Jazz News

Clifford Brown 3-Day Symposium Set for October 30, 31, and November 1st in Philadelphia

Source: All About Jazz
October 22, 2008

On October 30, 31, and November 1st, The University of the Arts in Philadelphia will host an extraordinary event. Brownie Speaks is a 3-day symposium and concert series celebrating and documenting the life, music, and legacy of Clifford Brown. A web page has been set up on the UArts website outlining all of the events. When you click on the link below you will be taken to the symposium web page. You should then click on schedule of events, invitation, ...

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Master Class: An Honor Roll in Action

Source: Michael Ricci
October 22, 2008

A group portrait from the Jazz Masters evening: standing, from left, the host, Dana Gioia, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; and the award winners George Benson, Toots Thielemans and Jimmy Cobb; seated, from left, Snooky Young, Lee Konitz and Rudy Van Gelder.

'Master' sounds a little presumptuous," said Lee Konitz “So I looked it up in the dictionary." Arriving at “eminent," he said, he kept looking. Then he came to a definition that felt right: “noteworthy." Mr. ...

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USC Adds Pop Music Program

Source: Michael Ricci
October 22, 2008

CLASS IN SESSION: The Thornton School of Music bucks ivory tower convention with a program for rock, R & B and more.

USC's Thornton School of Music will make room starting next year for singers and instrumentalists who play pop music, breaking a long-standing tradition in higher education that requires students to dedicate themselves either to classical music or jazz.

Today the school is announcing its new bachelor of music degree in pop music performance, said to be the first ...

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"Lanky" the New Release by the Trachy/Lacy Collective

Source: All About Jazz
October 22, 2008

"An impressive debut. This band has developed a personal vocabulary that is very mature and subtle, displaying excellent taste throughout. Looking forward to hearing more in the future." --David Berkman The debut recording of the Trachy/Lacy Collective is cause for celebration. “Lanky" is a beautiful interweaving of musical sensibilities and personalities, a richly textured recording by an ensemble that balances spontaneity with precision, open improvisation with carefully crafted compositions. Indeed, these young musicians are mature beyond their years, having assimilated ...

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Singer/Songwriter Spencer Day Releases “A Better Way” a Free MP3 Highlighting the Importance of the Upcoming Election

Source: Jim Goyjer Associates
October 22, 2008

Uniquely American singer/songwriter Spencer Day has just released a free single “A Better Way” to highlight the importance of the upcoming election in two weeks. A free mp3 download is available on his website. Spencer Day said, “Election Day is approaching very quickly, and I feel very passionately about the future of our country. The politics of fear and distrust is eroding our sense of a shared future and a common good. In the current climate it is more critical ...

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Sten Hostfalt's K-Mod at Freddy's in NYC on October 26

Source: All About Jazz
October 22, 2008

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Guitarist Jimmy Herring Interviewed at AAJ...And More

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2008

Jimmy Herring has transitioned from an underground favorite to one of America's elite guitarists. The resume is now a dream, progressing from GIT to ARU, Frogwings to the Allman Brothers, Jazz is Dead to Phil Lesh and then on to the real thing--the actual Dead, if you will. Herring is the archetype for the melody-drenched lead man that can take it to far off galaxies. Somehow, nobody plays like Herring, but he's always capable of reminding sometimes huge audiences exactly ...

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Marcia Miget to Perform at Great American Music Hall with Voices of Latin Rock

Source: imajinnWEST
October 21, 2008

On Wednesday October 29, 2008 at 8 pm North Bay saxophonist Marcia Miget will perform with the Voices of Latin Rock, which includes Bay Area legends Abel Sanchez, Jorge Santana, Gabriel Manzo, Mic Gillette, Bill Ortiz at the Great American Music Hall at 859 O'Farrell Street in San Francisco. In Spring of 2007 multi-instrumentalist, educator, composer and producer Miget was invited by guitarist and VOLR coordinator Abel Sanchez to perform with the Voices of Latin Rock at Arizona’s Cesar Chavez ...

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