Jazz News

New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival

Source: Michael Ricci
April 25, 2009

Henry Butler, Donald Harrison, Wynton Marsalis and more

The older he gets, the more New Orleans pianist Henry Butler resembles Professor Longhair. When Butler, now 59, performed Friday, the opening day of this year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, his tall, lanky frame, bald, narrow head and wraparound sunglasses gave him the gaunt look of Henry Roeland Byrd, the musician immortalized as Professor Longhair (or Fess).

And when Butler started rattling his Roland electric piano with two-fisted chords, adding ...

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New Release by Tom Hamilton/Bruce Eisenbeil

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2009

SHADOW MACHINE April 2009 Release

SHADOW MACHINE is the first CD by Tom Hamilton and Bruce Eisenbeil, whobegan playing music together in 2007. Coherence without predictability,speed without tempo, direction without a roadmap - an unlikely foray intothe world of out-jazz and free improvisation.

It's a duo that thwarts expectations of its specific instrumentation. The artists hybridize the language of electronic sound through Eisenbeil's guitar and Hamilton's virtual analog synthesizer, and the live-in-the-studio tracks insure that the performances impart maximum physicality ...

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Ray Charles' 'A Message from the People' Album to be Reissued by Concord Records May 5th

Source: conqueroo
April 25, 2009

Ray Charles's Message From The People to be reissued for the first time by Concord Records, May 5th

Originally released on Ray’s Tangerine label in 1972, this concept album includes his classic, unforgettable version of “America the Beautiful".

It was 1972, the turbulent 60's were winding down, and the music world was about to fork off in several directions: the Soft Rock of James Taylor and Carole King, the Outlaw Country of Waylon and Willie and soon . . . ...

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Lou Reed Performed with His Metal Machine Trio, at the Blender Theater at Gramercy

Source: Michael Ricci
April 25, 2009

All Those Sounds From the Stage: Processed, and Not Always Pretty

It was good to have this Lou Reed back: not an American Master nor a Legend of Rock, but a barking, brooding, beneficial irritant. On Thursday night at the Blender Theater at Gramercy, onstage between Sarth Calhoun and Ulrich Krieger, two much younger musicians, he was making noise improvised, loud, heavily processed, and some of it ugly enough to make people leave.

Not many, though. There were extra-musical reasons ...

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Jazzism (a Katzpheno Mix) Returns!

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2009

The long awaited return of Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) to the worldwide web starts Friday 04/24/09! After an unscheduled month long interruption the 60 minute Jazz music podcast critics agree is a must listen has returned.

This episode features “nothing but the best that the world has to offer in Jazz music..." All true Jazz Lovers beware....host Brian Phoenix is ready to take the Jazz Radio world by storm.

Log onto www.hardjazz.podomatic.com every Friday for new updated programming....we gonna keep ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York May 2009 Issue Now Available!

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2009

By now baseball season is in full swing, if you pardon the pun. And it is taking place in two brand new stadiums. Now don’t forget that you as taxpayers helped finance these sporting cathedrals. No one asked you and good luck getting tickets to any of the games. For those that believe in karma, a big drain of this precious commodity has occurred. In order to restore some balance to the universe, support an activity that takes place far ...

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Mike Baggetta Quartet CD Release Concert at Cornelia Street Cafe

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2009

Come celebrate the release of Small Spaces - the debut recording from the Mike Baggetta Quartet - on Fresh Sound New Talent Records.

Copies of the CD will be available.

Mike Baggetta - Guitar Jason Rigby - Saxophone Eivind Opsvik - Bass George Schuller - Drums

Sunday April 26th 8.30pm @ Cornelia Street Cafe

Winner of the 2009 ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Awards

As he demonstrates on his solid new ...

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Dorothy Masuka, Paulina Oduro, Wendell Richardson & Ray Carless + DJS

Source: Outerglobe
April 25, 2009

The legendary DOROTHY MASUKA is coming into her own.

She wrote the song that made Miriam Makeba, the no 1 hit 'Pata Pata' and Hugh Masekela's 'Khauleza' and she's Nelson Mandela's favourite musician. 'Auntie Dot' has a fabulous repertoire from township jazz to Afro classics with the occasional awesome acapella number thrown in.

PAULINA ODURO aka PRINCESS ADWOA is well known for her vocals with Alfred Bannerman and fronting many a fine African or Reggae Band. Paulina Oduro comes into ...

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