Jazz News

Offbeat Best Guitarist Nominee Jimmy Robinson

Source: All About Jazz
January 10, 2009

New Orleans guitarist Jimmy Robinson has been nominated for best guitarist of 2008 by OFFBEAT MAGAZINE.

Fellow nominees are Sonny Landreth and Walter “Wolfman" Washington. Jimmy's solo release “Vibrating strings" was also named #20 of Offbeat's best releases of 2008.

To vote, visit offbeat.com. The awards show is January 31st at The House Of Blues in New Orleans.

Jimmy will do two January shows in the New Orleans area: January 23rd opening for BONERAMA at The Green Room ...

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Michelle Walker - Live @ Smoke Jazz Club - Weekend Show Just Added

Source: All About Jazz
January 10, 2009

Michelle Walker - Jazz Vocalist APAP WEEKEND - SHOW JUST ADDED LIVE @ SMOKE JAZZ CLUB SUNDAY JANUARY 11TH - 6:00PM-8:00PM SMOKE JAZZ CLUB 2751 Broadway NYC, NY between 105th and 106th Streets Take the #1 Train to 103rd Street FEATURING:

NIKOLAZ HESS - PIANO Winner of the RAI competion Best European Jazz Pianist, Danish Pianist Hess offers “improvisational art at the higest level...with his totally masterful sense of rhythm he tracks the point where the music swings the most ...

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Mario Pavone Nodding to Tradition While Pursuing the Ideal

Source: Michael Ricci
January 10, 2009

MARIO PAVONE DOUBLE TENOR QUINTET Nodding to Tradition While Pursuing the Ideal

Mario Pavone's jazz can possibly be heard two different ways. His gig at Iridium on Wednesday night had two traditions running through it: the rhythmic and harmonic grids of bebop and all that descends from it, and the cathartic tracing-in-air of free jazz. But that's a pretty brain-first, ears-second way to put it. The mixture proposed by Mr. Pavone his third way represents its own tradition. ...

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South African Pianist Hotep Idris Galeta Honors President-Elect Barack Obama with New Album

Source: All About Jazz
January 10, 2009

South African jazz pianist Hotep Idris Galeta honors President-elect Barack Obama with Funkin' for Obama, made available for download on CDBaby today, and featuring the Cape Town Digital Jazz Band.

The South African jazz pianist Hotep Idris Galeta was born in Crawford, Cape Town and grew up exposed to the rich music culture in and around the city. After meeting Abdullah Ibrahim, then known as Dollar Brand, at a high school jazz concert, the two became close friends and Brand ...

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Cafiso to Perform at Obama's Ceremony

Source: All About Jazz
January 10, 2009

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Isaac Hayes' "Black Moses" and "Juicy Fruit" Albums Reissued on CD

Source: conqueroo
January 10, 2009

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Isaac Hayes’ epic 1971 album Black Moses, which captured the artist at the peak of his popularity, will be reissued on Stax Records on February 24, 2009. The release is a complete replication of the original Black Moses package, folding out into a cross-shaped image of the artist. The album was re-mastered from the original tapes. New liner notes are by Rob Bowman, the Grammy Award-winning Stax scholar and author of Soulsville U.S.A: The Story of ...

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Howlin' Blues and Dirty Dogs Returns to the Stage January 22 Starring Blues & Jazz Vocalist Barbara Morrison

Source: Teresa Conboy PR
January 10, 2009

Blues and jazz vocalist Barbara Morrison returns to the stage in the play Howlin Blues and Dirty Dogs, about the life and times of legendary blues singer Big Mama Thornton. Enjoying a sold-out five week run at the Secret Rose Theatre in North Hollywood last summer, this play of music, dancing, comedy and drama re-opens on Thursday, January 22 at 8:00 p.m. at the Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood at Hollywood and Highland. The play will run every week on ...

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Diane Nalini Performing at Toronto Launch Party for International Year of Astronomy on January 10

Source: All About Jazz
January 10, 2009

Toronto, ON -- 2009 is the International Year of Astronomy, and Mayor David Miller has declared Jan. 10 the official kick-off day for the International Year of Astronomy in Toronto . The Treehouse Group is getting involved by throwing a party at the Gladstone Hotel. We'll be looking at the points of intersection between astronomy and other pursuits like video art, sculpture, music, and journalism. Randall Rosenfeld, a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, will be bringing his ...

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