Jazz News

Celebrate Black History Month From Motown to Modern Day

Source: Universal Music Enterprises
February 28, 2009

To honor Black History Month and to celebrate the legacy of Motown, Stax, and Chess Records, Universal Music Group Distribution has launched several promotions. An amazing flyaway sweepstakes for a musical experience of a lifetime! click here Exclusive one of a kind painting! Customers who buy any Motown, Stax, or Chess CD at participating stores get a free limited edition commemorative poster. The poster is a reproduction of a one of a kind, commissioned, watercolor painting created by CA artist ...

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Enter the Songlines Recordings "Brad Shepik - Human Activity Suite" Giveaway Contest

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2009

All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Songlines Recordings “Brad Shepik - Human Activity Suite“ giveaway contest starting today. We'll select FIVE winners at the conclusion of the contest on March 29th. Click here to enter the contest

(Following Brad Shepik at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.)

Good luck! Your Friends at Songlines Recordings

“The well-traveled Shepik has drawn on his knowledge of various indigenous musics to construct the stages on which ...

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Seabreeze Jazz Festival to Heat up Northwest Florida's Gulf Coast

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2009

Jazz-lovers and sun-seekers across the nation are getting ready to “shake off those winter blues"--with a remedy of white sands, beautiful water, and the best in smooth contemporary jazz. The coastal beach setting of the Pier Park Amphitheater in Panama City Beach will “come alive" as the 2009 ResortQuest Seabreeze Jazz Festival makes it way to this exciting new location on April 16th-19th. Known as the ULTIMATE weekend in smooth--The ResortQuest Seabreeze Jazz Festival in 2008 celebrated its 10th Anniversary. ...

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Ada Rovatti CD Release: "Green Factor"

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2009

Green Factor is a unique recording with a melting pot of Irish, Celtic, jazz and fusion influences with strong harmonies and sophisticated arrangements. Green Factor Tracks: The Kerry Dance The Green Factor Oh Corko Mio I Lost My Wisdom Oh Danny Boy The Untold Story Somewhere Over The Rainbow Wild Colonial Boy Peter Pan Your Highness Personnel: Ada Rovatti: tenor and soprano saxophones, Christian Howes: violin, George Colligan: piano & Fender Rhodes, Janek Gwizdala: electric bass, Obed Calvaire: Drums. Special ...

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Playboy Jazz Fest Announces Lineup

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2009

Quincy Jones had a twofold purpose in taking the podium at Wednesday's announcement of the 31st annual Playboy Jazz Festival.

First he continued his advocacy for a secretary of the arts Cabinet position; second he introduced 23-year-old Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, whom he has taken under his wing over the past few years.

Rodriguez, who performed two tunes at the Playboy Mansion Wednesday, will make his highest profile appearance since defecting to the U.S. last year on the festival's second ...

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Kansas City Jazz Orchestra to Present "Celebrating Kansas City"

Source: Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
February 27, 2009

The music of Basie, Brookmeyer, Bird and others. With a special appearance by the vocal quartet, the Wild Women of Kansas City FRIDAY April 3rd – 8:00 PM Folly Theater 12th and Central KCMO SATURDAY April 4 –8:00PM Olathe Northwest High School Concert Auditorium 21300 College Boulevard Olathe, Kansas 66061 The Kansas City Jazz Orchestra, under the direction of Jim ...

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The Beatles’ Experimental “Revolution 1 (Take 20)” Surfaces

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2009

Beatles fans still patiently waiting for Paul McCartney to release the band’s 1967 sound collage “Carnival of Light” were surprised by an even better gift this weekend as a 10-minute version of The White Album’s “Revolution 1″ leaked onto the internet

Giving fans a never-before-heard listen of what the White Album sessions must have been like. The track makes it clear why seemingly unrelated “Revolution 1″ and the maniacal “Revolution 9″ sound collage share the same name: In “Revolution 1 ...

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Ticketmaster Ceo Cries Uncle

Source: All About Jazz
February 27, 2009

CEO Amenable to Sale of TicketsNow Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc would be amenable to selling troublesome subsidiary TicketsNow, Ticketmaster Chief Executive Irving Azoff told a congressional panel, which seemed skeptical of a proposed merger with concert promoter Live Nation Inc.

Azoff, who came to Ticketmaster four months ago, had previously said he disagreed with the decision to buy TicketsNow.

Fans of Bruce Springsteen who signed on to Ticketmaster earlier this month to buy concert tickets were told that ...

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