Jazz News

Patrick McGoohan TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner' Passes

Source: Michael Ricci
January 15, 2009

Patrick McGoohan, a two-time Emmy Award-winning actor who starred as a British spy in the 1960s TV series Secret Agent and gained cult status later in the decade as the star of the enigmatic series The Prisoner, has died. He was 80.

McGoohan, whose career involved stage, screen and TV, died Tuesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica after a short illness, said Cleve Landsberg, McGoohan's son-in-law. The family did not provide further details.

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Armen Nalbandian New Ensemble at 'Day One' Inauguration Celebration

Source: All About Jazz
January 15, 2009

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Tony Martin a Crooner Returns with a Swing in His Heart

Source: Michael Ricci
January 15, 2009

To watch the 96-year-old Tony Martin perform songs he recorded more than six decades ago in a voice that is surprisingly unchanged from what it was in the 1940s and 50s is to witness how popular songs and memory can work together as a kind of Proustian madeleine.

Mr. Martin, who opened a five-night engagement at Feinsteins at Loews Regency on Tuesday, is a quiet, courtly figure who, once settled onto a stool, exhibits the classic body language of a ...

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Greg Robinson, Trombone with Guitarist John Liquori at Wichcraft 8th Street, NYC

Source: All About Jazz
January 15, 2009

Trombonist Greg Robinson performs with guitarist John Liquori twice this weekend at Wichcraft, 60 East 8th Street, New York City.

Robinson, a former student of Benny Powell, is known for membership in legendary ska bands Mephiskapheles and The Toasters, as well as for his writing in the pages of JazzTimes, Windplayer, and Cadence.

Robinson and Liquori have been performing together as a jazz duo for more than 10 years. They previously held open-ended engagements in the East Village at Louis, ...

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David Boswell Releases New CD - I Like That

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
January 15, 2009

Los Angeles session guitarist David Boswell is scheduled to release his third album, I Like That, January 12, 2009.

With guest stars that include jazz innovator Jimmy Haslip (Credits: Yellowjackets and an extensive list of major industry leaders), smooth jazz saxophonist Nelson Rangell (Credits: Eric Marienthal, David Sanborn, Jaco Pastorius and more), rock drummer M.B. Gordy III (Frank Zappa, REO Speedwagon, The Doobie Brothers, Yoko Ono and more), and new age pianist John Boswell, I Like That is a fresh ...

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Bassist Bruno Raberg January Gigs

Source: All About Jazz
January 15, 2009

Sweden-born experimental/jazz bassist and composer Bruno Raberg's latest album “The Lifelines” received reviews from various sources such as Hartford Courant, All About Jazz, Jazz.com, etc.

Jerry D’Souza in All About Jazz describes the album, “The improvisations are a study of the understanding between the four….the way each player nimbly threads his way into the spaces set by the others is quite astonishing…Raberg, as may well be expected, comes up with another delectable recording.” Also, Bill Milkowski in JazzTimes states “For ...

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Steve Weingart at NAMM 2009 and Beyond

Source: All About Jazz
January 15, 2009

Keyboard virtuoso Steve Weingart will be performing with Simon Phillips band, Scott Ambush's band, and The Trio featuring Marco Mendoza & Joey Heredia with special guests, at NAMM 2009, Anaheim, California.

Weingart is currently recording a third solo album, this time with his wife Renee Jones, which will feature vocal songs as well as the jazz/funk instrumentals for which Weingart has gained international acclaim. Weingart will also be touring Europe with Steve Lukather in February and March 2009.

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Pianist Marcus Roberts' New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1

Source: Shore Fire Media
January 15, 2009

Renowned pianist Marcus Roberts first album in eight years to be released March 31st.

New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1, to be released via Tunecore and online. Album marks Duke Ellington's 110th birthday.

Marcus Roberts' New Orleans Meets Harlem, Vol. 1, his first new album since 2001's acclaimed Cole after Midnight, is set for release on March 31. Roberts, fluent in the diverse vocabulary of jazz piano spanning the entire twentieth century, is known for the ways in which he ...

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