Jazz News

Ahmad Jamal's "It's Magic" is Record of the Year and Best Jazz of the Year

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2008

Jazz Legend Ahmad Jamal's Latest CD It's Magic is NPR's Best Jazz of the Year

It's Magic is Jazzman Magazine's Record of the Year

Ahmad Jamal on Tour in Continual Support of the Album

New York, NY Preeminent jazz piano master Ahmad Jamal's latest CD, It's Magic was chosen today as one of the Best Jazz of the Year on NPR's Best CDs of 2008 series. It's Magic also won Record of the Year in the renowned annual Jazzman Magazine ...

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Typhanie Monique/Neal Alger Release Holiday CD

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2008

With two critically-acclaimed discs to their credit, the jazz duo of Typhanie Monique and Neal Alger release their third CD, Yuletide Groove, a collection of Christmas and holiday favorites with jazz-infused arrangements.

Typhanie and Neal have been performing and honing their music for six years performing incessantly to sold-out audiences in the great jazz and pop clubs throughout Chicago. The press and radio have gotten behind this exciting duo, including numerous rave reviews from Howard Reich, the well known jazz ...

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Tango Meets Jazz at the Jazz Standard December 5th-7th

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2008

Tango Meets Jazz Festival with The Pablo Ziegler Quartet With special guests James Carter (12/5 & 12/6) & Joe Locke (12/7) Produced by Pat Philips & Ettore Stratta: Pablo Ziegler piano, Claudio Ragazzi guitar, Hctor del Curto bandoneon, and Pedro Giraudo bass.

Jazz Standard presents our sixth annual Tango Meets Jazz Festival featuring and directed by Pablo Ziegler. The pianist is an acclaimed master of this unique musical form and the creator (with Quique Sinesi and Walter Castro) ...

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Burnt Sugar: Dadaist Shapeshifting Improvisers

Source: rock paper scissors, inc.
December 4, 2008

Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber turns music inside out Bandleader Greg Tate “plays the band" using a technique called conduction, which gets its name from the field of physics, and which was developed by jazz conductor Butch Morris. In Tates hands, Burnt Sugar combines sounds together with a funky twist, snagging idiomatic metaphors from film editing techniques and hip hop culture. When the band plays live, they often do so with little more than a concept or melody in mind, ...

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William Fitzsimmons' "Sparrow" is iTunes' Best Folk Album 2008

Source: Seth Cohen PR
December 4, 2008

William Fitzsimmons' acclaimed CD The Sparrow And The Crow has landed atop iTunes' Best Folk Albums of 2008. The rueful album, recently described as “A Near Masterpiece" by the Boston Herald, continues to generate rave reviews, with writers describing it as “A Stunning Record," “An Indie Beauty," and much more. Fitzsimmons has been handpicked to be one of 20 artists featured in the iTunes Indie Spotlight, a first-time initiative between iTunes and Facebook. The standout track 'If You Would Come ...

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Jamie Saft & Roots Manuva Interviews

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2008

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Nate Harasim and Featured Guest Darren Rahn to Perform for Presidential Inaugural Gala

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
December 4, 2008

Moorsetown, NJ - Pianist Nate Harasim and guest saxophonist Darren Rahn will perform for the “A Time for Hope" 2009 Presidential Inaugural Jazz Gala at the Carlyle Club in Alexandria, Virginia (Washington, D.C.) on January 20, 2009. This high energy duo from nuGroove Records, also known for their work with the emerging super group De'Nate', are set to light up the stage at 5PM. “This event is presented by High Society Productions and Cool Jazz Forever. A percentage of each ...

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Mark Weber: The Next Michael Buble?

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2008

Move over Michael Buble. There's a new kid in town on the pop-jazz scene. Buffalo, New York's Mark Weber just released his collection of old songs made new again, When I Fall In Love, on amazon.com. If you're a fan of Michael Buble, Harry Connick, Jr., Diana Krall, Nat “King" Cole, Frank Sinatra, or Dean Martin, you'll probably enjoy this collection of classic tunes that make you feel good. The tall, dark and handsome Weber, who is “near 30," got ...

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