Jazz News

Dominic Amato Releases 'Fresh from the Groove' with Nugroove

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
March 15, 2009

Saxophonist Dominic Amato Releases Fresh from the Groove Produced by Grammy Award Winner Michael Broening

Young talent is the lifeblood of the contemporary jazz scene. Most will attempt to emulate those that have gone before them. Only a brave few will risk it all and dare to create music that defines the future...

nuGroove Records is proud to introduce a rising star - saxophonist Dominic Amato and his Fresh from the Groove CD (released 2/09). Fresh from the Groove is ...

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DSO Moves to the Beat with Bolero

Source: All About Jazz
March 15, 2009

>B>The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) will bookend its Bolro concerts later this month with mesmerizing Ravel masterpieces Suite No. 2 from Daphnis et Chlo and Bolro.

Conducted by rising star Susanna Mlkki, the concerts will also feature pianist Peter Serkin playing Stravinsky's Movements for Piano and Orchestra and Messiaen's Couleurs de la Cit Celeste.

Concerts are sponsored by JPMorgan Chase and take place Friday March 27 at 10:45 am Saturday March 28 at 8:30 p.m.

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Morse Theatre Operators, Owners Strike Deal to Remain Open

Source: All About Jazz
March 15, 2009

The music may keep playing at the Morse Theatre.

An agreement in principle has been struck between the firm that has operated the refurbished Morse since October and the owners of the building.

The two parties fell into a dispute last month over operation of the facility, which opened in October to critical acclaim, after a multimillion-dollar restoration. The theater's operators— Rogers Park Entertainment Ventures Inc.—said last month that the theater might be shuttered.

Instead, 86th Ohio LLC—a corporation based ...

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Sparrow Solo Piano CD Release at Katerina's

Source: All About Jazz
March 15, 2009

Katerinas, Saturday, April 4, 2009 6:30 9:00 PM $5 Cover / 773-348-7592 1920 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, IL 60613 www.katerinas.com

Southport Records presents a NEW series of events at Katerinas on the first Saturday of every month, beginning on April 4th with a CD Release Party from label founder/pianist/composer Bradley Parker- Sparrow. The early evening sets will present a mix of artists from the label roster, featuring avant garde, classical and new music. ...

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Many See Privacy on Web as Big Issue

Source: Michael Ricci
March 15, 2009

As arguments swirl over online privacy, a new survey indicates the issue is a dominant concern for Americans.

More than 90 percent of respondents called online privacy a “really” or “somewhat” important issue, according to the survey of more than 1,000 Americans conducted by TRUSTe, an organization that monitors the privacy practices of Web sites of companies like I.B.M., Yahoo and WebMD for a fee.

When asked if they were comfortable with behavioral targeting — when advertisers use a person’s ...

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Last Night at the Beacon with the Allman Brothers

Source: All About Jazz
March 15, 2009

As the Allman Brothers Band get more comfortable in New York’s Beacon Theatre, their home for the rest of March, more friends are stopping by each night to jam.

Last night’s show upped the ante with living legend Buddy Guy, who led the band through a pair of blues standards before being joined onstage by Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell of Phish for first set-closer “Southbound.” Fresh off their highly successful reunion shows, Anastasio and McConnell later added their own ...

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Do You Have Philip Glass in a Box?

Source: Michael Ricci
March 15, 2009

First there was the demise of Tower Records. Now the two Virgin Megastores in New York, in Times Square and Union Square, will close this spring. The future of the recording industry lies with downloading, trends suggest. It is not hard to find music lovers in their 20s who have never bought a physical CD.

Yet recording companies, especially classical ones, continue to churn out CDs, and not just single discs but multidisc boxed sets. To commemorate the centennial of ...

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A String Quartet That Can Easily Morph into a Jazz Band

Source: Michael Ricci
March 15, 2009

On its Web site the Ebne Quartet has all the usual things, from a biography and a touring schedule to music clips and an estimable repertory list, as well as a link to The Other Ebne.

Click on it, and you will find recordings of the groups improvisations on jazz standards and a Bruce Springsteen song, and a YouTube clip showing this young Parisian string quartet tearing its way through Misirlou from Pulp Fiction.

The Ebne players had it both ...

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