Jazz News

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

Source: Just Roots PR
March 3, 2008

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, fully revealing the deep microtonal language found in blues classics while inventing the mind-bending “notes-between-the-notes" blues standards of the future - by some of the finest and hippest New York City blues artists. What: Blue Apple Blues (B.A.B.) Festival @ Crash Mansion When: Thursday, April 3, 7:30pm - 1am Where: Crash Mansion ...

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Kevin Frenette Quartet at 119 Gallery - March 8, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2008

March 8, 2008 119 Gallery 119 Chelmsford St Lowell, MA 01851 8PM Kevin Frenette Quartet Kevin Frenette (guitar) Forbes Graham (trumpet) Ryan McGuire (bass) Ricardo Donoso (drums) Guitarist Kevin Frenette began playing music at the age of eleven and began working professionally in the 1990s. He studied guitar, composition, and music theory at UMASS-Dartmouth where he ...

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Presenting Jazzocracy: Jazz, Democracy, and the Creation of a New American Mythology

Source: Obie Joe Media
March 3, 2008

How Will Two of American's Quintessential Icons Foretell the Future? Presenting Jazzocracy: Jazz, Democracy, and the Creation of a New American Mythology by Kabir Sehgal (Better World Books) If one wonders how two of the most quintessential American icons relate to each another, consider this thought by one of New Orleans' favorite sons: “Jazz is democracy in action," said Wynton Marsalis. Ever more so in New Orleans, where the birth of jazz reflected the ease of a mix of many ...

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Guitarist and Bandleader Jeff Healey Dies in Toronto Hospital

Source: Just Roots PR
March 3, 2008

Following a lengthy struggle with cancer, Healey passes away on the eve of the release of a new blues rock album (His First Blues Album in 8 Years)

Jeff Healey, arguably one of the most distinctive guitar players of our time, died today (Sunday March 2) in St. Joseph's Hospital, Toronto. He was 41, and leaves his wife, Cristie, daughter Rachel (13) and son Derek (three), as well as his father and step-mother, Bud and Rose Healey, and sisters Laura ...

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Mike McCarroll Releases Debut Indie Release at the Crossroads

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2008

Atlanta, GA--Mike McCarroll has spent the better part of his life working hard every day to raise a family and become a successful independent business owner. Along the way, he picked up a guitar, started writing songs, and eventually when the kids left the nest and he was comfortable enough financially, he headed to the studio with a band to fulfill a lifetime dream.

A lifetime of ambitions, feelings and emotion reached its fruition for Mike McCarroll when he completed ...

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Guillermo E. Brown's "Shuffle Mode" Blurs and Bends Musical Boundaries

Source: All About Jazz
March 3, 2008

Known for his association with jazz musicians - David S. Ware, Matthew Shipp, Dave Burrell, ViJay Ayer, among others, multi-dimensional artist Guillermo E. Brown draws upon influences from free jazz to Miami Bass in a new work, “Shuffle Mode," premiering April 18-19 as part of The Apollo Theater's Salon Series. “Shuffle Mode" is pure Guillermo E. Brown, a masterful performing artist who is called a “musical omnivore." Brown draws from free jazz, electronica, Afro-Latin, Hip-Hop, Spoken Word and other performance/musical ...

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Saskia Laroo: New CD Release March 15th

Source: Gina Vodegel Writing Affairs
March 2, 2008

In March, international trumpet player from the Netherlands Saskia Laroo will release her fifth CD on her own label Laroo Records. This new CD, a melange of Funk, Dance, and Jazz using instrumental themes, vocals, rap, beatbox, and improvisation over hip grooves will be called Really Jazzy. Having released two jazz albums and two funk albums in more than twenty countries, Really Jazzy will be her first new release since 1999. Ms. Laroo recorded and produced her latest work on ...

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Monk: A One-Man Band

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2008

Monk's latest work Stories & Grooves DVD is now available.

Monk tells stories about music and musicians and urban life, as he accompanies himself playing drums, keys, bass pedal-board, melodica and vocals. You have to see it to believe it.

The stories are accompanied by some comic drawings that illustrate the stories. The Stories & Grooves DVD was possible thanks to the inspiration of Kenwood Dennard, the assistance and support of Liebling and the professional expertise of Daniel Goldberg-Camera, Samuel ...

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