Jazz News

Mark Mullins & Jimmy Robinson at the Carrollton Station in New Orleans on January 30th

Source: All About Jazz
January 28, 2009

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Karsh Kale, Vijay Iyer and Ustad Shujaat Khan Together for One Evening

Source: All About Jazz
January 28, 2009

Contemporary Percussion Master Karsh Kale and Sitar Star Ustad Shujaat Khan Collaborate in a Genre-Busting Evening of Great Music

Saturday, March 7 at 9 p.m.: Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall

Jazz Pianist VIJAY IYER and Electric Bassist JONATHAN MARON Join Them For “Opening Nights Festival" Concert Celebrating the Re-opening of Alice Tully Hall

South Asian music innovatorsmaster percussionist, tabla-player/DJ/ remix artist/producer Karsh Kale and jazz pianist/composer Vijay Iyer get together with North Indian master sitarist Ustad Shujaat Khan and electric ...

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Jazz Legends Highlight 2009 Freihofer's Jazz Festival on June 27 & 28

Source: All About Jazz
January 28, 2009

Festival Highlights include Patti LaBelle, George Benson, Gary Burton Quartet featuring Pat Metheny, Kind of Blue @ 50 Tribute to Miles Davis, Time Out @ 50 with Dave Brubeck Saratoga Springs, NY (January 28, 2009) - Saratoga Performing Arts Center announced that its 32nd Annual Freihofer's Jazz Festival will feature performances by Patti LaBelle, George Benson, Gary Burton Quartet featuring Pat Metheny and a celebration of Miles Davis' seminal album, Kind of Blue by jazz great Jimmy Cobb who was ...

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In Search of the Lost Riddim: The Jamaican Jazz Connection on February 26

Source: All About Jazz
January 28, 2009

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR JAZZ STUDIES IN COLLABORATION WITH HARLEM STAGE PRESENTS... In Search of the Lost Riddim: The Jamaican Jazz Connection Featuring Cedric Brooks (saxophone), Ernest Ranglin (guitar), Orville Hammond (piano), Wayne Batchelor (string bass), Desmond Jones (drums), Cecil Sonny Bradshaw (trumpet & piano), Larry McDonald (conga), and Douglas Ewart (reeds & percussion) Thursday, February 26, 2009 Conversation at 6:00 pm Concert at 7:30pm Harlem Stage @ Aaron Davis Hall

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Vibrato Grill Jazz...Etc. Present Corky Hale and Her Jazz Trio

Source: All About Jazz
January 28, 2009

Vibrato Grill JazzEtc. Presents

CORKY HALE, Jazz Pianist, Harpist and Vocalist and Her Jazz Trio Featuring Jazz Guitarist, JOHN CHIODINI

Vibrato Grill JazzEtc. 2930 N. Beverly Glen Circle; Bel Air, CA 90077-1724 Sunday, March 1, 2009 from 6:30 9:30 p.m.

“More than a triple threat!" --The Los Angeles Times

“A musical tornado. A performance of cyclonic proportions!" --San Francisco Examiner

“Jazz harpist/pianist Corky Hale is a considerable talent! Hale proves the harp can swing...Hales harp is ...

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Snark the Web and Woes of Journalism

Source: Michael Ricci
January 28, 2009

In his new book, Snark, David Denby dons a lab coat and rubber gloves and plays taxonomist with the kind of odious and repellent writing the Web has come to produce in such volume.

Denby, who is a film critic for the New Yorker, makes a point that many online readers might readily agree with: Theres a lot of writing out there thats pointlessly mean, cheap, empty and thoughtless and its getting old.

But the book goes further, suggesting that ...

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The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age

Source: Michael Ricci
January 28, 2009

Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age' by Steve Knopper. By ignoring online opportunities and clinging to its big-brother ways, labels find themselves lost in a new world.

Few industries inspire more enmity than the record business. It's been tainted since the birth of rock, with transgressions that include payola, greed, a reactionary aversion to technology and a plantation mentality toward its bread and butter -- the recording artists. Thanks to ...

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Billy Powell Keyboardist for Lynyrd Skynyrd Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
January 28, 2009

ORANGE PARK, Fla. -- A keyboardist for the southern rock bank Lynyrd Skynyrd has died at his northeast Florida home.

Orange Park Police Lt. Mark Cornett says 56-year-old keyboard player Billy Powell called 911 about 12:55 a.m.today saying he was having trouble breathing. Rescue crews performed CPR, but he was pronounced dead at 1:52 a.m.

Cornett says no foul play is suspected and an autopsy will not be performed. He says Powell missed a Tuesday appointment with his doctor for ...

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