Jazz News

Misha Piatigorsky Trio to Perform at Smoke - NYC

Source: Two for the Show Media
December 20, 2008

Pianist, Composer, & Bandleader Misha Piatigorsky will be performing with his Trio at SMOKE Jazz Club in NYC on Thursday January 8th, 2009. Sets at 8:00, 10:00, & 11:30 PM “Misha Piatigorsky is perhaps the most gifted of all the great pianists I've had accompany me over the years." - Mark Murphy The Misha Piatigorsky Trio Misha Piatigorsky – Piano Boris Kozlov –Bass Ari Hoenig - Drums Misha Piatigorsky bio: Misha Piatigorsky, winner of ...

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Blues Foundation Nominates Singer-Songwriter Jean Shy for "Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year"

Source: All About Jazz
December 20, 2008

MEMPHIS, TN - The Blues Foundation nominates King Edward Records Artist JEAN SHY for the 2009 Blues Music Awards in the category of “Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year,” with her new CD “The Blues Got Soul.” The Blues Music Awards are recognized as the highest honor given to Blues Artists. This is Jean Shy’s first nomination.

Born in the Blues capitol of the world “Chicago", her vocal Background had its beginning in Gospel Music. Jean is definitely a ...

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The Arturo O’Farrill Sextet at Birdland

Source: Two for the Show Media
December 20, 2008

The Arturo O’Farrill Sextet will be performing at the Birdland Jazz Club in NYC from Thursday thru Saturday January 1st – 3rd, 2009. Kick off the new year right here with a three-night-only run of Arturo O'Farrill's sextet! Son of the legendary bandleader Chico O'Farrill, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Arturo O'Farrill directs Symphony Space's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, Birdland's weekly Chico O'Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, and formerly the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at Jazz at Lincoln Center. ARTURO O'FARRILL SEXTET

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Roswell Rudd / Lafayette Harris Duo Live at the Rubin Museum NYC

Source: Two for the Show Media
December 20, 2008

The Roswell Rudd / Lafayette Harris Duo will be performing in concert at The Rubin Museum in NYC on January 16th, 2009 at 7:00PM as part of the 2009 Winter/Spring Harlem in the Himalayas Series. In addition to an original composition inspired by Himalayan art, trombonist Roswell Rudd and pianist Lafayette Harris will play the music of the great jazz pianists including Fats Waller, Herbie Nichols, Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, and James P. Johnson and original music by ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Voted "World's Best Jazz Festival"

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
December 20, 2008

Monterey Jazz Festival Wins “World's Best Jazz Festival" Award In 2008 JazzTimes Readers' Poll For Third Consecutive Year December 18, 2008; Monterey, California; The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education and presentation since 1958, is proud to announce that the 2008 JazzTimes Readers Poll has named the Monterey Jazz Festival as the top jazz festival in the world for the third consecutive year. The JazzTimes Readers' Poll win reflects MJFs commitment to presenting the best cross section of ...

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Send a Song to a Soldier

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2008

Courtesy of Billboard and the U.S. Army, give the gift of free music to a soldier this holiday season.

Give the gift of free music to a Soldier in the U.S. Army this holiday season, completely free of charge.

Billboard's got the free tunes. You have the message. Just fill out the simple form below, and we will send your message and a unique PIN Code for two free music downloads to a currently enlisted Soldier.

PROGRAM RUNS THROUGH DECEMBER ...

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Norah Jones Two Men with the Blues Willie Nelson and Wynton

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2008

Blue Note Special/ Norah Jones will make a special guest appearance at the Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis concerts at Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Jones is scheduled to perform a selection of songs on both nights.

The concert is part of Blue Note 70th Anniversary events taking place throughout New York. In January 2007, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis performed live in The Allen Room at Jazz at Lincoln Center and the event was recorded for the ...

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Charlie Brown Christmas Live

Source: All About Jazz
December 19, 2008

Charlie Os has a solid seven straight nights of killer jazz music this week, every one a pick. If you can manage to do all your shopping in the vicinity of Victory and Woodman, you can just kinda pop in on your way home every night.

(Theres a 7-Eleven nearby, a liquor store, always a yard sale or two in the area that should work.)

It kicks in hard with tenor Ernie Watts on Friday; (if youve heard his latest, ...

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