Jazz News

Arend Nijenhuis & Michael Baird 'Twenty Years After'

Source: All About Jazz
September 12, 2009

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Joseph Bowie Interview "Defunkt Soul"

Source: All About Jazz
September 13, 2009

Joseph Bowie interview “Defunkt Soul 2" This interview is part of the book project under your skin which includes Interviews with: David Murray, Ornette Coleman, Chuck D - Public Enemy, Taj Mahal, Yusef Lateef, Melvin Gibbs, Bob James, Malika Zarra, Zap Mama, Les Nubians, Lydia Lunch, Lee “Scratch Perry", Erika Stucky, Henry Rollins, Rhonda Smith, DJ ...

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Born to Swing: Nat Adderley Jr. Returns to His Roots

Source: Michael Ricci
September 13, 2009

Growing up in a major jazz family, the pianist, composer, and arranger Nat Adderley Jr. was destined to be a musician. His father was the powerhouse cornetist and composer Nat Adderley, who was famed for his work with his brother, the legendary alto saxophonist Julian “Cannonball" Adderley. The 54-year-old pianist was born in Quincy, Fla., but grew up in Teaneck from age 5. He began playing the piano soon thereafter. “And I was just 11 when Cannonball and my father ...

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Chuck Anderson Trio at Chris' Jazz Cafe on September 18th

Source: Michael Ricci
September 13, 2009

Friday, September 18th 8:00 and 10:00 PM Chris' Jazz Cafe 1421 Sansom Street Philadelphia, PA 215.568.3131 The Chuck Anderson Trio will premiere material from their new CD FreeFall on the Dreambox Media.

Guitarist/composer Chuck Anderson has the ability to turn notes into poetry.” --Gerald Veasley

About Chuck Anderson Chuck Anderson is a concert guitarist, composer, educator, author and lecturer. He has worked extensively in the concert field as a jazz guitarist. His original writing ...

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Gibson's New Zoot Suit Guitar: It's a "Zoot Suit Riot"

Source: Michael Ricci
September 12, 2009

Gibson Guitar, the world's premier musical instrument maker and leader in music technology, and Steve Perry of the veteran Ska band Cherry Poppin' Daddies are making a Zoot Suit music riot. Universally recognized for the hit single “Zoot Suit Riot," Steve Perry of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies is now jiving away on his own Gibson SG Zoot Suit guitar. As one of the newest releases from world renown Gibson USA, the SG Zoot Suit guitar has made quite a colorful ...

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Boban I Marko Markovic Release

Source: Michael Ricci
September 12, 2009

Boban i Marko Markovic, Devla: Blown Away to Dancefloor Heaven (Piranha Musik)

Balkan Brass Father/Son Duo at it Again: Digital Release: Oct. 2; Physical Release: Nov. 10

Clad in a suave white suit, it's not impossible to imagine why urban legends credit gypsy trumpet king Boban Markovic with getting his homeland out of a recent jam: Markovic's spit-fire precision is rumored to have so seduced Bill Clinton that the saxophone playing president called off the further NATO bombing of Serbia. ...

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Union County Performing Arts Center Presents Best of the Garden State Film Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
September 12, 2009

Union County Performing Arts Center presents BEST OF THE GARDEN STATE FILM FESTIVAL featuring award-winning feature length documentary, Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison and award-winning short film, The Drummer.

Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8PM; Tickets $15 general admission; Box Office: 732-499-8226 or online at www.ucpac.org

Union County Performing Arts Center presents Best of the Garden State Film Festival, featuring award-winning feature length documentary Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison and award-winning short film, The Drummer, on Saturday, October 3, 2009 ...

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Anne Drummond Releases Debut Album "Like Water" on Obliqsound

Source: Michael Ricci
September 12, 2009

As a female jazz flutist, Anne Drummond is a rarity among rarities. Although the instrument has been utilized in jazz for several decades, it has never been as ubiquitous as the saxophone, trumpet or trombone, and virtually every acknowledged master has been male. That all changes with the September 15th arrival of Like Water (ObliqSound), the debut recording from the artist recently named a Rising Star by DownBeat magazine and featured in a cover story in Flute Talk magazine. Among ...

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