Jazz News

Six Degrees Announces Brownout Album & Us Tour

Source: Press Junkie PR
August 27, 2009

If ever a band could boast having a complex genealogical tree, that band is Brownout. The eight-piece, Latin funk ensemble based in Austin, Texas, is both offspring and germinating seed to Grammy-nominated Grupo Fantasma. The latter in turn traces its roots to when Austin based Blue Noise Band and The Blimp, from booming border town of Laredo, Texas, converged in its conception.

Brownout may well be Grupo Fantasma's psychedelic Latin funk little brother, an offshoot of the collective that regularly ...

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Gretchen Parlato's "In a Dream" Released on Obliqsound on August 25

Source: Michael Ricci
August 27, 2009

Gretchen Parlato's voice is a thing of wonder. Striking the ideal balance between precision and flexibility, she is never predictable, blurring the lines between singer and instrumentalist as she takes a lyric -- and at other times improvised flights of wordless fancy -- to places it's never before been. On In a Dream, her debut album for ObliqSound released August 25, Parlato and her intuitive support team reinvent constantly, Parlato impeccably articulating in a voice so ethereal that the listener ...

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B.J. Jansen Interview Drew Miller on the Jazz Life

Source: JM Creative
August 27, 2009

B.J. Jansen interviewed Louisville Saxophonist, Drew Miller, on The Jazz Life. Jansen created his show, “The Jazz Life," to bring audiences to the next generation of jazz artists who struggle to receive airplay in the United States. The programming format of “The Jazz Life" features brand new content from artists who actively perform and would appeal to younger listeners.

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On This Date in Music History: Lester Young Born

Source: Michael Ricci
August 27, 2009

On August 27, 1909, 100 years ago, Lester Young one of the true jazz giants, a tenor saxophonist, was born. Lester Young was the major influence on a generation of tenor saxophonists who preferred his relatively light, pure tone and agile swing to the husky heaviness of the once-dominant Coleman Hawkins. “Although he spent his earliest days near New Orleans, Lester Young lived in Minneapolis by 1920, playing in a legendary family band. Because he refused to tour in the ...

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Dave Brubeck and Joao Carlos Martins in an Extraordinary Collaboration

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 27, 2009

August 27, 2009 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: Jazz Promo Services DAVE BRUBECK AND JOÃO CARLOS MARTINS IN AN EXTRAORDINARY COLLABORATION Celebrated friends to perform at Lincoln Center October 2, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: This October get ready for some fun, as conductor João Carlos Martins brings the Bachiana Filarmnica from Brazil to Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center. Joining Mr. Martins and his orchestra are jazz legend Dave Brubeck and his son, trombonist {Chris Brubeck}. The “meeting” will be October 2nd, ...

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Jazz Mafia Performs Astounding 'Hip-Hop Symphony' -- And They're Taking the Show on the Road

Source: Michael Ricci
August 26, 2009

"Brass, Bows, and Beats: A Hip-Hop Symphony" is one of the most exciting new works of American music in years--a seamless fusion of jazz, funk, hip-hop, electronica, and digital turntable that deserves to be heard worldwide (now!), from the Main Stage in Monterey to the Auditorium Stravinsky in Montreux. With the first electronic-accented dirge beat of “Darkness and Light," San Francisco Yoshi's was enveloped in the promise of something very special about to unfold. By the time the magnificent, horns-blaring, ...

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The Anat Fort Trio Performs for Parkinsong 4--A Night to Benefit Parkinson's Research in Bethesda, MD on Sept 7th

Source: Michael Ricci
August 26, 2009

Celebrated pianist and composer Anat Fort will perform an evening of music with her Anat Fort Trio on September 7th at the Ratner Museum in Bethesda, MD to benefit Parkinson's disease research for Parkinsong 4. Parkinsong Records will produce the event as part of their long standing tradition of bringing great music and artists to the forefront of the fight to find a cure for Parkinson's disease. An independent record label and non-profit foundation, Parkinsong was created by the children ...

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Pianist/Composer/Vocalists Deanna Witkowski and Brenda Earle Share a Sacred Jazz Double-Bill at Cornelia Street Caf on Thurs, Sept 10 at 8:30 PM

Source: Michael Ricci
August 26, 2009

What: Deanna Witkowski Quartet and Brenda Earle’s Sacred Voices with Felipe Salles, soprano and tenor sax; Ike Sturm, bass; Scott Latzky, drums (Deanna Witkowski Quartet); Julie Hardy, Jonathan Kline and Nathan Hetherington, voices; Keith Ganz, guitar; Ike Sturm, bass; Jared Schonig, drums (Brenda Earle’s Sacred Voices) When: Thurs, Sept 10 from 8:30-10:30 pm Where: Cornelia Street Caf, 29 Cornelia St, New York (A, B, C, D, E to West 4th; 1 to Christopher St) Cost: $10 admission Witkowski has combined ...

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