Jazz News

Kimmel Center Summer Solstice Celebration Heats Up Philly

Source: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
June 11, 2008

15 Hours of Music and Entertainment in Every Corner of the Kimmel Center for just $10 ($5 kids 12 and under)

Summer Solstice Celebration Extends Outdoors with Spruce Street Between Broad and 15th Closed Down for an Even Bigger Party!

Tickets Now on Sale

Kimmel Center Summer Solstice Celebration sponsored by Citibank® heats up in Philly with annual all-day, all-night musical extravaganza at the Kimmel Center from 3pm on Saturday, June 21, 2008 until dawn on Sunday, June 22, 2008. ...

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Beck Has New Band for Tour

Source: Michael Ricci
June 11, 2008

Beck's invitation-only show Monday night at the Echo not only stoked the buzz for the upcoming release of his 10th album, Modern Guilt, but it also was a toe-wetting experience for a largely new batch of side players

The musicians will have their work cut out for them if they're along for the ride on a world tour that begins later this month (and, down the road, includes a Sept. 20 stop at the Hollywood Bowl).

The frontman acknowledged that ...

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ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2008

ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman announced that ASCAP will add six music greats to the ASCAP Jazz Wall of Fame The invitation-only event will be hosted by Ms. Bergman in The Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan Tuesday June 17th beginning at 6:30 PM. The event will be highlighted by the induction of three Jazz Living Legends: bassist Ron Carter, composer-arranger and saxophonist Bill Holman, and tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins. The ...

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TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2008

The TD Canada Trust Toronto Jazz Festival announced today that Ronnie Spector, Darlene Love and Merry Clayton have been added to the line-up for Saturday, June 21 at Nathan Phillips Square. Due to a recording conflict, The Grand Divas of R&B will now replace Susan Tedeschi. All tickets previously purchased for Susan Tedeschi will be honoured or refunds are available. The Grand Divas of R&B, who all came to prominence during the 1960s, have collectively worked with some of ...

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Alaadeen's The Rest of the Story

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2008

Alaadeen Writes “The Rest of the Story" Jazz Master Alaadeen has been awarded a grant from the Fund for Folk Culture to write “The Rest of the Story", a jazz methods manual based on his approach to teaching. This project is made possible by a grant from the Fund for Folk Culture's Artist Support Program, underwritten by the Ford Foundation with additional support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Based in Austin, Texas, the Fund for Folk ...

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Shilts Returns Home to Nugroove and Releases Jigsaw Life

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
June 11, 2008

What do you get when you combine unforgettable hooks and atomic energy? You get a sound that is fresh, unique and totally Shilts. The former frontman for the funk-fortified Down to the Bone and groove jazz specialist, Shilts has signed with nuGroove for the release of his new CD, Jigsaw Life. “nuGroove was the original home for Down to the Bone. I'm excited to have Shilts back with us. When I heard cuts from this release, I was ecstatic. The ...

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Meet George Klabin: Rising Jazz Stars Foundation

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2008

About George Klabin: George Klabin has been involved in jazz since the mid 60's, when he was a student at Columbia University, in New York City, and was head of the JAZZ department at WKCR FM Radio. To create original jazz content for his various jazz shows, George contacted the young jazz talents living in the City, and asked to record them for his show, in exchange for giving them copies of the recordings. He purchased pro recording equipment and ...

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2nd Annual I. E. Jazz and Rhythm & Blues Festival in Moreno Valley, CA

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2008

Triple-threat Blue-Eyed Soul sensation Philip Clark will be making his Los Angeles original music debut at the 2nd Annual I. E. Jazz and Rhythm & Blues Festival, to be held at the Moreno Valley Ranch Golf Club on June 14th, 2008. Philip Clark, backed by a four-piece band including Chris “Dash" Williams, Noah Wilson and Anthony Deniega, will lend his talents to the festival, which promises to be the best ticket in town this Father's Day weekend. In its second ...

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