Jazz News

Tchicai, Fewell and Hofbauer to Present Master Classes + Concert on November 6th

Source: Improvised Communications
October 28, 2008

On Thursday, November 6th, Creative Nation Music and the Improvising Composers Collective will present a full day of events at the Cambridge YMCA in Cambridge, MA (Central Square).

Legendary saxophonist/composer John Tchicai will join Creative Nation Music recording artists/guitarists Garrison Fewell (Berklee College of Music) and Eric Hofbauer (University of Rhode Island and Emerson College) in presenting master classes during the day, followed by a 7:00 p.m. concert featuring both the Fewell/Hofbauer Duo and the John Tchicai Trio featuring Fewell ...

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Firehouse 12 to Present Magic on October 31st

Source: Improvised Communications
October 28, 2008

On Friday, October 31st, the improvising quartet Magic will make its American debut at New Haven’s Firehouse 12. The group adds renowned Polish musician Mikolaj Trzaska to the well-documented rapport of the seminal free-jazz collective, Trio X, featuring multi-instrumentalist Joe McPhee, bassist Dominic Duval and drummer Jay Rosen, creating a new quartet with its own distinctive identity. Magic is on tour this fall, with support from the Polish Cultural Institute, to celebrate its forthcoming self-titled live release on the Not ...

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Live: B.B. King and Bono at the Kodak Theatre

Source: Michael Ricci
October 28, 2008

They highlight the Thelonious Monk Institute benefit that includes a saxophone competition and appearances by Herbie Hancock, Robert Cray and others.

Invite Bono and the Edge to a night celebrating B.B. King, and odds are pretty good there will be some “Rattle and Hum" in the air.

Lucky music fans who attended the Thelonious Monk Institute's annual benefit show at the Kodak Theatre on Sunday watched as the 83-year-old King, backed by a host of jazz and blues glitterati and ...

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Announcing the Winner of the Brian Blade Fellowship 3-CD Discography Giveaway

Source: All About Jazz
October 28, 2008

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From Miles Davis to Brad Mehldau - Good Jazz Provokes Debate

Source: All About Jazz
October 28, 2008

When I heard Miles Davis's first full-on electric band play in London in the late 1960s, the feverish post-show reactions almost ended up being an integral part of the gig. As with Dylan's first outings after he abandoned his acoustic guitar for a Fender and a rock band, the audience was vehemently divided about whether the development was a triumph or a disastrous sellout. After that Miles show, friends and total strangers were arguing all the way to the tube ...

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Chicago Blues Fest & Jazz Fest to be Shortened

Source: All About Jazz
October 28, 2008

Blues Fest and Jazz Fest, two of Chicago’s most popular outdoor music festivals, will be reduced from four days to three and feature fewer stages because of spending cuts tied to Mayor Daley’s bad news 2009 budget. Daley’s Holiday Sports Festival will also be shortened — from three days to two. Great Chicago Places and Spaces, the Viva Latin Music Festival, Celtic Fest and the Mayor's Cup Soccer Festival will likely shrink to one-day festivals, although internal research is still ...

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Saxophonist Greg Osby Interviewed at AAJ...And More

Source: All About Jazz
October 28, 2008

For over two decades Greg Osby has been at the forefront of modern jazz. As a composer and player he breaks new ground, challenging audiences and the establishment with his complex, propulsive, and ever-evolving music.

Never one to mince words, Osby has built a reputation as a blunt spokesman willing to tell it like it is, whether discussing the state of art, his personal development, or the less appealing aspects of the music business. Now, launching a new label, Osby ...

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Trumpeter Randy Brecker Interviewed at AAJ...And More

Source: All About Jazz
October 27, 2008

"My father told me when I was five or six years old--he grabbed me and said, 'the trumpet is the greatest jazz instrument.' And I think he was right," says Randy Brecker, a trumpeter known the world over, it seems, regardless of the style of music he plays, inside and out of the jazz world.

Brecker has always been busy, either on his own projects or with others, by not only leading his own fine groups, but also by being ...

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