Jazz News

27th AMR Jazz Festival 2008 - April 17th to 20th

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2008

AMR JAZZ FESTIVAL proposes 5 concerts series which present some talents from the local or regional area, and some internationally reknown artists: Joe Fonda, Jerry Granelli, Fred Frith, Yves Robert, Henri Texier. The AMR is also an association which manages in a building (which has just been renewed and enlarged) daily jazz workshops ; it welcomes in its two halls, daily concerts of regional and international artists. It also publishes a monthly magazine ; it takes part in a variety ...

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Gus Giordano, Dancer Innovator, Emmy Winner, Broadway Performer, Dies at 84

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2008

Gus Giordano not only launched his own popular, Evanston-based troupe, but he's one of the originators of the stylistic innovation now known worldwide as jazz dance. The venerable dancer, teacher, choreographer and author -- a gigantic figure in Chicago's dance community for more than half a century -- died early Sunday after a lengthy illness. He was 84. Giordano's many accomplishments include the beginning of the Jazz Dance World Congress, an international convention that regularly brings together troupes from all ...

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9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2008

Brooklyn, New York, March 12, 2008 - The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium/CBJC presents its 9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival from March 29 - May 2, 2008. Over forty (40) artists, over 40 concerts and events in over 20 days will take place in Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Midwood, Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Bedford Stuyvesant sections of Brooklyn. This annual celebration is the borough's largest jazz festival.

Festival calendar of events is available on the Internet, ...

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Cheerio Humphrey, Goodbye Radio 2 Jazz as Well?

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2008

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Hot Jazz Makes Smart Students

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2008

SEQUIM -- It's 6:45 a.m. and these teenagers are hot. You might say they're one of the smartest bands in the state. With a collective grade-point average of 3.535, the Sequim High School Jazz Ensemble was recently named state academic champion among 2A school bands. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, or WIAA, presents academic achievement awards to bands, cheerleading squads, theater groups and dance, drill, debate and sports teams around the state, to emphasize the need for such activities in ...

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Study: Creativity Jazzes Your Brain

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists inspired by the legendary improv of Miles Davis and John Coltrane are peering inside the brains of today's jazz musicians to learn where creativity comes from. Think dreaming. This isn't just a curiosity for jazz fans but a bold experiment in the neuroscience of music, a field that's booming as researchers realize that music illuminates how the brain works. How we play and hear music provides a window into most everyday cognitive functions - from attention ...

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Jazz! The Women's Viewpoint

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2008

Brooklyn, New York, March 12, 2008 - The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium/CBJC presents its 9th Annual Jazz! The Women's Viewpoint in partnership with Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation on Saturday, April 5th from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM at 1368 Fulton Street in Restoration's Community Room. This concert/symposium is part of the 9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival. Suggested donation is $10. For information call 718.569.1896.

Jazz! The Women's Viewpoint will pay tribute to key figures of a vibrant, prolific jazz ...

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Jason Lindner Live in NYC! March 14, 15 + 19

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
March 12, 2008

Friday, March 14: The Jazz Gallery presents NOW VS NOW TRIO Jason Lindner-keys Panagiotis Andreou-bass+vcls Mark Guiliana-drms Sat Mar 15: The Jazz Gallery presents NOW VS NOW FULL ON GROUP ...the trio PLUS Avishai Cohen (trumpet) and Baba Israel (beatbox dub poetics) 9:00/10:30, $15/$10 members Jazz Gallery is located at 290 Hudson st below spring. reservations recommended - call 212 242 1063 Wed Mar ...

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