Jazz News

Gold Coast Jazz Society of Fort Lauderdale Announces Season Line Up

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2008

Put Some Jazz in Your Life!

Gold Coast Jazz Society Announces 2008-2009 Season of Jazz

Jazz up your life! The Gold Coast Jazz Society is planning to put a little jazz in your life with their 2008-09 season of jazz concerts. From living jazz legends to hot sultry jazz, the Gold Coast Jazz Society will deliver a pallet of jazz that includes the best of jazz classics to big band swing. Subscriptions are now available for all eight jazz concerts ...

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Henry Z. Steinway Piano Maker Passes

Source: Michael Ricci
September 19, 2008

Henry Z. Steinway, the last Steinway to run the piano-making company his family started in 1853, died Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93.

Mr. Steinway once said that he had taken countless piano lessons but never knew which is Beethovens this or Beethovens that. He remained proficient on a typewriters keys, however; long after the world had adopted personal computers, he was still pounding away on his Smith-Corona manual.

Henry Ziegler Steinway named for an uncle, and ...

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Retailers Greet “Friends and Family”

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2008

SRI Jazz announces Ray Brown Jr's new CD, an all-star duets album entitled “Family and Friends" is finally in stores. The album premiered on iTunes and it has received great reviews there and it arrives at all major music retailers the week of September 15th. “ Just listened to Ray Jrs' CD and it’s marvelous. He’s got the rhythm and feel of his mother and father and the voice to go with it. What a great idea for him to ...

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Live Earth Concert Planned for India

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2008

India will host a Live Earth concert this year, Agence France-Presse reported. The event, scheduled for Dec. 7 in Mumbai, is to raise money for solar energy and will feature musicians and other entertainers.

The lineup has not been determined, but Jon Bon Jovi has announced that he will take part. The concert will also feature Bollywood stars, including Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai, as well as the Indian director Shekhar Kapur. Live Earth was founded by Kevin ...

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Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts That Bernstein Feeling

Source: Michael Ricci
September 19, 2008

In San Francisco, kindred spirit Michael Tilson Thomas tunes up for a New York celebration of the conductor-composer.

SAN FRANCISCO -- On Nov. 14, 1943, 25-year-old Leonard Bernstein made his debut conducting the New York Philharmonic in Carnegie Hall. A last-minute substitute for Bruno Walter, he landed on the front page of the New York Times. The next year he composed his first musical, On the Town, and wrote his first ballet, Fancy Free, all of which made him the ...

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Warren Brown Renown Trombonist Passes

Source: Michael Ricci
September 19, 2008

Less More Renown Brown's Trombonist Warren Brown passed away September 15, 2008 after a lengthy illness in Carlsbad, CA.he was 92.

Warrens life was filled with music, being taught at an early age by his father, then attending New York Military Academy majoring in music. He was a trombonist with his brothers band, Les Brown and the Band of Renown until he went into the Navy in World War II where he served for 3 years. Upon discharge, ...

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Lincoln Center Announces Yearlong 50th Anniversary Celebration

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2008

Lincoln has Center announced a yearlong 50th Anniversary Celebration that will begin in May 2009 and continue through May 2010. We invite you to share this very special time with us by participating in numerous artistic and educational programs that will acknowledge our past with an eye to the future.

“It is with great excitement that we approach this major milestone," said Lincoln Center Chairman Frank A. Bennack, Jr. “Since Lincoln Center began in the 1950s, it has continued to ...

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iVideosongs and Guitar Hero Brian Kahanek Show How to Play the Blues

Source: All About Jazz
September 19, 2008

iVideosongs debuts three great songs featuring Texas blues rock master, Brian Kahanek, this week: “Gemini," “Deliver Me" and “Sold Your Soul." Kahanek, known for his blistering chops and creative lead guitar playing, has a following among guitar players and players of Guitar Hero alike.

Each of these iVideosongs titles include an interview and conversation with Kahanek, where he discusses his development as a musician, his musical influences and the back story for each song.

“Gemini" is the instrumental from 2004's ...

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