Jazz News

Ron Carter Live Interview with Dave Schroeder at Barnes & Noble (NYC) on Friday September 25th

Source: Michael Ricci
September 24, 2009

Join us this Friday, September 25th for an in-store Barnes & Noble interview and performance session with legendary bassist Ron Carter with special guest Russell Malone. Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm Barnes and Noble 150 East 86th Street New York, NY 10028

About Dave Schroeder

As a performer, Dave Schroeder’s main musical focus has been leading the eclectic New York City-based ensemble, Combo Nuvo, where he displays his skills on multiple woodwinds and composition. In addition to ...

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Nheap - "Skymotion" Free Download

Source: Michael Ricci
September 24, 2009

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Regina Carter Comes to FSU's CES Jazz Club

Source: Michael Ricci
September 24, 2009

The Frostburg State University Cultural Event Series Jazz Club welcomes Regina Carter, jazz violinist, who will perform with her quintet on Thursday, Oct. 1, in the Alice R. Manicur Assembly Hall in the Lane University Center at 7:30 p.m. as part of her “Reverse Thread" tour. “Regina Carter creates music that is wonderfully listenable, probingly intelligent and, at times, breathtakingly daring…taking the listener into the future of jazz, “ describes Time Magazine. In 1994, Carter first album was released. Since ...

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"Hot Club Cool Yule": New Hot Club San Francisco CD Due 10/27 from Azica Records

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
September 24, 2009

Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli never recorded an album of holiday music, but the Hot Club of San Francisco--who’ve long been inspired by those gypsy-jazz pioneers--always wished they had. “What Would Django Do?,” the Hot Club’s guiding principle, led happily in this case to the creation of Hot Club Cool Yule. It’s the 12th album in the San Francisco quintet’s 20-year career and their second for Azica Records, who’ll release the CD on October 27. “We’d been considering a holiday ...

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Emil Viklicky Releases New Book of Transcriptions for Solo Piano

Source: Michael Ricci
September 24, 2009

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Komeda Project Returns with Scott Colley and Nasheet Waits For Requiem, a Contemporary Tribute to the Music of Renowned Polish Composer/Pianist Krzysztof Komeda 40 Years After His Death

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
September 24, 2009

"…this is a jazz album, and what matters is how these musicians make Komeda's music their own. Russ Johnson's trumpet work is creative and diverse. Krzysztof Medyna is a powerful, hair-raising reed player. Pianist Andrzej Winnicki plays solos made of sudden shifts that all cohere…" — Thomas Conrad, Stereophile (review of group’s debut Crazy Girl)

“Andrzej's arrangements…are sophisticated and engaging, bringing to mind the warm vibe of such classic recordings as Kind of Blue…" — Michael Gallant, Keyboard

Plenty has ...

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New Orleans Jazz Musicians Perform at G-20 to Highlight Climate Change in Pittsburgh

Source: Michael Ricci
September 23, 2009

NEW ORLEANS JAZZ MUSICIANS PLAY BEFORE G-20, DRAW ATTENTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Tonight, Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:00 PM to 12 Midnight

The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh 117 Sandusky St. Pittsburgh, PA PITTSBURGH, PA -- The music and culture of New Orleans took center stage at the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh today ahead of the G-20 summit. In a gala event organized by the U.S. Climate Action Network (USCAN) and hosted by ...

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Allen Toussaint Quartet at the Earshot Jazz Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
September 23, 2009

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