Jazz News

David "Fathead" Newman and Louis Hayes lead All Star Legends Band Performance for the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) in Baltimore

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2008

Sunday March 2nd at St. Johns Church also known as “2640". On the corner of 27th. and St. Paul Street. 5pm. until 9pm. An All Star Jazz Legends Band will play a concert for the IWW (Industrial Workers of the World) the First American Labor Union to allow membership to Women, Immigrants, and African-Americans. It was also the IWW that brought the American worker the 8 hour day. The Jazz Legends Group will be David “Fathead" Newman (sax/flute), Louis Hayes ...

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Dom Minasi Has a New Website

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2008

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Karmyn Tyler: A Computer Catalyst for a Song

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2008

With a 3-month writer's strike came a lot of free time for Karmyn Tyler. An actress and singer, Karmyn utilized that time and took her computer with garage band, added her home studio and wrote, arranged, and produced Luv Me So. Podcasters immediately started playing it and it debuted the first week on the PMN (podsafe music network) Top 10 at number 7, The next week it went to number 1. The next week, Karmyn composed “Forbidden Love," a song ...

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Michael Marcus Quartet Performs at the Blue Note NYC, March 3rd, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2008

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Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut at the Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008

Source: All About Jazz
March 2, 2008

JEFFREY HAYDEN SHURDUT presents “Pianos are instruments not furniture"

Live public performance and interview on Neighborhood Public Radio as part of The Whitney Museum of Art, NYC, Biennial 2008 March 8, 2008 3pm 91.9 FM

Shurdut descends from his perch on East 74th Street in search of a local piano to pounce and claw in his vigorous pro-active public amble, “Pianos are instruments not furniture."

“HEY MADISON AVE., PIANOS ARE INSTRUMENTS- NOT FURNITURE." --Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut ...

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Detroit Blues Society to Host Fundraiser on May 25th

Source: Just Roots PR
March 1, 2008

Detroit Blues Society announces that due to declining economic conditions in the Metro Detroit area, they will be hosting a fundraiser to help bolster their coffers and to help them achieve their membership goals for 2008. This fundraiser will help, in large measure, to allow them in the continuing efforts toward presenting their unique musical programming to the masses.

The aforementioned programming is entirely based around Blues Education and encompasses live performances, teaching, history, and the promotion of this uniquely ...

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Lords of the West Indies: The Cultural Intersections of Jazz and the English-Speaking Caribbean

Source: All About Jazz
March 1, 2008

On March 7 and 8, Jamaican-born pianist Monty Alexander brings a uniquely themed concert to Jazz at Lincoln Center, celebrating both his roots as a Jamaican and the cultural intersections of jazz and the West Indies. Alexander is a celebrated musician whose recording and performance history with Milt Jackson and Ray Brown alone places him squarely in the pedigree of jazz, but he has long embraced his roots in Jamaica and the islands of the English-speaking Caribbean.* “Throughout my career, ...

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The Matt Geraghty Project at Bowery Poetry Club in NYC - Sunday 7:30PM

Source: All About Jazz
March 1, 2008

The Matt Geraghty Project, led by bassist and composer Matt Geraghty, is an ambitious modern musical effort revealing exciting and cutting-edge cross-cultural concepts. The global texture of the group is cultivated by Indian vocalist Satya Gummuluri who sings in Urdu, Hindi, and Punjab and Geraghty's compositions that blend jazz, rock, funk and music from Brazil, Spain, India and North Africa. Geraghty will be performing music from his 3rd CD Passport which features 6-time grammy award winning drummer Paul Wertico and ...

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