Jazz News

The New Lincoln Center, Act I, Part 2

Source: All About Jazz
December 16, 2008

So what can I tell you about the Diller, Scofidio + Renfro refashioning of Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center? It's still a construction site the official re-opening isn't until February but I previewed some substantially completed portions last week with Liz Diller and Charles Renfro. As I mentioned in an earlier post, from the day it opened Lincoln Center needed to knit itself better into the streetscape of Manhattan. It was in effect designed not to. It was conceived ...

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Criterion's Blu-Ray Debut is up to Snuff

Source: Michael Ricci
December 16, 2008

'Bottle Rocket,' 'Chungking Express,' 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' and 'The Third Man' live up to the company's usual high standards.

The first wave of Criterion Collection Blu-ray discs was initially slated for October, then pushed out to November, then pushed out again to this week. For a while, home video forums were abuzz with the rumor that Criterion would never release the discs at all. The reason? Criterion's art-house product wouldn't appeal to “the PlayStation 3 crowd" anyway. ...

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Anthony Ocana's "Solo" Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
December 16, 2008

Third record release of composer and guitarist, Anthony Ocaña. This solo work includes nine pieces, seven of which are original compositions and two are Ocaña’s adaptations from songs by The Beatles. The bonus track, also authored by Ocaña, is the only piece with percussionist and special guest, Pablo Peña, also known as Pablito Drum.

This is a production where the six string instrument becomes orchestra, and this whole of instruments, guitar. Each composition has a life and personality of its ...

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Top 5 Disruptive Music-Making Technologies

Source: All About Jazz
December 16, 2008

These music creation technologies are disrupting the normal ways in which music has been made in the past.

Ever since a caveman first clacked two stones together, musicians have relied on instruments Bobby McFerrin and that guy from Police Academy notwithstanding.

1. The iPhone

When I first saw the first MP3 player, ten years ago this month, I expected that portable music players would evolve a great deal in the coming decade. But other than ...

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Stax Records Legend Al Bell Launches Website

Source: All About Jazz
December 16, 2008

LITTLE ROCK, AR and CHARLESTON, SC - Former Stax Records owner and Motown president Al Bell, a legend in the evolution of American music, has announced the launch of a new company, Al Bell Presents, LLC. The centerpiece of this new venture is a full-service website and the first of several Internet music channels, Al Bell Presents American Soul Music, both of which were built by Charleston, SC-based American Media Services-Interactive.

Mr. Bell notes that both the website and online ...

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Richard Sudhalter Memorial Concert at St. Peter's Lutheran Church (NYC) on January 12th

Source: All About Jazz
December 16, 2008

The concert, organized by Dan Levinson and Dorothy Kellogg with Judy Kahn as stage manager, will take place according to the following details. Date: Monday, January 12, 2009. Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM. Place: St. Peter's Lutheran Church 619 Lexington Ave New York, NY 10022 Some of the musicians who will perform are: TRUMPET Ed Polcer REEDS Sam Parkins Carol Sudhalter Bill Kirchner ...

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Afro Cuban All Stars Tour!

Source: All About Jazz
December 16, 2008

A secret satellite. A flying piano. A Cuban maestro who combines the musical sixth sense of Quincy Jones with the international savvy of James Bond. These are the stories behind the US return of Cuban music after half a decade, thanks to the Juan de Marcos & Afro-Cuban All-Stars national tour.

Cuba's unique, addictive sounds come to over forty cities including Berkeley, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, among dozens in between.

The man behind ...

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SF Jazz Announces the Artist Line-up for the 10th Anniversary SF Jazz Spring Season, March 6-June 21, 2009

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
December 16, 2008

SFJAZZ Announces The Artist Line-Up For The 10th Anniversary SFJAZZ Spring Season

Highlights Include McCoy Tyner, Branford Marsalis, Brad Mehldau, Bill Frisell’S Disfarmer Project, Jenny Scheinman, Allen Toussaint, Kayhan Kalhor & Brooklyn Rider, John Scofield’S Piety Street Band, Cu, Tinariwen, Chris Potter Underground, Mariza, Karrin Allyson, Michael Feinstein’S Sinatra Project, Richard Bona & Lionel Loueke, Kenny Barron, Ahmad Jamal, Mingus Dynasty, Kenny Burrell, Russell Malone, Roy Hargrove, James Carter, Madeleine Peyroux, Idan Raichel, Will Bernard, Hiromi’S Sonicbloom, Seun Kuti & ...

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