Jazz News

Rising Star Saxophonist Ricky Sweum Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
November 11, 2009

The fog has lifted off of the coast of Seattle with the rise of Origin Records. As the fisherman of jazz today, they've cast their nets and pulled in a catch of fresh, raw and bold talent. Their latest catch: saxophonist Ricky Sweum.

Pulling Your Own Strings, which came out in mid-August 2009, has received some of the highest accolades from today's best musicians including Dave Liebman who quotes Ricky as being a “burning tenor player with technique and ideas ...

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Jazz FM Names Head of Enterprises

Source: Michael Ricci
November 10, 2009

Jazz FM has appointed Philip Murphy to the new role of head of enterprises, with immediate effect. In the role Murphy will be responsible for all of Jazz FM's non-radio activities, currently comprising a record label, live music events and digital services. Murphy was one of the co-founders of what is now Mama Group, where he held the role of chief operating officer and was also the group managing director of its music businesses. Jazz FM chief executive Richard Wheatly ...

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Rashied Ali Tribute at Fat Cat

Source: All About Jazz
November 10, 2009

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Hetty Kate & Sam Lemann "A Late Brunch on Irwell Street"

Source: All About Jazz
November 10, 2009

Four stringed instruments, four jazz musicians, two rainy nights, ten songs from The Great American Songbook and an underground studio in North Melbourne, Australia.. and you have this sweetly swinging album, all sunshine and smiles.

The lineup: Hetty Kate (vocals), Sam Lemann (lead guitar), Andy Baylor (rhythm guitar), Leigh Barker (double bass) have chosen a varied selection of songs, all worthy - yet unpredictable - for their debut album.

“Hetty's got a lovely relaxed way of singing that puts listeners ...

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15-Piece Latin Jazz Big Band "Chicago Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble" Takes Stage to Raise Funds for Debut Recording

Source: All About Jazz
November 10, 2009

On Tuesday, December 1, 2009 “one of the Chicago jazz world's musical treasures" will take the stage at the famed Jazz Showcase as hosts of an evening dedicated to raising funds for their long-awaited debut recording. The night will feature original works by co-leaders of CALJE, Darwin Noguera and Victor Garcia, as well as special guest artists. CALJE is an ensemble with a vision and a mission: to keep the great tradition of Latin Jazz big band alive in the ...

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Serpentine Comes to Oslo

Source: All About Jazz
November 10, 2009

Oslo, November 11th 2009

Gaute Solaas is working on bringing together a new line-up with fellow Norwegian saxophonists Trygve Seim and Tore Brunborg, to be named SERPENTINE. The band will go live spring 2010, and is currently looking for bookings in Europe.

The material is largely Solaas own, but the Serpentine book will be augmented by Seim and Brunborg along the way.

Stylistically the band hovers between the modern North-American and the modern Scandinavian traditions, with a focus on blending ...

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Guitarist Lawson Rollins to Release "Espirito"

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
November 10, 2009

Guitarist Lawson Rollins to release the exquisite and expansive Espirito on January 19th.

Many believe that the arts mirror what is happening in the world and if that is the case, perhaps Lawson Rollins Espirito serves as a monumental soundtrack to the unification of our disparate cultures. The guitarists epic thirteen-song collection, to be released January 19th by Infinita Records, which is distributed by Baja/TSR Records, serves as the very definition of World Music with its seamless multicultural mlange of ...

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Ben Goldberg Announces Release of Go Home CD on New Label

Source: Michael Ricci
November 10, 2009

Debut CD by Go Home Ben Goldberg - Charlie Hunter - Scott Amendola - Ron Miles BAG Production BAG 001 “The band creates music that is cozy and spacious, pungent and perfumed, virtuosic, sophisticated and pleasingly raw." -- The Boston Globe “A searching ensemble that welcomes lyrical improvisation while embracing the groove." --The New Yorker “Go Home speaks to a fascinating creative journey that has taken Goldberg from the esoteric realms of the avant-garde to the simple pleasures of syncopation ...

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