Jazz News

Lou Teicher Half of Ferrante & Teicher Piano Duo

Source: Michael Ricci
August 6, 2008

Lou Teicher, half of the popular Ferrante & Teicher piano duo that had top-10 hits in the 1960s with lushly orchestrated movie-theme singles, has died. He was 83.

Teicher, a longtime resident of Sarasota, Fla., died unexpectedly of heart failure Sunday at his summer home in Highlands, N.C., said Scott W. Smith, Teicher and Arthur Ferrante's personal manager.

Ferrante & TeicherIn a musical collaboration that spanned five decades and ended when the duo retired from the concert stage in 1989, ...

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Robert Maheu Confidant to Billionaire Howard Hughes

Source: Michael Ricci
August 6, 2008

Robert Maheu, who worked for the FBI and the CIA before he became billionaire Howard Hughes' confidant and right-hand man, has died. He was 90.

Shielding the eccentric industrialist from the public he feared and crafting the deals that made him a Las Vegas power player during a critical period in the city's development.

The cause was congestive heart failure, according to his son, Peter, who said his father died Monday at Desert Springs Hospital in Las Vegas.

Robert MaheuFormidably ...

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Donny McCaslin to Release New CD "Recommended Tools" on Greenleaf Music

Source: Two for the Show Media
August 6, 2008

Recommended Tools is the 7th release from 2008 Downbeat Rising Star Poll winner Donny McCaslin. It is also his first for Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music label. “I asked Donny McCaslin to write and record the Great American Tenor Trio Record, half jokingly. Well, he delivered, with a stunning set of music," says Douglas about the release. McCaslin has been performing with Douglas' highly publicized Quintet since 2005, as well as receiving a Grammy nomination for his work with the Maria ...

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Oleg Kireyev with the Keith Javors Trio at Blues Alley Jazz Club

Source: Two for the Show Media
August 6, 2008

In a unique collaboration of East and West, Russian jazz saxophonist Oleg Kireyev meets the Keith Javors Trio in an exciting evening of straight-ahead jazz standards and originals at Blues Alley Jazz Club in Washington DC. on Tuesday September 16th, 2008. Oleg Kireyev with the Keith Javors Trio Oleg Kireyev, saxophones Keith Javors, piano Steve Meashey, bass Brian Menendez, drums “Oleg's playing is a marvelous combination of styles...echoes of the 1920's and ...

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Oleg Kireyev with the Keith Javors Trio at Chris' Jazz Cafe

Source: Two for the Show Media
August 6, 2008

In a unique collaboration of East and West, Russian jazz saxophonist Oleg Kireyev meets the Keith Javors Trio in an exciting evening of straight-ahead jazz standards and originals at Chris' Jazz Cafe in Philadelphia on Monday September 15th, 2008. Oleg Kireyev with the Keith Javors Trio Oleg Kireyev, saxophones Keith Javors, piano Steve Meashey, bass Brian Menendez, drums “Oleg's playing is a marvelous combination of styles...echoes of the 1920's and John Coltrane ...

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Digital Recording with Logic Pro 8 Studio

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

New look, new view. Logic Pro 8, the heart of the studio, has undergone an extensive interface redesign.

There are cosmetic improvements throughout, but this isn't just a skin-deep upgrade: entire editing facilities have been streamlined or replaced, and a lot of Logic's strange terminology has been translated into standardized language. That may sound like bad news to existing users, but remarkably, Apple has managed to avoid sacrificing the application's core structure and functionality. Even long-time users may find themselves ...

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Beatles Reel-to-Reel Tape Sells For $23k

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

A newly discovered tape of the Beatles laughing and chatting during an early recording session has sold for about $23,000.

Cameo Auctioneers said the reel-to-reel tape was recorded in 1964 and had recently been discovered by a man in northern England while he was clearing out his father's attic.

The half-hour tape sold to an Internet bidder Tuesday afternoon for $23,446 including tax and the buyer's premium, the auction house said, adding that it had yet to contact the winner. ...

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Jazz Jams at Pasadena Jazz Institute

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

Monday night on Colorado Boulevard is not exactly a hot spot. Traffic on the Boulevard was non-existant.

But, that doesn't stop Paul Lines, Executive Director of the Pasadena Jazz Institute, from bringing in a 16-piece jazz band, led by trumpeter Winston Bird, to jam at his Institute headquarters upstairs on the Colorado Terrace in Paseo Colorado.

Nor can it be said that word has gotten out that the band, being nominally called The Pasadena Jazz Orchestra, is performing each Monday ...

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