Jazz News

Atlantic City Jams! "Jazzin' Around Town" Jazz & Blues Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2008

Date: Wednesday, August 20-21, 2008 Time: 4pm - 2am

Jazz, Blues and Latin music lovers from all over will have plenty of good reason to make their way to Atlantic City now that Atlantic City Jams! JAZZIN' AROUND TOWN Jazz & Blues Festival is being planned just for them! Scheduled for several dates this year from August through December, this “local and live" Jazz, Blues and Latin explosion offers visitors to Atlantic City an unforgettable wining and dining ...

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Joe Davidian Trio "Silent Fire" CD Release

Source: All About Jazz
July 1, 2008

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Monterey Jazz Festival & Monterey Bay Aquarium Announce Weekly "Evenings by the Bay" Summer Concert Series

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
July 1, 2008

Live Performances Feature Talented Student Musicians From MJF's Jazz Education Programs, Saturday & Sunday Evenings, July 5 - August 31, 2008 Monterey, CA: The Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the “Evenings by the Bay" concert series, produced in collaboration with The Monterey Bay Aquarium. Taking place Saturday and Sunday evenings from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Aquarium from July 5 through August 31, the concert series features some of the most talented student musicians in the Monterey ...

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Dave Carpenter L.A.Times Obituary

Source: Michael Ricci
June 30, 2008

Dave Carpenter, 48; jazz bassist co-founded Santa Monica-based Lounge Art Ensemble

Dave Carpenter, a jazz bassist who worked with scores of legendary names, appeared on more than 200 recordings and was a founding member of the Lounge Art Ensemble, died June 23 of a heart attack at his home in Burbank. He was 48. Most recently, Carpenter had been playing in a trio with pianist Alan Pasqua and drummer Peter Erskine and had just released an album called “Standards." A ...

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Download Two Free MP3's from the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's "Forked Tongue" and "Year of the Snake"

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2008

Download two free MP3s from Revolutionary Snake Ensemble's Forked Tongue and Year of the Snake. Under the Skin Revolutionary Snake Ensemble From Forked Tongue 3:00 Central Square Revolutionary Snake Ensemble From Year of the Snake 05:51 About Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Dressed a la Mardi Gras in feathered masks and multi-colored, sequined costumes, playing music that riotously combines the rhythms of New Orleans brass bands with improvisation and heaping ...

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Violinist/Cryptogramophone Label Founder Jeff Gauthier Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2008

With over three decades playing in some of L.A.'s most innovative and interesting musical projects, violinist/composer Jeff Gauthier threatens to succumb to the irony of being better known as the founder/CEO of Cryptogramophone Records. Now in their tenth year, Cryptogramophone has outgrown underground status, even meriting a feature in trendy Details magazine. Boasting a roster including Nels Cline, Vinny Golia, Peter Erskine, Don Preston, Steuart Liebig, Alex Cline, and Gauthier's Goatette, Cryptogramophone also provided a safe haven for the long ...

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Diehard Fans Get Their Jazz Groove at Douglass Theatre

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2008

Jazz isn't a dying art, enthusiasts at the Douglass Theatre's first Jazz in the Courtyard saidon Sunday, but it is in need of rejuvenation. Longtime area jazz musicians and a few others gathered for what will be a monthly event for the summer. Although it was supposed to be an outdoor event, a severe weather warning ran it into the theater's Gallery Annex. But supporters were glad to see an event spotlighting jazz in a city with a rich music ...

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Neil Young Covers A Day in the Life

Source: All About Jazz
June 30, 2008

Neil Young Adds “A Day in the Life" Cover to European Shows

A month after Paul McCartney performed “A Day in the Life" for the first time since the original studio recording 41 years ago, Neil Young has begun performing the Beatles song as the final encore on his summer European tour. Be warned, the version captured on YouTube is a super shakey, though the sound is quite listenable. Who do you think did it better?

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