Jazz News

Jazz Great Freddy Cole to Perform at the OC Pavilion on August 29

Source: All About Jazz
August 5, 2008

Award-winning jazz vocalist and brother of Nat King Cole to perform one night only at the OC Pavilion in Santa Ana, near the artist district Santa Ana, CA (PRWEB) August 5, 2008 -- The OC Pavilion is pleased to welcome jazz great Freddy Cole on August 29 at 8 p.m. Doors to the OC Pavilion and Ambrosia Restaurant open at 6 p.m. for pre-show dinner and cocktails. Lionel Frederick Cole was born on October 15, 1931, the youngest of Edward ...

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Spalding Reinterprets Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
August 5, 2008

23-year-old bassist/vocalist who appeals to young and old coming to area According to some pundits, jazz music is in a constant state of emergency. Many of the music's legends are slowly shuffling off this mortal coil and some of the music's most vocal advocates and highest-profile players often treat jazz as a museum piece, as if nothing interesting or noteworthy happened after the hard bop of the 1960s, or when Miles Davis plugged his trumpet into a wah-wah pedal. But ...

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18th Annual Rosslyn Jazz Festival: Holly Cole, Lafayette Gilchrist and Spanish Harlem Orchestra

Source: All About Jazz
August 5, 2008

Arlington, Va - Praised among our region's standout jazz festivals by JazzTimes magazine, the 18th Annual Rosslyn Jazz Festival takes place on Saturday (12:30pm - 7:00pm), September 6, 2008, at Gateway Park, 1300 Lee Hwy (N. Lynn St. & Lee Hwy), in Arlington, Virginia (just across Key Bridge from Georgetown, 2 blocks from Rosslyn Metro Station). The event features yet another powerful lineup, including versatile vocalist Holly Cole - Canada's 2008 Juno Awardee for “Best Jazz Album"; Grammy Award-winning Salsa ...

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Carlos Cuevas Releases New CD Entitled "Uninhibited Realm" to Rave Reviews

Source: All About Jazz
August 5, 2008

In 2008, pianist/composer Carlos Cuevas released his second CD entitled Uninhibited Realm. This CD features John Patitucci on acoustic & electric basses, Jimmy Branly on drums & percussion, and a concerto for jazz trio and a 16-piece chamber orchestra. Following the success of his previous work, Depiction, Uninhibited Realm has also been praised by Downbeat (Three Stars, August 2008); Keyboard (August, 2008); Modern Drummer (September 2008; & Msico Pro (May 2008). Here's what they're saying: “Three Stars" “The latest from ...

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Mary Halvorson Trio's Debut CD Coming October 28th on Firehouse 12 Records

Source: Improvised Communications
August 5, 2008

Firehouse 12 Records is proud to announce the October 28th release of Dragon's Head (FH12-04-01-007), Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson's debut recording as a bandleader. Recorded in February at the label's state of the art studio in New Haven, Connecticut, it features ten new original compositions written specifically for her longstanding trio with bassist John Hebert and drummer Ches Smith. She has previously composed music for recordings with her chamber music duo with violist Jessica Pavone and the avant-rock duo, People, ...

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American Idol Show Runner Steps Down

Source: Michael Ricci
August 5, 2008

In recent months, Fox executives announced that they intend to make some creative changes to the format of “American Idol" in its eighth season next year to freshen up the show.

But they weren't counting on a change in show runners. As first reported on TMZ, executive producer and show runner Nigel Lythgoe is stepping down from the Fox juggernaut to pursue a new show and continue with “So You Think You Can Dance," which he also runs. In a ...

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Dolly Pardon at the Greek

Source: Michael Ricci
August 5, 2008

Parton can compete with any diva, but she sparkles most when she's just herself.

Few musicians embrace the yin-yang interplay of artist and performer as wholeheartedly as Dolly Parton did Sunday night at the Greek Theatre. Having spent most of the last decade in a rewarding return to her Smoky Mountain bluegrass roots with a series of indie-label releases, she's now picking up where she left off in the '80s following her pop-country crossover successes. Much about Sunday's show was ...

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James Taylor Digs into "Covers" This Fall

Source: All About Jazz
August 5, 2008

James Taylor will release a covers collection

Covers featuring songs from the '50s, '60s and '70s on Sept. 30 through Starbucks' Hear Music label. The album, appropriately titled Covers, will be available at both traditional retail outlets and Starbucks locations. The 12-song set finds the singer/songwriter and his “Band of Legends" tackling songs from artists such as Big Mama Thorton ("Hound Dog"), Leonard Cohen ("Suzanne") and Junior Walker & the All-Stars ("(I'm A) Road Runner") The album is Taylor's first ...

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