Jazz News

New AccuJazz Internet Radio Channel Plays Only 1940's Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
April 30, 2009

AccuJazz Internet Radio continues its weekly roll-out of new creatively programmed streaming jazz channels with the launch of its newest customizable radio stream, “Decade: '40s." Like all of AccuJazz's channels, it is free to use and available 24 hours a day. The 1940s was a pivotal decade in the history of jazz. Swing was still king at the beginning of the decade, but its popularity began to wane towards the end of World War II as it became less practical ...

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Jazz at Chalkers Pub: May 2-7, 2009

Source: All About Jazz
April 30, 2009

Jazz shows at Chalkers Pub 247 Marlee Ave. North York, Toronto This Week:

Saturday, May 2, 6-9 p.m.: Nancy Walker Quartet; Sunday, May 3, 7-10 p.m.: Frank Botos Quartet; Monday, May 4, 7-10 p.m.: Don Thompson-Reg Schwager Big Band; Wednesday, May 6, 7-9 p.m.: Neil Caine Quintet with Jason Marsalis; Wednesday, May 6, 9-midnite: Girls Night Out singers' jam with host Lisa Particelli; Thursday, May 7, ...

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Violinist Billy Bang and Bassist William Parker at the Rubin Museum 5/8/09

Source: Two for the Show Media
April 30, 2009

Violinist Billy Bang and bassist William Parker will be performing together in concert at The Rubin Museum in NYC on May 8th, 2009 at 7:00PM as part of the 2009 Winter/Spring Harlem in the Himalayas Series. Billy Bang - Violin William Parker - Bass Billy Bang & William Parker Rubin Museum of Art -150 West 17th Street New York, NY 10011 For Info Call: 212-620-5000 May 8th, 2009– Showtime- 7:00 ...

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Jazz Journal Swings Back into Action

Source: All About Jazz
April 30, 2009

Britain's longest-running jazz magazine is relaunched under new editorship London, 30 April 2009: After weeks of rumour, the future of Jazz Journal, one of the world's most popular and enduring jazz magazines, has been assured. Following a 30-year stint at the helm and the sudden death of his wife Janet, who had been acting as managing editor for several years, Eddie Cook has passed the baton to former deputy editor Mark Gilbert while remaining on hand as editorial consultant. Eddie ...

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Bulgarian Bulgarian Virtuosos Tour US: Theodosii Spassov, Tatiana Sarbinska and Folk Project Band

Source: All About Jazz
April 30, 2009

Legendary Bulgarian kaval (wooden flute) player Theodosii Spassov is currently touring the USA, offering jazz fans a unique twist on traditional jazz mixed with Bulgarian folklore music. According to Newsweek, Grammy award winning Theodosii “has actually invented a new genre", synthesizing traditional folklore with jazz, fusion and classical music. The Chicago Tribune compares this show to “...a jam between Ian Anderson and Thelonius Monk". Joining Theodosii on his tour is his band of four accomplished musicians and Tatiana Sarbinska - ...

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Sinan Bakir Trio CD Release Party at Szechuan Tokyo - Tonight!

Source: All About Jazz
April 30, 2009

Thursday, April 30, 2009 7:30 pm NO COVER - $10 Minimum THE SINAN BAKIR TRIO Szechuan Tokyo Restaurant 1245 New Britain Avenue West Hartford, CT 06110 860-561-0180

The sound that Sinan is striving for described often as fresh, clean and lively yet intense and full with emotion. Sinan Bakir is hailed not only as a virtuoso player, but also a masterful composer. His album ...

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Firehouse 12 to Present the Michael Attias Quintet May 1st

Source: Improvised Communications
April 30, 2009

On Friday, May 1st, New York-based saxophonist/composer Michael Attias will make his Firehouse 12 debut as part of the venue's ongoing 2009 Spring Jazz Series. Fresh off a two-week stint performing his original live electronic score for the Yale Repertory Theater's production of Dostoevsky's “Notes From The Underground" in late March and early April, Attias will return to New Haven with his new quintet. The group expands his longtime trio, Renku, featuring bassist John Hbert and drummer/percussionist Satoshi Takeishi, to ...

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Barbican Celebrates Moondog

Source: All About Jazz
April 30, 2009

September 8th 2009 will mark the tenth anniversary of the death of Moondog, the blind American musician who for years was a familiar figure on the streets of New York. Moondog was the pseudonym of Louis Hardin, born 1916. From the late 1940s until the 1970s he performed on the streets of New York. Famously, he wore a Viking costume which made him one of the most photographed and familiar urban figures of the period. During his time on the ...

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