Jazz News

New James Bond Theme Alicia Keys and Jack White

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2008

007 Alicia Keys, Jack White to Duet on New “James Bond" Theme

A couple months ago, Alicia Keys talked about her desire to collaborate with the White Stripes. She'll have to settle for the next best thing, as Keys and Jack White are teaming up for the theme song of the next James Bond film Quantum of Solace. “Another Way to Die" was written by White, who will also play drums and produce the track. The song marks the first ...

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Bob Dylan's Eighth Bootleg Series Release

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2008

Bob Dylan's Eighth “Bootleg Series" Release, Tell Tale Signs, Due in October

Bob Dylan will release the eighth installment of his Bootleg Series on October 7th. Tell Tale Signs features unreleased recordings and alternate versions of studio sessions from the last two decades, sessions that ultimately resulted in albums like Time Out of Mind, Love and Theft and Modern Times. The two-disc set will also feature rare live performances. For a limited time, Bob Dylan's refurbished Website is offering a ...

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Michael Berniker Record Producer Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
July 29, 2008

Michael Berniker, a prolific record producer whose diverse projects won nine Grammy Awards over four decades, died on Friday in Great Barrington, Mass. He was 73.

Best known for producing the first three Barbra Streisand albums on Columbia as well as numerous Broadway cast albums, Mr. Berniker also produced Latin jazz, spoken word, comedy and classical records. The cause was complications from kidney disease, said his wife, Heather. Other pop artists he produced included Eydie Gorme, Johnny Mathis and Perry ...

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Performers Announced for the 19th Annual Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2008

SAN JOSE, CA - San Jose Jazz announced today the performing artists for the 19th Annual Comcast San Jose Jazz Festival, presented by Southwest Airlines. The festival is scheduled for Aug. 8-10 and will feature over one hundred bands comprising over 1,000 musicians on 10 stages in downtown San Jose. Headlining performers include David Sanborn, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Summit and Zakir Hussain, the Bill Holman Orchestra, James Hunter, and John Densmore, former drummer of The Doors. This festival brings ...

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Joe Beck Jazz Guitarist with Sinatra, Davis Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
July 29, 2008

Joe Beck, 62; jazz guitarist collaborated with Sinatra, Davis, other top musicians was honored five times by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences as a “Most Valuable Player."

Joe Beck, a jazz guitarist who collaborated with artists such as Frank Sinatra, Miles Davis and James Brown, died July 22 at a Connecticut hospice after battling lung cancer. He was 62. Beck got his start as a teenager in the 1960s playing in a jazz trio in New York. ...

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Vocalist Chris Williams Performs for Special Engagement Steamers Event

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 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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Lennon Interview Turned Animated

Source: Michael Ricci
July 29, 2008

I Met the Walrus

In 1969, 14-year-old Jerry Levitan sneaked into John Lennon's hotel room with a reel-to-reel tape recorder, and the idiosyncratic music titan was gracious enough to agree to a short interview.

This film, I Met the Walrus, is the audio of that interview set stunningly to animation by Josh Raskin. The film was nominated for an Academy Award last year and is now being featured at YouTube's Screening Room section, where it has garnered 650,000 views. ...

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Best Buy Stores Expanding to Musical Instruments

Source: All About Jazz
July 29, 2008

Hoping to cater to everyone from the garage guitarist to a recording musician, Best Buy Co. Inc. is announcing a massive new initiative that sets aside store space for an array of musical instruments and gear in dozens of sites nationwide.

The nation's largest consumer electronics retailer will announce Tuesday that it plans to open as many as 85 of the music centers inside its stores by the end of the year and could add even more locations in the ...

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