Jazz News

Legendary Count Basie Orchestra Announces New Management

Source: Dawn Singh Publicity
December 29, 2009

In agreement with the Trust of William J. Basie and for the first time since 1984, the Legendary Count Basie Orchestra is under new management. Artist Management Productions, LLC will represent the Count Basie Orchestra with its new management team including Bill Hughes, Director; Dee Askew, Booking Manager; Clarence Banks, Manager; Doug Lawrence, Operations Director. “The Count Basie Orchestra has continued to tour consistently over the past 74 years and now, thanks to our new management team, we have even ...

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Medical Marijuana Activist NJ Weedman Celebrates the New Year with a Bong!-Weed Reveler Hosts Two Parties to Observe 2010

Source: Just Roots PR
December 29, 2009

Cannabis activist Ed Forchion aka the NJ Weedman is closing out 2009 and heralding in 2010 with a bong as he offers a double hit with two of the biggest parties this holiday season!

As the medical marijuana community celebrated major legal victories this year, Fochion has been at the forefront of the movement which purports the legal consumption of the controversial hemp plant.

On Thursday, December 31, 2009, NJ Weedman via his NJWeedMan Promotions will host the “Hollywood Hills ...

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Bucky Pizzarelli Performs Live at Division Street Grill on January 2nd

Source: PublicEye
December 29, 2009

Jazz Legend Bucky Pizzarelli Performs Live at Division Street Grill January 2nd 2010 at 7:30 and 9:30pm

Peekskill NY -- Jazz Legend Bucky Pizzarelli will keep the New Year's weekend celebration alive with his stellar jazz guitar performances at The Division Street Grill in Peekskill January 2nd 2010 at 7:30 and 9:30p.m. Jazz guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli has played with everyone from Zoot Sims and Benny Goodman to Doc Severinsen on The Tonight Show, where he honed ...

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Tony Foster's 2009 Trio Debut "In Between Moods" Makes List of "Top 10 Albums of 2009"!

Source: Michael Ricci
December 29, 2009

CBC Radio host Tim Tamashiro who hosts the CBC radio show “TONIC" has included Canadian-born jazz pianist and composer Tony Foster's 2009 debut album “In Between Moods" in his picks for the Top 10 albums of 2009! “Tim Tamashiro, weekend Tonic host, is putting his hat in the ring with his Top Ten, and inviting you to do the same -- whatever the genre(s) of music you prefer. Here are Tim's picks for '09 (he'll also play them on the ...

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Savannah Music Festival Awarded Jazz.Next Implementation Grant to Support New Jazz Technology Project

Source: Michael Ricci
December 29, 2009

Center for New American Media and Heideldesign selected as project partners Savannah, Georgia -- SWING CENTRAL, the nationally acclaimed high school jazz band competition and workshop produced by the Savannah Music Festival (SMF), is the subject of a new media project that utilizes technology to enhance the promotion of jazz music and education. SMF is one of only five recipients of first-round funding from the national Jazz.NEXT initiative, also including NPR, Monterey Jazz Festival, Walker Art Center and the National ...

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Pianist Tamir Hendelman Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
December 29, 2009

One of those “overnight sensations" who's been working steadily for years, Israeli-born pianist and composer Tamir Hendelman has finally caught a rocket. A member of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and the Jeff Hamilton Trio, as well as leader of his own groups, Hendelman is also a first-call arranger and accompanist for some of the best vocalists around, including Roberta Gambarini, Jackie Ryan, Angela Hagenbach and Greta Matassa. He was involved in pop icon Barbra Streisand's flirtation with jazz, playing on ...

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Hohner Launches "How to Blow the Blues" iPhone Application

Source: Just Roots PR
December 29, 2009

Hohner, Inc., announces the release of its first iPhone application for harmonica entitled “How to Blow The Blues."

For a purchase price of $1.99 from the iTunes App Store, iPhone users can learn how to play a 12-bar blues lick on harmonica by following on-screen animation and audio/video demonstrations. Users can then play the newly learned licks and jam along with eight included grooves. They can also 'play' live sampled harmonica notes on a virtual on-screen harmonica, explore the 'Gallery ...

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Drummer Kevin Peter Jones Releases "Magnetic Journey"

Source: Michael Ricci
December 28, 2009

Fairfax, VA -- One of Washington, D.C.'s most refreshing new talents, Kevin Peter Jones, is poised to release his long awaited debut-album, “MAGNETIC JOURNEY" on Sakestyle Entertainment. It is with good reason that Kevin has been on the rise since the journey to complete this project started in 2005. Known for his ability to blend a variety of musical genres and styles, he has produced an eclectic yet cohesive sonic experience, Kevin Peter Jones meticulously hand selected each song for ...

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