Jazz News

Replay: Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase Lives Again

Source: All About Jazz
June 14, 2008

"Good to see you up and running," says an enthusiastic attendee Thursday night at the packed opening of Joe Segal's new Jazz Showcase. “Feels like 'Up and creeping,'" responds Segal, with characteristic dry humor and skepticism. But there's a lot to be said for the perseverance of Chicago jazz club owners. Just as saxophonist Fred Anderson succeeded in reviving his Velvet Lounge on South Indiana, which was bulldozed in 2006, only to rise phoenix-like round the corner, Segal -- the ...

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Breaking: Tim Russert 'Meet The Press' Dies

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

BREAKING NEWS: Washington Bureau Chief, 'Meet the Press' Moderator Collapsed on Job

WASHINGTON - Tim Russert, NBC News' Washington bureau chief and the moderator of “Meet the Press," died Friday after being stricken at the bureau, NBC News said Friday. He was 58. Russert was recording voiceovers for Sunday's “Meet the Press" broadcast when he collapsed, the network said. He had recently returned from Italy, where his family was celebrating the graduation of Russert's son, Luke, from Boston College. No ...

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New Gig Dates for Jon Gordon

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

6/15/08 9:00pm (2 sets) The Alan Ferber Nonet The Brooklyn Lyceum Brooklyn, NY 6/16/08 7:00pm and 8:30pm The Bill Mobley Big Band Cachaca New York, NY 6/18/08 The Alan Ferber Nonet Smalls New York, NY 6/20/08 The Alan Ferber Nonet The Brooklyn Tea Lounge Brooklyn, NY A native New Yorker, saxophonist and ...

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Joel Miller New Gig Dates!

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

6/16/08 8:00pm With Torben Waldorff 55 Bar New York, NY 6/24/08 8:30pm With Torben Waldorff Dieze Onze Montreal, QC 6/25/08 8:00pm With Karl Schwonik Calgary Jazz Festival Calgary, Canada 6/28/08 6:00pm Ottawa Jazz Festival Great Canadian Jazz Stage Ottawa, Canada Joel Miller was born in Sackville, New Brunswick ...

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Edward Simon at Jazz Bakery

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

Venezuelan pianist Edward Simon is going to be at Jazz Bakery Saturday June 14th Edward Simon was born in the coastal town of Punta Cardn, Venezuela where he grew up in a family of musicians surrounded by the sounds and rhythms of Latin and Caribbean music. The talent he showed as a youth led his father to send him to study in the US, where he won scholarships in classical piano at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia under ...

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Jazzed Media Wins 2008 Aurora Award

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

Gold for Bud Shank “Against the Tide" The international Aurora Awards, which recognizes excellence in the film and video industries, has honored Jazzed Media with a 2008 gold award for the documentary film Bud Shank Against the Tide.

The documentary film was produced and directed by multi-Grammy nominated and award winning filmmaker Graham Carter, founder of Jazzed Media. Jazzed Media produces jazz CDs and documentary jazz films.

Bud Shank Against the Tide salutes legendary jazz alto saxophonist Bud Shank who's ...

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Danilo Perez in Wayne Shorter Quartet: Tour Dates

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

Danilo Perez is touring with Wayne Shorter Quartet. 6/27/08 Festival d'Essaouira Gnaoua Essaouira, Morocco 6/29/08 Centro Cultural Caixa Nova Vigo, Spain 7/1/08 Theatre Antique De Vienne Vienne, France 7/3/08 Jazz Baltica Festival Lubeck, Germany 7/4/08 Tubaloon Kongsberg, Norway 7/6/08 Opera House Copenhagen, Denmark 7/9/08 University Concert Hall Limerick Ireland 7/12/08 ...

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Eddie Palmieri at Tavern on the Green

Source: All About Jazz
June 13, 2008

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