Jazz News

N.J. Settles with Ticketmaster over Springsteen Tickets

Source: Michael Ricci
February 23, 2009

The New Jersey attorney general's office has reached a settlement with Ticketmaster over the recent sale of tickets to Bruce Springsteen performances in that state, calling for major changes to the way Ticketmaster does business.

The settlement -- announced Monday, a day before hearings open in Washington on the proposed merger between Ticketmaster and Live Nation -- requires Ticketmaster to reform several of its business practices, in particular with regard to its ticket resale operation, TicketsNow.com.

New Jersey Atty. Gen. ...

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Springsteen to Headline Glastonbury

Source: All About Jazz
February 23, 2009

Rocker to play Saturday night main-stage. Organizers say Bruce Springsteen will headline Glastonbury, Britain's leading summer music festival.

Glastonbury chief Michael Eavis says the 59-year-old rocker will play the prestigious Saturday night main-stage slot on June 27. Springsteen is due to play an outdoor concert in London's Hyde Park the next day.

Eavis called The Boss “one of the all-time rock legends."

Glastonbury was founded in 1971 and is held on Eavis' farm in southwest England. It is famous for ...

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Debut CD from Ambience Features Classic Jazz Sounds and Leah Natale on Vocals

Source: All About Jazz
February 23, 2009

SEATTLE, WA - Ambience, a Seattle based Jazz group, has released their debut CD titled, The Second Set. Ordering info and locations can be found on the Ambience website at: ambiencejazz.net The Second Set, features Jazz and Samba classics from the golden era of American music as well as Brazilian and other Latin genres. Ambience, is a Seattle based Jazz group that features Leah Natale on vocals, George Stone on guitar, Burt Boice on bass and Chris Busa on winds. ...

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Andy Hess, Joe Russo, Eric Krasno, Eric Deutsh at Sullivan Hall (NYC) on February 28th

Source: All About Jazz
February 23, 2009

On Saturday, February 28th, Sullivan Hall will be host to a collaboration between some of the music scene's best performers... from jazz, funk, blues and rock! This will be the musicians' first time playing on the same stage, so don't miss it! Eric Krasno (of Soulive, Lettuce) on Guitar Joe Russo (of Benevento/Russo duo) on drums Erik Deutsh (of Charlie Hunter Trio) on keys Andy Hess (ex Govt Mule) on Bass The venue is ...

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Jazz at Chalkers Pub & Bistro (Toronto) This Week, Feb. 23-March 2

Source: All About Jazz
February 23, 2009

Another exciting week of Jazz is coming up at Chalkers Pub & Bistro, 247 Marlee Ave., in Toronto (between Eglinton W. and Lawrence W., one block west of Alle Expressway and around the corner from the Glencairn subway station). Tonight, Monday Feb. 23, the Humber College Jazz Ensemble performs from 7-10. Wednesday is the weekly Girls Night Out Jazz singers jam 8 p.m. till midnight, with host Lisa Particelli and a superb backing band Thursday sees the Latin band Cache ...

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Jazz It up at the Kimmel Center in March and April: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Saxophonist Bobby Watson and Blue Note Records 70th Anniversary Tour

Source: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
February 23, 2009

Formative voices in American jazz come together on the Kimmel Center’s stages in March and April, as performances of timeless works by jazz luminaries share the stage with fresh, new additions to the jazz canon.

Click on the name of the artist below for more information on each Kimmel Center performance:

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with trumpeter-composer Wynton Marsalis delivers an evening of big band standards and newly-commissioned works (Friday, March 20, 2009 at 8pm).

Saxophonist Bobby Watson honors ...

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Trumpeter/Composer Tom Harrell at the Hilton Harrisburg & Towers on March 15th

Source: All About Jazz
February 23, 2009

Renowned Trumpeter and Composer Tom Harrell in Concert

It is with great pride that the Central Pennsylvania Friends of Jazz (CPFJ) welcomes Tom Harrell and his Quintet on Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 5:00 pm at the Hilton Harrisburg & Towers, Second Floor Ballroom, One North Second Street, Harrisburg, PA. Ben Goldsbrough brings the Cedar Cliff High School Jazz Band to open the show.

Tom Harrell was born in Urbana, Illinois and began playing the trumpet at age eight. He ...

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Remembering Monk

Source: Michael Ricci
February 23, 2009

February 18, 1982 Thelonious Monk, Created Wry Jazz Melodies and New Harmonies

Thelonious Monk, the pianist and composer whose wry, angular melodies and unusual harmonic progressions are among the most striking contributions to the jazz repertory, died yesterday in Englewood Hospital in New Jersey at the age of 64. He had suffered a stroke on Feb. 5.

Although Mr. Monk's music was rooted in the stride-piano tradition of Willie (The Lion) Smith, James P. Johnson and Duke Ellington, ...

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