Jazz News

Juan Chavez Y Arco Kemao Salsa Octet at San Jose Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

Berklee College of Music salsa octet Juan Chavez y Arco Kemao will perform twice on Saturday, August 9th as part of the Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival. Chavez, whose violin, singing - and dancing - with his salsa big band Dle were a highlight of the 2007 Kennedy Center Conservatory Project series in Washington, DC, brings to San Jose a fresh band of top Berklee students, Arco Kemao, whose “salsa delivery system" features the triad of violin, viola, and cello. ...

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NYC's VJ Lady Firefly to Perform with Members of Psychic TV and Tuxedomoon

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

NYC'S CUTTING-EDGE VJ TO PERFORM WITH MEMBERS OF PSYCHIC TV AND TUXEDOMOON - THUR JULY 31 Unusual video content created with Nam June Paik's analog synthesizer, the “Wobulator" NYC-based Filipino video artist and VJ Zarah Cabanas (aka Lady Firefly) performs two live audiovisual pieces using original content created with Nam June Paik's analog video synthesizer the “Wobulator" at Brooklyn's Issue Project Room on July 31st 2008 at 8pm with ZGT - musical duo of Dok Gregory of Psychic TV, Amoeba ...

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Vocalist Chris Williams Performs for Special Engagement Steamers Event

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

Chris Williams, local award winning jazz vocalist, will be performing at the prestigious Steamers Jazz Caf on Friday, August 8 at 8 PM to record a new CD and DVD. The special engagement concert also celebrates Chris' 30th birthday. Seating for the performance is limited with a $10 cover charge and 2-item minimum. Canadian-born jazz vocalist Chris Williams has impressed audiences with his intense passion, vocal proficiency and musical maturity. He has built a loyal following, as his highly entertaining ...

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Vernon Neilly on DVD in Movie "Walk Hard"

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

Award Winning guitarist Vernon Neilly can now be seen in your living room, on your computer, and anywhere that you might have access to a DVD player, with the release of “Walk Hard, The Dewey Cox Story". Neilly, who has appeared in two other major motion pictures, “Along Came Polly" and “Starsky and Hutch", plays along side Saturday Night Live veterans John C. Reilly, and Tim Meadows as part of the “Bobby Shad" band in this hilarious comedy. The film ...

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American and New Zealand Harmonica Wizards Team up for Amazing New CD

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

2008 marks a milestone for PT Gazell & Brendan Power, as their highly anticipated duet CD Back To Back hits the stands. This collection of jazz and swing standards from MissMax & Tethnik Records is certain to make fans and industry folks alike sit up and take notice. American master of the half-valved diatonic, PT Gazell and New Zealand chromatic harmonica wizard Brendan Power, pay homage to the swinging sounds of Django Reinhardt, Benny Goodman, Ben Webster and so much ...

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The All-New Honda Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

Honda's all-new Jazz is once again set to redefine the B-segment parameters of practicality and interior space. The 5-door hatchback will achieve class leading interior space and combined it with significantly improved fuel economy and 120 g/km CO2 emissions (1.4-litre i-SHIFT and 1.2-litre). The exterior design is at first glance an evolution rather than a revolution, but this subtle change of appearance is only one small part of the thousands of changes that push the all-new Jazz forward. It retains ...

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Bachata Roja Legends on the Santa Monica Pier

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

The Santa Monica Pier Twilight Dance Series presented by Amoeba Records which takes place on the Naked Juice Stage is a nice place to take a date. One can score a trifecta on any given Thursday evening. First,you can enjoy an eclectic mixture of music to kick off the evening, afterwards you can have dinner at one of the nice restaurants on the pier and then spend some time in Pacific Park for some fun amusement games.

On July 24th, ...

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Jazz Legends on Central Avenue

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

Los Angeles - The 13th Annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival was held on July 26 and July 27 on historic Central Avenue. This year's festival, like the ones held in the past was a huge success.

Everybody was raving about the new set-up for the festival which featured a huge canopy that covered the stage as well as the crowd. The vendors were situated along the side streets off of Central Avenue.

Every year the festival gets under way with ...

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