Jazz News

Motown 50 Gala Celebration is Detroit House Party

Source: Michael Ricci
November 22, 2009

Detroit -- It was a real Detroit house party Saturday night at the downtown Marriott, as the Motown family, friends and fans celebrated the 50th anniversary of when the “sound of young America" was born in a dowdy middle-class neighborhood in Detroit. There was birthday cake (for Berry Gordy's 80th birthday next Saturday), Stevie Wonder love songs, a video tribute from the President of the United States (Gordy made music “for rich and poor, urban and rural, old and young ...

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Saxophonist Danny Lerman Returns to USA for Three Special Shows

Source: Lampkin Publicity Service
November 22, 2009

DANNY LERMAN BACK IN THE U.S.A. FOR THREE SHOWS ONLY! CZAR'S IN MICHIGAN, TRIO'S IN SOUTHBEND AND THE IRIDIUM IN NEW YORK! DIRECT FROM HOLLAND,FINLAND AND ISRAEL! On Saturday, December 19th, 2009, Danny Lerman will returns to the well known club, Czar's 505, 505 Pleasant Street, St. Joseph, Michigan 49085. Time: 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. 1-269-983-1166. Music Charge: $5.00. Food menu available. Joining Danny will be staple band members: Tim Gant as Musical Director, Dale Pasco on guitar, John ...

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Arun Luthra and Rachel Eckroth "Louder Than Words" CD Release

Source: Michael Ricci
November 22, 2009

About the Album Louder Than Words: In the tradition of great saxophone & piano duo albums from the likes of Stan Getz & Kenny Barron, Wayne Shorter & Herbie Hancock, and Joe Lovano & Hank Jones, Louder Than Words showcases the undeniable musical chemistry and brilliant composing of two outstanding jazz artists. Saxophonist Arun Luthra and pianist Rachel Eckroth bring their beautiful and distinctive voices together to create a captivating and thrilling musical dialogue which pays tribute to the jazz ...

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Anat Cohen at the Berklee Performance Center on New Year's Eve

Source: Michael Ricci
November 22, 2009

First Night Boston, Berklee College of Music, and WGBH 89.7 present Anat Cohen, performing at the Berklee Performance Center on New Year's Eve, Thursday, December 31, kicking off NPR's annual worldwide broadcast, Toast of the Nation. The concert is a centerpiece of this year's First Night Boston festival. Entrancing audiences on both clarinet and saxophone, Berklee alumna Cohen is one of jazz's brightest young stars. She recently completed a week-long engagement at the legendary Village Vanguard in New York, and ...

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The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965

Source: Michael Ricci
November 22, 2009

The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 By Sam Stephenson Available November 24, 2009 Published by Alfred A. Knopf 288 pages $40.00 Hardcover ISBN/EAN: 978-0-307-26709-2 The following is excerpted from the prologue of the book. January 29, 1960 W. Eugene Smith sits at the fourth-floor window of his dilapidated loft at 821 Sixth Avenue, New York City, near the corner of Twenty-eighth Street, ...

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The Jazz Loft Project Celebrates Book & Website Launch in Durham, NC on December 3

Source: Michael Ricci
November 22, 2009

The Jazz Loft Project, based at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, will host a celebration at the West End Wine Bar in Durham on Thursday, December 3, from 6 to 10 p.m. to mark the publication of The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965 and the launch of www.jazzloftproject.org. Author and Project Director Sam Stephenson will give a reading, answer questions, and sign books, followed by a performance ...

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Local Musicians Organize Second Brasil Jazz Festa

Source: Michael Ricci
November 22, 2009

By JIM TRAGESER, North County Times San Diego, CA Allison Adams Tucker, left, sings during the 2008 Brasil Jazz Festa at the Encinitas Library. It was a shared love of Brazilian music--particularly Brazilian jazz--that led a group of local musicians to pull together last fall's initial Brasil Jazz Festa. Reaction was so positive that they've decided to make it an annual event, with the second iteration Nov. 22 at Encinitas Library.

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Jazz Vocalists, Michelle Walker and Sachal Vasandani Tour Russia, November 22-29

Source: Michael Ricci
November 22, 2009

Michelle Walker Embarks on Double Bill Russian Tour with singer Sachal Vasandani. November 22 - November 29th.

DATES & CITIES: TUES, NOV. 24TH - Stavropol, RU WED, NOV. 25TH - Moscow, RU THURS, NOV. 26TH - Moscow, RU FRI, NOV. 27TH - Perm, RU SAT, NOV. 28TH - Ekaterinburg, RU SUN, NOV. 29TH - Tumen, RU

Joining Michelle will be:

SACHAL VASANDANI Double Bill Vocalist

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