Jazz News

Cuneiform Artists on Tour - October, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
October 2, 2008

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Friday, October 24th - Hunter Gatherer -Columbia, SC Saturday, October 25th - MACA - Marion, NC Saturday, November 1st - New French Bar - Asheville, NC @ New French Bar (with The Usaisamonster) Wednesday, November 11 - Objekt 5 - Halle, Germany - 8:00P Friday, November 14 - Sinister Noise - Rome, Italy Saturday, November 15 - CS Bruno - Trento, Italy Sunday, November 16th - Cave 12 -Geneva, Switzerland Monday, November 17 - TBA - Lyon, ...

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Lewis Nash Trio Tribute to Tommy Flanagan, October 24th

Source: Two for the Show Media
October 2, 2008

Drummer Lewis Nash will be performing with his Trio in tribute to the great Tommy Flanagan at the Cambridge Multicultural Center in Cambridge, MA. on Friday October 24th, 2008. Set Times – 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM

“Perhaps the most talented drummer of his generation" - Ira Gitler

Lewis Nash Trio Mulgrew Miller, piano Peter Washington, bass Lewis Nash, drums

Lewis Nash and bassist Peter Washington formed two thirds of a trio, ...

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Lewis Nash Quintet at Miller Theater Columbia University, October 18th

Source: Two for the Show Media
October 2, 2008

Drummer Lewis Nash will be performing with his Quintet at Miller Theater @ Columbia University in NYC on October 18th, 2008. Show Time 8:00 PM

“Perhaps the most talented drummer of his generation&" - Ira Gitler

Lewis Nash Quintet Jeremy Pelt, trumpet Jimmy Greene, saxophone Renee Rosnes, piano Dezron Douglas, bass Lewis Nash, drums

Lewis Nash can be heard on over 300 recordings, interjecting his own individual voice ...

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Erik Friedlander Tosses Away the Bow on His New Release "The Broken Arm"

Source: GoMedia PR
October 2, 2008

CD Is A Burning Trio Set Steeped in the Influences of Oscar Pettiford and the Small Group Feel of Herbie Nichols On his new release, The Broken Arm, cellist Erik Friedlander spotlights his unique pizzicato playing--higher and more incisive than the bass, warmer than the piano, but similarly rhythmic and able to freely engage in the give-and-take that is so essential to the jazz. “While there have been a few groundbreaking practitioners, notably bassist Oscar Pettiford, the cello has a ...

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Geri Allen Quartet Performs Miller Theater @ Columbia University

Source: Two for the Show Media
October 2, 2008

Pianist/Composer Geri Allen will be performing with her Quartet at Miller Theater @ Columbia University in NYC on October 25th, 2008. Show Time 8:00 PM The Geri Allen Quartet Geri Allen - Piano Dwayne Dolphin - Bass Kassa Overall - Drums Maurice Chestnut - Tap “Jazz pianist Geri Allen has taken the freedom of Jazz and combined it with the cultural freedom movements that have paralleled the evolution of Jazz itself." --Tavis ...

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Norman Hedman, 63, Conga Master, Dies

Source: DeBlaze & Associates
October 2, 2008

Master Conguero, Percussionist, Producer, Composer, Solo Artist July 17, 1945 - September 29, 2008 NEW YORK, New York - October 2, 2008 -- Norman Hedman, whose mastery of crossing more than three decades of music genres and generations, died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York on Monday, September 29 at the age of 63. Causes included Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Pneumonia. A West Indies native, Hedman is distinguished by having brought the black American sound experience to Afro-Caribbean ...

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A Must Hear.....A Must Experience....Latin Jazz Guitarist, Dave Percell

Source: All About Jazz
October 2, 2008

Latin Jazz Guitarist, Dave Percell, is definitely in a league of his own when it comes to stroking the Nylon Strings. His vibrant and high energy guitar licks have “wowed" all that have heard him play, including long time jazz industry musicians. He holds nothing back as he delivers a brilliant mixture of Latin Flamenco rhythms and Jazz fusion elements. Most people do not know that this gifted musician came from a Rock background. He began playing the guitar at ...

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Tim Siciliano Trio with Dominic Duval and Brian Willson @ Brooklyn College, October 2nd

Source: All About Jazz
October 2, 2008

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