Jazz News

Monterey Jazz Festival Announces New Staff Changes

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
January 13, 2009

Longtime Production Manager David Murray To Assume Artist Liaison Role Bill Wagner Named As Production Manager For Festival January 12, 2009; Monterey, CA; The Monterey Jazz Festival has announced that David Murray, the Festivals longtime Production Manager, will assume the new role of Artist Liaison. Bill Wagner, the Festivals Artist Transportation Manager, has been named Mr. Murrays replacement as Production Manager. Both of these changes are effective immediately. David Murray has encapsulated the spirit of the Monterey Jazz Festival since ...

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Arturo O'Farrill January 2009 Dates

Source: Two for the Show Media
January 13, 2009

Arturo O’Farrill will be performing the following dates during the month of January. Jan 17th, 2009 – Arturo O’Farrill Sextet Live Broadcast on WBGO from J & R Music World - Downtown NYC 4:00 PM Jan 21st, 2009 – Arturo O’Farrill will be joining Laurie Anderson for the Laurie and Friends series at The Brooklyn Academy of Music. 8:00 PM Jan 27th, 2009 – Arturo O’Farrill Quintet with Claudia Acuna at The Blue Note Jazz Club – NYC 8:00PM & ...

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Alyssa Graham CD Release Event at Joe's Pub on January 16th

Source: All About Jazz
January 13, 2009

After touring the North East, Alyssa Graham will come home to NYC and celebrate the release of her Sunnyside debut, Echo at Joe's Pub.

Since it's release Echo has been a NY TIMES CRITICS' CHOICE CD, has been hailed as “Stunning" by Jazz Times and has been praised by THE WASHINGTON POST when they described Alyssa as a “Honey voiced Chanteuse that... smokes!"

“Echo" was recently honored as one of the “Top 10 Best Vocal Jazz Albums of 2008" by ...

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Ari Hest's Trailblazing "Twelve Mondays" CD out 3/10

Source: Seth Cohen PR
January 13, 2009

Ari Hest Drives Trailblazing Career with ’Twelve Mondays’ CD, set for March 10th Release Performing Songwriter Magazine Praises Hest for “Challenging the Industry At Large” Many singer-songwriters toil for months on their Macs, trying to make a demo that sounds polished enough to score them a record deal with a major label. But Ari Hest has done the exact opposite, as he continues to defy the conventional route of a musician. Already signed to a major, he opted out of ...

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B.J. Jansen Interviews, Jerald Miller, Founder and President of Nu Jazz Entertainment

Source: JM Creative
January 13, 2009

B.J. Jansen interviews, Founder and President of Nu Jazz Entertainment, Jerald Miller. Subscribe to The Jazz Life PODCAST. The Complete Interview was broadcast on WPSC 88.7 FM, January 11th, 2009 during Jansen's exploration of the Jazz Industry during the month of January. B.J. created his show, The Jazz Life", to bring audiences to the Next Generation of Jazz Artists, who generally would receive little or no airplay in the United States. The programming format of The Jazz Life" features 100% ...

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Mike Lorenz Quartet with Highbrid in Doylestown - Thursday, January 15th

Source: All About Jazz
January 13, 2009

This Thursday, January 15th, the Mike Lorenz Quartet and Highbrid make a joint appearance at Puck Live in Doylestown, PA. Both groups are frequent contributors to the Philadelphia jazz scene and feature a distinctly modern sound.

Mike Lorenz Quartet

Mike Lorenz is a young guitarist established in Lehigh Valley, PA leading a quartet of up- and-coming musicians performing his original jazz compositions. The group’s influences come from the avant-garde to the tradition of jazz combining the entire history of the ...

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AOL Announces Expansion of Publishing Unit with the Creation of MediaGlow

Source: All About Jazz
January 13, 2009

After a year of strong growth for its programming efforts, AOL announced today a series of significant developments that will dramatically expand, reposition and monetize its digital publishing business in 2009. Over the past year, AOL's programming unit has seen page views climb 40% year-over-year, engagement increase 20% year-over-year and its audience grow to 70 million unduplicated users.* Anchoring today's announcement is the creation of a new AOL business unit, MediaGlow, which will centralize AOL's entire publishing efforts, with the ...

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Girls Night out Weekly Thursday 8-12 Jazz Jam at Chalkers Pub

Source: All About Jazz
January 13, 2009

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