Jazz News

Myspace Chief Executive Resigns

Source: Michael Ricci
February 11, 2010

Owen Van Natta's unexpected exit comes as the social networking website tries to reinvent itself. In the latest blow to what was once the jewel of News Corp.'s digital empire, MySpace Chief Executive Owen Van Natta unexpectedly exited Wednesday after less than 10 months on the job. Van Natta's departure comes as the media conglomerate struggles to reshape MySpace, a former giant in social networking that has been overtaken by Facebook and confronts new challengers such as Twitter. MySpace's rapid ...

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Putting Jimi Hendrix's House in Order

Source: Michael Ricci
February 11, 2010

Janie Hendrix hopes that 'Valleys of Neptune' and other official releases help restore her guitar hero stepbrother's recording legacy.

The keepers of Jimi Hendrix's flame are calling the new album of long-buried recordings by the proto-rock guitar hero Valleys of Neptune. The obvious explanation is that it's the title of one of the cornerstone songs that emerged during a fertile, albeit transitional, period in Hendrix's career: the early months of 1969, when the original Jimi Hendrix Experience was dissolving and ...

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Newport Beach Jazz Party

Source: All About Jazz
February 11, 2010

10th Anniversary Newport Beach Jazz Party- 4 nights and 3 days of the Best in Mainstream Jazz

For The Love of Jazz

Newport Beach Jazz Party welcomes fans of mainstream jazz from all over the country and the world to Marriott Newport Beach Hotel & Spa for three days and four nights of music and celebration.

The weekend features six big bands including the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, the Sinatraland Orchestra, Ken Peplowski's Big Band Music of Benny Goodman and more. ...

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Jazz Art Oil Painting Exhibit & Artist Reception - The Art of Riki R. Nelson

Source: Michael Ricci
February 10, 2010

A Valentine's Weekend Fine Art Celebration It's time for a little extravagance... Featuring Award Winning Artist, Riki R Nelson with an exhibit that includes her latest original creations. Also included in this exhibit, will be oil paintings of Saxophonist Anton Schwartz, and Jazz Vocalist Roseanna Vitro. Artist Reception: Saturday Evening February 13th Complementary Champagne & Chocolate will accompany A Fine Art Oil Painting Exhibition & Sale, Join us Saturday night, February 13th, 4:00 to 7:30 pm ...

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Loudon Wainwright at Largo at the Coronet

Source: Michael Ricci
February 10, 2010

The folksy, Grammy-winning musician sings about optimism in the face of bad times.

Loudon Wainwright III was fighting a losing battle with his guitar Tuesday night at Largo at the Coronet: He wanted it to stay in tune, the guitar didn't. So roughly an hour into his show the L.A.-based folkie hatched the kind of plan that comes naturally to someone with Wainwright's experience. “I'm gonna do a blues now," he announced. “That way it don't matter." That his plan ...

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Dave Stryker Organ Trio at Iridium

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 10, 2010

Dave Stryker Organ Trio CD Release for “One for Reedus" SteepleChase

One For Reedus, Dave Stryker's first recording for the label since the 2003 set “Strike Up The Band" (released in 2008) is also Dave's return to a format that was so much part of his musical development on moving to New York in the early 1980s - the guitar/organ/drums combination. The Dave Stryker Organ Trio has been a working band for the past several years. This album is dedicated ...

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Smallslive at Brasserie Ruhlmann

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2010

Smalls Jazz Club, the Greenwich Village music spot, has arranged an outstanding line-up of musicians to perform a series of jazz concerts at Brasserie Ruhlmann on Rockefeller Plaza. Each concert features a trio that is centered around a legendary and well-respected jazz guitarist, including Howard Alden, John Merrill, Chris Flory, Peter Bernstein, John Bunch and Bucky Pizzarelli. The uniqueness of the Thursday evening series is underscored by Smalls' reputation for being raucous and raw and the experience of this spirit ...

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Rachael Sage "Delancey Street," a Gypsy's Journey Home, out 5/18

Source: Seth Cohen PR
February 10, 2010

Rachael Sage Delancey Street is A Musical Exploration of Cultural Heritage and Identity A Gypsy Seeks Her Home on Sage's Delancey Street MPress Records Sets Digital Release for April 20th, Brick-and-Mortar Release is May 18th; SXSW, U.S. Tour are Set Singer/songwriter/producer Rachael Sage weaves an introspective tapestry of a gypsy seeking a home on 'Delancey Street'. The MPress Records release, set for May 18th brick- and-mortar (and available digitally on April 20th via iTunes,) is a musical exploration of identity...of ...

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