Jazz News

Ticketmaster/Live Nation Merger Could Raise Ticket Prices

Source: All About Jazz
February 9, 2009

Live Nation and Ticketmaster are expected to announce a merger Monday in a deal that could lead to a dramatic change in how event tickets are sold.

From the fixed price norm that often results in quick sellouts for popular shows to an auction-based model that legitimizes what scalpers have always done.

If Live Nation and Ticketmaster merge, the combined entity could bypass the primary ticketing system partially or completely, forcing fans to bid against each other for tickets in ...

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Blossom Dearie a Songwriters Singer Passes

Source: Michael Ricci
February 9, 2009

Blossom Dearie saw herself as a songwriters singer, performing tunes by the great Broadway and Hollywood teams and newer talents like Dave Frishberg.

The singer and songwriter whose sweet soprano voice, harmonically innovative piano stylings and sophisticated performances made her a popular attraction in jazz and cabaret for nearly half a century, Blossom Dearie has died. She was 82.

Dearie died Saturday morning at her home in New York City, her manager Donald Schaffer told The Times. He said she ...

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Ghostlight Nabs 1st Grammy for 'In the Heights' OCR

Source: Seth Cohen PR
February 9, 2009

GRAMMY WIN! Ghostlight Celebrates First-Ever Grammy, as IN THE HEIGHTS OCR Nabs Best Musical Show Album

Ghostlight Records is proud to announce their first-ever Grammy Award, as their acclaimed double-CD OCR for IN THE HEIGHTS took home the 2009 GRAMMY for Best Musical Show Album. The win capped a dominant year for Ghostlight Records, as well as for In The Heights (already a Tony Award Winner for Best Musical and Best Score).

Ghostlight Records released the OCR on June 3rd, ...

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Michele Rosewoman Performs in the Bay Area

Source: All About Jazz
February 9, 2009

Michele Rosewoman returns to the Bay Area for a series of trio performances -- featuring drummer Eddie Marshall and bassist Glenn Richman -- on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at Chez Hanny in San Francisco and on Sunday, March 1, 2009 at The Jazz School in Berkeley.

In addition, Michele will lead a jazz piano master class at The Jazz School on Sunday, March 1, 2009. This unique 3-part workshop, open to the public, will cover Integrating the Hands, Voicings, and ...

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In a Whisper... Between Ambient and Jazz, a Love Call

Source: BlueGal 110
February 9, 2009

In music, as in life, a fortuitous encounter can generate a spark of poetry. This is what happened between Gino Fioravanti (at the piano) and Mirko Fait (at the soprano saxophone). To bring together these two artists was John Toso (co-author of the pieces) who skilfully led the two musicians on parallel paths. The evanescent notes and the relaxing, almost hypnotic, melodies played by Fioravanti on a grand piano Steinway, intertwine the smooth sound of a soprano saxophone which, although ...

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Transvalue - Book III CD - Available Now

Source: All About Jazz
February 9, 2009

Book III, the latest from Transvalue features the genre-bending, improvisationally-friendly compositions of trombonist/composer Michael Vlatkovich (Vinny Golia, Rob Blakeslee) that support, surround and interact with the writings and vocal performances of spoken word artist, Chuck Britt. Recorded and produced by drummer/percussionist, David Crigger (Don Ellis, Passport), Book III is the next step in Transvalue’s ongoing exploration of the inner depths of human interaction and the outer reaches of jazz... and where both come together as one. Transvalue – Book III’s ...

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Youtube, Tell Us of This Thing Called 'Internet'

Source: All About Jazz
February 9, 2009

Found footage offers a veritable smorgasbord of geeky trivia about the Web provide an always-amusing, often startling picture of how we used to be.

YouTube is awesome. But you know that. Its the repository for the flotsam and Jetsons of popular culture, an outlet for teen ennui, some of the longest Rick-rolling practical jokes, and every so often, a showcase for genuine talent. It also contains hours of amazing found footage, a veritable smorgasbord of geeky trivia.

Once relegated to ...

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Warsaw Village Band to Release 'Infinity' in April

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
February 9, 2009

The James Brown of the Carpathians, the Ghostly Voice of Krakow, and New Warsaw Soul: Warsaw Village Band Imagines the Limitless Future of Polish Music on Infinity

When you think of music from “other places," you either picture bands playing local traditional music or playing some form of global pop in their native language. But Warsaw Village Band, on their latest album Infinity (Barbes Records; April 7th), is forging a little-known third path for musicians “from somewhere else," from the ...

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