Jazz News

Curtis Salgado Begins 2008 on a High Note

Source: Just Roots PR
February 10, 2008

Curtis Salgado, who has endured a roller-coaster of life crisis during the last two years, is getting a second chance. Optimistic that his medical issues may be behind him, Curtis is excited about the prospect of a healthy and prosperous 2008.

In early 2006, the singer-songwriter and harmonica idol was diagnosed with liver cancer, which resulted in a life saving liver transplant in September of that year. In October of 2007, he underwent another surgery when a spot was discovered ...

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Hitting the High Notes: Sax Pros Tune Themselves

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2008

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jazz legend John Coltrane routinely pushed his tenor saxophone into the altissimo range, notes far above the instrument's normal range, and now Australian scientists know how he did it. Physicists at the University of New South Wales in Sydney said professional saxophone players can tune their vocal tract -- the tube formed by the lips, mouth, tongue, throat and vocal folds or cords -- to produce those extremely high notes. Their research may solve ...

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The Jazz Session #35: Avishai Cohen (Trumpet)

Source: All About Jazz
February 10, 2008

On the new episode of The Jazz Session, Jason Crane interviews trumpeter and composer Avishai Cohen. (Not to be confused with bassist and composer Avishai Cohen.) Cohen is at the center of a vibrant musical scene in New York City -- full of experimentation, melding musical styles, and an appetite for adventure. More than that, Cohen is a philosopher-musician, using his compositions to explore larger societal questions. His 2007 album After The Big Rain (Anzic Records, 2007) looks at the ...

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2/15/08 - 2/16/08 NYC Vocalist Shirl Wright Performing at B-Sharps Jazz Cafe in Tallahassee, FL.

Source: All About Jazz
February 9, 2008

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Reverend Zen Named Artist of the Year at 17th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards

Source: Just Roots PR
February 9, 2008

Katonah, NY, January 25, 2008 -- The New York based rock/R&B/jazz band Reverend Zen is moving into 2008 with Artist of the Year honors from the 17th annual Los Angeles Music Awards. Recipients of four Best Song Nominations in the Adult Contemporary Artist and Blues Categories of the awards, genre stretching Reverend Zen was named 2007 Blues Artist of the Year at the LAMA ceremony held November 29, 2007 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Music ...

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2007 International Songwriting Competition Finalists and Semi-Finalists Announced

Source: Just Roots PR
February 9, 2008

The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is pleased to announce its 2007 finalists and semi-finalists. Selected out of over 15,000 entries from 100 countries, they represent all genres of contemporary music. For a complete list of 2007 ISC finalists and semi-finalists, please visit:

February 4, 2007 -- The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is pleased to announce its 2007 finalists and semi-finalists. Selected out of over 15,000 entries from 100 countries worldwide, they represent all genres of contemporary music and ...

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Maximum Mojo Celebrates Ten Years of the Best in Blues Music on Electro-Fi Records

Source: Just Roots PR
February 9, 2008

Tenth Year Anniversary Retrospective Celebrates With Some of the Most Celebrated Names in Contemporary Blues Recording

Electro-Fi Records celebrates it's tenth anniversary (1997-2007) with Maximum Mojo, a specially priced, 32 track-2 CD Blues extravaganza featuring the music of Blues legends: Snooky Pryor, Mel Brown (the artist Rolling Stone calls “Funky, Primeval and Perfect"), West Coast harp ace Mark Hummel, Billy Boy Arnold, Pinetop Perkins, Finis Tasby, acoustic Blues troubadour Fruteland Jackson, Harmonica Shah, Paul Osher (he played in the Muddy ...

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180 New Additions to Upcoming Jazz Release Calendar

Source: All About Jazz
February 8, 2008

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