Jazz News

New Website for Jazz Chords, Lyrics and Community: jazzyourass.com!

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

A new website especially for jazz musicians has been lauched: JazzYourAss.com Here you can find chords and sheets of jazz standards as well as the lyrics on one page. Furthermore the site features exciting community features as well as a tool to figure out almost all jazz scales and chords for the guitar. The owners of this page are updating the community about their plans and new updates in a blog. The layout of the page still seems to be ...

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Vijay Iyer Quartet Investigates a Mutant Jazz Landscape

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

The Vijay Iyer Quartet trafficks in a surging, complex, mutant strain of post-bop, steeped in portent and incident. Led by Mr. Iyer, a relentlessly probing pianist, the group relies equally on the exertions of the alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, the bassist Stephan Crump and the drummer Marcus Gilmore. It doesn't sound like any other band on the jazz landscape, as it confirmed at the Jazz Standard on Friday night. Mr. Iyer began the evening's second set by noting that the ...

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Jay T. Vonada Releases Debut CD "Jammin'"

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Trombonist Jay T. Vonada, of Aaronsburg Pennsylvania, recently released his debut CD, Jammin'. Jay, who is a musician in the central region of Pennsylvania, plays in several bands. They are all diverse in their musical styles. Although music is not his full time profession, he spends hours practicing and performing in a variety of settings, from pit orchestras, to jazz combos, to big bands. The CD will feature eight original compositions, from Swing to Latin to Funk. Free MP3 Download ...

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BBC Big Band & Clare Teal - Grassington Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Yorkshire's finest export after Betty's tea room was the star attraction at Grassington's annual music festival. Clare Teal who was voted BBC Jazz Vocalist of the year 2006 and British Jazz Vocalist of the year 2005 & 2007 presented a whole program featuring music from her new album “Get Happy". The album is a gem for all jazz fans featuring may well known classics such as Cheek To Cheek, Begin The Beguine and Time After Time. For those of you ...

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Sara Bareilles Announces Fall Headlining Tour

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Hot off the heels of the incredible success of her first ever headlining tour, songstress Sara Bareilles announces that she will head back out on the road this Fall for a second set of headlining dates in support of Little Voice, her Gold certified debut album for Epic Records featuring one of the biggest hit songs in the country, “Love Song" and its follow up single, “Bottle It Up." The tour will officially kick off on October 9th at Spreckels ...

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New West Records Presents Norah Jones: Live from Austin, TX

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

New West Records proudly introduces Norah Jones: Live From Austin, TX, the latest DVD release from the acclaimed PBS Austin City Limits television series. Taken from the full ACL concert that was then edited into the half hour TV show, the DVD contains previously unreleased performances. The 18 song disc was filmed in Hi-Definition and has DTS 5.1 Surround Sound. Norah Jones: Live From Austin, TX, will be the first release from the series available as a Limited Edition 180 ...

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Morgan Freeman Seriously Hurt in Car Accident

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Ground Zero Blues Club owner Morgan Freeman Seriously injured

Police say actor's car left Mississippi highway and flipped several times. Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman was seriously injured in a car accident in Mississippi on Sunday night according to the Mississippi Highway Patrol. Police report that Freeman, 71, was driving eastbound on Highway 32 near the town of Ruleville, Miss., around 11:30 p.m. when his car left the road and flipped several times. Police say Freeman and a female ...

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Lallapalooza 360 View

Source: Michael Ricci
August 4, 2008

Lallapalooza in the Round

Rage Against the Machine Return to Riot Atmosphere

“Save that shit for the streets!" declared Rage Against the Machine frontman Zack De La Rocha. He was reprimanding an overly aggressive crowd that forced the band to stop multiple times to restore order amidst the fans (as many as 2,000 gate crashers among them). The delays seemed to throw off the band's rhythm a bit, though they were still able to play their explosive rap-rock with surgical ...

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