Jazz News

Lake Tahoe Music Camp for Young Musicians

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2009

The University of Nevada, Reno's 53rd annual Lake Tahoe Music Camp invites student musicians ranging from middle school through high school to participate in an incredible week of music-making and fun in the beautiful setting of Lake Tahoe. Held July 26-Aug. 1, 2009, at the Nevada State 4-H Camp in Stateline, Nev., the overnight camp gives participants the opportunity to participate in concert bands, jazz bands and a variety of wind and percussion chamber ensembles during an action-packed week of ...

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Harris Eisenstadt's March Residency at Brooklyn's Ibeam Continues March 14th

Source: Improvised Communications
March 12, 2009

Drummer/composer Harris Eisenstadt is in residence at Brooklyn's IBeam Music Studio every Saturday night in March at 9:00 p.m.

These are the first-ever performances of his new nonet, Harris Eisenstadt's Woodblock Prints.

The group's music is inspired by depictions of nature found in Japanese woodblock prints, an ancient form of relief printing created from intricately carved wood.

The line-up for this Saturday's performance will be:

Mike Mcginnis, clarinet Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon Jason Mears, alto saxophone

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Jazz Benefit Concert in Annapolis March 28

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2009

OLEG's jazz benefit concert “Georgia On My Mind" features world-renowned pianist Hod O'Brien (www.hodobrien.com) and local pianist Luke Russell. The concert will be held on on March 28th, 2009 at 7pm in FSK Auditorium at St. John’s College. Tickets are $25 at the door and $20 pre-sale, available at jazzforgeorgia.com. The benefits of the concert go to OLEG (Organization for Liberal Education in Georgia) Inc. St. John’s College students founded OLEG to promote lasting change in the nation of Georgia ...

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Willie King Alabama Blues Singer, Guitarist

Source: Michael Ricci
March 11, 2009

Willie King, 65, an Alabama blues singer and guitarist whose career took him from backwoods juke joints to the largest blues festivals in North America and Europe, died Sunday in Alabama.

King had a heart attack at his home in the Old Memphis community of Pickens County near the Mississippi line, said band member Debbie Bond. She said he died on the way to the hospital.

King appeared in the 2003 Martin Scorsese film “Feel Like Going Home" and was ...

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Tullio Pinelli Co-Writer of Fellini Films Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
March 11, 2009

Tullio Pinelli, 100, the Italian screenwriter best known for his close association with director Federico Fellini, died Saturday in Rome, according to European newspapers. The cause of death was not announced.

Working with Fellini, and on occasion Ennio Flaiano, Pinelli co-wrote more than a dozen of Fellini's films, including such legendary works as “La Strada," “La Dolce Vita" and “8 1/2 ."

Four of his films with Fellini were nominated for Academy Awards. He also worked with several other leading ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Festival, April 3 5, 2009 in Downtown Monterey

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
March 11, 2009

Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Festival Hosts Country's Top Young Jazz Musicians April 3 5, 2009 In Downtown Monterey

57 Big Bands, Combos, And Vocal Ensembles From 6 States Compete For Spot On MJF Stages

47 Bands From 14 Counties In California Are Finalists Special Appearances By Student Groups From Japan and England

Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra Members Saxophonist Sherman Irby And Trumpeter Sean Jones Are Artists-In-Residence During NGF

All Competition Events and Activities Open To The ...

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Tamarama Spray of Surf Rock and the Caribbean

Source: Michael Ricci
March 11, 2009

The Australian musicians Jay Lyon and Nicolas Potts, make up the band Tamarama, at Webster Hall on Monday.

The first thing you notice at the Tamarama show is that no one is filming it. Not even a kid on a cellphone. A couple of young folks are shooting stills, anticipating a party that never quite starts, but as the band casually shuffles through its songs at the Studio at Webster Hall on Monday night, you note how much better this ...

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Times Techie Envisions the Future of News

Source: All About Jazz
March 11, 2009

Nick Bilton, an editor in the New York Times research and development lab, doesn't think much of newspaper. In fact, he doesn't even get the Sunday paper delivered to his house.

Thankfully for Bilton and his employer, he's bullish on news. It's just the paper he hates. “Paper is dying, but it's just a device," Bilton told Wired.com ahead of his talk Tuesday at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology conference in San Jose, California. “Replacing it with pixels is a better ...

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