Jazz News

Andrew Hill: Evening Concert & Recording

Source: All About Jazz
October 12, 2008

A full evening of pianist and composer Andrew Hills works will be performed by the Juilliard Jazz Orchestra on Thursday, October 16 at 8 pm in The Peter Jay Sharp Theater. This is only the second concert of all Hill works since the composers passing in April 2007, and it would be great to see you there. The first half of the program features arrangements of Hills compositions by Ron Horton: “Divine Revelation," “Dusk," “ML," “Laverne, No Doubt," and “Venture ...

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Who is the Jazz Video Guy?

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2008

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Al Jarreau Unwraps First-Ever Christmas Release from Rhino

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2008

AL JARREAU UNWRAPS 'CHRISTMAS' Multi-Grammy Winner Delivers His First Holiday Collection Featuring His Beloved Voice on Classics Like “Winter Wonderland, “White Christmas, “Carol Of The Bells and More

Available October 14 from Rhino

LOS ANGELES Summer is winding down and Al Jarreau has Christmas on his mind. This fall, the seven-time Grammy winning vocalist will release his first-ever Christmas album his first album of newly recorded music since 2006's sensational Givin' It Up with George Benson. Al Jarreau Christmas includes ...

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French Quarter Has Bounced Back, Differently

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2008

Sloshing your way down Bourbon Street, past the banks of Slurpee-like machines spewing mango daiquiris by the gallon, it's hard to wrap your head around the notion that by dancing to raucous music, eating too much and drinking way too much, you're helping get a fallen American city back on its feet. Even as you grow progressively less steady on yours. But tourism is what drives New Orleans' economy, and the French Quarter is its revving engine. By sipping a ...

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Joel Holmes: "African Skies" Reprise

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2008

Pianist/composer and rising star Joel Holmes debuts material from his new jazz CD African Skies. His quartet includes Joel on piano, Eric Wheeler on bass, and Joel's special guests: Gary Thomas on saxophone and Shirley Horn's longtime drummer, Steve Williams! House Concert 8:00 PM 6004 Hollins Ave Baltimore MD 21210 410-624-2222 or 410-952-5582 Price: $40 w/dinner - $25 show only About Joel Holmes Joel Holmes is an honest to goodness ...

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Howard Hewett Releases A Cherished First Christmas CD

Source: Marseille & Company Management
October 11, 2008

Howard Hewett, who has been bringing us R&B for years, is inviting his fans to join him for Christmas this year. Howard Hewett's Christmas CD is set to release October 14th, 2008 on Groove Records, bringing back the warmest of memories and classic Christmas songs. Howard Hewett's Christmas CD combines Hewett's soulful warm R&B voice with magical heartfelt classic Christmas songs to create what just may be the best new Christmas album in decades. I have always wanted to create ...

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Cynthia Basinet Petitions the United Nations

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2008

Sixty-second General Assembly Fourth Committee on behalf of issues facing the Western Sahara. From the UN official site: “CYNTHIA BASINET, singer and actress, said that the international community had a moral responsibility as steward of the Saharawi people, and that a shift in heart and not just policy was required. Anaemia, diabetes, tuberculosis, stunting and acute malnutrition were plaguing the Saharawi population, and yet 90 per cent of the population had attended school and were literate, according to a 1998 ...

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CJE Presents "Avant Gershwin" with Special Guest Patti Austin

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
October 10, 2008

THE CHICAGO JAZZ ENSEMBLE, AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JON FADDIS, CELEBRATE THE 10th AMERICAN HERITAGE JAZZ SERIES WITH PATTI AUSTINS AVANT GERSHWIN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 8 PM, HARRIS THEATER CHICAGO, October 8, 2008 Patti Austin and The Chicago Jazz Ensemble: Avant Gershwin kicks off the 10th American Heritage Jazz Series with Jon Faddis and The Chicago Jazz Ensemble (CJE), featuring music from Austins celebrated Grammy-winning CD, Avant Gershwin, on Friday, November ...

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