Jazz News

The Necks at Redcat in Los Angeles on February 19th

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2009

"Entirely new and entirely now... The Necks' music is a thrilling journey into the unknown..." --The Guardian One of the great left-field cult bands working today, the trio from Sydney delivers a post-jazz, post-rock, post-everything sonic experience that has few parallels anywhere. Pianist Chris Abrahams, drummer Tony Buck and bassist Lloyd Swanton have earned plenty of adulation for their truly unique improvisational pieces that unwind repeating musical figures in tantalizing fashion, usually underpinned by an insistent deep groove. The players, ...

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Mason Gross School of the Arts Mid-Atlantic Band Festival

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2009

Mason Gross School of the Arts Department of Music to present Mid-Atlantic Wind Band Festival

First-time event to host high school wind ensembles

New Brunswick, NJ -- The Department of Music at Mason Gross School of the Arts will host the first Mid-Atlantic Honors Wind Band Festival Thursday, February 26 and Friday, February 27, 2009.

Announcements of the event were sent to over 400 band directors from Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, inviting ensembles to ...

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Jazz at the Baird Presents Antoinette Montague Quartet

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2009

Jazz at The Baird presents jazz vocalist Antoinette Montague Quartet on Saturday, February, 28 at 8:00pm. The first of a four concert series held the last Saturday of each month, this event brings jazz greats up-close and personal Montagues first CD Pretty Blues combines passion and sophistication, making every song sound fresh, infectious and topical. Released in 2006, it has received high praise from both musicians and critics alike. A review by The Portland Observer states, Her ability to both ...

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Hilario Duran & Havana Remembered Orquestra Latin Jazz Band at Chalkers Pub on February 19

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2009

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Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers Nightclub Sounds Including Schubert

Source: Michael Ricci
February 5, 2009

Ever in search of new audiences to convert, classical music has lately beaten a path to the nightclub with increasing frequency, to varying results.

For many young, eclectic composers and performers whose work deals in amplification, electronics and pop-music borrowings, a chatty crowd and the clink of beer bottles is familiar territory. But those same ambient noises can play havoc with a more conventional performance, especially in music reliant on a delicate balance of acoustic instruments.

The violinist Anne Akiko ...

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David Binney Releases "Third Occasion" with Scott Colley, Brian Blade and Craig Taborn

Source: Two for the Show Media
February 5, 2009

David Binney Third Occasion Mythology Records CD Release: January 28th, 2009 David Binney: Alto Saxophone Scott Colley: Acoustic Bass Brian Blade: Drums Craig Taborn: Acoustic Piano Brass Section: Ambrose Akinmusire: Trumpet Brad Mason: Trumpet, Flugelhorn Corey King: Trombone Andy Hunter: Trombone About Dave Binney Acclaimed as a considerable and highly individual compositional talent, saxophonist Dave Binney is one ...

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Edition Records Signs Deal for Their UK Distribution with Harmonia Mundi

Source: All About Jazz
February 5, 2009

2008 proved to be a very successful first year for Edition Records. Following a sequence of critically acclaimed, beautifully produced and packaged CD’s from Dave Stapleton, Matthew Bourne, Bourne Davis Kane, Paula Gardiner and Kevin Figes, 2009 looks even better with the first 3 releases of 2009 including Geoff Eales' new album with Chris Laurence and Martin France, Dave Kane's Rabbit Project and a new album from the Mark Lockheart Group. In early January 2009 New Note, one of the ...

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Miles Davis Quintet Concert from Fillmore East 1970

Source: All About Jazz
February 4, 2009

Wolfgang's Vault, the online archive of concert recordings and memorabilia, now available on iPhone app announces today the posting of a rare Miles Davis Quintet show from 1970. The summary of the concert available right now for free streaming at wolfgangsvault.com. Performers Miles Davis - trumpet Wayne Shorter - tenor and soprano saxophones Chick Corea - electric piano Dave Holland - bass Jack DeJohnette - drums Airto Moreira ...

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