Jazz News

The Monterey Jazz Quartet Releases Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival

Source: On Target Media Group
August 26, 2009

The new Monterey Jazz Quartet release, Live at the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival - is out today (CD & digital) on Concord Records / Monterey Jazz Festival Records. Recorded live at the 50th anniversary event at the Monterey Jazz Festival, the CD documents the first-ever collaboration and premier performance of the all-star group comprised of bassist Dave Holland, saxophonist Chris Potter, pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and drummer Eric Harland. Holland, Potter, and Harland (with Jason Moran filling ...

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"Careers in Jazz" Featured at The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins

Source: Michael Ricci
August 26, 2009

Producer, presenter, journalist, broadcaster, educator, arts consultant, and arts administrator, Willard Jenkins voices his opinion on Bill Anschell's “Careers in Jazz“ article at his blog, The Independent Ear: Pianist-composer and humorist Bill Anschell (Google this guy and that’s exactly the heading for his billanschell.com web site) recently posted perhaps his most comprehensively dark humor piece yet, at All About Jazz. (It should be noted here that Bill Sent The Independent Ear a copy of the piece at the approximate ...

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Mike Fasching of Winsted Releases His First CD, "Grandcrafted"

Source: Michael Ricci
August 26, 2009

By Linda Scherer Staff Writer, Herald Journal

WINSTED, MN -- Walking into the home of Mike and Diana Fasching of Winsted, you can’t miss the 9-foot Steinway D concert grand piano on stage in their living room. The piano is not just for show. Mike and his piano, which rates a status close to a family member, have been in tune and pretty much inseparable for the last few years while Mike has been producing his first CD, ...

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6 Things You Need to Know About Mac Os X Snow Leopard

Source: All About Jazz
August 26, 2009

Apples next operating system, Mac OS X 10.6, aka Snow Leopard, hits stores Friday. If youre already a Mac user, youre probably going to get the upgrade sooner or later, thanks to its low $30 price tag.

But its not a major upgrade. Apple has stressed that this OS mainly delivers a performance boost for Macs equipped with 64-bit Intel processors. Thus, many of the changes arent going to be immediately obvious.

Apple did not provide Wired.com with an official ...

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Songwriter Ellie Greenwich Dies at 68

Source: All About Jazz
August 26, 2009

Ellie Greenwich, who co-wrote some of pop music's most enduring songs, including “Chapel of Love," “Be My Baby" and “Leader of the Pack," died Wednesday, according to her niece. She was 68.

Greenwich died of a heart attack at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, where she had been admitted a few days earlier for treatment of pneumonia, according to her niece, Jessica Weiner.

Greenwich, a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, was considered one of pop's most successful songwriters. She ...

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Pianist Yaron Herman Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
August 26, 2009

Pianist Yaron Herman, an Israeli now living in Paris, is one of the most talented artists of the Parisian jazz musical scene. He was a promising basketball player on the Israeli national junior team when he was cut short by a knee injury. He then decided to take up playing the piano at age 16. His teacher, the renowned Opher Brayer--famous for his methods based on philosophy and mathematics--taught him the craving for self-knowledge and discovery.

At 19, Yaron left ...

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LA JazzPro Red Carpet Jazz Series Upstairs at Vitello's Studio City

Source: Michael Ricci
August 26, 2009

Earlier this year, Studio City's Vitello's started offering jazz as April Williams unleashed her Red Carpet Jazz series. The stellar talent and its elegant upstairs space has earned a good reputation among musicians and fans. It started out on Thursday nights and now is spilling over to additional days it has become so popular. “There's no ice-blending machines, there's no cash register, there's no phone," said drummer Peter Erskine, who's played Vitello's a number of times. “It sounded more like ...

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Regina Carter's "Reverse Thread" at Tanglewood Jazz Festival Sept 5

Source: Dawn Singh Publicity
August 26, 2009

Violinist and composer Regina Carter was presented with the ASCAP Foundation Vanguard Award in June at Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center. “The Vanguard Award was presented to me based on my ‘innovative musical activity,” Ms. Carter says. “I have been fortunate to participate in many stylistically diverse musical settings and am attracted to music from many parts of the world. For the places and cultures I have yet to experience, the music serves as my connection.” ...

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