Jazz News

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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Chick Corea and John McLaughlin at Jazz at Lincoln Center - April 23-25

Source: All About Jazz
March 11, 2009

Jazz at Lincoln Center presents the all-star Five Peace Band with legendary pianist-composer Chick Corea and influential guitarist John McLaughlin in their long-awaited Rose Theater debut.

Working together for the first time since the days of Miles Davis Bitches Brew-era band over 40 years ago, this newly created band includes saxophonist Kenny Garrett, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade.

Expect an eclectic night of highly creative music; from a nod to Miles to intimate duets, intricate acoustic jazz to ...

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Snooks Eaglin's "Baby, You Can Get Your Gun" Album to be Reissued on Hep Cat Through Collectors' Choice

Source: conqueroo
March 11, 2009

Eaglin is accompanied by Fats Domino’s rhythm section plus David Lastie, Ron Levy and Ronnie Earl on his first Black Top album

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Snooks Eaglin, the legendary New Orleans blues and R&B singer and guitarist, passed away on February 18 of this year. That city’s Offbeat magazine described him as “a one-of-a-kind guitar player who could play an unbelievable run with his amazing (seemingly double-jointed) fingers in a repertoire that ranged from Beethoven to R&B; thus his ...

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Alice Tully Hall's Makeover Resounds

Source: Michael Ricci
March 11, 2009

At a time when the moneyed life in New York feels as if it is being sucked into the sewers, the reopening of Alice Tully Hall, the chamber music venue at Lincoln Center, feels like an eddy in the stream.

After the hall had been caged for almost two years by scaffolding and heavy equipment, the cranes and construction workers finally vanished last month, and a landmark was reborn.

The makeover of the concert hall and of the building ...

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Chicago Composers Big Band, Directed by Thomas Matta at The Jazz Showcase on March 16-18

Source: All About Jazz
March 11, 2009

The Jazz Showcase Historic Dearborn Station 806 S. Plymouth Court Chicago, IL jazzshowcase.com Monday March 16 Tuesday March 17 Wednesday March 18 8:00 and 10:00 pm REEDS: John Wojciechowski, Nick Mazzarella, Chris Madsen, Greg Ward, Mark Colby, Dan Nicholson, Jerry DiMuzio. TRUMPETS: Joey Tartell, BJ Levy, Bob Lark, Rob Parton, Marques Carroll. TROMBONES: Scott Bentall, Joel Adams, Tom Garling, Tom Matta. RHYTHM: Scott Hesse, ...

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Beat Kaestli @ Cachaca (NYC) March 17th on March 17th at 7:30/9PM

Source: All About Jazz
March 11, 2009

BEAT KAESTLI QUARTET @ CACHACA JAZZ CLUB, NYC

Before heading out on my his second tour to Mexico BEAT KAESTLI premiers his new French Music project at Cachaca Jazz Club on MARCH 17TH, featuring PAUL MEYERS, ARIA HENDRICKS and MAGOS HERRERA.

He’ll also include some great new American Standards and songs from his upcoming release “Far From Home – A Tribute to European Song” in his sets.

BEAT KAESTLI QUARTET @ CACHACA JAZZ CLUB, NYC feat. Paul Meyers ...

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Twenty Five Radio Stations Add 'Triptych. Shulgin's Songbook' in February

Source: MusicDish Network
March 11, 2009

As a result of AirPlay Direct's selection of Russian Composer Alexander Shulgin as their Marquee Artist for the month of February, twenty five radio programmers and DJs downloaded tracks from the 3- album compilation “Triptych. Shulgin's Songbook" for airplay in over eight states and eight nations in three different continents. The jazz compilation, being released by Familia Entertainment, was initially made available to broadcasters/webcasters through AirPlay Direct in anticipation of its distribution to major online retailers through The Orchard in ...

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Katherine Farnham Appears on European Compilation CD

Source: All About Jazz
March 11, 2009

LOS ANGELES, CA - Recording Artist and Singer/Songwriter/Pianist Katherine Farnham appears on the AIM 2009 Compilation CD with her hot new jazz/pop track Chemistry. Katherine was chosen out of over four thousand artists for one of 15 CD slots. The compilation was created for the Amsterdam Innovation Motor Convention, a foundation that supports innovative companies in the Netherlands. The CD was compiled by Amsterdam-based Tribe of Noise. Katherine is a gifted and dynamic artist whose style has been described as ...

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