Jazz News

Rip Gospel Legend Marie Knight dies

Source: Just Roots PR
August 31, 2009

This sad news just in from M.C. Records (via Bob Corritore); this is their announcement verbatim:

With heavy hearts, M.C. Records announces the death of gospel legend Marie Knight. She died in New York City on August 30, 2009 due to complications from pneumonia.

Marie first came to prominence in 1946 when she met and started working with Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Together they would be one of the most popular gospel artists of the 1940’s, and make music history through ...

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Enter the Basin Street Records "Kermit Ruffins - Livin' a Treme Life" Giveaway Contest

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Basin Street Records “Kermit Ruffins - Livin' a Treme Life“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on September 29th. Click here to enter the contest

(Following Kermit Ruffins at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Basin Street Records

About Kermit Ruffins In a city where extraordinary musicianship is a routine assumption, the career ...

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'Weather Channel' Changes Music Format: 'Weather Report' in the Forecast?

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

"Callin' out around the world / Are you ready for a brand new beat?"--Martha and the Vandellas hit from the summer of '64 (video) written by William 'Mickey' Stevenson and Marvin Gaye. Around the world, indeed--from North to South America; from France, Germany, and England to India and Australia. With the flip of a switch, the Weather Channel's cultural tsunami--unexpected and relentless--quietly surges through the web of communication satellites and fiber-optic cables that envelope the world like strands of extruded ...

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Last of the Vo-Cool School: Chris Connor, 1927-2009

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

There's a report today on the Yahoo Songbirds listserv that singer Chris Connor, , passed away Saturday at the age of 81.

Connor was one of the last living singers from the big-band era, and the last of the original, so-called “vo-cool school” of vocalists that included Anita O’Day, Mel Torme, and June Christy–singers noted for their generally vibrato-less tones, understated phrasing, and now-it’s-languid, now-it’s-loud use of dynamics.

However you classify her, though, Connor was a joy to listen to, ...

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Gerald Clayton - Two Shade Voted Must Have CD of 2009

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

Gerald Clayton's debut album was released on ArtistShare on July 1st. It has already been getting rave reviews by everyone from the New York Times to jazz.com. Recently, it was voted in the Top 10 Must Have CD's by the Audiophiliac, a part of C-Net. Two Shade made the list along with other acts like Elvis Costello and John Mellencamp.

Steve Guttenburg of the Audiophiliac had this to say about Two Shade:

'Clayton's nimble piano trio delivers hard-driving pieces and ...

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Kate Schutt Plays the Northeast This Weekend!

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

Kate Schutt will be touring through the Northeast this weekend, supporting her latest ArtistShare release, Telephone Game. She will be making stops in Boston, Philadelphia and Portland. The schedule is as follows:

Thursday, September 3rd - 8pm Chris' Jazz Cafe 1421 Sansom Street Philadelphia, PA

Friday, September 4th - 8pm The Lily Pad 1353 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA

Saturday, September 5th - 8pm North Star Music ...

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B.J. Jansen's Jazz Life Show Adds Video with T.C. III

Source: JM Creative
August 31, 2009

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Los Angeles Music Academy Partners with Grammy U

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2009

Los Angeles Music Academy Partners With The Recording Academy's GRAMMY University Network

Pasadena, CA -- LA Music Academy (http://www.lamusicacademyedu) announced today it has partnered with The Recording Academy's GRAMMY University Network to offer all enrolling and current students membership in the GRAMMY U program, beginning in Fall 2009. LA Music Academy, accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), has graduated more than 1,000 international and domestic students since opening in 1996. The music school offers its drum, ...

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