Jazz News

Tomoko Omura's Debut Album "Visions"

Source: All About Jazz
October 13, 2008

“Welcome to an incredible album by the extraordinary young jazz violinist and composer Tomoko Omura. “Visions" is a tribute to seven of the finest jazz violinists of all time. And in it, Tomoko does more than just honor these gentlemen... She really gets to the emotional core of what makes each of them tick as players. Her compositions are lovely, well-conceived tunes that are played blazingly by her crackerjack band, and especially by Tomoko herself. Her Playing here is uniformly ...

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Stax Records Presents Nikka Costa's "Pebble to a Pearl" Available Now!

Source: Special Ops Media
October 13, 2008

Nikka Costa has always seemed to thrive on a certain sense of freedom. It’s no wonder, that when Nikka set out to create a record on her own terms and as an independent artist finally free of major label confines, she has made her boldest and most passionate record yet. Over 14 days at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, Nikka created Pebble to a Pearl- a quintessential collection of soul, blues, funk & pop infused tracks which marks Nikka's ...

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Jazz! Strike up the Bland

Source: Michael Ricci
October 13, 2008

The sax player and the Brazilian chamber group explore the works of Darius Milhaud and Heitor Villa-Lobos in an uneven performance at Royce Hall.

Make a poet a diplomat and good may come of it. France sent the great humanist writer Paul Claudel to Brazil during World War I, and food found its way from South America to France during a period of privation. So too did Brazilian music, once the war was won.

Make a composer a diplomat and ...

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Concert to Benefit Hospice Music Therapy November 23rd

Source: All About Jazz
October 13, 2008

WHEN: Sunday, November 23, 2008, 3 PM

WHAT: HEALING VOICES, CARING HEARTS: A Concert to Benefit Hospice Music Therapy

WHO: TOM CHAPIN AND FRIENDS FAMILY SHOW FEATURING MICHAEL MARK AND JON COBERT WITH SPECIAL GUESTS BAR SCOTT AND TERRY BLAINE Reception, Meet the Artists & CD signing immediately following performance

WHERE: OLIN HALL AT BARD COLLEGE Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504

COST: Adult - $15 | ...

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Divine Hand Ensemble Featuring Mano Divina, Concert Thereminist

Source: All About Jazz
October 13, 2008

Divine Hand Ensemble Featuring Mano Divina, Concert Thereminist

International premier of this unique musical performance Sellersville Theatre, 8:30pm Friday October 31, 2008

Tickets - $19.50; Theatre Members - $10.00 Online/ by phone at 215.257.5808 At the box office: 24 W. Temple Avenue Sellersville, PA 18960

“Breathless entertainment that leaves you hanging on every note and gesture as [Divina] hypnotizes electricity and manipulates magnetism to release the voices of angels from the air with his ...

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Saxophone Legend Lou Donaldson Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
October 13, 2008

Lou Donaldson is one of the all-time great alto saxophonists in the bebop tradition. He came up in New York in the 1950s, latched onto the style of Charlie Parker and his cohorts, and has been going strong ever since, with numerous recordings and a hefty schedule of concerts and club dates. He has fronted many groups and worked as a sideman in groups led by some of the greatest jazz musicians of the last half of the 20th century. ...

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Vocalist Patrick Rydman Releases Debut CD "I Will Do It"

Source: All About Jazz
October 13, 2008

Patrick Rydman is a rare occurrence on the Swedish music scene: A male jazz singer of the younger generation who furthermore writes his own material. His music sounds like “poetic singer/songwriter jazz with strong pop sentiments and a little bit of circus”, according to Patrick himself. Influenced by songwriters like Bacharach, Jobim, Paddy McAloon, Bill Withers and Joni Mitchell, raised on pop songs and tunes from the Great American Songbook, the resulting mix is Patrick’s own: melodic, personal, groovy, intimate ...

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Marco Benevento Announces Northeast Tour Dates in November

Source: Calabro Music
October 13, 2008

MARCO BENEVENTO Announces Northeast Tour Dates In November With Two Trios: Marco Benevento, Reed Mathis & Andrew Barr / Marco Benevento, Marc Friedman & Josh Raymer

In Support of INVISIBLE BABY

Brooklyn, NY - Marco Benevento continues a year long push behind his debut studio album, Invisible Baby, with a seven city Northeast tour in November. The Brooklyn-based pianist will lead a trio featuring bassist Reed Mathis and drummer Andrew Barr for the first three shows in Hartford, New York ...

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