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Alan Hewitt and SoulJam Headline Coltrane Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2008

Headliner's Set for Southside Holiday Blues & Coltrane Jazz Fest

Multi-platinum artist Alan Hewitt and the SoulJam Orchestra with special guest Maysa Leak will headline the Southside Holiday Blues and Coltrane Jazz Festival in Dallas, Texas on July 5, 2008. Hosted by media personality and former Dallas resident, Lynn Briggs of KOAS-Las Vegas, this 4th of July Weekend festival celebrates the spirit of American music with other special guests like Nick Colionne, Greg Smith and James Butler. The festival will ...

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Eric Hofbauer & the Infrared Band's Myth Understanding Released Today

Source: Improvised Communications
June 17, 2008

A refreshingly original voice, Hofbauer reveals an affable yet mischievous sensibility in his writing and improvising. Aided by the superlative interpretive abilities of his sidemen, Eric Hofbauer and The Infrared Band make Myth Understanding a sterling debut. --Troy Collins, AllAboutJazz.com

Boston's Creative Nation Music is proud to announce the June 17th release of Myth Understanding (Creative Nation Music CNM 011), the debut release from guitarist/composer Eric Hofbauer's year- old working quartet, The Infrared Band. With the same signature ...

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Josh Berman at the MCA Terrace and Sculpture Garden

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2008

Tuesdays on the Terrace presents another inspiring season of free evening jazz concerts on the MCA's Terrace and Sculpture Garden.

Chicago musician Josh Berman returns to the MCA to perform at Tuesdays on the Terrace. As an accomplished cornetist, Berman has performed with contemporary greats Fred Lonberg-Holm, Ab Baars, Guillermo Gregorio, Jeff Parker, Tobias Delius and Robert Barry. In the Chicago community Berman lends his talent to several ensembles while serving as vice-president of the Emerging Improvisers' Organization and a ...

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The Banda Eclectics Live at Osarthouse-NYC

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2008

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 8:00-9:30pm The BandA ecLectics is an 11-piece ensemble consisting of musicians with jazz, world and classical music tendencies and affiliations. These professional musicians will be performing this coming Thursday two 40-minute sets of original compositions with a fresh and unique sound, at the OSArthouse, in New York City. The musical material involves finely composed orchestrations as well as improvisation, arranged organically into a sound that vibrates originality. The instrumentation is very unique as well, as ...

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Esbjorn Svensson Trio Video Tribute

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2008

e.s.t. is a phenomenon: A jazz trio, which sees itself as a pop band that plays jazz, which broke with the tradition of leader and sidemen in favor of equality within its members, which not only plays jazz- venues but also venues usually reserved for rock bands, which uses light effects and fog-machines in their live shows, which gets a whole audience to sing-a-long with jazz-standards as eg. Thelonius Monk's “Bemsha Swing", is a trio that goes beyond the scope ...

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Esbjorn Svensson: "What Jazz Is, Not Was" 2004 Interview Re-Featured at All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2008

We're featuring this 2004 interview in memory of Esbjorn Svensson. Svensson died on June 14th at the age of 44. Esbjorn Svensson: What Jazz Is, Not Was By Joshua Weiner Pianist Esbjorn Svensson leads the Swedish group EST, one of the most exciting and original piano trios in jazz today. They've been playing together for over 10 years, an extraordinary length of time for a jazz lineup, and have known each other much longer than that. The group has evolved ...

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From ACT Records: Esbjorn Svensson Dies in Diving Accident on June 14, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2008

Swedish pianist and composer Esbjorn Svensson died in a diving accident on Saturday June 14, 2008 aged 44. Our thoughts are with his mourning wife and children and his long time musical associates Dan Berglund and Magnus Ostrom. Esbjorn Svensson was one of the most influential jazz artists in recent history and his band e.s.t. were considered one of the most successful jazz groups in Europe and beyond. e.s.t. became famous for their innovative mix of jazz, contemporary rock and ...

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Jazz Champion Esbjorn Svensson Dies at 44

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2008

The Swedish jazz pianist and composer Esbjorn Svensson has died in a scuba diving accident near the Swedish capital Stockholm. He was 44. His Esbjorn Svensson Trio, known as EST, became renowned for bringing jazz to a younger audience. They gained international acclaim playing in rock venues, using light shows and fog machines at concerts. The music of EST drew on disparate influences, ranging from classical music to funk. Burkhard Hopper, EST's manager, told Reuters news agency that Svensson had ...

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