Jazz News

Tim Stevens Trio: New Release on Rufus Records

Source: All About Jazz
April 1, 2008

Tim Stevens Trio Mickets The new album from Melbourne's Tim Stevens Trio, Mickets, a set mostly of original pieces, builds on a composed and improvised repertoire developed over a 5-year collaboration. A return to written forms is no move backwards, for the benefits of collective spontaneous improvisation explored on Three friends in winter (2005) are evident in the group's thoughtful and attentive interplay. Stevens explores idiosyncratic harmonic structures and extends ...

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Henry Butler CD Release Party and Basin Street Records 10th Anniversary - May 3, 2008

Source: Judi Kerr Public Relations
April 1, 2008

BASIN STREET RECORDS CELEBRATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY WITH CD RELEASE PARTY FOR LEGENDARY NEW ORLEANS PIANIST HENRY BUTLER CD Release Party And New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Performance Scheduled For May 3rd Henry Butler Launches PiaNOLA Live April 29th Release With Extensive Tour of North America & Europe Legendary pianist Henry Butler will launch PiaNOLA Live, his first live solo album, with an international tour that runs through the remainder of 2008, taking him to clubs ...

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Drummer/Composer Bill Stewart Releases New CD "Incandescence" on Pirouet Records

Source: Two for the Show Media
March 31, 2008

Pirouet Records/ Release Date: April 1, 2008 Bill Stewart-Incandescence Bill Stewart - Drums Larry Goldings -Hammond Organ, Accordion Kevin Hays - Piano Drummer/Composer Bill Stewart releases new CD “Incandescence" (PIT3028) on Pirouet Records One set of drums and two sets of keyboards - that's a combination with a lot of possibilities. A unique music in which each piece presents a new challenge. Here are three musicians who are on the case, with ...

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Piano Lessons Online a Low Cost Win-Win for Students and Their Piano Teacher

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2008

It's tough trying to maintain an active lifestyle and wanting to learn piano at the same time. Not only that, but piano lessons with good teachers are expensive and it's often really difficult to schedule lessons. So to fit it all in to a filled-to-the-gills schedule more and more students have turned to taking their piano lessons on the Internet. They've proven that not only is it doable, but that they have the brains and musical ability to improve and ...

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Ben Allison & Man Size Safe at Chris' Jazz Cafe on April 5, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2008

Bassist Ben Allison new release Little Things Run The World, is one of the best releases in 2008. Allison brings his band Man Size Safe, to Chris' Jazz Cafe on April 5, 2008.

BEN ALLISON & MAN SIZE SAFE

Ben Allison - bass Michael Blake - saxophones Ron Horton - trumpet Steve Cardenas - guitar Michael Sarin - drums

April 5, 2008 Sets @ 8 ...

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Conference at Stony Brook: Brilliant Corners: Jazz and Its Cultures, April 3-5, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2008

The Humanities Institute at Stony Brook will be presenting a major jazz conference and festival from April 3-5, 2008. Brilliant Corners: Jazz and Its Cultures will explore the music's connections to the other arts and will feature many of the world's most prominent jazz scholars. Twenty-five speakers will be addressing the many ways in which the music of jazz intersects with currents in art, literature, film, theater, and politics. Rounding out the event will be performances by pianist Vijay Iyer, ...

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Shout! Factory Acquires Hightone Records Catalog

Source: LRI Publicity
March 31, 2008

Catalog Titles To Be Incorporated Into Shout! Factory's Expansive Library Artists Include Buddy and Julie Miller, Tom Russell, Robert Cray, Dale Watson, Dave Alvin, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and More

Los Angeles, CA - Shout! Factory, a leading multi-platform audio and video entertainment company devoted to revitalizing the very best of pop culture, is proud to announce the acquisition of the HighTone Records catalog. This announcement was made today by Shout! Factory's founding partners Richard Foos, Bob Emmer, and Garson Foos. ...

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New Bob McHugh CD: "Together on a Summer Afternoon"

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2008

A Note from Bob McHugh. On a beautiful sunny August afternoon we four musician friends decided to get together in engineer Chris Badami's studio to play and record some songs that we liked. We hadn't really rehearsed beyond playing the music on a few gigs. We chose the songs for their possibilities; some were interesting, some challenging, and some just fun. We decided that because the session was for our enjoyment there would be no fretting over note perfect renditions ...

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