Jazz News

Michael Jackson Will Be Buried Aug. 29 at Forest Lawn

Source: Michael Ricci
August 17, 2009

Michael Jackson will be buried Aug. 29 at Forest Lawn, his father says. There's been so much chatter about when and where Michael Jackson is going be laid to rest that it is hard to keep up.

But now, the pop star's father, Joe Jackson is weighing in, saying his son will be buried Aug. 29, what would have been his 51st birthday, at Forest Lawn Cemetery in the Hollywood Hills. In an interview with the New York Daily News, ...

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Michael Bellar and the AS-IS Ensemble Release "Turned On Turned Up"

Source: Powderfinger Promotions
August 17, 2009

Touted “Generation Next” by Billboard Magazine during their first ever New York City performance, Michael Bellar and the AS-IS Ensemble seem to defy description as they take the stage. This ber-hip electro-acoustic group blends sounds from jazz, rock and world percussion into their own unique form of alt-jazz. As the former house band for the legendary BLUE NOTE club, the band has spent years refining their chops to a level near perfection and has shared the stage with artists like ...

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Tamela D'Amico Named Myspace's Celebrity Rising Star

Source: Michael Ricci
August 17, 2009

Tamela's Road to Stardom Mix equal parts of Billie Holiday and Barbra Streisand, a teaspoon of Ella Fitzgerald and a dash of Peggy Lee and you’ve got a hot fresh talent named Tamela D'Amico. It’s no surprise that television star, Peter Krause, a v eteran of groundbreaking quality projects himself (Six Feet Under, Dirty Sexy Money), rushed onboard to executive produce her album 'Got A Little Story' after seeing Ms. D’Amico perform live at a club in Los Angeles. You ...

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Boosey & Hawkes Lands Global Synch Deal with Savoy Label Group

Source: All About Jazz
August 17, 2009

Boosey & Hawkes (B&H) is pleased to announce its representation of Savoy Label Group, home to veteran jazz label, Savoy Jazz, for synchronization on a worldwide basis.

The deal includes all of Savoys label imprints, including the jazz catalogs of Savoy, 32 Jazz, Muse and Landmark, the classical label Denon Classics, and SLGs growing indie rock imprint, 429 Records. The labels legendary catalogs include seminal recordings by prominent artists such as Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Dexter Gordon, Lee Morgan, Judy ...

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Kind of Blue: Why the Best-Selling Jazz Album of All Time is so Great

Source: Michael Ricci
August 17, 2009

Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, which was released 50 years ago today, is a nearly unique thing in music or any other creative realm: a huge hit the best-selling jazz album of all time and the spearhead of an artistic revolution. Everyone, even people who say they don't like jazz, likes Kind of Blue. It's cool, romantic, melancholic, and gorgeously melodic. But why do critics regard it as one of the best jazz albums ever made? What is it about ...

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Bassist Kam Falk Releases "Retro-Respect"

Source: Michael Ricci
August 17, 2009

Kam Falk has just completed a new 10-song CD with 11 very special guest artists all contributing stellar performances. A complete departure from his debut entitled, Native Tongue, this CD was completed in partial fulfillment of a master's degree in commercial music and contains 10 arrangements of songs by pop icons such as Chaka Khan, Steely Dan, Sting and many more. The CD is a tribute to these living legends of popular music and culture, who have all been active ...

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Henry Grimes & Friends in Concert: A Benefit for Harlem Textile Works at the Black Box Theater on September 12th

Source: Margaret Davis Grimes
August 17, 2009

On Saturday, September 12th, 2009, the legendary and visionary jazz musician Henry Grimes (acoustic bass, violin, voice), along with his esteemed bandmates Andrew Lamb (reeds, flute, percussion) and Michael Wimberly (drums, percussion), will present a benefit concert for Harlem Textile Works at the Black Box Theatre, 308 West 133rd St. just east of St. Nicholas Ave. over the Morningstar Pentecostal Church, Village of Harlem, New York City. Sets will be at 7 and 9 p.m, tickets $15 per set of ...

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AAJ Interviews Some of Today's Most Intrepid Big Band Leaders

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
August 17, 2009

The big band in jazz has a long and glorious history. It was a prevalent form in jazz music in the '20s and '30s, comprising a substantial part of America's popular music heard on radio, spun on gramophones and record players, and enjoyed in dance halls. In the post-World War II era music began to change, as the harmonic and rhythmic breakthroughs of bebop began to impact the music.

Big bands fell out of favor. Financially, it was always tough ...

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