Jazz News

DHR Music Names Bill Neale Director of Client and Artist Relations

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2009

DHR Music, a premier dealer for Benedetto, Breedlove and Hamer Guitars and Henriksen JazzAmps, welcomes guitarist Bill Neale as Director of Client and Artist Relations. “Bill is an accomplished musician and businessman who brings many years of expertise as an award-winning guitarist as well as more than 20 years of sales management.He will be a great asset to the company," said Dale Rabiner, DHR's President. Bill Neale took to the guitar very early on and by the age of 18 ...

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Wynonna Judd at Club Nokia

Source: Michael Ricci
February 20, 2009

The singer only rarely shows her true self in song.

Wynonna Judd (like any good diva, she dispenses with the surname career-wise) knows how to cover the musical bases, and there's no question that remarkable voice of hers can handle country, pop balladry, rocking blues, soul and gospel.

So how is it that as she approaches 45, a milestone she mentioned several times during her first concert of the year at Club Nokia on Thursday, she still hasn't developed into ...

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Dominick Farinacci's "Lovers, Tales & Dances" Released February 24th

Source: Susan Blond, Inc.
February 20, 2009

Young Trumpeter Poised To Help Shape Next Generation Of Jazz Artistry U.S. Debut Lovers, Tales & Dances In Stores February 24, 2009 (E1 Music) New U.S. Tour Dates Announced “Dominick's tone shines...he is reminiscent of Clifford Brown and Miles Davis." --Russ Titelman February 20, 2009 (New York, NY) -- Fresh off two sold out concerts at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola (Jazz @ Lincoln Center), young trumpeter Dominick Farinacci is set to release his highly anticipated debut U.S. album, Lovers, Tales ...

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Andrew D’Angelo Fractured Free Jazz at Vanguard

Source: Michael Ricci
February 20, 2009

Andrew D’Angelo’s new band is called Gay Disco Trio, which sounds funny and is at first misleading. It makes lean, rickety explosions for saxophone, bass and drums: not exactly dance music.

Sometimes, in its gig on Wednesday night at the Tea Lounge in Park Slope, Brooklyn, it sounded a little like a scaled-down version of Prime Time, Ornette Coleman’s band from the 1980s, but with more aggression and tension and repetition.

It also sounded curious and thrill-seeking. If the name ...

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Grammy Winning Composer Billy Childs Launches "Jazz Chamber Music Vol. 2" Project!

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2009

Get an inside look into Grammy award winning composer Billy Childs creative process as it unfolds during the creation of his latest recording - Jazz Chamber Music Vol. 2. Participants will have the unique opportunity to experience the artistic world of Billy Childs through the work and words of the musician himself as it happens. Highlights: Access to the complete ArtistShare project experience Receive prominent ArtistShare credit listing on the new recording Get an inside look into Billy Childs' creative ...

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George Kahn at the Jazz Bakery on March 4th: Quartet Features Guitarist Pat Kelley

Source: Imaginary Friends
February 20, 2009

West Coast Jazz Pianist, George Kahn, will be appearing at The Jazz Bakery on Wednesday evening, March 4th with sets at 8:00 PM and 9:30 PM. Joining him on stage will be MB Gordy (drums), Karl Vincent (bass) and Pat Kelley (guitar).

Pat Kelley has recorded eight CD's as a leader, toured in more than thirty countries as a performer, worked as a Los Angeles studio guitarist on hundreds of sessions for records, television, commercials, and motion pictures, and composed ...

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Blind Boys of Alabama on Gospel Music Channel

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2009

Gospel Music Channel (http://www.gospelmusicchannel.com) television network will give viewers an exclusive sneak preview of the new concert DVD release from the legendary group The Blind Boys of Alabama when it world premieres Live in New Orleans on Monday, Feb 23 at 8:00 pm Eastern Time (encore at 11:30 pm.). The concert DVD of Live in New Orleans hits stores the next day, Feb. 24 via Saguaro Road Records (www.saguaroroad.com).

Live In New Orleans was filmed at the city's historic club ...

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White House Line-up for Stevie Wonder "Gershwin Prize" PBS Special

Source: All About Jazz
February 20, 2009

PBS STATIONS TO BROADCAST STEVIE WONDER IN PERFORMANCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GERSHWIN PRIZE

Stevie Wonder In Performance at the White House: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize will showcase an evening of celebration with President and Mrs. Obama at the White House in honor of musician Stevie Wonder's receipt of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The sixty-minute program, to be taped by WETA Washington, DC, airs Thursday, February 26, 2009, at ...

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