Jazz News

American Jazz Repertory Orchestra Concert in Pittsfield, Mass., July 2

Source: Ed Bride Associates
June 22, 2009

American Jazz Repertory Orchestra Tickets for July 2 Concert Now on Sale Online. and at Local Venues in Berkshire County, Massachusetts PITTSFIELD, Mass., June 23, 2009 Ticket locations have been established throughout Berkshire County for the July 2 concert by the American Jazz Repertory Orchestra. Presented by Berkshires Jazz, Inc., the concert will also feature Berkshires jazz all-stars Vikki True, Charlie Tokarz, Andy Kelly and Gary Miller. The concert starts at 7:30pm at First United Methodist Church, 55 Fenn Street, ...

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Michaela Rabitsch & Robert Pawlik Quartet Appear at Festival Lent, Slovenias Premier Summer Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2009

Michaela Rabitsch & Robert Pawlik Quartet appear at Festival Lent, Maribor, Slovenias premier summer festival Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 21:00 Maribor, Slovenia, Festival Lent, Stage: Judgement tower Michaela Rabitsch, singer, composer and Austrias only and top female jazz trumpet player and her ingenious partner, composer and guitarist Robert Pawlik are pleased to present their junior release Moods in Maribor, Slovenia. They present songs that reflect the passion, energy and emotions of their life. Moods is their ...

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Announcing the Winners of the "Jimmy Herring - Lifeboat" Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2009

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Bob Gluck Named Keyboard Magazine's "Unsigned Artist of the Month" for June 2009

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2009

Pianist Bob Gluck's 2007 recording Electric Brew is featured in the June 2009 issue of Keyboard magazine. Naming Gluck “Unsigned Artist of the Month," writer Michael Gallant wrote: “Composer Bob Gluck combines lithe piano playing with processed shofar (ram’s horn) and a wide variety of computer-sourced sonics to create an engaging tapestry of living sound... Electric Brew is a welcome reminder of what magic can happen when rules are not so much broken, but taken out of the equation completely. ...

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Graham Collier: A New Book and a New Double CD

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2009

With The Jazz Composer, Moving Music Off The Paper, veteran British jazz composer Graham Collier takes a philosophical look at the subject of jazz and jazz composition--published by Northway Books. Graham Collier's radical new analysis of the place of the composer in jazz is nothing less than a complete reassessment of the direction in which the music is developing and a powerful argument for fresh thinking. He focuses on Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Gil Evans, among many other composers, ...

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Rare NY Area Appearance: Drummer Alvin Queen Quintet Featuring Terell Stafford at Theturning Point Cafe Piermont, NY

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
June 22, 2009

MONDAY JAZZ at the Turning Point Cafe Piermont, NY (South of Tappan Zee Bridge, North of GWB in Rockland. Only 25 minutes from NYC, NJ, CT, Westchester, and Orange. A great intimate setting ideal for Jazz.) Mondays 8pm-11pm World Class Jazz Mondays 8pm-11pm Monday June 22 Rare NY Area Appearance Drummer Alvin Queen Quintet featuring Terell Stafford, trumpet and Dado Moroni, piano ...

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Preservation Hall Jazz Band Signs to Ted Kurland Associates

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2009

Exciting new slate of programs planned for 2010, including a new collaboration with Bluegrass Legends The Del McCoury Band Boston, MA--Ted Kurland Associates has signed the venerated Preservation Hall Jazz Band for exclusive representation on a worldwide basis. TKA's history of working with legendary artists and their extraordinary careers was key to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band's consideration of the Agency as their new home. TKA is already soliciting dates for the 2009, 2010 and 2011 seasons. While dedicated to ...

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Pianist/Bandleader Arturo O'Farrill Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2009

Arturo O'Farrill, an extraordinary pianist, admits he came out of the bebop school of playing, a Bud Powell disciple, and his strong chops would attest to that. He didn't pursue the music of his father--the great Chico O'Farrill--in his younger days, but he came upon it as he studied the music. He came to not only appreciate it, but his excellent bands embody it.

He's led two Latin big bands, one celebrating his father's music (the Chico O'Farrill Afro Cuban ...

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