Jazz News

Boosey & Hawkes Present Premier Showcase at SXSW

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2008

Boosey & Hawkes (B&H) is pleased to present its first-ever showcase at South by Southwest (SXSW), featuring the music of innovative composers Steve Reich, John Adams, Elliott Carter, Elena Kats-Chernin, and Michael Torke.

The showcase entitled “Reich, Rags, & Road Movies: Music by Steve Reich & Friends," which will take place on Wednesday, March 12 at St. David's Episcopal Church (304 E. 7th St. @ San Jacinto Blvd.) from 9:00 - 11:00 pm, brings the fresh sounds of B&H's contemporary ...

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New Omar Sosa CD "Afreecanos" Release Party

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2008

Upcoming CD Release Celebration in Paris: Thursday, March 20 and Friday, March 21, 2008 Duc des Lombards 42, rue des Lombards 75001 PARIS Tickets: 01 42 33 22 88 or fnacspectacles.com

“Sosa is a creative original. I especially like how he works real jazz piano into the mix and how the flutes, ngoni, kora and quiet vocals defy expectations of a stereotypically hyper-rhythmic Black Atlantic, leaving us instead with an ...

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Trio X: Joe McPhee, Jay Rosen and Dominic Duval Tenth Year Celebration!

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2008

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Bill Bruford Releases Podcast on New Bruford/Borstlap Release in Two Minds

Source: Lori Hehr Public Relations
February 22, 2008

British drummer Bill Bruford has released a podcast highlighting his new release with Dutch keyboard master Michiel Borstlap. In Two Minds has just been released on the Summerfold imprint and the podcast can be heard here. . Bruford and Borstlap are two of the leading lights in progressive improvised music. Since their first meeting at the Nijmegen Festival in Holland in 2002, the duo have recorded on both CD and DVD, and gone on to play major Festivals and concerts ...

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9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival "In the Jazz Tradition"

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2008

Brooklyn, NY - February 22 - The Central Brooklyn Jazz Consortium/CBJC presents its 9th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival from March 29 - May 2, 2008, with concerts and events in Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Midwood, Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Bedford Stuyvesant sections of Brooklyn.

Festival calendar of events is available on the Internet at http://www.cbjcjazz.org/, or by phone at 718.569.1896. Contact our exclusive travel partner Evette Dorham, at Travel Counsellors at 800.807.9142, cell 404.634. 6662 ...

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New Album of the Brussels Jazz Orchestra: "The Music of Michel Herr"

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2008

The Brussels Jazz Orchestra, one of Europe's most respected big bands, has a new album out, titled The Music of Michel Herr. It offers a wide overview of the music for big band written in recent years by the Belgian pianist, composer and arranger Michel Herr, who also conducted the band during the recording sessions. Released on February 22, 2008 by the Belgian label Werf, the double cd features 9 single pieces and 2 suites, some rich and interesting writing ...

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Tim Siciliano Trio with Dominic Duval and Brian Willson

Source: All About Jazz
February 22, 2008

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AAJ "Site Map" Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
February 21, 2008

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