Jazz News

With All That Jazz out There, Where Do I Start?

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

“We Always Swing" Jazz Series Assistant Director Greg Aker knows about jazz education.

As someone who has studied the genre and taught it to children, he is used to all sorts of responses - “I don't like jazz" must be high on that list. But that's a major misconception, Aker said. “Jazz is not the snooty background music you see in movies - it can be, but that's not all it is. Just like with rock and roll or hip-hop ...

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Johnny Bones and the Palace of Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

Johnny Bones and the Palace of Jazz will get the joint jumpin'.

With an 8-piece orchestra that includes trumpets, clarinets, bass lines, and novelty drums and percussion during two free shows at Moody's Bistro & Lounge on Friday, Aug. 8 and Saturday, Aug. 9.

Johnny Bones and the Palace of Jazz will deliver a show at Moody's that feels like stepping back into the musical past while simultaneously listening to a band that is unmistakably part of jazz music's future. ...

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The Beauty of Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

Great jazz artists fashion a unique manner of playing that expresses their musical personality.

Jazz performance requires dynamic creativity, great knowledge of the jazz forms, and an incredible ability to distill life experience into musical expression.

Jazz as a type of music was first developed by African Americans around the first decades of the 20th century with an identifiable history and distinct stylistic evolution. Jazz music developed alongside blues and other popular music classes with these genres overlapping in many ...

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Tuesdays on the Terrace: Fred Lonberg-Holm

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

Tuesdays on the Terrace presents another inspiring season of free evening jazz concerts on the MCA's Terrace and Sculpture Garden. Hosted by local radio personalities, visitors are invited to enjoy cocktails, Puck's Express snacks, or a dinner buffet from Puck's Cafe while listening to Chicago's finest jazz musicians. Dinner reservations at Puck's are recommended, call 312.397.4034. In case of rain, the event takes place in Puck's.

WHAT: Tuesdays on the Terrace

WHO: Fred Lonberg-Holm

WHEN:

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Schumann and Fantasy at Festival in Santa Fe

Source: Michael Ricci
August 6, 2008

A true chamber music festival can be only as good as the performance space it occupies. By definition, chamber music is meant to be experienced up-close, in the salons of old or the intimate recital halls of today. The five-week Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, now in its 36th summer season, is fortunate to have St. Francis Auditorium as its principal setting. The attractive and acoustically vibrant hall is part of the New Mexico Museum of Art, located just off ...

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James Moody Joins Solvang Jazz Festival 2008 Lineup

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

American jazz icon James Moody joins top, international talent at 3-day fall event “As a musical explorer, performer, collaborator and composer [Moody] has made an indelible contribution to the rise of American music as the dominant musical force of the twentieth century." -The New York Times Solvang, CA--With a world class lineup of international Jazz legends and bright new stars, the 2008 Solvang Jazz Festival is set to bring the thrill and excitement of Jazz and music in general to ...

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San Jose Jazz Festival: Finding Jazz Outside the Main Stage

Source: All About Jazz
August 6, 2008

Where's the best place to find jazz at this year's San Jose Jazz Festival? That's not a trick question.

Looking at the festival's Main Stage line up, the jazz content is decidedly hit or miss. But wander away from Plaza de Cesar Chavez to the Tech Museum's IMAX Theater, the San Jose Rep, or the Almaden Walkway, and it's a safe bet you'll catch some world-class improvisers.

Running Friday through Sunday, the San Jose Jazz Festival has reached a creative ...

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Dane Vannatter Brings New Show "Alone Together: A Tony Bennett Album" to Metropolitan Room

Source: Cromarty & Co.
August 6, 2008

From Tin Pan Alley to Motown, Dane Vannatter will present a new cabaret and jazz show, “Alone Together: A Tony Bennett Album" on four consecutive Saturday evenings in September, beginning September 6th (9:30PM) at the New York hotspot Metropolitan Room (34 West 22nd Street ~between 5th & 6th Avenues). Directed by Lennie Watts, the evening will feature songs from the Bennett album including “Alone Together," “Poor Butterfly," “It's Magic," and a rarely sung Bart Howard song “Walk in the Country." ...

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