Jazz News

NPR Offer Webcast of Newport Music Festivals

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

PROVIDENCE -- Music fans unable to attend the Newport folk and jazz festivals will be able to listen to some concerts online.

NPR Music, part of National Public Radio, announced Wednesday that it would stream select performances from both festivals online, as well as archive the free webcasts and make them available on-demand for future use. NPR Music also will produce two-hour radio specials at the two festivals for member stations. The venerable folk festival -- best know as the ...

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New York Concert Ensemble: Jammin' on the Hudson

Source: All About Jazz
August 4, 2008

Sunday August 10th 2008; features the re-emergence of an All Star Band

Our Trombonist is an Original Member of The Concert Ensemble, who was also featured on “Sentimental Mood", on “Early Bird" Records. His long, and illustrious career has led him to play, and record with Artists such as Slide Hampton, James Moody, Mongo Santomaria, Lionel Hampton, Dizzy Gillespie, and Aretha Franklin. He has recorded on the “Blue Note", “Impulse" and “Strata East" Record labels. We are more than happy ...

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Airborne Releases "Winds of Change" on Tilt Records

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
August 4, 2008

New CD Winds of Change by Airborne Airborne with a beautiful trademark jazz sound of island passion and urban emotion Airborne the “Musical Peacemakers" of Contemporary Jazz send a message of peace and global unity Winds of Change the 6th CD from Airborne, the multi-cultural contemporary jazz group from New Haven CT USA. Airborne the “Musical Peacemakers" of contemporary jazz are focusing their talents in a harmonious atmosphere for change. Their music transfigures a spirit of love and compassion for ...

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Guitarist Roman Matin's Music for Electric Guitar

Source: Michael Ricci
August 3, 2008

Music for Electric Guitar is the third album for Russian guitarist, Roman Matin, but this electric solo guitar session is the first available to American and European audiences. Classic jazz guitarist Paul Metzke characterizes Matin's music with these words: “Excellent classical/compositional approach to playing jazz guitar." All of the pieces are composed by Matin and performed as if Erik Satie wrote for electric solo guitar. It is not surprising that Anthony Coleman said about this music, “It's lovely...veiled and kind ...

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Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival Reaps Another International Award "The Best Public Entertainment Event in the Middle East"

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2008

Chillout Productions, founders and organizers of the annual Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival, won the 2008 Middle East Event Award for the Best Public Entertainment Event in The Middle East. As part of the Event 360, the awards presentation took place on April 27th, 2008 at a Gala lunch at the Al Multaqua Ballroom at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre with the presence of a wide spectrum of the entertainment industry professionals. Judged by an independent panel, made-up ...

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Chillout Productions Announces the Dates of the 7th Edition of Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2008

ANOTHER 10 DAYS OF QUALITY MUSIC & LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. SKYWARDS DUBAI INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL 2009 DATES ARE ANNOUNCED! Chillout Productions reveals the dates for the 7th edition of the Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival 2009. The festival is set to kick off on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 and tie up on the 27th of the same month. The 10 days festival is to feature great names in the world of music ranging between blues, Jazz, rock and pop with an ...

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Renting Frank Sinatra's Palm Springs Home

Source: All About Jazz
August 3, 2008

It was the city where the Rat Pack partied, Elvis honeymooned and Eisenhower swung the only hole in one of his life.

Palm Springs, California's fabled desert oasis, has long been a winter playground for the Hollywood set; the city lies just 100 miles (160 km) east of Los Angeles. But it is also home to an extensive array of beautifully preserved Modernist structures that have turned this golf- and-cocktails resort town into a must-see destination for devotees of architecture. ...

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The Return of Return to Forever

Source: Michael Ricci
August 3, 2008

Return to Forever together again: Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea and Lenny White

A FEW days before kicking off their big reunion here, the members of the jazz-rock band Return to Forever shared a moment of collective astonishment. The keyboardist Chick Corea, the bassist Stanley Clarke, the guitarist Al Di Meola and the drummer Lenny White were gearing up to perform together for the first time in 25 years, headlining large concert halls in the jazz equivalent of ...

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