Jazz News

Mick Hucknall's "Farther up the Road" #1 New & Active @ R&R

Source: 1888 Media
June 9, 2008

One of the most distinctive vocalists in Britain tips his hat to one of the greatest from the American South with the June 17 release of Mick Hucknall's TRIBUTE TO BOBBY. The solo debut from the leader of Simply Red features sizzling versions of songs popularized by the great Bobby “Blue" Bland. The first single to radio is the lead track “Farther Up The Road' which debuts at 21* on the R&R Smooth Jazz chart, and is #1 Most Increased ...

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Ulster Orchestra Unveils New Season

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2008

Alfie Boe, Cleo Laine and Charlie Chaplin are just some of the stars headlining the Ulster Orchestra's new season, unveiled today. Rousing fanfares were provided at the Elmwood Hall launch party by the Orchestra's Brass Quintet and 18 year old superstar clarinettist Julian Bliss played for the assembled guests. Bliss is just one of many talented young musicians and former BBC Young Musicians being featured this year - including the outstanding 16 year old pianist Benjamin Grosvenor, making his Irish ...

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Bill Finegan Arranger for Dorsey, Miller Bands Dies

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2008

ORIGINAL, INVENTIVE: Bill Finegan wrote more than 300 arrangements for Glenn Miller, including “Little Brown Jug," “Sunrise Serenade" and “Song of the Volga." Nelson Riddle was his student.

Bill Finegan, an architect of the big band sounds of Tommy Dorsey and Glenn Miller who later traded in commercial success to co-create the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra, which produced music that still stands as some of the most experimental of the swing era, has died. He was 91. Finegan died Wednesday at a ...

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Jazzmode TV Live on Air

Source: Translantis Music
June 9, 2008

JazZMode Media Network is happy to announce the launch of JazZMode Tv, which went live on air on the 1st of June 2008. JMTv can be viewed online from all over the globe. We are proud to say that so far it has been a huge success with over 22,000 hits on the station since the launch on the first of this month. JazZMode Tv online will be followed by JMTv satellite broadcast launch in December of 2008. With the ...

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Jazz Vocalist Leonard Patton Infuses Love, Life and Song into the Jazz World with Debut Release

Source: Just Roots PR
June 9, 2008

San Diego based jazz vocalist, Leonard Patton is making quite a name for himself on the Southern California scene as a musician with talent rarely seen in vocalists of this genre. Leonard will be singing and improvising his way into the hearts of jazz aficionados everywhere with the release of his debut CD entitled Love, Life, & Song on June 17.

This montage of melodies includes such tunes as Bob Marley's “Redemption Song", Charles Mingus' “Weird Nightmare", and a host ...

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Sonja Kristina and Prog Legends Curved Air Kick Off Summer Tour at Isle of Wight Festival

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
June 9, 2008

6/9/08 - London, UK - The original 'Rock Chick' Sonja Kristina has reunited with her band, progressive rock legends Curved Air, for some summer festival dates, kicking off with the Isle of Wight Festival on 13th June. Sonja Kristina's extravagant and flamboyant stage presence led to her being nicknamed at one point, 'the female Jagger'. The first female lead singer of a rock band in the UK, she blazed the way for bold rock icons from Siouxie Sue to Amy ...

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Pianist Aaron Parks Makes His Major Label Debut on Blue Note Records

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2008

On August 19, pianist Aaron Parks will make his Blue Note Records debut with Invisible Cinema, a stunning concept record conceived entirely by Parks. Invisible Cinema finds Parks in excellent form as both a soloist and composer, buoyed by the support of guitarist Mike Moreno, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Eric Harland. Together and apart, all four players have assumed roles at the forefront of jazz in the new millennium. Parks came to the attention of Blue Note Records during ...

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Stephen 'Doc' Kupka Releases "Doc Goes Hollywood"

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2008

Best known as a founding member of the legendary Oakland, California horn band “Tower of Power" and a prodigious songwriter, Stephen “Doc" Kupka has once again pulled together the best of the best for this, his latest Strokeland Records release. This release, however, is a major departure from Doc's trademark East Bay Soul or “snap funk" style. A personal dream of Doc's for over twenty years, Doc Goes Hollywood is a collection of lush ballads in a modern “Great American ...

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