Jazz News

Ascap Pop Music Awards Honor Ann and Nancy Wilson and Other Great Teams

Source: Michael Ricci
April 23, 2009

Why aren't Ann and Nancy Wilson of Heart in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? That question buzzed around my table as rock's champions of powerful sisterhood prepared to accept the Founders Award at Wednesday night's ASCAP Pop Music Awards.

The ceremony, which honors the most performed songs in the performance rights organization's repertory -- this year, Ryan Tedder and Jesse McCartney's “Bleeding Love," as sung by Leona Lewis, took top honors -- united many notables around banquet tables ...

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Catalog Sold

Source: Michael Ricci
April 23, 2009

The estates of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II have sold the rights to the legendary duos songs and musicals

They including South Pacific, The Sound of Music and Oklahoma! to Imagem Music Group, an investment arm of a huge Netherlands-based pension fund, the company announced on Tuesday.

The sale represents a transfer of power over one of Americas most famous song catalogs and the licensing rights for future productions of the musicals, which until now had been controlled by ...

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New CD from Ameranouche Trio

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2009

Ameranouche moves forward as they assemble the bands new original material for the release of their new CD AWAKE.

Featuring 11 tracks, Ameranouches much anticipated second album will be available on May 1st, 2009.

AMERANOUCHE follows the band's format and evolution from its gypsy jazz origins to thecatchy, acoustic originals that grabbed the attention of movie producers, magazine editors andmajor festival circuits.

The new collection includes 10 original songs and an instrumental arrangement of the classic French song, La Foule ...

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Machinegun Release Three Wise Men in a Straightjacket

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2009

MACHINEGRUN - THREE WISE MEN IN A STRAIGHTJACKET (CDR by Insubordinations)

Insubordinations is a Swiss netlabel based in Geneva, focused on experimental music, be it improvised, electro- acoustic or otherwise of a experimental nature. All their releases are available as free downloads. Some of them are released in a limited edition as CDR. This is the case with this new release.

Machine Gun is a trio around composer and multi-instrumentalist John Menoud (alto and barytone saxophones), plus Frdric Berney (bass) ...

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Chris Potter's Underground - New CD Project on Artistshare

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2009

Be a part of Chris Potter's latest CD project on ArtistShare.

As a participant of the Underground Vision project follow Chris Potter as he band travel the world performing the music from their latest CD - Ultrahang. Participants in the project will be the first to receive the CD and gain immediate access to the creative process of the band through exclusive downloads, videos, and photos. You will even be able to receive credit listing on the new recording, and ...

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Lenny Breau & Brad Terry-"Live at the Maine Festival" DVD Video on Art of Life Records

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2009

Lenny Breau & Brad Terry-Live at the Maine Festival Art of Life Records DVD Video Now available.

This rare video performance, which was recorded live at the Maine Festival at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine on August 2nd, 1980, features the only known existing video footage of Lenny Breau playing his acoustic seven-string guitar.

Lenny and Brad perform two popular Jazz standards, “Emily" by Mercer & Mandel and “Autumn Leaves" by Prevert, Mercer & Kosma. The DVD Bonus Features include ...

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Folk Goddess Judy Collins Descends from Her Lofty Pedestal

Source: Michael Ricci
April 23, 2009

Judy Collins in a six-week engagement at Caf Carlyle.

It wasnt always so. But nowadays a Judy Collins concert is a seamless flow of music and storytelling. Alternating between the guitar and the piano, Ms. Collins offers a version of a personal musical history that is too complicated and rich to be covered in a single evening.

On Tuesday night at the Caf Carlyle, where she began a six-week engagement, the emphasis was on her folk-music side, and for more ...

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Maria Neckam Live at the Austrian Cultural Forum NY

Source: All About Jazz
April 23, 2009

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