Jazz News

PIJazzFest 2008 Announces Third Annual Line-up

Source: All About Jazz
January 31, 2008

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"Clarinet", the New CD by Luca Luciano

Source: All About Jazz
January 30, 2008

We are pleased to introduce “Clarinet", the latest album by the clarinetist/composer and Professor of Clarinet Luca Luciano “classically trained Italian virtuoso resident in London" ("Jazz UK").

Luca is very much appreciated in the UK and abroad for his unique style and the quality of his compositions and this latest project keeps faith to his uncompromised and sometimes controversial approach to jazz and the will to experiment.

Luciano's sound has been built on a vintage “Bb" Buffet clarinet which bears ...

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SmoothJazzNow Interviews Mark Rapp

Source: All About Jazz
January 30, 2008

When SmoothJazzNow requested an interview with jazz trumpeter Mark Rapp, he didn't shy away; rather, Rapp jumped on the opportunity to promulgate his approach in bridging the world's of Modern and Smooth Jazz.

While most any modern jazz player does everything in their power to separate and distant themselves from anything “smooth" and often having an immediate physical reaction to the word itself, Rapp remains open to the genre - all genres of instrumental music for that fact--exploring, enhancing and ...

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Old Hollywood Glamour: The Metropolitan Room by Katie Custer

Source: All About Jazz
January 30, 2008

The Metropolitan Room in New York City is an intimate, cabaret style venue that has seen the best performers grace it's stage. There are two singers who are set to debut there next month and I want to promote their performances, please show your support!

My personal favorite songbird, Tamela D'Amico is giving her east coast debut of her self entitled cd, “The Tamela D'Amico Album" Feb. 2nd, 7th, 8th and 9th. Tamela breathes new life into classic standards of ...

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Tamela D'Amico Debuts at Metropolitan Room

Source: All About Jazz
January 30, 2008

The sultry, young big band front-woman Tamela D'Amico, who is based in Los Angeles, brings a 7-piece combo to her hometown New York to celebrate the recent release of her debut recording, “The Tamela D'Amico Album." In what will be her New York City debut, D'Amico holds court at the Metropolitan Room, for four exclusive performances, Saturday February 2, and Thursday to Saturday February 7, 8, 9. All shows are at 10pm.

D'Amico -- a singer, actress, film director triple ...

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Comping at the Sunday Scene: Jazz at the A Frame

Source: All About Jazz
January 30, 2008

Close your eyes, open your soul, and listen as your heart is lifted into another galaxy beyond your greatest jazz dreams. No, you're not in New York City, a metropolis known for Jazz. This Los Angeles experience is no ordinary excursion through a few standard selections. Instead, a straight ahead Sunday go to meeting at a service you'd never want to end. Jazz at the A Frame tucked away in the Hollywood Hills had a new sermon out for Sunday ...

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Detroit Blues Society Sends Two Acts to the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee January 31 - February 2, 2008

Source: Just Roots PR
January 30, 2008

The Detroit Blues Society is proud to announce that it will be sending two winners, one in the Solo/Duo category and one in the Band category, to the International Blues Challenge finals in Memphis, Tennessee on January 31 - February 2, 2008. The winner of the Solo/Duo Finals was Mike Espy and Yakety Yak. The winner of the Band Finals was the Front Street Blues Band.

These two winners progressed through nine preliminary events , fifty acts, and on to ...

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2008 Telluride Jazz Celebration Announces Headliners

Source: All About Jazz
January 30, 2008

Telluride Society for Jazz and Raynier Institute & Foundation Las Montaas, Mountain Village Owners Association, and US Bank of Telluride Please Note New Dates of June 5-8, 2008 For Colorado's Telluride Jazz Celebration Since 1977 Telluride's majestic perch - high in the spectacular San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado -- has been the site of an annual cultural event produced by the Telluride Society for Jazz combining the finest of nature and art that ranks among the world's most memorable ...

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