Jazz News

Jazz the Vote with George Kahn at the Jazz Bakery

Source: Imaginary Friends
September 20, 2008

The George Kahn “West Coast Jazz” Quartet will perform at The Jazz Bakery on Monday evening, October 6th. One night only, there will be two sets at 8 PM and at 9:30 PM. George Kahn, on Piano, will be joined onstage with an All Star group of musicians, including Harry Kim (of The Vine Street Horns &American Idol fame) on trumpet, Jack LeCompte on drums and Steve Pandis on bass. George’s will be celebrating the rise of his 6th CD, ...

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Ahmad Jamal Kickedoff Jazz at Linclon Center

Source: Michael Ricci
September 20, 2008

A Pianist Fully in Charge of Everything He Surveys

Ahmad Jamal stood up repeatedly from the piano at the Rose Theater on Thursday night, almost always during a song. His reasons had to do with the act of management, which plays an important role in his music. Sometimes he turned to face the rest of his rhythm section, as if to observe its progress or pass silent judgment. Sometimes he was making an announcement, or cuing the big band onstage. ...

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The Webster-Kirkwood Times Presents the Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2008

All eyes have been focused on New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina belted the Big Easy a few years ago. In the St. Louis region, all ears will be tuned to the soulful sounds of multi-faceted musicians at the eighth annual Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival Saturday, Sept. 20, from noon to 10 p.m. Sponsored by the Webster-Kirkwood Times, KTRS (55 AM) Radio, KFUO (Classic 99 FM) Radio, Webster University and the Rockwood Senior Living Complex, this year's jazz and ...

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From Galway's Flute Flows Magic, Uptown or Down

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2008

There he was at the New York Philharmonic's season-opening concert, performing Jacques Ibert's challenging Flute Concerto at Lincoln Center in a nationally televised concert on PBS. Dressed in a gold lame formal jacket and gold tie before a gala audience and national TV audience, Galway made a difficult work seem effortless. Two nights earlier, the man with the golden flute had another gig — on the Lower East Side with the Latin jazz ensemble Tiempo Libre. At the nightclub Drom, ...

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Will Bernard Brings Wily Jazz, and a Whole Lot More

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2008

With grooves as thick and rich as mousse, a stream of murmuring organ notes and precise syncopations, the Will Bernard Trio sounds like it should be up on the main stage at the Telluride Jazz Celebration. But, hey, it’s September, the festival season has gone to bed, and besides, it’s getting cold out there. Instead, the Will Bernard Trio will play a show in the intimate glow (and heated interior) of Las Montañas. The free-jazz, soul-jazz, roots-jazz, anything goes show ...

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Vacaville Jazzes Up Weekend

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2008

When it comes to pulling off the ninth annual Vacaville Jazz Fest, bigger was not necessarily better, as event founder Keith Stout quickly realized. The free event that runs today through Sunday relies heavily on sponsors, and Stout found out the big boys sometimes have trouble remembering to call him back. “We bring much-needed sales traffic to our jazz festival, but big corporations seem to be least interested in community support," Stout said. “The one line I hear often from ...

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Natalie Cole Hospitalized, Postpones Concert Tour

Source: Michael Ricci
September 20, 2008

Singer Natalie Cole, whos been battling Hepatitis C since being diagnosed in July with the liver disease, is in the hospital.

The combination of the treatment shes been undergoing and the heavy promotional schedule for her new album took its toll. Her doctors decided they needed to put her in the hospital. They expect her to be there for a few days, then shell be on a month of bed rest. Cole's publicist Maureen OConnor.

She said this ...

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Blink-182 Drummer and DJ AM Critically Burned in Jet Crash That Kills 4

Source: All About Jazz
September 20, 2008

Mayor: 'It's Absolutely Terrible And Tragic'

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four people, authorities said Saturday.

Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the plane carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday when air traffic controllers reporting seeing sparks. The plane headed for Van Nuys, Calif., went off a runway, through a fence and crashed on a nearby ...

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