Jazz News

Vicki Burns and Ed MacEachen Perform on Tuesday January 5th at Uno Chicago Grill Bronx, New York

Source: All About Jazz
December 28, 2009

Jazz vocalist Vicki Burns and Master guitarist, Ed MacEachen team for a debut performance of a new duo at The Uno Chicago Grill in the Parkchester area of the Bronx. This performance is part of a dynamic new music series called Uno Music Tuesdays. 71 Metropolitan Oval Bronx, New York 718.824.8667 Vicki Burns Vicki Burns is a jazz singer who has been delighting audiences for years. A vocalist with impeccable taste, a sure sense of rhythm ...

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Esperanza Spalding Continues to Shine in '09 as Jazz's Bright New Star

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
December 28, 2009

By Tad Hendrickson

Covering jazz usually relegates me to covering small club gigs and jazz festivals. Yet there was Esperanza Spalding playing after President Obama's acceptance speech during the presentation ceremony of his Nobel Peace Prize. (Go here to watch a clip from the performance of her song 'Espera.') Those paying attention will know that this wasn't the first time the singer-bassist crossed paths with the leader of the free world. Spalding was tapped by Stevie Wonder to play the ...

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Lionel Loueke Returns Feb. 9 with "Mmwaliko"

Source: Michael Ricci
December 28, 2009

On February 9, 2010, Blue Note Records will release Mwaliko, the new album from acclaimed vocalist/guitarist Lionel Loueke. Mwaliko (pronounced mwah-LEE-koh) is Swahili for 'invitation, ' and the album comprises a series of searching, innovative, intimate duets with special guests vocalist Angelique Kidjo, vocalist/bassist Esperanza Spalding, vocalist/bassist Richard Bona and drummer Marcus Gilmore, as well as three new tracks featuring his longtime trio with Massimo Biolcati on bass and Ferenc Nemeth on drums. Originally from the small West African nation ...

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Drummer/Composer Dana Hall Named an Outstanding "Chicagoan of the Year" by the Chicago Tribune

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
December 28, 2009

The Chicago Tribune yesterday announced its outstanding Chicagoans of the Year, recognizing their achievements in ten arts and culture fields. Dana Hall, the drummer, composer, and educator, was the top Jazz Chicagoan, and the only professional musician selected. The complete list of honorees, who were chosen by the Tribune's entertainment writers, includes: Movies: Vivian Teng, Managing Director, Chicago International Film Festival Literature: Reginald Gibbons, poet/essayist/translator, English professor at Northwestern U. Jazz: Dana Hall, drummer/composer, music director of Chicago Jazz Ensemble, ...

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George Kahn Holds 8th Annual "50th Birthday Party and Jazz Bash"

Source: Imaginary Friends
December 28, 2009

Jazz Pianist, George Kahn Holds 8th Annual “50th Birthday Party and Jazz Bash" at Vitello's Thursday Evening, January 14th, 2010

Start the New Year on a high note...with an evening of great Jazz and a celebration for Jazz Pianist, George Kahn's 50th Birthday (again). For the first time, George Kahn, will bring his “West Coast" Jazz Quintet to VITELLO's with a special performance on Thursday evening, January 14th, with sets from 8-11 PM.

The George Kahn “West Coast “ Jazz ...

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MMW Keyboardist John Medeski Interviewed at AAJ and More!

Source: All About Jazz
December 28, 2009

The Medeski, Martin & Wood band, one that has amassed followers like a snowball rolling down a mountain of wet snow since its emergence on the scene over 18 years ago, is one of those exceptional organizations that doesn't stick to playing what might be expected by its audiences. They don't play it safe, instead choosing to explore sounds, grooves, genres as the spirit moves them. And 2009 saw the spirit moving them a great deal.

For proof, Exhibit A ...

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New Years Resolutions: This is the Year to Play Piano

Source: Michael Ricci
December 26, 2009

Another year has flown by, and its hard to believe were already passing the first decade of the 21st century. Instead of making New Year's resolutions you know you wont be keeping, why not do something different for a change? Make a worthwhile New Years resolution to learn how to compose and play your very own piano music even if you never touched a keyboard in your life! Sound far fetched? Not at all according to maestro Edward Weiss, teacher, ...

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2010 Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
December 26, 2009

From July 9th to 11th in the Southern California Wine Country City of Temecula, thousands will converge to celebrate the “first lady of song, “ Ella Fitzgerald, the most popular female jazz singer in the United States for more than half a century. In her lifetime, she won 13 Grammy awards and sold over 40 million albums. She worked with all the jazz greats, from Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Nat King Cole to Frank Sinatra, Dizzy Gillespie and Benny ...

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