Jazz News

First Sundays, First Edition Released at Ryles Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
July 26, 2008

There's a little something extra when you go to Ryles Jazz Club's Sunday brunch August 3rd. There'll be the usual fabulous food and friendly service. There will also be available for sale for the first time, live anywhere the new CD release of the band, Patricia Adams [vocals], Ray Santisi [music director and piano], Greg Loughman [bass] and Gary Johnson [drums]. Nine standards of Tin Pan Alley and Harlem renaissance capture this group's journey, entitled First Sundays.

Patricia Adams started ...

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Hal Ketchum's New Album Recorded Live to Two-Track in Two Days, out Sept. 9 on Curb Records

Source: All About Jazz
July 26, 2008

CD, out September 9 on Curb Records, employs a wish list of musicians performing all original tracks plus one Tom Waits cover. Ketchum calls it “a coming of age." Neil Diamond contributed liner notes.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Hal Ketchum recorded his new album, Father Time, without a net. He amassed more than a dozen new original songs plus a dream team of musicians and entered the studio to record the album live to two-track. There were no overdubs and only ...

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Saxophonist Johnny Griffin Dies at 80

Source: Michael Ricci
July 25, 2008

Johnny Griffin, a jazz tenor-saxophonist from Chicago whose speed, control, and harmonic acuity made him one of the most talented musicians of his generation, and who abandoned his hopes for an American career when he moved to Europe in 1963, died Friday at his home in Availles-Limouzine, a village in France. He was 80 and had lived in Availles-Limouzine for 24 years. His death was announced to Agence France-Presse by his wife, who did not give a cause. He played ...

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Remembering Ira Schulman

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2008

Musician, teacher and Duke Ellington Society member Ira Schulman passed away in Los Angeles on July 20, 2008. Ira was born in Chicago on December 1, 1926. He received a clarinet for his Bar Mitzvah in 1939 and began his long career as a musician playing mostly jazz but also classical and any music which interested him. Ira's curiosity led him to learn to play the rest of the single reed family and, later, the flute. He initially played the ...

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Johnny Griffin Dies a 80

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2008

Johnny Griffin, Jazzman Who Played With Coltrane, Monk, Dies By Mark Schoifet July 25 (Bloomberg) -- Johnny Griffin, the jazz musician who was once billed as the “world's fastest saxophonist" and played alongside Thelonious Monk, Lionel Hampton and John Coltrane, has died. He was 80. Griffin died today at his home in the village of Mauprevior, in southwest France, said his agent, Helene Manfredi. The cause wasn't disclosed. He had been scheduled to perform tonight. Nicknamed the “Little Giant," Griffin ...

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ECM Announces "Touchstones - 40 for the 40th"

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2008

"The label hangs imposingly over jazz, not just for its nearly 40 years of back catalog, but as one current ideal of contemplative improvised music." - Ben Ratliff, The New York Times - May 5, 2008

The approaching 40th anniversary of ECM provides an occasion to look back on the label's rich history, and to spotlight some of the landmark recordings - touchstones not just in the ECM catalog, but also in the history of jazz. Beginning August 26th, the ...

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Polish Jazz Singer Oktawia Releases Her Debut Album in English

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2008

A young talented Polish jazz singer Oktawia has just recorded her debut album, entirely in English, to be released firstly in Poland in October 2008. The album, called simply “Oktawia" puts a significant emphasis on the works of famous Polish artists who has influenced the international standards of culture. These include the first Polish Oscar Academy Award Winnner for Music- Bronislaw Kaper, whose song Oktawia sings on her album. Also, the single promoting her album “Leave my sorrow behind" has ...

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Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola September Lineup

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2008

Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola September 2008 Lineup Kicks off with Edmar Castaneda & Kenny Burrell

Then the 4th Annual Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival: Featuring Nnenna Freelon, Rickie Lee Jones, Jessica Williams, DIVA Jazz Orchestra with Marlena Shaw, Gloria Lynne, Renee Rosnes & More!

Diet Coke, the world's leading diet soft drink, and Jazz at Lincoln Center, the not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to inspiring and growing audiences for jazz, announced the 4th Annual Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival at ...

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