Jazz News

The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Will Host Its 41st Annual Jazz Festival March 27-30

Source: All About Jazz
March 25, 2008

UW-Eau Claire's Jazz Festival is one of the oldest and largest jazz events in the nation, with more than 70 college, high school and middle school big bands and combos from the Midwest participating. The festival includes critiqued performances, topical clinics, vocal and instrumental master classes and concerts featuring distinguished jazz artists. This year, the guest artists are five-time-Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon, saxophone legend Benny Golson, Hall of Fame drummer Dave Weckl and trombonist Chris Brubeck with Triple Play. ...

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12th Annual Illinois State University Jazz Festival Set for April 4 and 5

Source: All About Jazz
March 25, 2008

Trombonist and composer John Fedchock will be the guest artist at the 12th annual Illinois State University Jazz Festival for junior high and high school bands on April 4 and 5 in the Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall. There will be 8 p.m. concert both evenings featuring Fedchock playing with the ISU Jazz Ensemble. Tickets are $10 for the general public, $8 for faculty-staff and $7 for students and senior citizens. Tickets can be purchased at the Center ...

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Richard Thompson and Mirage: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Source: All About Jazz
March 25, 2008

New York, NY--March 2008... Arabesque Jazz announces the release of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot from pianist Richard Thompson. Richard Thompson presents the traditional spiritual to audiences in a format guaranteed to please, and seizes the attention of listeners who are looking for fresh takes on such well-known and emotional material. He deftly intertwines his thoughtful piano style with the inspirational sounds of each musician and his delicate arrangements while weaving together a colorful musical tapestry. Richard Thompson will be sure ...

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Raggy's off Limits Radio Show (#50) - Neil Cowley Trio & Black Sugar!

Source: All About Jazz
March 25, 2008

You can DOWNLOAD this show on offlimitsradio.com or listen to the shows ON-DEMAND via our various hosts. Go to offlimitsradio.com and add your email address to be notified of latest show news and tracklistings. Tell your friends too! I'm playing “catch-up" yet again! I've been away for a while, but let's celebrate the return with, quite simply, some amazing new music. Brand new follow-up LP from jazz renegades Neil Cowley Trio, make sure you get to one of the numerous ...

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Hill Briggs Releases Indie Jazz Single Don't Stop Me Now from Forthcoming Album

Source: All About Jazz
March 25, 2008

London, England-March 21, 2008- Hill Briggs has just released the single “Don't Stop Me Now" from his highly anticipated forthcoming Album Hill Briggs and Friends. The single features Ronnie Mc Neir (The Four Tops) on vocals and Dona Gardier (James Taylor quartet) on backing vocals. Hill Briggs wrote all the music and played all the instruments live with the exception of the keyboard solo in the middle played by Mc Neir. The lyrics were written by Dusty and Jill Miller. ...

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Podcast: "Up Jumped Spring" Jazzism Vol. 18 Debuts March 28th

Source: All About Jazz
March 25, 2008

Catch this week's podcast as we celebrate the onset of Spring with some of the best male Jazz Vocalists of the 20th century. Jazzism (a katzpheno mix) is a weekly Jazz music podcast on a mission to rescue Jazz radio from the blahs! Jazzism can be found on the All About Jazz podcast page or directly at hardjazz.podomatic.com. While you're there, check out last week's companion episode “Spring Fling!" Jazzism Vol. 17 - featuring some of the best female Jazz ...

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"The Way I Play": New Live Trio CD from Guitarist Bobby Broom

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
March 25, 2008

As a major jazz guitarist, Bobby Broom has for many years been hiding in plain sight. Following his Carnegie Hall debut at age 16 with Sonny Rollins, and his first album as a leader at 20, Broom recorded and toured steadily as a valued sideman with artists such as Stanley Turrentine, Kenny Burrell, Dr. John, Charles Earland, and Rollins (whom he rejoined in 2005). Since the mid-1990s, however, Broom has been focusing much more on his own music, recording a ...

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Dezron Douglas Quintet at Firehouse 12 This Friday 3/28

Source: Improvised Communications
March 25, 2008

Firehouse 12's 2008 Spring Jazz Series continues on Friday, March 28th with a two-set performance by emerging bassist/composer, and Hartford native, Dezron Douglas and his quintet. The group is a subset of the Hartford-based collective, The New Jazz Workshop, and features longtime Douglas collaborators Josh Evans, Lummie Spann, David Bryant and Curtis Torian. This performance will feature original music from Douglas' forthcoming debut CD as a leader, which he will record with the band in New York this week.

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