Jazz News

Rez Abbasi and R.O.C. Trio Grounded in Folk Tradition and Jazz Improvisation

Source: Michael Ricci
December 13, 2008

Sounds Mixed and Matched Indo-Pak Coalition, a trio equally grounded in folk tradition and jazz improvisation, proposes a social pact as well a musical ideal. The groups name is partly self-descriptive the alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa is of Indian descent, while the guitarist Rez Abbasi was born in Pakistan but it also carries an underlying message made all the more painfully relevant by events like the recent terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Of course it might feel nave or ...

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Spend New Year's Eve with Robert Randolph at the 9:30 Club in DC!

Source: All About Jazz
December 13, 2008

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The LOW Show is Coming!

Source: All About Jazz
December 13, 2008

Three of the industry's highest respected bass players have joined forces for The LOW Show. Bassists Adam Nitti, Bryan Beller, and Sean O'Bryan Smith will be combining their talents for a show sure to thrill music lovers of all types. Nitti, Beller, and Smith have all been recognized World Wide for their contributions to the instrument and modern music. The LOW Show will premiere in Nashville, TN at The Rutledge on February 20th, 2009.The LOW Show will feature this unique ...

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Hot House Swing Ensemble Got Tube

Source: All About Jazz
December 12, 2008

The Hot House Swing Ensemble, a favorite of Marin County for their vintage jazz, bringing the classic sounds of early jazz to contemporary audiences.

With a 7 piece band and harmony vocals, they reprise the best loved tunes of the big band era including seldom heard renditions of the jive, hep and hot music of the 1930's. Bossa novas, sambas, tangos rhumbas and waltzes complete the picture.

In their singing you'll hear echoes of the great vocal groups of the ...

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Clint Eastwood Nominated for Golden Globes Best Film Score

Source: Michael Ricci
December 12, 2008

Clint Eastwood is riding high. Giving a first time screen writer a boost, in June green lighting Gran Torino, then beginning shooting in July. The film just released and this morning Eastwood was nominated for Best Song for the film as well as Best Original Score for his motion picture soundtrack the Changeling.

The other nominations:

ORIGINAL SCORE

Alexandre Desplat, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Clint Eastwood, Changeling James Newton Howard, Defiance Hans ...

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Sony Music Illegally Collected Data on Children

Source: Michael Ricci
December 12, 2008

The FTC says the operator of more than 1,100 music-related websites accumulated personal information on more than 30,000 users under age 13 without informing their parents. Sony BMG Music Entertainment was sued by the U.S. on Wednesday for collecting and disclosing personal data about 30,000 children without informing their parents. The Federal Trade Commission filed the civil lawsuit in federal court. The suit, which alleges violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, seeks unspecified damages and an injunction. “Sony ...

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Wayne Shorter Quartet at Disney Hall

Source: Michael Ricci
December 12, 2008

The veteran sax man and his combo treat a Disney Hall audience to an improvisational tour de force. Miriam Adam, the clarinetist for Grammy-winning quintet Imani Winds, sounded almost apologetic as she back-introduced the ensemble's first song in its opening set for Wayne Shorter, an evocative, dramatic piece from Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Clad in a candy-colored gown, she said something along the lines of how Wednesday night's Disney Hall audience wasn't expecting classical woodwind music to lead the way ...

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Deborah Davis Sings for a Cure

Source: All About Jazz
December 12, 2008

Relentless For A Cure Deborah Davis & The Blue Note Jazz Club Announce the 12th Annual Jazz Benefit Concert for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Its that time again. Jazz Vocalist, Deborah Davis & The Blue Note Jazz Club (NYC) announce their 12th Annual Jazz Benefit Concert for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The benefit has been held annually the first Monday of the year since 1998. It's a simple concept where one night a year ...

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