Jazz News

"Martino Unstrung" New York Premier at the Rubin Museum on March 15

Source: All About Jazz
March 1, 2009

Martino Unstrung, the exciting film documentary about legendary guitarist Pat Martino, focusing on his brain aneurysm and heroic recovery will have its first New York public screening at the Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th Street in the Chelsea section of Manhattan on Sunday, March 15, 4-6 pm. Tickets cost $20 and can be purchased at the door. This unique and exciting film has been extensively covered on All About Jazz in a review, interviews, and on Martino's AAJ ...

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2009 Playboy Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
March 1, 2009

Line up for the 31st Annual Playboy Jazz Festival

June 13 & 14, 2009 at the Hollywood Bowl, presented in cooperation with the L.A. Philharmonic Association. SATURDAY 13 2:20- 11:00 PM

The Neville Brothers

Remembering the Miles Davis Classic Kind of Blue @50 Jimmy Cobb's So What Band Featuring Wallace Roney, Vincent Herring, Javon Jackson, Larry Willis and Buster Williams.

Summer Storm Starring: Norman Brown, Wayman Tisdale, Eric Darius featuring ...

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Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock & Jack DeJohnette Play UCLA Live

Source: All About Jazz
March 1, 2009

The BBC called the greatest piano trio in contemporary jazz, the jazz trio against which all others are measured.

One night only, Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette play at UCLA's Royce Hall. Wed. March 11th at 8PM.

Monica Mancini the glamorous vocal equivalent to diamonds flashing, says the New York Times, performs Sat. March 21st.

The two time Grammy nominee and her band offer a program of timeless American classics including such signature songs as Moon River and ...

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If I Ran the NEA...

Source: Michael Ricci
March 1, 2009

The slogan of the National Endowment for the Arts is “a great nation deserves great art.”

Were it only that simple.

When Congress voted on President Obama’s $787-billion stimulus package, fiscal conservatives slammed the NEA’s $50-million allocation. It wasn’t the first time the agency, whose 2008 budget was about $144 million, had been thrust under the microscope.

Since awarding its first grant in 1965, the NEA most famously riled opponents in the early 1990s with its plan to award grants ...

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A Precise, but Mirthless, Tribute to ‘Astral Weeks’

Source: Michael Ricci
March 1, 2009

Van Morrison was shouting his way through “A Fool for You” — “Ray Charles!” he yelled after the song’s opening line — when the cord fell out of his microphone, leaving the Irish soul man singing unaided for a brief spell before musing, “We’ll have to do that again, right?”

But even when the mic was rebuilt, he held it far from his mouth, roaring the words while still leaving the audience straining to hear. Everyone in the room was ...

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A New Stage so Local NJ Bands Can Play On

Source: Michael Ricci
March 1, 2009

NO more than 20 minutes into the first of three sets, all 25 round tables in the makeshift coffeehouse were taken, and customers were still streaming through the front door. Children mingled with grown-ups, and happy chatter blended with rock ’n’ roll.

Dozens of musicians are in South Orange and Maplewood, most of whom play for fun when they get home from their day jobs. But these are tough times, and three sites in the area that provided steady weekend ...

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Bill Cunliffe's "The Blues & the Abstract Truth, Take 2" CD Release Party - March 5

Source: All About Jazz
March 1, 2009

Bill Cunliffe “The Blues and the Abstract Truth, Take 2" CD Release Party at April Williams' Upstairs at Vitellos Oliver Nelson (1932-1975) was a saxophonist, arranger, and composer who seemed everywhere in the 1960s. In popular culture, Nelson is best remembered for his television scoring for shows including Ironside, Night Gallery, Columbo, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Bionic Woman and Longstreet. In jazz culture, Nelson is remembered for his masterpiece The Blues And The Abstract Truth (Impulse!, 1961). The ...

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Return to Forever's Reunion Disc Set

Source: All About Jazz
February 28, 2009

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