Jazz News

Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Sign with Ted Kurland

Source: All About Jazz
July 4, 2008

Legendary trumpet player Herb Alpert and his wife, internationally renowned GRAMMY-winning singer Lani Hall, have signed with the Boston, MA-based booking agency Ted Kurland Associates for worldwide representation. TKA will exclusively represent Alpert and Hall both for their performances as a duo. The move to TKA comes after Alpert and Hall's rare tour together this spring, where their legendary chemistry was spotlighted at intimate evenings of American and Brazilian jazz and American popular standards at sold-out shows for the entire ...

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Joel Holmes' New CD, "African Skies," Featuring Gary Thomas

Source: All About Jazz
July 3, 2008

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Sten Hostfalt & Blaise Siwula @ Stain NYC June 7

Source: All About Jazz
July 3, 2008

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Siwula-Hostfalt-Schnug-Miller Live June 6 NYC

Source: All About Jazz
July 3, 2008

WHO: A L I B I # 1 Blaise Siwula, Dave Schnug, Robyn Siwula - Saxophones Sten Hostfalt - Guitar Dave Miller - Drums

WHEN: Sunday June 6 at 8pm

WHERE: ABC NO RIO 156 Rivington St J or F to Delancey (between Clinton/Suffolk st)

also performing: Tom Blatt & The Project Michele Smith - Flute Andy O'Neill ...

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Melba Joyce:"Jammin' on the Hudson"

Source: All About Jazz
July 3, 2008

Riverbank State Park in association with Brownstone Entertainment Complex, LLC, are pleased to present, for our fourth year: “Jammin' on the Hudson"; “The Concert series For The Serious Jazz Lover".

On Sunday July 13 2008, music 'listeners' and Jazz Lovers alike will have the privilege of hearing a very special vocalist who, in my estimation, has yet to receive the major recognition she deserves, but nevertheless, she is one of the great vocalists on the music scene today. For the ...

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KJ Denhert at Dazzle August 2nd

Source: Mixed Media Promotion
July 3, 2008

WHO: K.J. Denhert

WHEN: Saturday August 2, 2008, 7 PM & 9 PM

WHERE: Dazzle Jazz 930 Lincoln St. Denver, CO 80203 Ph: 303.839.5100

COST: $15 cover

NYC-BASED SINGER-SONGWRITER KJ DENHERT DRAWS ACCLAIM

DURING HER FIRST-EVER WEST COAST TOUR Award-winning, NYC-based singer-songwriter-guitarist KJ Denhert - known for her soulful fusion of jazz, R&B, rock and folk - is in the midst of her first-ever itinerary of ...

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B.B. King Cuts Fifties-Style

Source: All About Jazz
July 3, 2008

In the Studio: B.B. King Cuts Fifties-Style Set

When producer T Bone Burnett first met with B.B. King, he presented the blues legend with a simple mission statement: “I'd like for you to go back to the Fifties and do some of the stuff as you did it then." At 82, King wondered whether he could really re-create what he calls “the B.B. King that was" on a new album. “My voice is nothing like it was, and maybe my ...

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Tom Wopat Swings Sinatra at NY's Metropolitan

Source: Michael Ricci
July 3, 2008

As Saloon Swinger, Tom Wopat Tries a Little Tenderness

“Un-Frank-like," meaning not in the Sinatra manner, said Tom Wopat, describing his approach to “That's Life" at the Metropolitan Room. Swinging lightly and joking his way through the 1966 hit that Frank Sinatra turned into a vocal punching bag, Mr. Wopat treated it as an offhanded sparring match between the urge to triumph and the impulse to throw in the towel. “That's alliteration," he joked, after singing the lines, “I've been ...

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