Jazz News

Breakfast with the Beatles' Reaches 25 Years

Source: Michael Ricci
June 28, 2008

SUNDAY-MORNING STAPLE: Breakfast With the Beatles The Sunday-morning radio show on KLOS-FM survives with its singular purpose intact

Since taking over as host in 2002, Chris Carter has broadened the show's perspective to include performances from radio and TV broadcasts, bootlegs and solo music by former Beatles. “The role of the host is not to have his jollies," Carter says. “It's the people's show." RADIO programs that survive in Los Angeles for a quarter-century come along about as frequently as ...

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Donna Greene and the Roadhouse Daddies

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2008

WHAT: Live music on the patio. Featuring new music from CD A Girl's Gotta Have a Little Pleasure.

WHEN: Saturday, June 28, 2 p.m.

WHAT: Borders Books & Music State, 900 State St. Phone: 805-899-3668 Santa Barbara

COST: FREE

“Donna Greene is a dangerous woman. She makes you fall in love with her without ever having met her... there's so much emotion ...

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Irvin Mayfield and New Orleans Jazz Orchestra Headlines Stanford's Pre-Independence Day Celebration

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2008

In what has become a favorite summertime tradition for more than a decade, Stanford Lively Arts presents its annual pre-Independence Day concert and picnic on Thursday, July 3. Following their 2006-07 Lively Arts performance, the 16-member New Orleans Jazz Orchestra--led by Grammy-nominated composer and trumpet virtuoso Irvin Mayfield--returns to bring the rich musical legacy of the Crescent City to Stanford's beautiful Frost Amphitheater. Due to nearby construction on campus, there will be no post-concert fireworks this year. Gates open at ...

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Tuesdays on the Terrace: Dee Alexander

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2008

WHAT: Tuesdays on the Terrace: Dee Alexander

WHEN: Tuesday, July 15 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m.

WHERE: MCA Terrace and Sculpture Garden

HOW: FREE

Tuesdays on the Terrace presents another inspiring season of free evening jazz concerts on the MCA's Terrace and Sculpture Garden. Hosted by local radio personalities, visitors are invited to enjoy cocktails, Puck's Express snacks, or a dinner buffet from Puck's Cafe while listening to Chicago's finest jazz musicians. ...

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Grachan Moncur III: Jammin' on the Hudson

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 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 24, 2008, we are proud to present one of the founders, of the so-called 'avant-garde' period, and a genuine 'Icon' in Jazz. His father was the bassist with The Savoy Sultans, and he has been keeping the tradition alive in his own right. A great trombonist whos' ...

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Piers Lawrence Quartet at the Kitano

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2008

WHO: The Piers Lawrence Quartet

WHEN: Thursday night, July 3, 8 p.m. & 10 p.m.

WHERE: KITANO 66 Park Ave @ 38th St. NYC.

This is the 1st night of a long weekend so bring your super-sauve, fridgadaire, low-down groove on and explore our independence from the tyranny of the mundane... The KITANO is one of the most beautiful live music venues ...

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Melba Joyce: Jammin' on the Hudson

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 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 13th 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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Bjork Sigur Ros' Webcast Iceland Concert

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2008

Bjork, Sigur Ros' Iceland Concert to be Webcast Tomorrow

In what is expected to be one of the biggest concerts in the country's history, Icelandic superpowers Bjork and Sigur Ros will play the open-air Nattura tomorrow in Reykjavik. The concert is being held to raise awareness about the impact aluminum smelting is having on Iceland's landscape. Can't make it to Reykjavik on such short notice? Thankfully, Nat Geo Music, the musical offshoot of National Geographic Entertainment, will webcast the concert ...

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