Jazz News

Why We Should Be Clear About What Trad Jazz Means

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2008

Sorry to return to the Mercury prize for a second week, but this is only a passing spin-off from that much-discussed event. Observer music critic Kitty Empire, one of the Mercury judges, described the shortlisting process in a recent article and included among the difficulties the challenge of comparing “the merits of Empirical's trad jazz against Benga's dubstep". The collective snort of derision about this in the jazz world has made a trombone section sound like a solo flute, and ...

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Former Councilman Was Shot in Apparent Robbery at Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2008

Harris' killing stuns residents, colleagues By Gus G. Sentementes In his eight years on the City Council, Kenneth N. Harris Sr. worked diligently to make parts of North and Northeast Baltimore safer from crime, including the Northwood Plaza, an aging strip mall that some say had its heyday in the 1960s. But Harris, who lost his bid for City Council president last year and left public life, died after falling victim to crime at that shopping center early yesterday. Harris, ...

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Compositions by Marsalis and Shorter a Seductive Blend

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2008

Composers have been marrying elements of jazz and classical music for a century with drastically uneven results. The aesthetic bliss promised by the union is too seductive for many composers to ignore, but the challenge is daunting. So if you're Wynton Marsalis, you seek advice from a master. When Marsalis finished his 1999 oratorio “All Rise" for orchestra, jazz band and chorus, he shared the score with the composer-pianist John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet, who had dedicated a ...

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Gospel Jazz Trio Debuts on CTA Records

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2008

New York, NY, September 22, 2008 – On October 1, 2008 CTA Records will release “Jesus Saves”, debut album by drummer Uros Markovic. He is joined by a superb group of musicians, pianist Eric Lewis and bassist Reginald Veal. With the aid of Rale Micic, who produced the album, Uros Markovic breaks new ground with his Gospel Jazz Trio.

“Jesus Saves” is an album that brings a revolutionary change to the way we hear jazz today. It represents the birth ...

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Kevin Frenette Quartet at 119 Gallery

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2008

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The Revision of Frank Sinatras Luck Be a Lady by Swingsation, BJ Stokes

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2008

USCA International is proudly to release the revision of Frank Sinatras Luck Be A Lady out of the Swingsation Vault The song Luck Be A Lady indicates how good it feels to be lucky. The song tells a story about how lucky Frank Sinatra night is going because of one special dame. This significant classic was a must for the Swingsation BJ Stoke to a rebirth. “Luck Be a Lady" is a song written by Frank Loesser and performed by ...

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Arturo O'Farrill and Claudia Acuna - A Musical Match Made in Heaven!

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2008

Brooklyn, NY - Latin Jazz virtuoso Arturo O’Farrill and South American Jazz vocalist Claudia Acuna are pleased to announce the release of their first album together. Arturo O’Farrill who is most known as the leader of the Chico O’Farrill Orchestra, The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra and former Director of Latin Jazz at Lincoln Center has paired with South American vocalist and instrumentalist Claudia Acuna on an album that is sure to strike a chord at the very musical foundations of ...

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Steve Weingart Performing with Steve Lukather in California & Japan

Source: All About Jazz
September 22, 2008

Keyboard virtuoso Steve Weingart will again be performing with Steve Lukather (Guitar, Vocals) at forthcoming shows in California and Japan during October 2008, in support of Lukather's “Ever Changing Times" CD released earlier this year. The “No Jazz Tour" also features material from each of Lukather's solo albums, and some rarely performed Toto songs. Oct 2 2008 Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, California Oct 3 2008 Canyon Club, Agoura Hills, California Oct 21 2008 IMP Hall, ...

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