Jazz News

NYTimes Reader Shows Graceful Future of Online News

Source: All About Jazz
May 11, 2009

I read the news today in a whole new way. And Im betting you will too, soon.

Journalisms grey lady, the New York Times just threw down her cane and sprinted to the forefront of online newspapers with the release of version two of the Times Reader a downloadable application built on Adobes AIR framework.

The new version is a lightweight application takes advantage of Adobes expertise in print layout to dynamically re-size images and flow text depending on the ...

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Bjork's Wide Musical Ambitions Overflow a Small Setting

Source: Michael Ricci
May 11, 2009

Wearing an ocean-blue dress and holding recently written lyrics in her hand, Bjork sang at what may well have been her smallest gig of the year on Friday night at the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in SoHo, which was packed with about 300 people.

The music was quiet: just voices and modestly amplified acoustic instruments. But the songs were hugely complex and ambitious, announcing their destination in the lyrics: on and on and ever onward.

Bjork was collaborating on a ...

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Linda Dangcil Actress Played Sister Ana on TV's 'The Flying Nun' Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
May 11, 2009

Linda Dangcil, 67, a versatile actress, singer and dancer whose roles included Sister Ana on the 1960s TV series “The Flying Nun," died Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after an eight-year battle with tonsillar cancer, her daughter Linda Casto said.

Dangcil's career began at age 12, when she appeared as an Indian American dancer in the 1954 Broadway production of “Peter Pan" starring Mary Martin. She also danced in the film version of “West Side Story" in ...

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Miles Davis' 'Kind of Blue' at 50

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2009

The album, recorded with virtually no rehearsal and consisting of primarily first takes, altered jazz forever.

It was both a radical stylistic experiment and an album parents could put on after dinner without waking the kids. It's a manifesto, a meeting of musical minds, and it's moved millions of copies to remain the bestselling jazz record of all time. Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, released in August 1959, featured what might be the finest group in jazz history; it virtually ...

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Stephen Bruton Texas Musician Played with Kris Kristofferson, T Bone Burnett Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
May 10, 2009

Stephen Bruton, a Texas musician long admired and much in demand as much for his astute guitar work as for his insights as a songwriter, died Saturday in Los Angeles of complications of cancer that he'd been battling for several years. He was 60.

Bruton, who had played with Kris Kristofferson for nearly 40 years and whose songs had been recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Jimmy Buffett and numerous others, died at the home of his friend ...

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Sunjump Records Announces New Releases for Spring 2009

Source: All About Jazz
May 10, 2009

Mitch Kessler: Erratica SJCD0007 Recorded Fall 2008 Mitch Kessler, Tenor and Alto Saxophones John Esposito, Piano Ira Coleman, Bass Peter O'Brien, Drums Compositions by Mitch Kessler This debut CD by the alto and tenor saxophone virtuoso Mitch Kessler brings to light a little known but highly developed instrumental and compositional voice. 8 originals by this prolific composer draw on his arsenal of Post Dolphy/Coltrane, Free Jazz, ...

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Enter the Ubiquity Records "NOMO - Invisible Cities" Giveaway Contest

Source: All About Jazz
May 9, 2009

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Ubiquity Records “NOMO - Invisible Cities“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on June 7th. Click here to enter the contest

(Following NOMO at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Ubiquity Records

About NOMO NOMO's roots are firmly planted in the fertile soil of African polyrhythm and American free jazz, and bandleader Elliot ...

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Galaxie Gypsy Jazz Jam with Alfonso Ponticelli

Source: All About Jazz
May 9, 2009

CHICAGO, Ill. – Alfonso Ponticelli is set to lead the next gypsy jazz jam session at the Gaaxie on Thursday, May 21 from 8 to 11 pm. These sessions are open to jazz fans, musicians and dancers of all types and levels, as well as fans of vintage films. Previous sessions have featured bands such as the Deep Chicago Rhythm Owls, the Uptown Strings and Rhythm Futur. There have been as many as 12 different musicians in attendance, as well ...

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