Jazz News

Steve Jobs Taking Medical Leave from Apple

Source: Michael Ricci
January 14, 2009

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said today that he would take a medical leave from the company after learning that his “health-related issues are more complex" than first believed.

Tim Cook, Apple's chief operating officer, will take over Jobs' duties until the end of June, when Jobs expects to return from his leave.

Jobs, 53, disclosed last week that he was dealing with a hormone imbalance that caused him to lose weight. A survivor of pancreatic cancer, he said he ...

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31st Cape May Jazz Festival - "Legends and More Blues"

Source: All About Jazz
January 14, 2009

WHEN: April 17-19, 2009 WHERE: Historic Victorian Cape May, NJ. Theatre at Lower Regional High School, Inn of Cape May - Aleathea's Restaurant, Carneys, Carneys Other Room, Cabanas, Congress Hall - Boiler Room WHO: A Tribute to Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughn “Have a Song on Me" with the B Swingers Big Band starring Steve Butler, James Cotton Blues, Odean Pope Quintet, Mayra Casales Group, Roni Ben-Hur, Sylvia Cuenca Group, Sharon Clark, Barbara King, Michael Thomas Quintet. More Blues with ...

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Art After 5: Friday Nights at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: Winter 2009

Source: All About Jazz
January 14, 2009

The New Year brings a new reason to celebrate every Friday night at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where Art After 5 brings the top names in jazz and international music to the Museum’s elegant Great Stair Hall. Each Friday evening the space becomes a lively concert hall, with table service, cocktails, elegant caf-style appetizers, and desserts. The winter 2009 season features popular favorite artists and several exciting newcomers. In addition to presenting engaging performers from around the world the ...

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Eliane Elias Releases New Album on Blue Note Records

Source: On Target Media Group
January 14, 2009

Released this week via Blue Note/EMI in celebration of the 50th anniversary of bossa nova, the New York-based Eliane Elias pays tribute to the music of her homeland on her 21st recording, Bossa Nova Stories; a sublime 14- song collection that captures the cool and alluring spirit of bossa nova. Recorded at London’s historic Abbey Road Studios, the album features seven tracks with full orchestration beautifully arranged and conducted by Rob Mathes (Carly Simon, Elton John, Tony Bennett). Bossa Nova ...

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All-Star Jazz Lineup Draws Nation's Top High School Jazz Bands to Savannah for Swing Central 2009

Source: All About Jazz
January 14, 2009

Aspiring young musicians to perform and study with esteemed clinicians including Associate Artistic Director Marcus Roberts, Wycliffe Gordon, John Clayton, James Ketch and Terell Stafford Savannah, Georgia - Savannah Music Festival (SMF) has selected twelve outstanding high school jazz bands from eight states across the nation to participate in the fourth annual SWING CENTRAL High School Jazz Band Competition & Workshop between March 25 and 27, 2009. This year, the nationally recognized three-day workshop features some of the country’s finest ...

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Announcing the Winners of the Rhino Records "Genesis - 1970-1975" Box Set Giveaway!

Source: All About Jazz
January 14, 2009

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Quincy Jones Note to Obama: How About a Secretary of the Arts?

Source: Michael Ricci
January 14, 2009

Last November, music producer and songwriter Quincy Jones mentioned to John Schaefer during an interview on the New York radio program Soundcheck that he thought President-elect Barack Obama should create a Cabinet-level position of secretary of the Arts.

One of the next conversations I have with President Obama is to beg for a secretary of the Arts. Quincy Jones

Jaime Austria heard about Jones' comments and thought that was a great idea. So Austria launched an online petition. ...

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A Hard Dose of Economic Reality

Source: All About Jazz
January 14, 2009

Out there in the tough real world, the CD distributors, essential businesses in the ecology of the music industry, are going to the wall.

First Pinnacle, the physical distributor of record labels went into administration before Christmas. Leaving some jazz musicians in the unenviable position of being offered their stock/back catalogue back -but at a price.

Now comes the fall-out from Pinnacle: New Note into administration last Friday. Leaving debts to smaller labels unpaid. New Note were never a flashy ...

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