Jazz News

Emma Alabaster Releases Her Debut Release in the Third Generation the Daughters Are Free

Source: Just Roots PR
June 30, 2009

Modern Jazz Concept Album Signals Debut for New Artist and Label from New York City’s Underground.

Proliferate Music announced their debut release, Emma Alabaster’s In the Third Generation the Daughter’s Are Free. The release is being distributed digitally through popular online retailers such as iTunes, eMusic, Amie Street, Amazon, and others.

Alabaster’s album represents a unique voice in New York City’s underground jazz community. Coming across like an autobiographical concept album for the downtown scene, the compositions presented here are ...

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The Either/Orchestra to Play the Lily Pad, Cambridge, July 12

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2009

The Either/Orchestra will be appearing at the Lily Pad in Cambridge, on the afternoon of Sunday, July 12, two sets starting at 2 pm. We love these kid-friendly early Sunday shows, playing with minimal amplification in the tiny Pad. Suggested donation will be $12. http://www.lily-pad.net Sadly, it will be Godwin's Last Stand (with the E/O, anyway, for now...), as our fabulous alto saxophonist Godwin Louis has been accepted into the highly selective Monk Institute, located in New Orleans at this ...

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Neil Young's Massive Blu-Ray Project

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2009

Neil Young has been working on his Archives project for so long that the big news in the tech world when it was first announced was Windows 3.0.

Back in 1988, the curmudgeonly musician conceived the mother of all box sets, a multimedia data dump that presents the breadth of his workthe good, the bad, and the uglyin hi-def audio. Young envisioned Archives as not just a spiffed-up music collection but a virtual autobiography, including video footage, photos, press clips, ...

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Quincy Jones: We Owned the 80's

Source: Michael Ricci
June 30, 2009

Quincy Jones on Michael Jackson: 'We made history together'

Like the world, last week I was devastated by the news that Michael Jackson had suddenly left the room. This blessed artist commanded the stage with the grace of an antelope, shattered recording industry records and broke down cultural boundaries around the world, yet remained the gentlest of souls. Michael Jackson was a different kind of entertainer. A man-child in many ways, he was beyond professional and dedicated. Evoking Fred Astaire, ...

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Jackson's Body to Return to Neverland

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2009

Michael Jacksons body will be driven to his Neverland Valley Ranch in central California as early as 10 am Thursday with public viewing being set for later this week, according to media reports on Tuesday.

A motorcade of as many as 30 cars is expected to accompany Jacksons body to his ranch, which is located near the town of Los Olivos, north of Santa Barbara, according to reports by TV network CNN and celebrity website TMZ.com, citing police officials.

Michael ...

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Neverland Sends Open Letter to Community

Source: Michael Ricci
June 30, 2009

Thomas J. Barrack Jr., the Los Angeles financier whose Century City private-equity firm, Colony Capital, owns Neverland, has written an open letter to the Santa Barbara community urging residents to “adopt an attitude of hospitality, warmth and tolerance."

Barrack has owned a home five miles from Neverland for decades, and his children used to attend field days on the property.

Colony Capital effectively bought Neverland when Jackson defaulted on a loan. The deal was structured as a joint venture, with ...

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Grammy and Juno Winners Headline Fifth Annual Marsh Jazz/Blues/World Music Fest July 7 – 13 in Sackville

Source: Just Roots PR
June 30, 2009

The Marsh Jazz/Blues/World Music Fest has become a summer “must see” event in Southeast New Brunswick, drawing people from all over the Maritimes to their exceptionally high quality and reasonably priced concerts in Sackville New Brunswick.

This year, the Festival will hold three concerts – on July 7, 10 and 13. “Janet Crawford and Friends” will open the Festival on Tuesday, July 7 at 7 p.m. with a “pay what you can ” outdoor concert at the newly renovated Campbell ...

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Benefit for O.A.T.S. Therapeutic Riding Center to Feature the Fabulous Thunderbirds at the Crofoot Ballroom

Source: Just Roots PR
June 30, 2009

The Fabulous Thunderbirds make a rare club appearance the Crofoot Ballroom in Pontiac, Michigan to help raise money for the O.A.T.S. Therapeutic Riding Center on Sunday August 16, 2009. Doors open at 6 PM and the show begins at 7 PM. Tickets are $20. The Crofoot is located at 1 S. Saginaw St. in Downtown Pontiac and all proceeds go directly to the O.A.T.S. Therapeutic Riding Center.

About O.A.T.S. OATS (Offering Alternative Therapy with Smiles, horseback riding for ...

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