Jazz News

David L. Abell Memorial Jazz Salons Presents Benny Green

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2008

David L. Abell Memorial Jazz Salons Presents Benny Green The salon will feature jazz pianist, BENNY GREEN, a player with a sensitive touch, stunning technical command and a sturdy sense of swing. Green will perform two solo sets of music and engage in an interactive dialogue with a featured host and the audience. Monday, June 16, 2008 7:30 p.m. Fowler Museum at UCLA, Lenart Auditorium General Admission: $25 Preferred Seating: $45 (inc. a post-concert ...

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Bucharest International Jazz Competition for Bands and Vocalists

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2008

Bucharest International JAZZ Competition for BANDS and VOCALISTS May 7 - 13, 2009 Prizes: 7.000 Euro Deadline: February 10th, 2009 Complete information can be found at our website (link below). For any further question, please don't hesitate to contact us! Best regards, Bogdana Horatiu Programs Director jmEvents.ro / jeunesses musicales romania P.O. Box. 13-63, Bucharest 13 Phone: + 40 722.383.542 Fax: + 40 21 ...

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Gene Clark, Carla Olson/Mick Taylor, Textones Live CDs Coming from Collectors' Choice on June 10

Source: All About Jazz
May 1, 2008

Mick Taylor and Carla Olson's Too Hot For Snakes with Ian McLagan, Barry Goldberg and Juke Logan, is appended with rarities

LOS ANGELES, California -- Carla Olson is at the vortex of three live CDs due for June 10 street date on Collectors' Choice Music. The first of these historic volumes is former Byrds guitarist/songwriter Gene Clark receives a posthumous release of Silverado '75 -- Live & Unreleased. The second is an expanded edition of Carla Olson & Mick Taylor's ...

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Le Quartier Des Spectacles Welcomes Joel Giberovitch and Upstairs!

Source: All About Jazz
May 1, 2008

Organizers of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal are happy to announce that, next year, Montreal's own authentic Upstairs Jazz Bar & Grill will move into the future Maison du Festival de Jazz, and celebrated jazz-club owner, Joel Giberovitch, is officially joining their team. Beginning in May 2009, Joel Giberovitch will hold the position of Director of Operations for shows and restaurant services at the resto-grill and the Maison Festival de Jazz, which, inaugurated in time for the 30th ...

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Jazz Sessions: The Greats on Camera at Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville NY

Source: All About Jazz
May 1, 2008

Thursday nights from May 29 to June 19, the Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) in Pleasantville NY will be screening films that capture some of Jazz's biggest names on camera. Q&As hosted by Grammy Award-winning bassist Todd Coolman. Coolman is head of Jazz Studies at the Conservatory of Music at Purchase College and has performed or recorded with a who's who of jazz artists. This series has been made possible by an anonymous donor. In memory of Bernie Sivin. Thurs. ...

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Henry Brant, Experimental Composer on Grand Scale

Source: Michael Ricci
May 1, 2008

Henry Brant -- an American maverick composer who added the dimension of space to music by placing musicians in nooks and crannies of concert halls, on boats floating down the Amstel River in Amsterdam or arrayed throughout sports arenas -- has died. He was 94. The Pulitzer Prize-winning composer died Saturday at his home in Santa Barbara, according to associates. Brant's pieces were always events tailor-made for specific sites. A typical example was “500: Hidden Hemisphere," commissioned in 1992 by ...

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Blues-Tinged Michael Wolff CD Coming Late-Fall

Source: Seth Cohen PR
May 1, 2008

Excitement Fuels New CD From Michael Wolff Victor Jones, Chip Jackson, Rich Goods, Steve Wilson and Ian Young All Set to Appear on Fall '08 Album Website Re-Launch May 1st Acclaimed jazz pianist Michael Wolff will head into Sear Sound in New York City on May 12th and 13th, to begin sessions for his as-yet-untitled late-Fall '08 CD release. The new album will feature an eclectic combination of songs, ranging from BB King's 'Nobody Loves Me But My Mama' to ...

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Nu Jazz Entertainment Announces the Launch of the World's First Jazz Record Label with Audio & Video Content Exclusively for Digital Download

Source: All About Jazz
May 1, 2008

(New York, NY) - Nu Jazz Entertainment--a long time producer of high quality audio and video content in the genre of jazz--announced the launch of two new labels, dedicated to the production and distribution of audio & video recordings--exclusively for digital download.

Nu Jazz Entertainment founder Jerald Miller, has announced the formation of two separate labels, to release high definition video and audio content--exclusively for digital download in the genre of jazz. Nu Jazz Records and ...

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