Jazz News

Nat King Cole is Reinterpreted on 'Re: Generations'

Source: Michael Ricci
March 17, 2009

The Roots, Cut Chemist, will.i.am, TV on the Radio and others take on the singer's hits. Carole Cole says her late father 'would be excited about this.' It was 50 years ago that Nat King Cole went to Brazil and was greeted with staggering street-side ovations. “There was so much affection, it's hard to describe what it was like," said Carole Cole, one of the late singer's daughters. “It was almost like the entire population of Rio de Janeiro turned ...

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50 Ways to Improve Your Life: Watch Let It Be

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2009

Watch the Beatles Let It Be The documentary/concert film captures the Fab Four’s final public performance 40 years ago

Almost 40 years ago, in 1969, the Beatles trooped to the rooftop of their Savile Row studio and treated the people of London's finance and tailoring district to their last public performance. The Fab Four was at the end of a film project and needed some live footage to cap the movie. Other venues were suggested, including a Roman ...

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50 Ways to Improve Your Life: Build Your Brand Online

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2009

Use the Internet to Advance Your Career Building your “brand” online can make you a more valuable employee

Self-branding may seem like a useless buzz-phrase better suited to Donald Trump, particularly given that you're just trying to lay low and hang on to your job until the recession is over.

But personal branding guru Dan Schawbel, author of the upcoming book Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success, says it can be even more important ...

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Harry Connick Jr. Among Those Honored at Tulane

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2009

Musician and actor Harry Connick Jr., HIV co-discoverer Franoise Barr- Sinoussi, health care advocate Jessie Gruman and architect William McDonough will receive honorary degrees at Tulane University's 2009 Commencement, May 16 at 9 a.m. in the Louisiana Superdome.

The commencement marks the departure of Tulane's “Katrina Class," those students who were Tulane freshmen for only a few hours before they were forced to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall August 29, 2005, devastating the city of New Orleans ...

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The Henry Grimes/ Marc Ribot Duo Live at the Rubin Museum NYC

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 17, 2009

The Henry Grimes/ Marc Ribot Duo will be performing in concert at The Rubin Museum in NYC on March 27th, 2009 at 7:00PM as part of the 2009 Winter/Spring Harlem in the Himalayas Series.

Henry Grimes - Bass Marc Ribot- Guitar

Henry Grimes has played 58 concerts with the extraordinary Marc Ribot in the last five years in duo, trio, and quartet formations in 16 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, ...

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Lori Jenaire is Climbing R&B Jazz Charts with "California Dreamin' "

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2009

R&B and Jazz singer Lori Jenaire has taken the jazz world by storm with her remake of the Mamas and Papa’s smash California Dreamin. Since Fruitions release three weeks ago, she has consistently been on the R&R Jazz Indicator charts steadily climbing from her debut at #26. Currently, Jenaire is currently #7 on the Smooth Jazz.com indie chart with numbers of spins reaching 200.

Radio & Records Magazines Carole Archer describes Jenaires California Dreamin as (a) swingin sultry version, (that) ...

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Leroy Jones on Abc26/Wgno's "Good Morning New Orleans"

Source: Spirit Of New Orleans Productions
March 17, 2009

Leroy Jones will be performing on ABC26/WGNO's “Good Morning New Orleans" show tomorrow morning Wednesday March 18 between 6:15 and 7:00 AM. The band will consist of Leroy Jones, Todd Duke, Mitchell Player, and Bunchy Johnson and they will be performing songs from Leroy's new album “Sweeter Than A Summer Breeze". The CD was released on Valentine's Day 2009 and has received a lot of positive attention all around the world.

Leroy Jones has been a central figure in New ...

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Marco Benevento at SXSW / New Tour Dates

Source: Calabro Music
March 17, 2009

MARCO BENEVENTO Appearing “Live" @ SXSW Friday, March 20 @ The Elephant Room | 11:40 PM

Brooklyn-based pianist and sonic explorer Marco Benevento first came to national attention as one half of the NYC downtown experimental noisemakers, The Benevento-Russo Duo. Over the last two years, however, he's been turning heads with his post-jazz trio that merges indie pop melody obsession with fierce improvisations and a wide-eyed pursuit of analog-drenched aural texture. His new LP Me Not Me focuses its attention ...

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