Jazz News

Mask Featuring Sonja Kristina (Curved Air) and Marvin Ayres to Release Second Album 'Technopia'

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
December 9, 2009

London, UK - Much to the anticipation of the music press and fans worldwide, MASK are releasing their second album 'Technopia' on r.a.r.e (Repertoire) Jan 2010 and will be performing in UK and Europe in April - May 2010. This is MASK's first release since their UK Top 20 Club hit single 'Waking The Dream'. MASK are actress/singer Sonja Kristina (Curved Air) and modern classical composer/producer/Cellist Marvin Ayres. Both established innovators in music and performance. Marvin Ayres's album Cellosphere (Mille ...

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First Jeff Beck Show Sells out - Second Show Added on June 18!!! Tickets on Sale Friday 10 A.M.

Source: Dalmath Associates Inc.
December 9, 2009

Rochester, NY December 7, 2009 Due to a sell-out of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival's Jeff Beck concert June 18, 2010 at 8 p.m., producers John Nugent and Marc Iacona announced today that they are adding a second performance on Friday June 18 at 11 p.m. Both concerts will be in Eastman Theatre's Kodak Hall. Tickets for the second performance go on sale Friday December 11 at 10 a.m. at rochesterjazz.com, Ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 and all ...

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The New Coldtrainblues CD "The Party Train" Delivers the Funk

Source: Just Roots PR
December 9, 2009

Rizing Sun Records has announced, the release of 'The Party Train', a new CD by ColdtrainBlues. ColdtrainBlues combines the elements of great rhythm and blues, traditional blues, along with the fiery vocals and guitar work of Jeffery 'Coldtrain' Colbert.

The Album brings back memories of the late great Johnny Guitar Watson, with provocative vocals and driving rhythms. The groups motto is 'Funkin' Da Blues' is more than a motto. With great guitar solos, that would make Eric Clapton, BB King, ...

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Alice Cooper's '80s Albums Reissued on Collectors' Choice

Source: conqueroo
December 9, 2009

Final three Warner Bros. albums -- Special Forces, Zipper Catches Skin and Dada -- released at the inception of punk and new wave

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- As Alice Cooper entered the 1980s, the emergence of punk (which in turn owned a debt to him) revitalized his sound and material, steering him away from the overblown albums of the late '70s and back into the raw, nasty rock 'n' roll which, along with his gothic-horror stage show, brought him his ...

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Trumpeter Derrick Gardner Receives Two Independent Music Award Nominations

Source: Michael Bloom Media Relations
December 9, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS - Owl Studios is proud to announce that bandleader and trumpeter Derrick Gardner has received two nominations from the Independent Music Awards. Derrick and his group The Jazz Prophets have been nominated in the Jazz Album Category for his 2009 Owl Studios release Echoes of Ethnicity. The second nomination for Owl Studios and Derrick Gardner is in the Jazz Song Category for the track 'Mercury Blvd.' Within the Jazz Category Nominations, Derrick Gardner and The Jazz Prophets is the ...

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New CD, Braden-Rapp: The Strayhorn Project at Blues Alley

Source: Michael Ricci
December 9, 2009

There's a brand new CD out featuring Don Braden on saxophone and flute, Mark Rapp on trumpet, GRAMMY nominated Gerald Clayton on piano, Sachal Vasandani on vocals, Rene Hart on bass and Greg Gonzalez on drums. The record is the brainchild of celebrated producer Billy Terrell and is comprised of modern, contemporary arrangements from the Billy Strayhorn songbook. The band is built upon the artist roster of Gail Boyd, entertainment lawyer turned manager and mainstay in the world of jazz ...

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A New Way of Making Music: Artistshare Introduces New Jazz Singer Yeahwon Shin's CD Project

Source: All About Jazz
December 9, 2009

ArtistShare is very pleased to announce the latest fan-funded project by singer Yeahwon Shin. In this exciting new project, Yeahwon will be unfolding her musical world for listeners by fusing jazz and Brazilian music--one of those experiences include her past collaborations with legendary Brazilian artist Egberto Gismonti who had the following to say about her, “I really appreciated the delicacy and phraseology in her singing...I invited her to perform together during the night concert at the Incheon Jazz Festival. It ...

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Grammy Award Winning Harmonica Virtuoso Howard Levy Launches the First Online Personal Video Exchange Harmonica School

Source: 1888 Media
December 9, 2009

Grammy Award winner Howard Levy in conjunction with ArtistWorks Inc. (AWI), is excited to launch The Howard Levy Harmonica School (HLHS) - the first ever online personal video exchange school that will teach students around the world to play harmonica, including the various genres of jazz, blues, folk, classical and world music. Partnered with online video technology experts AWI, Levy integrates years of experience as a player and educator with their innovative video exchange teaching technology. Students around the world ...

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