Jazz News

Grammy Winning Singer Jon Secada at Feinstein's at Loews Regency

Source: All About Jazz
September 4, 2009

FEINSTEIN'S AT LOEWS REGENCY, the nightclub proclaimed “Best of New York" by New York Magazine and “an invaluable New York institution" by The New York Post, will continue its star-studded Fall 2009 season with the debut of Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter, JON SECADA. For his show at Feinstein’s Secada will celebrate the release of his new CD – Expressions: The Jazz Album – a stunning collection of new songs, classic standards and Secada hits. Songs will include the ...

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Jazz at Symphony Center Presents Dianne Reeves & Dave Holland in October

Source: All About Jazz
September 4, 2009

JAZZ AT SYMPHONY CENTER PRESENTS OUTSTANDING ARTISTS IN TWO OCTOBER CONCERTS: Vocalist Dianne Reeves on Friday, October 16; Dave Holland Plus Vijay Iyer Trio on Friday, October 30

CHICAGO - The 2009-2010 Jazz at Symphony Center concert series, presenting both living legends and today's top talent, gets underway with two exceptional programs in October. On Friday, October 16, at 8 pm, sultry vocalist Dianne Reeves returns to Chicago along with guitarists Russell Malone and Romero Lubambo in a program titled ...

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Hard Workin' Jazz on Freedom Jazz Dance

Source: All About Jazz
September 4, 2009

Sunday from 5 PM 7 PM EST 90.1 FM WDCE Richmond Listen online via live webcast at www.wdce.org Archived shows uploaded at www.freedomjazzdance.net two days after each live broadcast. Stop punchin the clock and leave the hard work up to me this weekend. Tune in to Freedom Jazz Dance this Sunday for the unstoppable sound of freedom in the groove with the latest, greatest performers and rare recordings throughout the history of jazz. This week, Ill workin the swing shift, ...

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Grimedia & Impressus Records Release Cardinal!

Source: All About Jazz
September 4, 2009

Cardinal is a project, like many of those relying on improvisation, that was accomplished in a three-day studio meeting. The participating individuals had previously collaborated on separate projects – (Cosottini-Miano had produced “The Curvature of Pace”, Impressus-GRIM 2007, and Cosottini-Melani-Pisani where part of the EAQuartet Electroacoustic Quartet, GRIM 2007) – but never before in this fashion. The title, in reference to the four cardinal points, was chosen to reflect a multidirectional sound, and thus the choice ...

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Angel City Jazz Festival Ford Amphitheatre This Weekend

Source: Michael Ricci
September 4, 2009

In a climate where jazz clubs are closing, reports on jazz's demise are multiplying and a recession has taken a bite out of live music spending, the second annual Angel City Jazz Festival is taking the counter-intuitive approach: It's growing.

Conceived by longtime promoter (and former club owner) Rocco Somazzi, Angel City debuted last year as an all-day smorgasbord of local and out-of-town players from across the jazz spectrum, including Alan Pasqua, Elliott Sharp and Nels Cline. But this weekend's ...

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Marie Knight Dies at 84; Gospel Vocalist Sang with Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Source: Michael Ricci
September 4, 2009

Marie Knight was best known for her gospel duets with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, including “Up Above My Head" and “Didn't It Rain." She toured with the gospel legend in the late 1940s and made a late-in-life comeback as a solo artist.

Marie Knight, a gospel singer who came to fame singing duets with gospel-music star Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the late 1940s and made a noteworthy late-in-life comeback as a solo artist, has died. She was 84.

Knight died Sunday ...

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Ralph Peterson Trio Opens the 3rd Season of "Jazz at the Turning Point Cafe" Sat Sept 26

Source: All About Jazz
September 4, 2009

Master Drummer Ralph Peterson brings his trio for the opening event of the 3rd season of the critically acclaimed series Jazz at the Turning Point Caf, Piermont, NY.

The trio features Zaccai Curtis, piano and Dezron Douglas, bass. The TPC is just 25 minutes from NYC, NJ, CT, Westchester, Orange. The Concert Jazz series has a new day and time, 2-3 Saturdays/Sundays per month at 6-7:30pm.

The atmosphere, acoustics and prices are great and parking is ...

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Enter the Abstract Logix "Wayne Krantz - Krantz Carlock Lefebvre" Autographed CD Giveaway Contest

Source: All About Jazz
September 4, 2009

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Abstract Logix “Wayne Krantz - Krantz Carlock Lefebvre“ autographed CD giveaway contest starting today. We'll select THREE winners at the conclusion of the contest on October 4th. Click here to enter the contest

(Following Wayne Krantz at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Abstract Logix

About Wayne Krantz Every time he puts a guitar in his hands - on stage, in ...

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