Jazz News

Classic Rock Legends Wishbone Ash to Tour Europe

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
January 21, 2008

Wishbone Ash Demonstrates 'The Power of Eternity' on Longest Tour in 38 Years New London, Connecticut -- During the next few months, UK classic rock legends will continue to tour intensely throughout Europe to promote two new releases: The Power of Eternity, a studio recording featuring the current lineup; and a DVD and double-live CD soundtrack, Wishbone Ash Live in Hamburg, recorded this year at Germany's famed club, The Fabrik. Dubbed the “Eternity Tour," it will bring the band to ...

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Michael Lydon (Tue) Soul of the Blues (Wed) Gnu Vox: Maria Neckam & Sunny Kim (Thu) Gerald Cleaver's Violet Hour (Fri-Sat) This Week at Cornelia Street Cafe

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 21, 2008

CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street New York, NY 212-989-9319 between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, V, F to West 4th St. This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe Tue Jan 22, 8:30PM JAZZ AND LOVE SONGS - MICHAEL LYDON AND FRIENDS Michael Lydon, guitar, vocals; Claire Daly, baritone saxophone; Ellen Mandel, piano; Dave Hofstra, bass; Rudy ...

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"The Last Goodbye": Composed by Vibist Ed Saindon in Honor of Herb Pomeroy

Source: World Improvised Music
January 21, 2008

Dedicated to Legendary Jazz Educator, Big Band Leader and Trumpeter Herb Pomeroy Ed Saindon's composition, “The Last Goodbye" is the lead track on the recently released recording Depth of Emotion which features Dave Liebman on soprano and Saindon on vibes. Saindon has had a long playing association with Herb Pomeroy who passed away in 2007. Saindon, a professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston since 1976, had played with Pomeroy for many years mostly in a duo context with ...

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Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival 2008 to Host an Inspiring Performance of the Prodigy Jessy Cook for the First Time in Dubai!

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2008

Adherent of rumba flamenco, Cook is to bring a dazzling stings performance to Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival enthusiastic audience of this year with admirable energy and skill. Chillout Productions is proud to have the virtuoso flamenco guitarist Jesse Cook performing on the night of February 28th, 2008 at Dubai Media City Outdoor Amphitheater. Jesse Cook has explored the limits of popular music, breaking new ground with each successive recording. With a unique style of blending African percussion, Cajun accordion, ...

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Raggy's off Limits Radio Show (#47) - Thesda & Jet Tricks!

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2008

Click on the link below for info on how to DOWNLOAD the show or how to listen to the shows ON-DEMAND. If you want a download of the show, you have to add your email address here offlimitsradio.com - spread the word, and tell your friends too! LOTS of great new soul music for you to kick off the new year, LOTS of cool Jap jazz and some new versions to die for from Claridade and Arvin Homa Aya. Watch ...

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Tom Tallitsch's 2nd Album "Medicine Man" to be Released 2/19/08 on Origin/OA2 Records

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2008

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Jazz Museum Events, January 22-25, 2008

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 21, 2008

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 Jazz Museum Events, January 22-25, 2008 Jazz on Film January 22, 2008 Ben Wolfe January 25, 2008 On Tuesday, January 22nd the Jazz for Curious Listeners series continues with a jazz on film presentation, so come share in archival jazz moments. Bassist Ben Wolfe will inaugurate a composition related to the Himalayas, on Friday, January 25th ...

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Bassist Joelle Leandre Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2008

"You're playing like Jimi Hendrix." That was the nicest compliment that French bassist Jolle Landre received in her first tour of Israel and the Palestinian Authority in late November, 2007. Landre's last solo concert was in Ramallah before an attentive audience that was mostly unfamiliar with her rsum as one of the most creative musicians of the last forty years. “I was on fire that concert," she tells. “Maybe like Hendrix."

Landre is one of those rare musicians that, for ...

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