Jazz News

John Wilson Silhouettes Last Member Dies

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2009

The Rev. John Bootsie Wilson, a former lead singer and last surviving member of the soul group The Silhouettes, has died. He was 69.

Wilson died Sept. 21 at his home in Spartanburg, S.C., after batting cancer and a kidney ailment, his wife, Pauline, said.

The Philadelphia native joined The Silhouettes in 1961, after the original lead singer left the group, perhaps best known for the 1958 smash hit “Get a Job", which stayed at No. 1 for 13 consecutive ...

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Loren Stillman Alto Saxophonist Steps Modestly to the Fore

Source: Michael Ricci
September 30, 2009

The alto saxophonist Loren Stillman communicates great intensity but not a lot of drama. Hes an intuitive, self-regulating improviser, averse to any flourish that calls attention to itself.

What you hear in his playing is the real-time synthesis of information, chiefly melodic and harmonic, and the rigorous subtlety of his response. At 29, he pairs uncannily mature instincts with the open-minded spark of youth.

Well into his roughly 80-minute set at Le Poisson Rouge on Monday night, he ventured a ...

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Greg Ladanyi Grammy-Winning Rock Producer Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
September 30, 2009

Greg Ladanyi, 57, a Grammy Award-winning producer who worked with Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Fleetwood Mac and other rock bands, died Tuesday at a hospital in the Republic of Cyprus, according to his record company, Maple Jam Music Group.

Ladanyi suffered severe head trauma Friday during an on-stage accident while on tour with singer Anna Vissi.

An engineer, mixer and producer, Ladanyi shared a Grammy in 1982 with three others for engineering Toto's album Toto IV.

He received more than ...

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Free Movie Nights with "Lady Day," "The Duke," and Charlie "Bird" Parker!

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2009

Make Tuesday the new Friday and join the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center for the first “Scenes Through the Cinema Lens" on October 20 at 7:30!

An original retrospective focusing on the performing arts in film, this years series will highlight several of the great performers from the Lost Jazz Shrines and rarely seen footage of celebrated jazz legends.

Big Bands on Film Tuesday, October 20 at 7:30PM, FREE

Some of the best jazz orchestras filmed at their ...

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Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Announces First Round Grants for Jazz.Next Program

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2009

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Announces First Round Grants for Jazz.NEXT Program. $424,900 Awarded to Support Jazz Through the Use of Technology

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation has announced the first round of grants for the Jazz.NEXT program. Jazz.NEXT is a new national jazz initiative designed to encourage the application of technology in substantive and innovative approaches to developing audiences; communicating with the public; marketing, distributing, and selling the work of jazz artists; and building a more robust jazz infrastructure better positioned ...

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Mauricio Zottarelli's Exclusive CD Release Show in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2009

Drummer/Composer Mauricio Zottarelli is performing live with his quintet in NYC, celebrating the release of his new CD “7 Lives".

Mauricio Zottarelli has been actively performing and contributing with some of the most preeminent artists in the Jazz, Latin/Brazilian and Fusion circles. Aside from his recent collaborations with pianist Hiromi's group SonicBloom and jazz/brazilian pianist Eliane Elias, he is also working on getting his own music heard. His new release, the CD entitled “7 Lives”, has been receiving great praise ...

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Stan Kenton: This is an Orchestra!

Source: Michael Ricci
September 30, 2009

The University of North Texas Press has confirmed publication of a new book on Stan, with an anticipated publishing date of Spring, 2010. This exciting new project takes an in-depth look at Stan's life and music. Author Michael Sparke will be known to many Kenton devotees for his discographical work, and his liner notes on labels such as Capitol, Mosaic, Tantara and Status. Sparke writes from a fan's point of view, but sorts the musical wheat from the chaff, with ...

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Jazzfest Berlin 09 USA, South Africa, and the Far North

Source: All About Jazz
September 30, 2009

From November 4th to 8th, Berlin will once again be the reigning capital of jazz. JazzFest Berlin 09, organized by the Berliner Festspiele, and Artistic Director Nils Landgren invite you to partake of five densely filled festival days, with altogether 24 concerts featuring more than 180 musicians.

JazzFest Berlin 09 opens on November 4 at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele with Terence Blanchard and his quintet accompanied by the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg performing his A Tale of Gods Will (A ...

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