Jazz News

Music Legend Rose Marie McCoy to Receive Honor

Source: All About Jazz
April 13, 2008

COMMUNITY WORKS TO HONOR MUSIC LEGEND ROSE MARIE McCOY at LADIES SINGING THE BLUES: THE REUNION New York, NY (April 2008) --- Rose Marie McCoy, one of the most prolific songwriters of the twentieth century, has penned more than 850 published songs in a career than spans more than 60 years. Ms. McCoy began as a singer in Arkansas, and later found success performing in such venues as Harlem's Baby Grand, Montreal's Montmartre, Detroit's Flame Show Bar, and Toronto's Basin ...

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Tanager Audioworks Releases Chirp Virtual Keyboard

Source: All About Jazz
April 12, 2008

Tanager AudioWorks Releases the Chirp Virtual MIDI Keyboard Controller Tanager AudioWorks, Inc. today announced the availability of their Chirp Virtual MIDI Keyboard Controller software. Chirp turns a user's computer keyboard into a MIDI keyboard controller, allowing a user to write or compose music without the need for a physical keyboard controller. Chirp takes advantage of the new Adobe AIR rich internet application (RIA) development environment. Chirp combines a photo-realistic keyboard interface, ten programmable trigger ...

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Sebastien Paindestre Trio Releases "Parcours"

Source: All About Jazz
April 12, 2008

Second album of Sebastien Paindestre's band upcoming on 12th April 2008. French jazz pianist... “Paindestre is a respected pianist, composer, teacher and concert promoter in Malakoff (La Fabrica'son, France, near Paris). He started piano lessons at 15 years-old and graduated to formal classical study in just two short years. Within the next four years of training, he transitioned completely to jazz and has since played with dozens of France's greatest jazzmen. Paindestre's experiences include composing and conducting children's music, accompanying ...

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Ladies Singing the Blues: The Reunion!

Source: All About Jazz
April 12, 2008

New York, NY (April 2008) --- Standing on the shoulders of Ethel Waters, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday and Dinah Washington, Community Works presents Ladies Singing the Blues: THE REUNION, on Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Avenue). The reunion brings together the performers who participated in an eight-show year-long performance series. This gala event is a salute to Maxine Brown, Juanita Brooks, Lady Cantrese, Ghanniyya Green, Sandra Reaves-Phillips, LeeOlive Tucker, Baby ...

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Ethnoeccentric String Trio at Tea Lounge - April 24

Source: All About Jazz
April 12, 2008

The Ethnoeccentric String Trio (EE3) is making a rare appearance at the Tea Lounge, 837 Union St., Brooklyn, at 9:00pm. While it's been over a year since the ensemble has performed as such, its members have been often collaborating on other projects, and are excited to bring back their experiences to the group. Cellist Greg Heffernan will be sitting in for Christopher Hoffman, and percussionist John Hadfield will be sitting in with the ensemble.

Born of collaboration between violinist Skye ...

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Brazilian Jazz at Shutters Cafe in May

Source: All About Jazz
April 11, 2008

The new jazz series at Shutters Cafe in New York, produced by Rose Petal Entertainment with Barbara Connelly for Off the Cliff Productions, presents a month of Brazilian music in May 2008. For a full list of performers, please see below.

All shows take place at Shutters Cafe, located at 433 West 34th Street. Shows start at 8 pm and 10 pm, with a $20 cover, and two drink minimum.

Visit Shutters on the web at www.shuttersbar.com

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Robert Hurst "Live from Blue Lake," 4-16, 10 P.M.

Source: All About Jazz
April 11, 2008

Wednesday, April 16th at 10 p.m. Detroit native Robert Hurst performs live on Blue Lake Public Radio with pianist Woody Goss and drummer Quentin Joseph. A respected, recognized composer, bassist, educator and recording artist who's earned four Grammy awards, bassist Bob Hurst recently appeared on record with Chris Botti, Diana Krall, Michael Buble, and the San Francisco Jazz Collective. This former member of the Tonight Show Band with Jay Leno broke into the national jazz scene via extensive recording and ...

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200+ New Additions to Upcoming Jazz Release Calendar

Source: All About Jazz
April 11, 2008

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