Jazz News

Joe Chambers & His "Outlaw Band" at the Lenox Lounge

Source: All About Jazz
March 15, 2008

The Lenox Lounge, the Uptown haven for Jazz located @ 288 Lenox Avenue (124th & 125th St.) is proud to present a World renowned Composer, Arranger, Educator, a 'Percussionists Percussionist', who is one of the most recorded Drummers ever, on the “Blue Note" Record Label. The recordings he made, with the likes of Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard and McCoy Tyner, make him one of the most sought after Percussionists on the New York Jazz Scene, besides which, each of these ...

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Eastern European Jazz Performers Daniel Szabo Trio and Marta Topferova at the Kimmel Center March 29

Source: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 15, 2008

Kimmel Center Presents 2007/08 Season Sponsored by Citi

“One could describe Szabo's highly original, closely bonded trio music as chamber jazz but for the additional fire and sensuality of their Hungarian blood, which keeps things as forceful as they are lyrical."--Jack Massarik, This is London entertainment guide

Hungarian pianist-composer Daniel Szabo and his Trio explore Eastern European jazz at the Kimmel Center's Perelman Theater on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 7:30pm as part of the Mellon Jazz Up Close “Goes ...

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Legendary Wayne Shorter Quartet Performs with Terell Stafford Quartet as Part of Mellon Jazz Fridays at the Kimmel Center March 28

Source: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
March 15, 2008

Kimmel Center Presents 2007/08 Season Sponsored by Citi

“Wayne Shorter is jazz's all-around genius, matchless in his field as a composer, utterly original as an improviser...one of the freshest saxophonists in jazz, as well as possibly its best small-group composer ever."--New York Times

“A smart and assertive trumpeter...Mr. Stafford does a superlative job with a broad range of themes."--New York Times

Legendary saxophonist-composer Wayne Shorter returns to the Kimmel Center to explore the metaphysical heights of jazz with his Quartet ...

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Blue Apple Blues (B.A.B.) Festival Poised to Crash the Mansion in Downtown Manhattan on April 3rd

Source: Just Roots PR
March 15, 2008

The Big Apple, a long ways from the Mississippi delta, is not often associated with the blues. But the city is home to a number of blues bands that bring a fresh approach to traditional blues The Blue Apple Blues (B.A.B.) Festival aims to crash beyond tried and true formulas by offering the blues scene fresh sounds and a new approach born of the city. Audiences are sure to be impressed by the vitality and variety of talent offered at ...

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Sten Hostfalt, Melissa Kassel & Matt Renzi at Abc No Rio NYC March 16

Source: All About Jazz
March 15, 2008

LIVE IN CONCERT sunday MARCH 16 2008 at 8 pm / $7 at ABC NO RIO, NEW YORK CITY STEN HOSTFALT - guitar MELISSA KASSEL - voice MATT RENZI - saxophones and clarinets “Melissa Kassel is among the best vocalists to appear in years" - Harvey Pekar, WBCN, NPR “Sten Hostfalt may be considered Groundbreaking"

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318 New Additions to Upcoming Jazz Release Calendar

Source: All About Jazz
March 14, 2008

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Attn: Musicians - Add Your Sonicbids EPK Link to Your AAJ Profile

Source: All About Jazz
March 14, 2008

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Legacy Jazz Festival '08 Set for Flagler County, Florida

Source: Phred, Inc.
March 14, 2008

The North East Florida Jazz Association (NEFJA) announced that Freddy Cole, Eddie Henderson, Javon Jackson, Teddy Adams, Doug Carn and Vincent Gardner will perform at their 3rd annual jazz festival. The headlined events will be the highlight of a full week of live jazz performances and other related activities throughout Flagler County, FL. For more than 20 years, NEFJA has been dedicated to perpetuating jazz, America's indigenous art form, by making live jazz performances accessible to local audiences and by ...

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