Jazz News

Exalt Entertainment Group Now Accepting Contestants Via Igenjazz

Source: Mosnar Communications, Inc
June 4, 2008

Exalt Entertainment Group premiering jazz and spoken word artists nationally. Today announced open enrollment for an online dance contest to which they are revealing is the ultimate dance contest for iGeneration contestants. The dance contest is available via YouTube and is targeted for contestants 9 - 25 years of age. The contest rules and regulations are available on the website. Contestants will compete by performing dance moves to the Winard Harper Sextet's original composition, The Children's Song. Winners will be ...

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Alton Kelley Artist Created Psychedelic Posters for Rock Dies

Source: Michael Ricci
June 4, 2008

Alton Kelley, a San Francisco graphic artist whose psychedelic posters and album covers captured the mood and music of the Grateful Dead, the Steve Miller Band, Journey and other top rock 'n' roll groups of the '60s and '70s, has died. He was 67.

Kelley died Sunday at his home in Petaluma, Calif., according to publicist Jennifer Gross. The cause was complications from osteoporosis. With his creative partner Stanley Mouse, Kelley helped launch a poster art revolution in the mid-1960s, ...

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George Benson Among Jazz Masters

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

Vocalist and guitarist George Benson was among the recipients named Tuesday for the National Endowment of the Arts' 2009 Jazz Masters Award. Also chosen for the $25,000 award, to be presented in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 17, were drummer Jimmy Cobb, saxophonist Lee Konitz, trumpet player Snooky Young, harmonica and guitar player Toots Thielemans and recording engineer Rudy Van Gelder. The National Endowment for the Arts announced the recipients of the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters Award -- the nation's highest ...

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Hugh Jarrett Elvis Presley's Back Up Singer Dies

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

Hugh Jarrett, 78, a member of Elvis Presley's backup singing group the Jordanaires, died Saturday at an Atlanta hospital from injuries suffered in a March car accident. The Jordanaires formed as a gospel quartet in 1948. Six years later Jarrett, who sang bass, joined the group, which caught Presley's attention after performing on “Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts" TV show and live performances at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. After Presley signed with RCA Records in 1956, the Jordanaires provided ...

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Raggy's off Limits Radio Show (#53) - K Sputnik, Jet Tricks & Fulgeance!

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

You can DOWNLOAD this show on 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! B-I-G show today, right?! Check the line-up: JRawls, Jet Tricks (times TWO baby!), a welcome reload from Erik Rico, Polish funk from Papas Got A Blend New Bag and R-A-R-E Chicago funk from the MXC Ensemble and the obligatory weird section of oddities ...

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Music Firm 'Goblins' in Copyright War

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

It's not every day that record companies are accused of behaving like goblins in a book by JK Rowling. But that is just one of the more colourful accusations being bandied around in a US legal battle that could have implications for many people's private CD and LP collections. It all began in May 2007 when Universal Music Group (UMG), the largest of the Big Four companies that dominate the music industry worldwide, sued a Los Angeles-based trader on the ...

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The Stephen Anderson Trio "Forget Not" on Summit Records

Source: Dr. Jazz Operations
June 4, 2008

As a new artist for Summit Records, The Stephen Anderson “Forget Not" compact disc (released May 2008) has begun to draw international attention and is being aired on jazz radio stations throughout the world. This trio is unique as Anderson's diverse compositional palette has earned him awards and three degrees in classical composition (including the DMA, a Barlow Foundation award, and a United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro award) and his works have been performed by various reputable ensembles across ...

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Suezenne Fordham Chamber Jazz LA Completes Recording of New Album

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2008

Suezenne Fordham Chamber Jazz LA recently completed their second album. At the invitation of Fields Pianos, they were alloted two hours of recording time, using the touring piano of the late concert artist Vladimir Horowitz. The Horowitz piano was on a good will tour of larger cities in the United States, and when it arrived at Fields Pianos in West LA, it was at the invitation of the Steinway Artist's Rep David Ida, that SFCJLA was invited to record. SFCJLA ...

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