Jazz News

Firehouse 12 to Present the Peter Brotzmann/Nasheet Waits Duo May 8th

Source: Improvised Communications
May 7, 2009

On Friday, May 8th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present the duo of legendary German multi-instrumentalist Peter Brotzmann and acclaimed New York-based drummer Nasheet Waits. Part of Brotzmann's 12-stop spring tour of America, this two-set performance will feature all spontaneously improvised music blending the artists' diverse backgrounds and musical points of view.

Brotzmann is a self-taught musician and co-founder of the groundbreaking FMP label whose early work in the mid-1960’s helped build the foundation of the European free jazz scene. ...

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Summer Reigns as URB ALT Festival 2009 Announces June Dates

Source: 4961 Polemics
May 6, 2009

New York, NY -- The fourth annual URB ALT Festival brings exciting multi- cultural music/film/visual artists to Harlem, Downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn. The popular summer festival runs from June 20-27. During the week URB ALT Festival 2009 will present live music performances, a feature film premiere, an art exhibition, a fashion show and album release parties that feature the best of underground and nationally recognized alternative artists. Artists to be announced shortly. ABOUT URB ALT URB ALT is Underground Railroad ...

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Neil Alexander and Nail Performs Live at Beanrunner Cafe

Source: PublicEye
May 6, 2009

NEIL ALEXANDER & NAIL at the BEAN RUNNER CAFE Saturday May 16th @ 7:00PM Free and open to the public

A BLEND OF RED HOT JAZZ, BURNING FUNK GROOVES AND SOARING SOUNDSCAPES

Peekskill, NY-- NAIL returns to Peekskill NY at the brand new Bean Runner Cafe, playing their unique blend of jazz, jam, rock, funk and ambient music Saturday May 16th at 7:00p.m. This show will feature Neil Alexander on Keyboard, with Thierry Arpino (Jean luc Ponty, Bill Evans) on ...

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Free Louis Armstrong Collage Exhibition - Jazz at Lincoln Center

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2009

Jazz at Lincoln Center presents a free art exhibition entitled The Collage Aesthetic of Louis Armstrong: “In the Cause of Happiness." The exhibition is open to the public and features large scale images of collages created by Armstrong from clips of photographs, news stories, postcards, letters, telegrams and other materials that Armstrong artfully affixed to the boxes of his vast private collection of audio tapes. In a letter to a friend in 1953, Louis Armstrong said, My hobbie (one of ...

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Kate Schutt Northeast Tour Dates

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2009

We are pleased to announce that ArtistShare guitarist Kate Schutt will be touring the Northeast. Join her at the Living Room in New York on May 28th as she supports her newest release, “Telephone Game”. Kate will also be performing at: May 29, 7:30 pm Acton, MA Acton Jazz Cafe May 30, 10 pm Cambridge, MA The Lily Pad May 31, 9 pm Philadelphia, PA World Cafe Kate’s ...

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Download Three Free MP3s by Composer / Trumpeter Jon Hassell

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2009

Learn more about Jon Hassell, then download three free tracks (see below), including one from his latest release Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street on ECM Records. Enjoy! About Jon Hassell Composer/trumpeter Jon Hassell is the visionary creator of a style of music he describes as Fourth World, a mysterious, unique hybrid of music both ancient and digital, composed and improvised, Eastern and Western. In the last two decades, his connoisseur recordings, built around ...

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Groundbreaking Exhibit Celebrates Jazz Ambassadors: Gillespie, Armstrong, Brubeck, Ellington, Goodman at Jazz Heritage Center

Source: Maven Communications
May 5, 2009

Jazz Heritage Center to Unveil Groundbreaking Exhibit Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace The World Only West Coast Stop Performances by the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet and a special celebration kick off exhibit on May 17 The Jazz Heritage Center today announced the unveiling of a groundbreaking new exhibit that chronicles a time when the U.S. government used American jazz musicians as front-line cultural diplomats instead of traditional symphony orchestras and ballet companies. Titled Jam Session: America's Jazz Ambassadors Embrace ...

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Indoor Program of the 30th Edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications
May 5, 2009

A program that comes straight from the heart! Tickets go on sale this Saturday at noon Montreal, Tuesday, May 5, 2009 - The 30th edition of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal marks a genuine turning point in an already remarkable history! The world's #1 jazz event, presented by General Motors of Canada in collaboration with Rio Tinto Alcan, presents a summer full of premieres, surprises, events and the inauguration of new venues that are certain to add new ...

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