Jazz News

A Celebration of Jazz Piano at Jazz at Lincoln Center

Source: All About Jazz
February 13, 2008

* March 7-8 - Monty Alexander - The Allen Room * March 19 - Marian McPartland's 90th Birthday Celebration - Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola * March 27-29 - Dave Brubeck/Ramsey Lewis - Rose Theater * March 28-29 - Marcus Roberts, Jonathan Batiste, Aaron Diehl - The Allen Room * March 25-30 - Music of Henry Mancini - Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola WHO/WHAT: Jamaican jazz pianist Monty Alexander brings together an ensemble of musicians from neighboring islands and cultures to celebrate the intersection ...

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Be Jazz Vocalist Dee Anne Gorman's Funny Valentine... (with Her Jazz Quartet 2/15)

Source: All About Jazz
February 13, 2008

DEEANNE GORMAN JAZZ QUARTET @ ENZO's JAZZ ROOM Join vocalist DeeAnne Gorman, Eldad Zvulun on piano, Tal Ronen, bass, & Yoni Halevy, drums, for an intimate post-Valentine's Day eve filled with uniquely-styled jazz favorites on love: reciprocated, unrequited & lost... Fri. 2/15 Sets @ 8 & 9:30pm Enzo's Jazz Room @ THE WHALER BAR Jolly Hotel Madison Towers 22 E. 38th St. (@ Madison Ave.) Murray Hill, N.Y.C. (212) 802-0600 ...

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Herbie Hancock - Special Guest on Playboy Jazz Cruise

Source: Sirius Satellite Radio
February 13, 2008

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Richard Bona Band Debut Performance of Afro-Cuban Global Jazz with Special Guest Guitarist Lionel Loueke at Kimmel Center March 1

Source: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
February 13, 2008

Kimmel Center Presents 2007/08 Season Sponsored by Citi

“Imagine an artist with Jaco Pastorius's virtuosity, George Benson's vocal fluidity, Joo Gilberto's sense of song and harmony, all mixed up with African culture. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you Richard Bona!" --Los Angeles Times

Cameroonian bassist and vocalist Richard Bona and his Band perform global Jazz infused with African spirit, as part of their Kimmel Center debut on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 7:30pm in Perelman Theater. Dubbed “The African Sting," ...

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Guitarist Todd Grubbs New CD Featuring Dream Theater, Megadeth, Iced Earth, Zappa Members Now Available

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
February 13, 2008

2/Brandon, Florida - Last month the music press was buzzing with what was being described as a 'super session' taking place during the recording of virtuosic Florida guitarist Todd Grubbs fourth solo album titled Time, Space and the Electric. For these sessions, Grubbs, who has been prominently featured in national and international publications such as Guitar World, 20th Century Guitar and Guitar (Japan), enlisted an array of well-known musical artists to record on his new CD. “Time, Space and the ...

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This week on JazzPianoOnline.com

Source: All About Jazz
February 13, 2008

Triad Ear Training At first glance, triads would seem not to have much of a role in jazz. So why bother with them? Triads do play a huge role- slash chords, upper structure triads, triad pairs, not to mention John Coltrane's three tonic system are all based on triads. If you play any pop-oriented jazz you will see them a lot. Beyond those compelling reasons is the fact that triads are the building blocks of the bread and ...

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JAZZRADIOdc.com: Classic Jazz, Classy Blues and a touch of the contemporary too!

Source: All About Jazz
February 12, 2008

Dear Jazz Fans: We have been at this for almost two years and we are having a great time but little knowledge of what you like or dislike. Since this may ultimately help us in generating a larger audience and therefore more advertiser support we have decided to request some feedback. It could come in the form of praise, encouragement, suggestions, commercial advertising support or ridicule. Our first questions is whether a blog would be of interest to you? Our ...

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Graham/Frenette/Gray/McGuire @ Third Life Studios on February 16, 2008

Source: All About Jazz
February 12, 2008

Saturday, February 16, 2008 Third Life Studios 33 Union Square (Somerville Avenue) Somerville, MA Doors open at 8 p.m. / music at 8:30 p.m. $7 donation Graham/Frenette/Gray/McGuire Forbes Graham (trumpet) Kevin Frenette (guitar) Ryan McGuire (bass) Luther Gray (drums) Forbes Graham is a composer, trumpet player, and electronic musician currently based in the Boston area. He has appeared on over 30 recordings, including studio appearances on ...

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