Jazz News

Reno-Tahoe Blues Fest Tickets Now on Sale

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

RENO, NV -- Named “Festival of the Year" by the Bay Area Blues Society in 2005, the Reno-Tahoe Blues Fest continues to earn the title by bringing in some of the biggest names in the business including 2008 headliners Gladys Knight, The Whispers and Jonny Lang to celebrate the history, culture and spirit of the blues. Tickets are available online at www.RenoTahoeBluesFest.com for the 4th annual festival scheduled for Aug. 16-17, 2008 at Rancho San Rafael Park in Reno, Nev. ...

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Mike Zito Releases New Blues-Rock Album "Today" on May 20

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

Los Angeles, CA--Eclecto Groove Records is proud to announce the release of singer/songwriter/guitar player Mike Zito's national debut release, Today on May 20, 2008.

On Today, Zito has teamed up with Grammy Award-winning producer David Z. (Prince, Etta James) and a lineup of studio musicians that includes bassist James “Hutch" Hutchinson (Bonnie Raitt, Boz Scaggs, Joe Cocker); Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch keyboardist Benmont Tench; co-producer/drummer Tony Braunagel (Taj Mahal, B.B. King) and percussionist Michito Sanchez (Nelly Furtado, Steve Winwood). Also appearing ...

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Hans Blix Tour Return @ The Knitting Factory

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

Knitting Factory May 30th, 9pm Hans Blix, a trio of improvised alchemy, will be wrapping up their tour of California by a return to NY at the Knitting Factory on May 30th at 9pm. The trio creates complete songs from seemingly thin air, developing themes, crafting melodies, and surprising the listener at every turn. Possessing the fluditiy of fusion ala Mahavishnu, the textured soundscapes of electronica ala Squarepusher and quiet/loud indie rock dynamics of ...

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Steve Weingart Touring with Simon Phillips Band

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

Jazz/Funk keyboard virtuoso Steve Weingart (Steve Lukather Band, El Grupo, Dave Weckl) will be touring with Simon Phillips (drums - Toto, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani), Andy Timmons (guitar - Olivia Newton John, Danger Danger), Everette Harp (Sax) and Del Atkins (Bass). 21 May 2008 :: Wednesday Nagoya tba Japan 22 May 2008 :: Thursday Nagoya Hoshino 100th Anniversary show Japan 23 May 2008 :: Friday Nagoya Hoshino 100th Anniversary show Japan 24 May 2008 ...

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Steve Lukather Launches New Website

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

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Bob Florence, Jazz Composer, Big Band Leader, Dies at 75

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

Legendary jazz composer, arranger and Big Band leader Bob Florence, who won a Grammy and two Emmy awards during his long career, died Thursday at his home in Thousand Oaks. His death came five days before his 76th birthday. Florence was widely acknowledged as a dominant force in Big Band music, keeping the genre alive with his own Los Angeles-based band, Limited Edition. He also was a respected music educator. “He's been a fixture on the West Coast for over ...

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Flow08 Lineup Released

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

The fifth edition finds the festival adding volume to its line up and the festival site.

Flow Festival, organized as part of the Helsinki Festival in Helsinki's Suvilahti on 15-17 August, brings together a wide array of internationally acclaimed artists. In addition, the event now presents an area three times larger as that of previous year's. The number of stages also grows from three to four.

During its four years of existence Flow Festival, organized by the Nuspirit Helsinki collective, ...

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Justin Adams: Soul Science CD

Source: All About Jazz
May 18, 2008

Distorted Guitars, African Grooves, and Gritty Spike Fiddles: Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara Unlock the Science of the Soul

Serif, a teenage boy from Gambia, was out collecting firewood in the bush one day and suddenly disappeared. When his distraught family finally found him six months later, he was up in a tree playing a golden ritti, a traditional one-string fiddle. The ritti magically disappeared and the family got their son back, but without his eyesight. The boy would periodically ...

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