Jazz News

University of Michigan Jazz Showcase Concert

Source: JazzStage Productions
March 24, 2008

The University of Michigan Department of Jazz and Contemporary Improvisation will present its annual Jazz Showcase Concert on Sunday March 30th at 8pm in Stamps Auditorium at the Walgreen Center on North Campus. Featured performers on this concert will include Profs. Geri Allen and Dennis Wilson as well as the Creative Arts Orchestra, UM Jazz Trombone Ensemble, Woody Goss Trio, Angry Ape Quartet, selected student combos and the University of Michigan Jazz Ensemble. This will be the final performance for ...

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Fieldwork Releases Third Album, "Door" on Pi Recordings April 22nd

Source: JazzClinic Media
March 24, 2008

Pi Recordings Proudly Announces The April 22nd Release of Door, The Latest From Cutting-Edge Collective, Fieldwork

Featuring All New Compositions By Pianist Vijay Iyer, Saxophonist Steve Lehman and Drummer Tyshawn Sorey

Release To Coincide with New Vijay Iyer Quartet Release, Tragicomic (Sunnyside)

Praised by NPR's Fresh Air as “a jazz power trio for the new century," Fieldwork makes its most powerful and fiercely imagined statement to date with Door, their third album for Pi Recordings. An important marker in this ...

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Percussionist Bobby Sanabria Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2008

Bobby Sanabria is a living museum of Afro-Cuban music. Sanabria is a percussionist, drummer and educator who is at the forefront of Afro-Cuban music--particularly the frontier where it intersects with jazz. In 2007, Sanabria released Big Band Urban Folktales (Jazzheads, 2007), an album he says takes the music “beyond the 21st century."

Jason Crane, AAJ contributor and host of The Jazz Session, sat down with Sanabria in May 2007 to talk about the history of Afro-Cuban music, Sanabria's own career, ...

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Armen Nalbandian Celebrates 30th Birthday by Revisiting His Musicial Past with Special Concert

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2008

On Thursday April 10th, Armen Nalbandian will be celebrating his 30th birthday (which is on April 6th) by hosting a special concert that highlights his musical past, present, and future. The concert will take place at the Fresno Art Museum at 7pm. Nalbandian is currently in his 4th year as the Fresno Art Museum's Artist-in-Residence\Musical Director. Scheduled to perform are: Armen Nalbandian Trio (with Brian Hamada and Kevin Hill) ERUP (trio with Kevin Hill and Eva Scow)

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Sax Star, Alfonzo Blackwell is Kicking Off His 7th CD Release "Dance to This" Live at Sambuca Restaurant

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2008

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JazzPianoOnline.com

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2008

Substitute Dominants How many times have you played the same chord changes, chorus after chorus of Autumn Leaves or Blue Bossa or All the Things You Are or any tune? Wouldn't it be nice to throw in a few new chords here and there so that each chorus would be a little different? Jazz musicians do this all the time and the number one reharmonization device that they employ for this purpose is the technique of tritone substitution- subVs ("sub ...

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Andy Ballantyne Large Ensemble Release Debut CD "The Sum of the Parts"

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2008

One of the most innovative and unique groups to appear on the Canadian jazz scene in recent years, the Andy Ballantyne Large Ensemble announces the release of their debut CD “The Sum of the Parts". Featuring eleven of Canada's finest musicians under the direction of noted saxophonist and composer Andy Ballantyne, this unique ensemble combines the rich palette of a big band with the spontaneity of a small group. There's an abundance of variety on the seven originals and three ...

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Jonathan Russell, Jazz Prodigy Tours Hungary

Source: All About Jazz
March 22, 2008

Jonathan Russell, the twelve-year-old violinist from New York, will be making his European jazz festival debut next week at the Bohm Ragtime and Jazz Festival in Hungary. He will extend his tour of Hungary through two weeks with performances around the country as part of Hungary's annual Spring Festival. Jonathan has been touring to support his second album “Puttin On The Ritz" featuring jazz guitar icon Bucky Pizzarelli and several other east coast musicians that have been performing with Jonathan. ...

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