Jazz News

Clark Terry Receives 2010 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2010

In a special invitation-only ceremony to be held during GRAMMY Week on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010, and a formal acknowledgment during the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards telecast, which will be held at Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, and broadcast live at 8 p.m. ET/PT on the CBS Television Network, one of Jazz's most beloved citizens, Clark Terry will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy . “This year's honorees are a prestigious group ...

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Nicole Henry's Catapult Return to Billboard Charts After Singing

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2010

International jazz vocalist Nicole Henry opened the FedEx Orange Bowl with an inspiring a capella version of the National Anthem that catapulted her 2008 release, The Very Thought of You, back onto the Billboard Jazz Chart at #86. On Tuesday, January 5th, donned in a full-length, strapless, cranberry-colored Nicole Miller dress, international jazz vocalist Nicole Henry opened the FedEx Orange Bowl with an inspiring a capella version of the National Anthem that was broadcast live on the FOX network to ...

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Gotham Wind Symphony Release 3rd CD: "New Year, New Music"

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2010

Gotham Wind Symphony, a NYC-based 45-piece wind band, has released their 3rd CD, their first on the ArtistShare label, entitled: New Year, New Music. The CD features five premier recordings, three of which were commissioned by GWS. The music: Mike Holober- “Seven Gables"-Roam Poem #1 (premier, GWS commission)

Jonathan Newman- “Avenue X" (premier)

Bob Brookmeyer- “Ceremony"

Ned Rorem- “Traffic"

John Philip Sousa- “Ancient & Honorable Artillery Co."

John Hollenbeck- “eternal interlude" (premier, GWS commission)

Chen Yi- “Spring Festival" (premier)

Bill ...

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18th Annual Junior Jazz Festival Returns to Please Touch Museum (Philadelphia)

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2010

It's time for Please Touch Museum's jazziest festival of the year! The 18th Annual Junior Jazz Festival, the only area event to introduce young children to the wonderful world of jazz, will transform Memorial Hall into the biggest and hippest jazz club around! Live music, theater performances, and educational activities will fill the museum for five weeks focusing on musical expression and the history of jazz.

Top kid-friendly musicians will take the stage of the museum's Playhouse on each weekend ...

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Pianist Matthew Shipp Profiled at All About Jazz...And More!

Source: All About Jazz
January 25, 2010

On May 17, 2009, at 6 pm, Matthew Shipp walked through the front door of Roulette, a performance venue on the Lower East Side in New York City, for a recording session for his sixth solo album, 4D - his second for Thirsty Ear.

The only people present for the session were the recording engineer; the record producer, Peter Gordon; and a group of four people who sat in chairs midway between the piano and the mastering board at the ...

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Mandolinist Extraordinaire Chris Thile

Source: Michael Ricci
January 24, 2010

Mandolinist extraordinaire Chris Thile is only 28, but already he has shocked or changed the world in which he operates several times.

First, there was his breakout work with the acoustic trio Nickel Creek. More recently with the Punch Brothers, he wrote a large-scale song cycle for bluegrass band called The Blind Leaving the Blind (Nonesuch). As historical analogies to Thile, I would nominate Duke Ellington or Astor Piazzolla, who also tried to extend their once-humble idioms (jazz and tango, ...

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Joe Deninzon Trio Debut CD and Tour

Source: Anne Leighton
January 24, 2010

Violinist Joe Deninzon and his trio will be releasing their debut CD, “Exuberance," in February of 2010 and will be touring in the Midwest February 10-21 in support of the new release. Tour dates include Indianapolis, Cleveland, Bloomington, Cincinnati. The Joe Deninzon Trio is comprised of violinist Joe Deninzon, bassist Robert Bowen, and guitarist Stephen Benson. On tour the group will be joined by drummer Lucianna Padmore. The goal of the EXUBERANCE sessions was to capture the essence of three ...

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Yaacov Mayman Borislav Strulev New Chamber Jazz at Iridium Friday, February 26th

Source: Michael Ricci
January 24, 2010

Borislav Strulev -"He plays as if he were to the cello born. His sound, phrasing, coloring and technique already place him in position to follow the Russian tradition of cello playing. Watch this young man, and more importantly, listen to him." Byron Janis Yaacov Mayman, saxophone player, has been contributing his unique musical voice to the vibrant New York, Russia and Israel Jazz scene, equally earning high praise, as from his peers and musical critics, as from his multi-faceted audience. ...

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