Jazz News

A Jazz Bar Around the Corner: Mobius Collective at Rose Live Music, Williamsburg

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

In tough times, one of the best ways of dealing with any sitting-duck-presidency woe is to appreciate what Americans have always done best: jazz. Especially when it's free! Maybe for most, jazz is considered the provenance of music geeks or elevator music (for not-so-easy listening), but there's a bar in Williamsburg that has been changing that. It's called Rose Live Music, on Grand Street, a little place tucked back from the Bedford sprawl against Marcy Avenue. When it first opened, ...

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Review: Liebman Quartet Delivers Deeply Felt, Passionate Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

Art of Jazz series producer Bruce Eaton prefaced Saturday’s performance by the Dave Liebman Group with an apt quote: “We like to book working bands.” And though that might seem like a no-brainer, it really wasn’t one. In modern jazz, more often than not, musicians are picked up for specific recording projects, one-off dates, or brief tours. The idea of a “great quintet” or a “great quartet” seems almost archaic now, given the rate of turnover in jazz ensembles. Eaton’s ...

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N.E.E.T./Interscope Records to Release A.R. Rahman's Soundtrack

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

N.e.e.t./interscope Records To Release Renowned Composer A.r. Rahman's Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack Available Online Everywhere November 25 And In Stores December 23. In composing the music for acclaimed director Danny Boyle's intoxicating new film Slumdog Millionaire, now playing in select theaters, A.R. Rahman has conjured the sound of a city, fusing the frenetic scramble of daily life in Mumbai, India into beautiful fugues that ride upon the dust clouds kicked up by its everyday people. From the movie's first frames - ...

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Pete Ganbarg Named Atlantic Executive VP of A&R

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

Pete Ganbarg has joined Atlantic Records as Executive Vice President of A&R, based at the company's New York headquarters. The announcement was made by Atlantic Chairman/CEO Craig Kallman and President Julie Greenwald. Ganbarg, who began his A&R career 20 years ago, has served as a major label A&R executive for SBK/EMI, Arista, and Epic Records, and was most recently head of his own music consulting company, Pure Tone Music. Craig Kallman commented: “Pete is the ideal person to lead our ...

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The James Moody and Hank Jones Quartet Release Our Delight

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

With two amazing careers traveling alongside one another but never intersecting, it only seemed natural that James Moody and Hank Jones would finally find each other on the same road. With their new release on the IPO imprint, Our Delight, the two veteran jazz stars make an obvious statement with the title of CD but that is just the beginning, as the recording is quickly becoming every jazz aficionados delight. With Moody s trademark saxophone and beautiful flute playing and ...

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Innovative Music Educator Tom Davis

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

Tom Davis is an innovative high school band director/composer who takes music education to the next level by utilizing the power of the internet. Through his ArtistShare Scores and Parts project he offers compositions from his latest album Lake Songs along with full multimedia support including performance and rehearsal guidance for band directors, downloadable solo transcriptions, streaming audio and video interviews of musicians, mp3s of improvised solos and many more. You can even contact Tom for further advice and tips! ...

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Bruno Raberg with Curt Shumate Trio at Tosca Restaurant November 28th

Source: All About Jazz
November 24, 2008

Sweden-born experimental/jazz bassist and composer Bruno Raberg will perform with guitarist Curt Shumate at Tosca Restaurant.

WHO: Curt Shumate Trio Curt Shumate (guitar) Phil Grenadier (trumpet) Bruno Raberg (bass)

WHEN: November 28th 2008 8:30pm

WHERE: Tosca Restaurant 14 North Street Hingham, MA

Bruno’s latest album “The LifeLines” received reviews from various sources such as Hartford Courant, All About Jazz, Jazz.com, etc. Jerry D’Souza in All About Jazz describes ...

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In-Store for '13, a New Musical' Original Cast Recording Set for November 25th

Source: Seth Cohen PR
November 24, 2008

WHAT: 13 – A live performance of three songs from the show, followed by a CD signing

WHO: The cast & band of 13: Graham Phillips, Allie Trimm, Aaron Simon Gross, Delaney Moro, Eric M. Nelson, Elizabeth Egan Gillies, Al Calderon, Malik Hammond, Caitlin Gann, Ariana Grande, Joey La Varco, Brynn Williams, Lexi Bodick, Zac Coe, Adam Michael Kaufman, Zach Page, Chris Raymond and Charlie Rosen.

WHEN: Tuesday, November 25th at 4:00 pm

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