Jazz News

Herb Alpert Donates $15 Million to CalArts

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2008

COLLEGE ENDOWMENT: Herb Alpert and his wife, Lani Hall Alpert, have a long-range plan for music education

The multi-Grammy winner has given $15 million to the School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts.

Eight-time Grammy winner and Los Angeles native Herb Alpert, who in November pledged $30 million to UCLA to establish the cross-disciplinary UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has now given $15 million to the School of Music at the California Institute of the Arts. ...

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McFerrin, Corea and DeJohnette @ The Disney Hall

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2008

Live: Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea and Jack DeJohnette at Disney Concert Hall

The trio's playful improvisation creates a stunning spectacle. It was pretty obvious from the names of the headliners -- singer Bobby McFerrin, pianist Chick Corea and drummer Jack DeJohnette -- that their performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall Wednesday night would be an unusual event. But who knew how unusual?

Start with the segment in which Corea and DeJohnette, each brandishing drumsticks, began a mock sword fight that ...

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Pittsfield CityJazz Festival, Colonial Theatre Collaborating on "Jazz Meets Symphony" Concert

Source: Ed Bride Associates
April 24, 2008

New Black Eagles Jazz Band to Perform Traditional Jazz Masterpieces With Pittsfield CityJazz Youth Orchestra in Oct. 17 Headline Event

The Pittsfield CityJazz Festival and the Colonial Theatre today announced a collaboration that will return the festival to that historic venue for a headline concert on Oct. 17. “Jazz Meets Symphony" will feature the New Black Eagles Jazz Band and the Pittsfield CityJazz Youth Orchestra, performing traditional Jazz masterpieces that have been re-orchestrated for symphony configuration.

The fourth annual Pittsfield ...

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Alto Saxophonist/Composer Pete Robbins on Tour

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
April 24, 2008

Alto Saxophonist/Composer Pete Robbins ON TOUR In Support and Celebration of his Fresh Sound/New Talent CD Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy. Available in stores and online on April 29, 2008

“[Robbins leads an] ambitious ensemble that combines spacious avant-gardism with the melodic punch of rock....[he has] a cool tone and a thoughtfully off-kilter sensibility." - NATE CHINEN, The New York Times

PETE ROBBINS CD Release Celebrations/Performances for Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy:

Saturday, May 3rd The Cornelia Street ...

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Huntsville, Alabama proclaims the first "Rick DellaRatta and Jazz for Peace Day"!

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 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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Pianist Junior Mance at Cafe Loup

Source: ASR Records - Publicity Division
April 24, 2008

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Jazz Fest is yet Another Survivor of Katrina

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2008

Beijing has nothing on N'awlins. “The Thumpolympics are on!" says Quint Davis, producer/director of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the annual music marathon that was almost crippled by Hurricane Katrina. MORE: Jazz Fest revels in its roots The roots music celebration, unfolding Friday-Sunday and May 1-4, seems poised to match its pre-storm heights. Attendance is expected to exceed last year's 375,000 (300,000 came in 2006, down from 400,000 in 2005, before Katrina). For the first time since 2005, ...

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All Miles 1950s with the Jeff Lofton Quintet at Austin's Elephant Room 4/24/08

Source: Dean Lofton
April 24, 2008

The Jeff Lofton Quintet returns to the Elephant Room with new All Miles 1950s show Austin, Texas - Austin-based jazz trumpeter Jeff Lofton leads a new All Miles 1950s show with the Jeff Lofton Quintet, Thursday, April 24, at the Elephant Room. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. with no cover. The Elephant Room, located at 315 Congress Avenue, recently made the Top 50 Jazz Clubs in American List in Downbeat magazine, and Wynton Marsalis' Top 10 list of jazz ...

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