Jazz News

Sydney Band and the Kiama Jazz Kiama Jazz Festival 2008

Source: All About Jazz
February 16, 2008

The 20th annual Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival features something for everyone, it will be celebrated on the 7th, 8th, 9th March 2007.

Free Jazz and Blues in the Park, Concerts, Cabaret, Dance, Eat to the Beat, Dinner Jazz, Breakfast Jazz, Jazz Gospel Service and Exhibition at the Old Fire Station.

Appearing will be the ever popular Viva the band plus a tremendous line up of Australia's best talent including: The Jane Rutter Quartet, Bruce Mathiskle and George Golla, The ...

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All About Jazz Advertising Update

Source: All About Jazz
February 15, 2008

Dear All About Jazz Advertisers, We recently upgraded our ad serving software and have partnered with Adify.com to better serve your advertising needs. The new system officially launches next week at which time we will be back in touch with the specifics on how to get started. Our new order form will calculate the number of banner impressions AAJ will serve based on your budget, the size of your ad (728x90, 300x250, 160x600 pixels) and the ad type (animated GIF, ...

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Jane Ira Bloom "Mental Weather" with Dawn Clement, Mark Helias, and Matt Wilson Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
February 15, 2008

Award winning soprano saxophonist Jane Ira Bloom has a new album on an old label. After thirty years Jane has returned to her original LP label that she began when she first started her career in New Haven, CT - Outline Records. Her electro-acoustic band brings together fellow 70's New Havenite Mark Helias on bass, drummer Matt Wilson, and Seattle new comer Dawn Clement on keyboards for Bloom's 13th and most recent recording. The band recorded Mental Weather after premiering ...

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"Optimism" by Alto Saxophonist Jaleel Shaw Set for March 18, 2008 Release

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
February 15, 2008

Award-Winning Composer/Instrumentalist Joined By Robert Glasper, Lage Lund, Jeremy Pelt, Joe Martin & Johnathan Blake On His Second CD As A Leader With the March 18, 2008 release of Optimism (Changu Records CR001), Jaleel Shaw's second CD as a leader, the award-winning alto saxophonist and composer further solidifies his position as one of the most distinctive writer/arrangers and imposing instrumentalists on today's international jazz scene. Shaw's nine originals and arrangements of two standards on Optimism, which he produced himself and ...

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Percussionist Zimbalista is "Kinetic" - Tour Set

Source: Seth Cohen PR
February 15, 2008

Zimbalista is an Percussive 'Force of Nature' “Impish" “Kinetic" “Extraordinary" “Arresting" LA TIMES RAVES: “Zimbalista is a Young, Muscular, Intense Dynamo with Charisma to Burn and a Precise Technique That Knows No Stylistic Bounds" Concerts are a Visual, Visceral Experience - PA, MD, NY, CA Performances Are Confirmed Percussionist Chen Zimbalista is a force of nature. Exhibiting preternatural musical skills since he was a child, this Israeli-born performer has gone on to master over 40 exotic instruments from dozens of ...

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2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival

Source: Dawn Singh Publicity
February 15, 2008

TICKETS FOR ENTIRE TANGLEWOOD SEASON ON SALE FEBRUARY 17 Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces Remaining Programs: 2008 Tanglewood Jazz Festival To Feature Dianne Reeves, Terence Blanchard, Donal Fox, Christian Scott, Eliane Elias, Eddie Daniels, Mark O'Connor, Jane Monheit, Marian Mcpartland, Edmar Castaneda, And Joe Locke, Among Others Cunard Line is the Official Cruise Line of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Sponsor of the Tanglewood Jazz Festival When the 2008 Tanglewood season goes on sale on Sunday, February 17, music fans will ...

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250 New Additions to Upcoming Jazz Release Calendar

Source: All About Jazz
February 15, 2008

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UK Composer Marvin Ayres Releases New CD "Eccentric Deliquescence"

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 15, 2008

London, UK - Marvin Ayres is a composer, cellist, pianist and violinist. He has recorded a diverse selection of ambient and 'string design' albums, as well as produced and composed a number of sensual jazz and film soundtracks that combine classical technique with free-form extemporization. Straddling the worlds of commercial and classical music, as composer/producer Marvin Ayres has developed a distinctive and innovative style by subjecting his instruments to electronic treatments, thereby pioneering an approach described as “Ambient Orchestral Minimalism". ...

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