Jazz News

Peter Cincotti Releases New Album

Source: On Target Media Group
January 27, 2009

Singer-songwriter-pianist Peter Cincotti released East Of Angel Town this week via Warner Bros. East Of Angel Town marks 25-year-old Cincotti’s first work of all original material, and explores musical styles that blend pop, rock, blues, funk and jazz. Cincotti’s percussive piano playing and rich vocals infuse each song with a startling energy. The realization of East Of Angel Town began when Cincotti teamed up with noted producer and 14-time Grammy winner David ...

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Igor Butman and Yuri Bashmet Team up for "Crossover Concerto"

Source: Now Forward Music
January 27, 2009

Igor Butman, Russia’s “Most Celebrated Jazz Man” (JazzTimes), and Yuri Bashmet, the “Most Formidable” (New York Times) Violist Today Team Up for Crossover Concerto Eight-City U.S. Tour Kicks Off on February 20 in Seattle and Ends on March 1 in Chicago, with stops in LA, SF, Cleveland, North Bethesda (MD), Boston, and NYC Igor Butman’s Latest CD Magic Land Garners Rave Reviews New York, NY - Three years ago, saxophone virtuoso Igor Butman and viola maestro Yuri Bashmet teamed up ...

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Remembrance: A Night at the Whisky with Elvis Costello

Source: Michael Ricci
January 27, 2009

Everybody at Mondays tribute to Elmer Valentine, the co-founder of the Whisky a Go Go who died in December at age 85, had a story about a favorite moment they'd spent in the venerable West Hollywood club.

Mine stems from Elvis Costellos first L.A. appearance at the club, back in November 1977. Id spent five weeks the previous summer traveling through the U.K. during the height of the British punk explosion. The Sex Pistols were touring under a string of ...

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Bruce Springsteen Announces Working on a Dream Tour

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2009

With his new, five-star album Working on a Dream hitting stores right now, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band decided today would be the best time to reveal their upcoming U.S. tour.

The trek will kick off on April Fools Day in San Jose, California, and work its way east, culminating in a pair of shows at East Rutherfords Izod Center in Bruces home state of New Jersey on May 21st and 23rd. From there, the band jets off ...

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Thriller is Bound for Broadway

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2009

Michael Jacksons Thriller is set to make the jump to Broadway. Playbill reports that Broadway bigwigs the Nederlander Organization have acquired the rights to make a new musical based on Jacksons famous werewolves-and-zombies video.

Broadway has already turned the music of the Four Seasons and the Whos Tommy into musical productions and somehow recruited U2 to record music for a Spider-Man show so the prospect of Jackson on the Great White Way isnt that far-fetched, especially as producers scramble for ...

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A "Midwinter Nights Dream" Come True for Mary Talbot Fee

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
January 27, 2009

Jazz singers debut album, scheduled for release March 3rd, is an inspired feast of standards, international songs and contemporary tunes A love affair with jazz that began at the tender age of 6, chanteuse Mary Talbot Fee will realize a life-long dream when her debut album, Midwinter Nights Dream, is released March 3rd on Sketchin Records. Rob & Amber Whitlock produced the generous fifteen-song collection of jazz standards, international songs and contemporary compositions anchored by Talbot Fees sophisticated, swoon-inducing voice ...

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Vicki Burns Sings at North Square in New York on February 8th

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2009

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"Just a Little Taste," the Debut CD from Denver-Based Trumpeter/Educator Al Hood, Due February 17

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
January 27, 2009

A masterful trumpeter with a wide range of experience in the jazz, classical, and academic arenas, Al Hood has previously recorded and/or performed with the Phil Collins Big Band, Curtis Fuller, and orchestras led by Ray Charles, Arturo Sandoval, and Richie Cole. He's a longtime member of the eclectic, classically oriented Denver Brass as well as its offshoot Aries Brass Quintet. And since 1999 he's been a full-time tenured Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of Denver's Lamont School ...

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