Jazz News

Nine Acts Ready to Do Battle in the Detroit Blues Challenge Finals "Big Dance"

Source: Just Roots PR
November 19, 2007

The Winners of The Magic Bag “Big Dance" Finals Will Travel To Memphis To Represent Detroit/Windsor

All nine of the preliminary rounds are now complete for the 2007 Detroit Blues Challenge and the nine finalists are prepared to do battle this coming Sunday, November 25, 2007. The nine preliminary rounds make the Detroit Blues Challenge the largest regional competition of its type in the world. The Detroit Blues Society is proud to sponsor and host these prestigious competitions each and ...

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New CD "Green Heart" by Brazilian Musicians Nilson Matta, Ze Luis, and Paulo Braga to be Released on Green Label, New Orbita; CD Release Party at Joe's Pub, Monday, Dec. 17

Source: Leah Grammatica Public Relations
November 19, 2007

"The Amazon Rainforest is called the lungs of the earth because it recycles the natural elements and cleans up pollution from all over the world. Currently, the rainforest destruction in some parts of the world is estimated to be...the equivalent of 7.5 football fields per minute." - Alice Benzecry, Ph.D.

A team of award-winning, world-class musicians has converged to create an exciting, first-of-its-kind compilation CD, GREEN HEART, a collection of songs of varying, sublime textures that epitomize the best in ...

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Jimmy Bruno & Joe Beck Perform at Jazz Month 2007

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 19, 2007

"Polarity" guitarists Jimmy Bruno & Joe Beck will be the finale performance of Jazz Month 2007 in Monmouth County New Jersey the Sunday after Thanksgiving. The Monmouth County Library hosts a month long series of renowned jazz musicians who perform every Sunday. Throughout November, the Jazz Month 2007 supplements the performances with jazz discussions and films for patrons and members. This week, on November 25 at 2PM, the recording Polarity recording duo will perform together once again and close out ...

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Jazz @ Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite

Source: All About Jazz
November 19, 2007

Friday, December 14, 2007 Jazz @ Lincoln Center Orchestra 8:00 pm Prudential Hall Enjoy Duke Ellington's Nutcracker Suite, performed by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his unrivaled Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. In 1960, for the first time in his career, the legendary Duke Ellington and writing partner Bill Strayhorn devoted an entire album to another composer's work - a composer no less esteemed that Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. Ellington's resulting Nutcracker Suite ...

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Legendary Pianist Herbie Hancock Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
November 19, 2007

If Herbie Hancock never played another note, or gave the world nothing more for the rest of his life other than electronic pop or dyed-in-the-wool, straight-ahead, VSOP-style jazz--it wouldn't matter. His stature, accomplishments and legacy are secure. But he doesn't do that. Not his nature. Which is one of the reasons why, even among great pianists--and Hancock resides at the zenith of his instrument--he is held in a particularly higher esteem.

His latest project is River: The Joni Letters (Verve, ...

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AAJ Tops Two Million MP3 Downloads

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2007

The All About Jazz Download Center which features a free daily MP3 track as well as archived tracks has generated over two million total downloads since its launch back in October 2005. It has also topped one million downloads since February 2007.

AAJ presents an eclectic mix of tracks by a diverse group of jazz artists including Rob Reddy, Ted Nash, Mingus Big Band, Exploding Star Orchestra, David Weiss, Bob Mintzer, Microscopic Septet, Ron Horton, Ben Allison, Greg Tardy, Ingrid ...

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Tierney Sutton Puts Her Stamp on Jazz Standards

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2007

The jazz world has artists who love to swim through standards, making listeners as comfortable as they were the last time they heard the song. Not Tierney Sutton. “We almost feel like it's our responsibility to do something with it that's really out there," the singer said in a phone interview from her L.A. home. “But if they don't know it, you don't want to mess with it so much." The Grammy-nominated vocalist, who performs with her band Monday in ...

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Manuel Engel/ME 3 Album Finalist For 7th Annual Independent Music Awards

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2007

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