Jazz News

"This Our Music" with Knucklebean, James Carney, and the Inbetweens!

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

Friends of SOUND! Please join us this Wednesday, July 9 in New York City for an evening of joyful noise! RUCMA presents... “This Is Our Music" Wednesday, July 9 @ Clemente Soto Velez 107 Suffolk Street between Delancey and Rivington Doors at 7:30PM, Show at 8PM, $10/$7 for students and seniors 8PM - James Carney Group: James Carney (electric piano, compositions), John Hebert (bass), Ches Smith (drums) 9PM - Knucklebean: Ben Syversen (trumpet), Kevin Moehringer (trombone), Matt Thomas (saxophones), Matt ...

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Saxophonist Curtis Haywood Accentuates Healing Power of Music on Self-Titled Debut Release

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

Emerging Artist Donating Percentage of CD Sales to Feed the Children and Self Help Africa

As he readies himself for the July 22 release of his eponymous debut CD on Smooth Sounds Records, saxophonist Curtis Haywood is concretely putting his money where his heart is by donating a portion of his sales to two causes: Feed the Children and Self Help Africa.

Haywood will donate 1/12 of the sales price of the twelve-track CD, tied to his original composition, “Rain ...

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Renowned Bassist Avishai Cohen Appointed as Artistic Director of North Sea Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

Avishai Cohen, who was recently lauded in the Jazz Times review of his latest release, Gently Disturbed(Razdaz Recordz,) as “among the elite bassists on the scene today," has been officially named as the Artistic Director for the Red Sea Jazz Eilat Festival for 2009. The announcement was made last week by festival producer Miki Gov and the board representing the Municipality of the city of Eilat in Tel Aviv. Cohen will succeed Dan Gottfried, who has served as Artistic Director ...

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Dave Douglas on Ear Training

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

You can't deny the power of raw talent in music, but it is possible there is an even greater strength in the human capacity for self-transformation, growth, and genius. Some people have enormous natural talent and ability. Some have to work really hard. One way or another we're all striving to find a true expression in sound, one that touches on something universal, and we all have to strive to find our own path, no matter how gifted or challenged ...

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The Verve Readies First Album Since 1997

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

The Verve has christened its reunion album “Four" and will release it before the end of the summer.

The set is due Aug. 18 via EMI internationally and a day later in North America, where it will come out on the Verve's On Our Own imprint with distribution via MRI/Megaforce/RED. The album's first single, “Love Is Noise," was premiered on BBC Radio One late June and is now streaming from the band's MySpace site. The Verve got back together in ...

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Music Sales Slump Could Spell the End of Boxed Sets

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

With music sales in a steady decline, perhaps the biggest victim of the P2P era is the boxed set.

With only a limited number of sets planned for the latter part of 2008, sales of boxed sets have hit record lows, making labels reluctant about releasing them at all. This year, the most notable boxed sets are the Jesus & Mary Chain's The Power of Negative Thinking: B-Sides & Rarities, a Jane's Addiction anthology endorsed by drummer Stephen Perkins and ...

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Bayfest Music Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

Mobile's music festival is ready to rock the streets of downtown Mobile October 3, 4 & 5 2008! Now in its 14th year, BayFest draws some of the best classic rock, country, alternative, R&B and other musical entertainers to 9 stages during a 3-day and night festival. BayFest kicked up its heels for the first act announcement of 2008. Country stars Rodney Atkins, Blake Shelton, and Eric Church are set to appear on the at&t/IP Casino Stage on Sunday, October ...

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Appreciation of L.A. Weekly Co-Founder Pete Kameron

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

Goodnight Pete: An Appreciation of LA Weekly co-founder Pete Kameron

Former publisher Michael Sigman remembers tough love, Zen calm and a nice assist with forming the paper's “no-hitting" policy. Without Pete Kameron, LA Weekly probably wouldn't exist. And instead of spending 19 years at the paper, I might not have lasted three months. Over the course of a colorful 65-year career, Pete was involved in nearly every aspect of the entertainment business, including personal management (Modern Jazz Quartet with partner ...

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