Jazz News

Baltimore's 10th Anniversary High Zero Festival

Source: Allegro Media
July 16, 2008

September 17-21 2008 at Theatre Project in Baltimore, MD In Tenth Year, Baltimore High Zero Festival Expands Beyond the Beyond Ringing in the next decade with expanded concerts and visionary artists “Some of the most intense new music being made anywhere, on everything from oboes and one-of-a-kind instruments to the human body itself... unforgettable performances." --The Washington Post “A fertile laboratory of musical possibility without equal." --Signal to Noise Magazine “So highly singular that it corresponds to nothing that ...

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Turiya Mareya with Charlie Chavez at the Baja Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

Turiya Mareya with Charlie Chavez Latin Jazz Concert Baja Jazz Festival 2008 “PRELUDIO" Live at Casa De La Cultura in Tiuana Saturday July 26th 9:30 pm Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Calle Lisboa 5, Downtown tel: (664) 687 2604 (info) FREE! Turiya Mareya and Charlie Chavez will perform a Duo concert as part of the opening festivities for the Baja Jazz Festival in Tijuana. The concert will ...

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EMI to Outsource U.K. Distribution

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

Music company closes distribution network

EMI Music is shuttering its distribution network in the U.K. and will start using worldwide transport and storage company Ceva to handle its CDs and DVDs, it announced Wednesday. Staffers at EMI's operation in Leamington Spa, 100 miles northwest of London, are now in a consultation about the cuts, although the company says the switch to Ceva will not take place before early next year.

EMI first partnered with Ceva to provide warehousing and distribution ...

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Mellencamp Annouces Farm Aid

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

Mellencamp, Young and Matthews Bring Farm Aid to New England

John Mellencamp has revealed the details of this year's Farm Aid concert, to be held September 20th at the Comcast Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts. Mellencamp will be joined by co-headliners Neil Young, Dave Matthews and Willie Nelson, with more top artists to be announced soon. This year also marks the first time in the event's history that the concert will take place in the New England area. New England was ...

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Neil Peart Wins "Drummies of the Year"

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

He's done it again: Neil Peart has been selected Drummer Of The Year in DRUM! Magazine's Drummies 2008

Drum Magazine's prestigious reader survey contest comprised of 42 categories, conducted by Enter Music Publishing, publishers of hip/drum percussion magazines worldwide. More than 5000 drummers nominated Peart; the runners-up were Stanton Moore, Mike Portnoy and Jimmy Sullivan.

Additionally, Peart won “Best Live Performer."

Peart has definitely shown his influence on drummers of all ages and walks of life. At the same time, ...

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Vocalist Beat Kaestli @ The Jazz Bakery, Los Angeles - Sunday August 3rd

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

WHO: Beat Kaestli

Line up: Beat Kaestli - voice Greg Manning - piano Stan Sargeant - upright and e-bass Eric Valentine - drums

WHEN: Sunday August 3rd - 8/9:30 PM

WHERE: The Jazz Bakery 3233 Helms Ave. Culver City, CA 90034 310.271.9039 click here for directions

COST: Cover: $25

Artist Info at myspace.

After returning from tours and ...

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Natalie Cole Diagnosed with Hepatitis C

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

Singer's Publicist Pinpoints Drug Use As Likely Cause Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has hepatitis C.

A statement from her publicist said that the liver disease was discovered during a routine examination and likely was caused by her drug use years ago. Hepatitis C is spread through contact with infected blood. The daughter of jazz legend Nat King Cole says she's committed to meeting this latest challenge. “I've been so fortunate to have learned so much from my past experiences," said ...

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Rothbury Festival Proceeds Blocked by Federal Judge

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

A federal judge has ordered the temporary seizure of all proceeds from the Rothbury music festival that would have gone to the Double JJ Ranch.

The ranch near Muskegon was the site of last weekend's event that featured performances by the Dave Matthews Band and Snoop Dogg. U.S. District Judge Paul Maloney in Kalamazoo issued the order Wednesday in response to a lawsuit filed a day earlier by a Minneapolis bank seeking to foreclose on the resort. BankFirst is seeking ...

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