Jazz News

Paul Motian Trio Still Leading the Jazz Vanguard

Source: All About Jazz @ Spinner
September 10, 2009

Jazz has its fair share of musical characters. It's the improvisers' stock and trade to take that personality and translate it through their chosen instrument. While, of course, there are past legends that range from sophistication of Duke Ellington to the rabid virtuosity of Art Tatum to lyrical nuance of Lester Young to the angular brilliance of Thelonious Monk, there are countless others, some even living today. You'll not find a trio of more disparate strong ...

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2009 Clean Feed Festival in New York: September 16-20

Source: Michael Ricci
September 10, 2009

Top Portuguese Winery Sponsors the Clean Feed Jazz Festival in NYC PENAFIEL, PORTUGAL -- During this year’s Clean Feed Festival NYC IV (September 16-20), guests will have something extra to jazz about – an authentic taste of Portugal in the form of the unique wine called Vinho Verde. Aveleda, one of Portugal’s top wineries known for its award-winning Vinho Verde wines, will sponsor this year’s five-day-long jazz and improvised music event, donating more than 120 bottles of Quinta da Aveleda ...

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Bontaj Roulet: Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal @ Berkeley Greek

Source: All About Jazz
September 10, 2009

This summer, “Alone & Together", Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal two leading lights of modern blues are joining forces for their first-ever tour together.

The “BonTaj Roulet" tour a coast-to-coast, 30-date outing in August and Friday September 11th at the University of California Berkeley Greek Theater.

The show will feature Bonnie and Taj on stage alone and together. Bonnie, backed by her always-dazzling group, and Taj, with the six-piece, Grammy-winning Phantom Blues Band, will play full sets separately, ...

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2010 Brenda Carol Renaissance Jazz Fair

Source: All About Jazz
September 10, 2009

SINGING FOR YOUR SUPPER ANNOUNCING: THE BRENDA CAROL RENAISSANCE JAZZ FAIR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6th 2010 At the Children’s Peace Theatre - 305 Dawes Road, Toronto, ON.- Starting at 8:00 pm each night /Doors open at 7:00 pm Toronto - Celebrating the Fourth Annual Brenda Carol Renaissance Jazz Fair, Ms. Carol and Jon Long of Long & McQuade are proud to announce the 2010 Jazz Fair featuring some of Canada’s finest up-and-coming jazz artists. Featured artists to be announced soon. As ...

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Announcing the Winners of the "Fred Anderson - Staying in the Game" Contest

Source: All About Jazz
September 10, 2009

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A Tale of Two iPods: Why the Touch Has No Camera

Source: All About Jazz
September 10, 2009

Apples decision to not include a camera in the new iPod Touch is somewhat surprising. After all, there is already a perfect camera for the job, and it sits inside the iPhone.

That Apple included a video camera inside the iPod Nano makes this more inexplicable still the Apple of today is clearly happy to put cameras into its media players (unlike the first iPhone, whose camera was so poor we thought it was just a petulant capitulation to cellphone ...

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Natalie Cole at the Bowl

Source: Michael Ricci
September 10, 2009

Natalie Cole at the Bowl: 'Healthy and whole and 100%'

You got the feeling Wednesday night that Natalie Cole couldnt have been happier to be pulling into the Hollywood Bowl nearly two months late for her gig. I never thought Id be standing here healthy, whole and 100% again, the 59-year-old singer told the crowd, which cheered her return to the concert stage following a kidney transplant in May that prompted the postponement of her scheduled July 15 concert. Her ...

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"Christmas with Sinatra & Friends" CD Due October 6 from Concord Records

Source: conqueroo
September 10, 2009

Set features holiday songs from Sinatra as well as tracks from Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Ray Charles and Betty Carter.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Concord Records' upcoming release Christmas With Sinatra & Friends, features both classic and rare holiday songs by some of America's most treasured vocalists including Mel Torme, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Ray Charles, Betty Carter and of course Sinatra himself singing eight of the collection's 12 songs, licensed from Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE). The collection ...

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