Department of Travel and Tourism, every ballad tells a story you'll want to hear, and the blues takes you from from heartache to joy. Hard-bop to mellow sax, high-pitch to expressive-soul trumpet, Latin piano to kickin' keyboard, Cape May Jazz offers it all. Friday opens with Spyro Gyra's mix of straight-ahead jazz, blues, Latin, Brazilian, instrumental pop, funk and fusion. For three decades they ...

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Sizzling Hot Jazz Musical "The Wild Party" Makes St. Louis Premiere

Source: Michael Ricci
March 16, 2010

New Line Theatre, “the Bad Boy of Musical Theatre," continues its nineteenth season of provocative, adult, alternative musical theatre with the St. Louis premiere of Andrew Lippa's rowdy, raunchy, jazz musical THE WILD PARTY, running April 22-May 15, 2010, at the Washington University South Campus Theatre (formerly CBC High School), 6501 Clayton Road, just east of Big Bend. Tickets are on sale now, through Metrotix, 314-534-1111.

Have you ever been so angry, so desperate, so trapped, that your only choice ...

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24th International Folk Music Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
March 16, 2010

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"Rpeduo" (UK) Digital Album Release

Source: Michael Ricci
March 16, 2010

US Trumpeter Matt Postle and Polish Live Electronics Artist Radek Rudnicki release first digital only album entitled Rpeduo. Both Radek and Matt are currently studying for their PhDs at the University of York (UK) and maintain active performance careers playing throughout the UK and Europe. The album explores interaction between trumpet and live electronics, exposes how limited material can be entertaining and evolving. Electronic grooves are combining hip-hop with techno, dub in experimental manner. Trumpet gives acoustic vibe to the ...

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Fishtank Ensemble: Gypsy Wagons, Slap Bass and Mad Loves

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
March 16, 2010

Gypsy Wagons, Slap Bass, and Mad Loves: The Unseen Musical Forces behind Fishtank Ensemble

Parked next door to a sandwich truck sits a hand-built, mule drawn “Gypsy wagon," like an apparition from a bygone era, in the driveway of a contemporary hillside home in Hollywood, California.

Belonging to Fishtank Ensemble, it embodies the wild and wooly journeys of the band's eclectic and eccentric members - vocalist Ursula Knudson, violinist Fabrice Martinez, guitarist Doug “Douje" Smolens, and bassist Djordje Stijepovicwho share ...

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