Jazz News

Vibes Alive Releases After Hours

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
July 16, 2008

Vibes Alive Releases After Hours Los Angeles, CA/July 9, 2008 Vibist Dirk Richter's story is about discovery and passion. Before Dirk was even old enough to go to school, he was hanging out at the local music store. At the tender age of four, Dirk was intensely studying music on a daily basis. By the time he was five, Dirk was gigging as a sideman with other youngsters in a band called the Tax Exemptions. Influenced by Jean Luc Ponty, ...

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Foreign Jazz Musicians Find Niche in Tokyo's Underground Scene

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

TOKYO -- Dave Brubeck, Horace Silver, Cannonball Adderley -- just a few of the jazz legends who have been inspired by their experiences in Japan.

If there's any doubt about the country's influence, try listening to Brubeck's “Tokyo Traffic" in the middle of Shinjuku, or his “Zen is When" in Yoyogi Park. If that fails to do the job, take Horace Silver's “Too Much Sake" with you next time you go to an izakaya. In fact, for some jazz pioneers, ...

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Univeristy Idaho Jazz Collection Online

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

The University of Idaho's International Jazz Collection is now available online.

A newly launched web site by the university's library is set up to make the collection available to students, scholars or jazz buffs world wide. Portions of the web site are still under construction. Library officials and Michael Tarabulski, archivist of the university's international jazz collection, say they intend to provide periodic updates with new materials. The collection is the leading jazz history archive in the Pacific Northwest and ...

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Syracuse Jazz in the City

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- Jazz in the City returns to Syracuse this summer.

Presented by the Pomco Group, the annual event which started back in 2001 will feature the finest in local talent, local students and great guest artists. The city will again be partnering with the CNY Jazz Arts Foundation to bring the cultural event to different neighborhoods throughout the city on four Thursdays in July and august. Tuesday, officials announced the different musicians and sounds that will make up ...

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Leni Stern Plays the United Nations, Sets Euro Release for "Africa"

Source: Seth Cohen PR
July 16, 2008

United Nations Performance for Leni Stern Precedes July 25th European Release of Africa CD Global Community Embraces Stern, From Salif Keita to Selva Ganesh Acclaimed singer/songwriter/guitarist Leni Stern has seen her recent CD Africa attract the attention of a growing international audience. Stern recently opened for the legendary Salif Keita in New York City, was invited to perform at the United Nations days later, and is now proud to announce the European release of her career-defining album, which was recorded ...

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Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal Comes to Las Vegas

Source: Two for the Show Media
July 16, 2008

Drummer Mike Clark will be performing at Aruba in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday, July 18th, 2008 with his band, Prescription Renewal made up of Paul Jackson on Bass and Vernell Brown on keyboards. Mike Clark's Prescription Renewal Mike Clark - Drums Paul Jackson - Bass Vernell Brown - Piano “He's a great jazz drummer--and he hasn't lost any of the stuff that he brought from Oakland. So now he's totally free to do ...

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Jazz Journey to Newport

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
July 16, 2008

TAKE A JAZZ JOURNEY TO NEWPORT AND SPEND THE DAY AT THE JVC JAZZ FESTIVAL AUGUST 9 and/or 10 Saturday: Aretha Franklin, Wayne Shorter, Chris Botti, Charlie Haden, Dave Holland, Ledisi, Christian Scott & Many More! Sunday: Sonny Rollins, Herbie Hancock, Anthony Hamilton, Soulive, George Wein, Esperanza Spalding, Guillermo Klein & Many More! NEW YORK, July 15, 2008 - Take a Jazz Journey to Newport and spend the day at the world-renowned JVC Jazz ...

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Musicians Push for Rights Extension

Source: All About Jazz
July 16, 2008

Lobbying is intensifying as European Commissioners meet this week to consider extending the copyright term on recorded music.

This argument is not about a handful of extremely rich signed artists, it is about a huge number of highly skilled session musicians who are being short changed under the current system. -John Smith, general secretary U.K. Musicians Union The music industry is pushing for European legislators to lengthen copyright protection for recorded music from 50 to 95 years, which ...

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