Jazz News

Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame to Honour Oscar Peterson

Source: All About Jazz
February 26, 2008

The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 5th Annual Gala is excited to announce that it has today added two legends of the international jazz world to its already exciting lineup. The addition of New Orleans icons Ellis and his son Branford Marsalis elevates the evening to new heights, as the duo perform in honour of Canadian jazz luminary, the late Oscar Peterson. Branford, a three-time Grammy Award winner and world-renowned saxophonist, will perform Peterson's Wheatland alongside his father Ellis, who ...

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Multi-Instrumentalist Dana Leong Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
February 26, 2008

Whether on the cello, trombone or laptop, whether playing straight-up jazz, classical, or the many hybrid concoctions his work has already produced, Dana Leong seems to acknowledge no boundaries. He has worked with a wide range of players, holds down the cello chair for the Paquito D'Rivera trio, has just released a second album fusing jazz with hip-hop, runs a recording studio, shows up in Hollywood films, and is currently touring as an artistic ambassador with the State Department Rhythm ...

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Taylor Ho Bynum World Premiere + Big Band Residency Coming in March

Source: Improvised Communications
February 26, 2008

NEW YORK, NY -- Brooklyn-based cornetist/composer Taylor Ho Bynum will usher in the spring concert season with two distinctive concert events in New York that will feature him performing new original works with his own bands.

On March 30th at Roulette, Bynum will lead his improvising chamber ensemble SpiderMonkey Strings and special guest vocalist Kyoko Kitamura in the world premiere performance of his secular oratorio, Madeleine Dreams.

And, Bynum's new ten-piece ensemble, Positive Catastrophe, co-led by percussionist Abraham Gomez-Delgado (founder ...

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Chris Stills Releases New Album Exclusively on Fnista.com

Source: conqueroo
February 26, 2008

Fanista.com debuts its new exclusive music Catalogue with Chris Stills' self-titled second album

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Fanista.com, the first and only destination where people who are passionate about music, movies, video games and books can get rewarded for what they already do and champion what they love, today announced the release of an exclusive self-titled second album from musician Chris Stills.

With music running deep in Stills' family tree, the maturity and triumph of his new album comes as ...

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Celebrate Dexter Gordon's Birthday with Freedom Jazz Dance

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2008

THE DEXTER GORDON TRIBUTE SHOW is uploaded for your listening pleasure at freedomjazzdance.net Hit the Dex! Just in time for Dexter Gordon's Birthday on February 27th, the annual Freedom Jazz Dance Dexter Gordon Tribute Show is uploaded for your ears to enjoy at freedomjazzdance.net. Long Tall Dexter. The Panther. For two groovy hours, I pay homage to my favorite jazz saxophonist and a true jazz titan, taking you from his earliest recordings on 78s to his peerless work on the ...

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Harlem Is... Music - The Spirit of Community Honoring Jazz Icon Olu Dara

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2008

New York, NY (February 2008) - On Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 7 pm, Community Works, a leading city-wide non-profit arts organization, will present a special invitation-only gala inaugurating the newest exhibition of its harlem is...MUSIC series. Entitled The Spirit of Community, this newest display of Harlem musical excellence honors jazz icon Olu Dara, along with the late master jazz percussionist Max Roach, and the legendary Harlem nightclubs The Cotton Club, Lenox Lounge, Minton's Playhouse, St. Nick's Pub and Showman's. ...

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LRSmedia Leads the Way in Jazz Releases on the Winning High Definition Format

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2008

Celebrated TV Series Featuring Jazz Greats Was One of the First Music Releases On The Blu-ray High Definition Format CHICAGO, IL (February 25, 2008) --Sony's Blu-ray disc has won the high definition content war. With Toshiba Corporation's recent announcement that it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD players and recorders, Blu-ray has been declared the winner in the high definition DVD format war. LRSmedia had the foresight back in October of 2006 to realize that Blu-ray would ...

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Music Legends Flo & Eddie Give Back Catalog the CD Treatment

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 25, 2008

2/25/08 - Nashville, TN - Music industry legends Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan, founding members of the legendary music group The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, have recently reissued their back catalog on CD. Two titles in particluar appear on compact disc for the very first time. Volman and Kaylan, along with The Turtles, have sold over 60 million records worldwide, and have sung on hit records for such notable artists as John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen, T. Rex, Todd Rundgren ...

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