Jazz News

Hopeless Romantic: The Best of Billy Vera & the Beaters

Source: All About Jazz
November 15, 2007

Los Angeles, CA - On February 19, Shout! Factory will release Hopeless Romantic: The Best Of Billy Vera & The Beaters, a compilation celebrating Vera's talent as both singer and songwriter. Produced by Billy Vera, this new compilation includes songs from his albums Billy & The Beaters, the album recorded live at the Roxy in Los Angeles and which included his smash hit “At This Moment," and Billy Vera, which was recorded at Muscle Shoals, as well as three previously ...

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Concord Holiday Releases! Vince Guaraldi, John Coltrane, and the Staple Singers

Source: Special Ops Media
November 15, 2007

Concord Records is proud to present several titles this season ripe for inclusion on your holiday must-have list including A Charlie Brown Christmas (Expanded Edition), The Staple Singers' The 25th Day Of December, & John Coltrane's Interplay 5-CD set. Vince Guaraldi A Charlie Brown Christmas (Expanded Edition) For anyone who grew up during the '60s, the music from the beloved animated TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas resonates with deep sentimental meaning. That swinging soundtrack by ...

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Jazz Guitarist Jon Larsen Receives the Norwegian Buddy Award 2007

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 15, 2007

We are very happy to announce that guitar player and composer JON LARSEN today is awarded the BUDDY PRIZE 2007. This is the highest ranking prize in Norwegian music. Jon Larsen is famous for his records and world wide tours with the quartet Hot Club de Norvge since the 70-ies. His new CD - Strange News From Mars (recorded together with Frank Zappa's old band) is at the moment the best selling jazz CD in Norway. New CD Jon Larsen ...

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The Genius of Moacir Santos on Freedom Jazz Dance

Source: All About Jazz
November 15, 2007

5 - 7 PM Sunday WDCE 90.1 FM Listen via streamcast at http://www.student.richmond.edu/~wdce/ 804-289-UR90 Studio Give thanks for great jazz with Freedom Jazz Dance--modern jazz from bebop to freebop and beyond--live from the beautiful campus of the University of Richmond this Sunday. This week I will be featuring some remarkable music from the late Brazilian jazz composer Moacir Santos. A recent clipping I read about his music turned me on to this brilliant and ...

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All About Jazz is Spotlight.com's Deep South Music Pick of the Month

Source: All About Jazz
November 15, 2007

Dave Rose of Deep South Entertainment designated All About Jazz as a Music Pick of the Month. November 2007 Review For the amateur, jazz is a little like wine; intimidating and confusing when you're first introduced to it. All About Jazz is a great place to sample various artists and learn more about which style of jazz best suits your ears. It even has free daily mp3 downloads. Stop by the MP3 store of this site and you can sample ...

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Monterey Jazz Festival Announces 50th Anniversary Tour

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
November 15, 2007

MJF/50 All-Star Band Features Terence Blanchard, James Moody, Nnenna Freelon, Benny Green, Derrick Hodge & Kendrick Scott 54-Date Tour Kicks Off January 8th In Washington State, Continues Through 52 Cities In 22 States From January - March, 2008 November 14, 2007, Monterey, CA; Building on the exciting and unprecedented legacy of fifty years of historic jazz presentation, the Monterey Jazz Festival is proud to announce the nationwide, ten-week, fifty-four date tour of the Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary Band. Heralded ...

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Music Film Factor Releases New Flamenco DVD

Source: All About Jazz
November 15, 2007

THE STORY OF PETENERA AS IT HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD BEFORE

Music Film Factor has just produced a new flamenco DVD with 2 hours of previously unreleased live performances featuring Seville's acclaimed maestro Jose Galvan and California's flamenco dancer Elena Marlowe. Petenera--a Flamenco Drama in Music and Dance is a unique collection of traditional flamenco repertory as it is seldom performed today. It includes a 26-minute dramatic account of the suffering and loneliness of Andalusia's femme fatale Petenera who has ...

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Keith Killgo Named Music Director of "A Pryor Experience"

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 15, 2007

Rain Pryor Launches New Jazz Cabaret WASHINGTON, DC -- Keith Killgo, veteran Blackbyrds drummer and vocalist is themusic director for 'A Pryor Experience', a new jazz cabaret performed by the award-winning actress, Rain Pryor. The bi-racial daughter of the late and legendary comic icon Richard Pryor and a militant Jewish woman, Rain produced and starred in her one- woman show,'Fried Chicken and Latkes'. She has selected Keith Killgo Jazz,Keith's ensemble, as her band for her cabaret.Ms. Pryor will bring her ...

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