Jazz News

Bucks County Jazz and Wine Festival 2009 - Today!

Source: Michael Ricci
August 29, 2009

(QUAKERTOWN, PA) The Bucks County Jazz Festival has teamed up with a local wine festival for the first ever Bucks County Jazz & Wine Festival to be held at McCoole’s Arts & Events Place, 10 S. Main St. (Main & Broad Sts.), Quakertown, PA on August 29, 2009 from 5:00 PM-10:00 PM. The festival, being one of several 2009 Bucks County Jazz Festivals, features national headlining performing artists, domestic and international wine tastings by local wineries, great food offered by ...

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Nappy Brown Memorial Show Scheduled for Sunday, October 18, 2009 at the Double Door Inn in Charlotte, North Carolina

Source: Just Roots PR
August 29, 2009

A memorial show to honor the late Nappy Brown will take place Sunday, October 18, 2009 at the Double Door Inn in Charlotte, North Carolina,.

The lineup includes Mookie Brill, Maurice Williams, Mac Arnold, Audrey Turner, Robin Rogers, Betty Pride, Scott Cable, Bob Margolin, and more!

Tickets are $15 at the door and $12 in advance. Doors will open at 5pm, the show will begin at 6pm.

The Double Door Inn is located at 1218 Charlottetowne Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204. ...

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Blues Blast Music Awards Announces Partial Entertainment Lineup

Source: Just Roots PR
August 29, 2009

The 2nd Annual Blues Blast Music Awards take place on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Buddy Guy’s Legends in Chicago.

Blues Blast Magazine has listed a partial lineup of nominees who will perform at the event These include Kenny Neal, Nick Moss & The Flip Tops, Shirley Johnson, Albert Castiglia, John Primer, Chris James & Patrick Rynn w/ Bob Corritore, Kilborn Alley Blues Band, Robin Rogers, The Insomniacs, Dave Herrero, Guy King, and Dave Gross. More to be announced soon! ...

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Palmdale Jazz and Wine Festival Announces Saxophonist Paul "Shilts" Weimar to Serve as Host

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
August 28, 2009

The Palmdale Jazz and Wine Festival has announced that international saxophonist Paul “Shilts” Weimar” will be hosting the festival to be held on September 12, 2009 from 3-10 p.m. in Palmdale, California.

Paul “Shilts” Weimar originally hails from London, England and has been playing saxophone since his early teens. His career has spanned all forms of jazz, soul, rock and pop music. He has toured all over the world and performed with a host of international artists, such as Was ...

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Moverover - Great Jazz Trio (Remastered) Released by Test of Time Records

Source: All About Jazz
August 28, 2009

Moreover is a follow up to Chapter II featuring the new Great Jazz Trio lineup of Hank Jones on piano, Eddie Gomez on bass and Al Foster on drums. Moreover was recorded at the same time as Chapter II was between June 2 and 5, 1980 at Vanguard Studios in New York. Hank Jones was 63 years old at the time and Eddie Gomez and Al Foster were both 37. Similar to the concept of Chapter ...

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Eddie Allen and the Aggregation Release "Groove's Mood"

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 28, 2009

Eddie Allen is a trumpeter, composer, arranger; and author-certainly one of the more versatile musicians on the New York jazz scene.

Because of his versatility contemporaries will call upon him for his talent to play everything from jazz big band, R&B/Pop, Latin, to symphonic to Broadway, and everything else that may fall somewhere into those genres.

These many talents come together once again with a group of musicians called The Aggregation on a new release set for release October 6, ...

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Michelle Walker Live @ Bar Next Door

Source: All About Jazz
August 28, 2009

Michelle Walker Performs Live @ THE BAR NEXT DOOR MONDAY August 31st, 2009

On Monday August 31st, Vocalist Michelle Walker returns to one of her favorite performance rooms, the Bar Next Door for an intimate evening of live jazz vocals.

The Bar Next Door is one of the smaller and most intimate settings for serious jazz in Manhattan...[and]...is a perfect setting to enjoy richly textured music. The Bar Next Door has been home to some of the most outstanding musicians, ...

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US Digital Music Sales to Bury CDs by 2010

Source: Just Roots PR
August 28, 2009

Is it time to bid farewell to the CD?

It is if you listen to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).

According to Arts Technica, the IFPI is claiming that “If current trends hold, U.S. digital music downloads will rake in more money than physical formats next year. Worldwide, digital will overtake physical by 2016.”

The United States is ahead of the technological curve, with consumers buying “the most digital music relative to their total music purchases.”

The ...

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