Jazz News

Henry Grimes & Rashied Ali at Gordon Theater Camden, NJ

Source: Graziella PR
January 26, 2009

Jazz legend Henry Grimes returned to the music world in 2003 after 35 years away, will perform with world renowned drummer Rashied Ali.

Master jazz musician (acoustic bass, violin) HENRY GRIMES will perform with world renowned RASHIED ALI on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 8 pm at Rutgers-Camden Walter K. Gordon Theater located at 3rd & Pearl Street, Camden, NJ at the base of the Ben Franklin Bridge. Free Parking in Lot 14 on 3rd Street. Tickets only $20. General ...

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Google Ready to Pursue Its Agenda in Washington

Source: Michael Ricci
January 26, 2009

Reporting from Washington -- Another inauguration took place in Washington this week -- Google Inc. officially became a political power player.

The executives and employees of Google Inc., whose headquarters is in Mountain View, Ca., overwhelmingly supported Obama's candidacy. Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt is now as likely as any corporate chieftain to get his calls to the White House returned. Its employees supported Obama, and four Googlers served on his transition team. Now the Internet giant hopes to win ...

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The Day the Music Died: The End of Indie 103.1

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2009

Henry Rollins, music director Mark “Mr. Shovel" Sovel and DJ Darren Revell talk about the shutdown of the L.A. music station.

About three months ago, while I was driving home from LAX on a Saturday night, the car stereo was barely on, my mind was far away, and I just wanted to get home. Then the riff on the radio registered in my head — it was the slow, syrupy Sabbath-esque run of the song “Dopesmoker” by a band called ...

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Obama's Secret Record Collection

Source: All About Jazz
January 25, 2009

Rolling Stone has already told you what’s on Barack Obama’s iPod — but he’s got another wicked record collection literally under him. The official White House Record Library is stored in the mansion’s basement and includes several hundred landmark LPs (many of which appears on Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, in fact). So what’s this collection about, how did it start and what’s it in?

When Barack Obama moved into the White House on January 20th, he ...

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Club Dates Around Town Los Angeles

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2009

Monday 26th

Rocco Deluca @ Spaceland The scruffy singer-songwriter has made waves among Hotel Cafe types for his erudite yet still rich and earnest folk-pop-rock.

Robert Francis @ The Echo The local singer-songwriter performs with a gruff, world-weary timbre that his folk-rock feel decades older than the young man playing it.

Olin & the Moon @ Silverlake Lounge The local alt-country band leavens its expected Neil Young via Uncle Tupelo rustic rock with a ...

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Cyrus Chestnut Jazz with a Mission and a Groove

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2009

The powerful and sometimes poetic jazz pianist Cyrus Chestnut has worked with a trio for about 15 years, since he first made his name. Thats a while.

The piano trio format remains as effective and economical today as it was half a century ago in fact its the kind of group that usually delivers the news about where mainstream jazzs aesthetics are but everyone needs a change of clothes once in a while.

At Dizzys Club Coca-Cola this ...

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Blue Note 7 at Royce Hall

Source: Michael Ricci
January 25, 2009

From an artistic perspective, tribute concerts can be a dicey thing. By nature what they celebrate is past achievements, something a bit at odds with a genre that's as theoretically committed to evolution and forward-thinking improvisation as jazz. But if ever there was a label that deserved whatever kind of party it wants, it's 70- year-old Blue Note Records.

Boasting a genre-defining back catalog that rivals any imprint in the business for depth and consistency (particularly during its ...

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Mickey Bass & the New York Powerhouse Ensemble

Source: All About Jazz
January 25, 2009

Creole Restaurant & Music Supper Club, in association with Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC proudly present “The Jazz Legacy Series"

Combine the exquisite dining experience of Creole; with the flavor of Internationally known Jazz Artists in the nostalgia of an ambiance found in elegant Supper Clubs and you have our Jazz Legacy Series

Brownstone Entertainment; Bringing Jazz back Uptown to what was once the spawning ground of the Be-bop Era, and its Traditions.

The weekend of Friday February 6th and Saturday ...

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