Jazz News

The Swing Solution Big Band Performs at Campbell Summer Concert Series

Source: Jeff Rzepiela Public Relations
June 18, 2009

The City of Campbell, CA's 2009 Summer Concert Series presents The Swing Solution, a 17-piece big band that can really get the joint jumpin' with its high-energy swing music. Founded in 1990, The Swing Solution brings together talent from all walks of life, all of whom are great musicians and share a common love of this wonderful music, as well as a dedication to its promotion and preservation.

The Swing Solution's music represents the very best of the big bands, ...

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Jazz Vocalist Deborah Latz is Performing Live at Soule International Restaurant!

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2009

Soule International Restaurant, located at 920 Fulton Street between Washington and St. James in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, will feature Deborah Latz on Saturday, June 27th from 8 - 11pm. Deborah Latz is a jazz vocalist, writer, actor, and private vocal instructor. She is certified in Somatic Voicework and has coached students in theater and choreography at Brown University and at Public School 153, as well as corporate executives. A recipient of the Best Actress Award at the ...

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Charlie Mariano Versatile Alto Saxophone Player Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
June 18, 2009

Charlie Mariano, 85, an alto saxophonist best known for his association with Stan Kenton's big band in the 1950s, his playing on two albums by Charles Mingus in the 1960s, and his later stint in Europe with Eberhard Weber's jazz-rock group Colours, died Tuesday of complications from cancer at a hospice in Cologne, Germany, according to his website.

A native of Boston, Mariano served in the Army during World War II and began studying music at what is now the ...

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Minton's Playhouse Announces Second Annual Jazz Marathon

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2009

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Astronauts of Antiquity Release "Rocket Science for Dummies"

Source: Miles High Productions
June 18, 2009

Hollywood, CA--June 15, 2009- The Astronauts of Antiquity sport a very unique name and to their credit the music they produce is fitting and true to their moniker.

The sound of AOA has been described as urban-electro-organica to a jazzy, neo-soulful, electronic exploration. Think of it as musical Art Nouveau in constant motion.

The meeting of India on vocals and B. Rhyan on guitars was a chance encounter at an airport one ...

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Jazz Journalists Association Names Arturo O'Farrill's "Song for Chico" Latin Album of the Year

Source: Two for the Show Media
June 18, 2009

Song for Chico (Zoho Records), Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra’s 2008 release that pays tribute to the pianist’s bandleader father, the late Chico O'Farrill, has been named Latin Album of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. The organization, an international collective of more than 400 writers, editors, photographers, broadcasters, filmmakers, educators and media professionals, handed out its annual awards, covering more than 40 categories, on Tuesday, June 16th, at the Jazz Standard in New York. “Winning the ...

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MAXJAZZ Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Two New Releases and Artist Tour Schedule

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2009

Greetings from MAXJAZZ! We have some exciting news to share with you. We have two new releases on the way. Our artists are performing at some top-notch venues and festivals. We have our tenth anniversary celebration in September. Thank you for your continued support of our artists. We hope you'll forward this newsletter to your friends. Also, please let us hear from you because it's through our listeners that we improve. “Recording distinctive jazz for the listener and for the ...

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Drum! Magazine Writer/Publicist Sticks “Hip” to Legendary New Orleans Guitar Player Leo Nocentelli

Source: JCM Media
June 18, 2009

Los Angeles – Josh Moscov, a writer/publicist for DRUM! Magazine as well as a drummer, has released a video, dedicated to New Orleans’ King Of Funk Guitar, Leo Nocentelli. Moscov, who has played with a number of New Orleans artists, based the video on a live gig that he had the opportunity to sit in with Nocentelli in 1999. “Nocentelli came on stage and immediately ignited the audience with the song, “The Hip,” Moscov said. “The Batiste Brothers are amazing ...

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