Jazz News

Coda is Heard for a Daytime Jazz Club in Harlem

Source: Michael Ricci
July 5, 2008

Gordon Polatnick's business plan, he concedes, was heavy on the things that fueled his daydreams and too light on almost everything else. The idea itself was simple. On the blocks in Harlem where Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday and Charlie Parker performed, Mr. Polatnick would open a nightclub. But it would do business during the day, charge no cover and sell soft drinks instead of liquor to encourage a family atmosphere. Never mind that the particular stretch of Adam Clayton Powell ...

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A Musical Missionary Returns, Joyful Spirit Intact

Source: Michael Ricci
July 5, 2008

At 86 the visionary musical sage Jon Hendricks, who along with Ella Fitzgerald and Eddie Jefferson originated the jazz style called vocalese -- the setting of swing and jazz instrumentals with playful scat lyrics -- is as voluble as ever. Since the late 1950s, when he was a co-founder of the vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, this verbal conjurer and scat-singing virtuoso has remained a dedicated popularizer of a form that the Manhattan Transfer refined to a high buff ...

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Maria Neckam @ Bar Next Door in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
July 5, 2008

Maria Neckam - voice and compositions Thomas Morgan - bass Yotam Silberstein - guitar Bar Next Door (La Lanterna) - 129 MacDougal Street (subway to W4 Street, around the corner from Blue Note) Monday, July 7th, 8-11:30pm $10 Maria's voice is one of those you either love or hate, and so is her music. Uncompromising in her musical approach as well as performance she hits truth right at it's core and strikes ...

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Bozo Passes Away

Source: Michael Ricci
July 4, 2008

Larry Harmon, 83; entrepreneur made Bozo the Clown a star

Larry Harmon, the entrepreneur who brought Bozo the Clown to television as a children's show host in the late 1950s and spent the next 50 years promoting the flame-haired circus character, died Thursday. He was 83. Harmon, who suffered from heart disease, died at his home in Los Angeles, said his wife, Susan. “Bozo and Larry were one and the same," she told The Times on Thursday. “He's lived it ...

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Wynton & Willie Two for the Road

Source: All About Jazz
July 4, 2008

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120 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center

Source: All About Jazz
July 4, 2008

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Pianist George Kahn in Temecula, CA, July 4th and July 12

Source: Imaginary Friends
July 4, 2008

Jazz pianist George Kahn double header in Sand Diego. Temecula Festival performance by day, Frankies' by night, July 12th

Los Angeles. With his latest CD release “Cover Up" climbing the Jazz charts, Jazz Pianist George Kahn, will be appearing at two venues in San Diego on the same day, Saturday, July 12th.

First, you can catch George performing at the Temecula Valley Jazz Festival. He'll be appearing as the George Kahn Trio for a half hour set from 4:15 - ...

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Jay T. Vonada Quartet

Source: All About Jazz
July 4, 2008

Jay T. Vonada, of Aaronsburg Pennsylvania, will have his debut CD, Jammin', released on Tuesday July 22, 2008. Vonada, who is a musician in the central region of Pennsylvania, plays in several bands. They are all diverse in their musical styles. Although music is not his full time profession, he spends hours practicing and performing in a variety of settings, from pit orchestras, to jazz combos, to big bands. The CD will feature 8 original compositions, from Swing to Latin ...

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