Jazz News

Syncopation Releases New CD; Scullers Jazz Club Appearance

Source: Sue Auclair Promotions
June 25, 2008

SYNCOPATION RELEASES NEW CD

SPECIAL CD RELEASE CONCERT SCHEDULED AT SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 AT 8 PM The electrifying Boston-based vocal jazz quartet Syncopation featuring soprano Aubrey Logan (who also doubles on trombone), alto Christine Fawson (who doubles on trumpet), tenor David Thorne Scott and bass Tsunenori “Lee" Abe (who also is the group's arranger/composer) has just released their new CD, WONDERFUL YOU - their first U.S. recording in six years. Syncopation will also perform at ...

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Introducing Pianist Stanley Sagov & the Remembering the Future Jazz Band

Source: Sue Auclair Promotions
June 25, 2008

STANLEY SAGOV & THE REMEMBERING THE FUTURE JAZZ BAND RELEASE NEW CD Looking Forward To Remembering The Future SCULLERS JAZZ CLUB APPEARANCE OCTOBER 14 STANLEY SAGOV & The Remembering The Future Jazz Band is a bunch of grizzled jazz veterans who never really grew up, still love to play the music and want to share that experience in the moment of creation! This great jazz group will appear at Scullers Jazz Club in the DoubleTree Guest Suites Hotel ...

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Greetings from Jazz-Bury Park

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2008

20th annual jazz festival cool way to spend weekend in city ASBURY PARK -- The 20th annual Asbury Park Jazz Festival, this year featuring trumpeter Tom Browne, keyboardist Lonnie Liston Smith and vibraphonist Roy Ayers, will be held from noon to 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in Sunset Park. Dreamed up by city employees and merchants 20 years ago, the early jazz festivals were among the city's few constants at a time when Asbury Park attracted few events outside of ...

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All That Chinese Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2008

Beijing - It's hot in the small auditorium at Beijing's Contemporary Music Academy, and the hundred or so students gathered for the master class shift uneasily in their seats, trying to concentrate. A young tenor player is blowing over a blues progression, earnestly reworking licks he's memorized from Charlie Parker and John Coltrane albums. His face is set in a frown of nervous concentration, and though his sound is solid enough, his fingers move over the keys too tensely to ...

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Anna Maria Flechero CD Release Party at Yoshi's

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2008

Anna Maria Flechero takes a journey “Within the Fourteenth Hour." Featuring 10 well-known pop and jazz standards and one original Within the Fourteenth Hour is a stunning sophomore effort on Flechero's part creating a breathtaking sophomore effort. Even though this CD touches on the well-known, Anna Maria masterfully articulates each storyline with unique delivery and original arrangements, giving these well-placed standards a breath of new life, coupled with her original track “Pretty Soon." Within the Fourteenth Hour is a stunning ...

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Joe Maganarelli and Hank Brown Join Jazz at the Mansion

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2008

International jazz trumpet recording star and performing legend Joe Magnarelli will be returning home to his roots in Central New York, performing at Chateau Safflyn at Gelston Castle Estate on Saturday, June 28th 2008. Performing with the John Piazza, Jr. Quartet, Mr. Magnarelli, from Syracuse NY, who has performed with jazz giants Lionel Hampton, Miles Davis and most recently with the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, will be leading of a summer of music and cultural events at the Historic ...

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Pianist George Cables Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2008

Throughout his more than four decades playing jazz, pianist George Cables has been among the most sought after, dependable and talented players on the scene.

Born in New York City on November 14, 1944, Cables cut his teeth barely out of his teens and hasn't looked back, appearing on hundreds of recordings. Whether a sideman for a timeless luminary, taking the lead with his own band or playing solo, Cables' aggressive, flowing style and distinctive sound have made him a ...

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Raggy's off Limits Radio Show (#54) - Sack Full of Dreams!

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2008

You can DOWNLOAD this show on offlimitsradio.com or listen to the shows ON-DEMAND via our various hosts. Go to offlimitsradio.com and add your email address to be notified of latest show news and tracklistings. Tell your friends too! Raggy's Off Limits Radio Show 23.06.08 (#54) - Sack Full Of Dreams! There is NO tracklisting ANYWHERE on the web for the latest Sack Full Of Dreams show. BUT, If you l-o-v-e what you hear on these shows, you'll ONLY be able ...

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