Jazz News

Wayne Krantz at the Brooklyn Lyceum

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2008

On June 7 Wayne Krantz plays during the Brooklyn International Film Festival at The Brooklyn Lyceum. Ex/ sideman with Steely Dan, Michael BRECKER, DONALD FAGEN, CHRIS POTTER AND MANY OTHERS, WAYNE KRANTX HAS MADE SEVEN ACCLAIMED ALBUMS UNDER HIS OWN NAME Since 1991. Wayne Krantz has given clinics and workshops worldwide and has been on the faculty at the Berkley College of music in Boston and is presently on faculty at NYU/Steinhardt in New York City. He is currently at ...

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Jazz at the Brooklyn Lyceum

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2008

Every wed and Sunday we have a Jazz series here at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Curated by Chris Komer and Joe Phillips, the series brings some of the best musicians and music to Park Slope Brooklyn. Most often our series mostly plays in our 50-person room but we have also had bands play in our 300-seat space. On June 7 Wayne Krantz plays during the Brooklyn international Film Festival. Kate McGarry also plays a midnight show May 31. Wednesday 8 pm ...

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JD & the Straight Shot New Album is "Right on Time" for Summer

Source: All About Jazz
May 19, 2008

Known for their own fusion of down-and-dirty blues and classic rock swagger, JD & The Straight Shot are unveiling their latest collection of jams with Right on Time, their first newly recorded music in three years, set for release on June 24 by JD Records (through Fontana Distribution). With Right on Time, JD & The Straight Shot - which includes lead vocalist and guitarist Jim Dolan, as well as guitarist and chief songwriter Bruce Koplow - have perfected their formula ...

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Arthur Lee & Love's Blue Thumb Albums Reissued on Collectors' Choice

Source: conqueroo
May 19, 2008

LOS ANGELES, CA -- They recorded one of the most influential albums of the late '60s in the folk-rocking Forever Changes, an album that took 20 years to be fully appreciated and has been recently reissued in a deluxe edition. But the band Love, fronted by tortured genius Arthur Lee, switched musical gears almost immediately after recording its masterpiece. Lee recruited a whole new Love to record the both band's final Elektra album, Four Sail, and its 1969 Blue Thumb ...

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Benjamin Herman, a Photo Essay to be Released at North Sea Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

At the opening of the North Sea Jazz Festival art show in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on July 9, Happy the Man, the new photo essay about the life of alto saxophonist Benjamin Herman (New Cool Collective) will be released. The book contains photos by master photographer and Silver Camera Award-winner Peter van Breukelen, with poetic texts by poet J.A. Deelder.

Van Breukelen followed Herman for more than a year at home, in the studio, backstage, and performing and chatting with ...

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Azar Lawrence & Legends of L.A. / Jazz Heavyweights

Source: Michael Ricci
May 18, 2008

Jazz lovers in Los Angeles are very appreciative of one our “own." Los Angeles native son, Azar Lawrence is touring again across the country. He is solidifying his rhythm section on the East Coast, Benito Lopez, Billy & Lorca Hart, Essiet Okon Essiet, and many stalwarts in New York are glad to have him back on the scene in the Capitol of America's indigenous music, Jazz. Tightening up his West Coast rhythm section, Azar is collaborating with Nate Morgan, on ...

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Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, June 1 at the Union County Performing Arts Center

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

Join the family rave-up! Multi-award-winning indie recording artist Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could will take the stage at the Union County Performing Arts Center on Sunday, June 1st at 3PM.

Join the family rave-up! “Here Comes Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could" delivers strong, straight-ahead grooves, catchy sing-along choruses, and a down-home, boogie-woogie, hip-shakin' vibe you can't resist. Their feel-good tune “The Little Band That Could" lets us know what's coming down the track - ...

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Huntsville, Alabama Proclaims First "Rick Dellaratta and Jazz for Peace Day"

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

In partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in support of Jazz Appreciation Month, Mayor Loretta Spencer of Huntsville, Alabama officially proclaimed Saturday April 19, 2008 to be “Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace Day."

Citing Mr. DellaRatta's numerous awards as a Jazz Pianist, Vocalist and Composer, along with his extraordinary achievements of over 500 Benefit Concerts to help outstanding organizations across the country, his Education Series to bring music back into the schools and his Instrument Donation ...

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