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Performance / Tour

All-Access Jazz: "JazzArtsSigns" a Feast for the Senses

Source: All About Jazz
November 13, 2007

ADMITTEDLY, IT CAN be overwhelming: A singer in a wheelchair scats while her quintet jams behind her; a sign-language interpreter translates music and lyrics into body language while an LED screen scrolls the lyrics and dialogue; an artist paints the music onto a huge canvas; and an audio describer attempts to explain it all. But that's one of the messages behind JazzArtSigns, the singer, Lisa Thorson, said of her multimedia show. It's designed to be accessible to people with disabilities, ...

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Performance / Tour

John Abercrombie Trio-Monday Jazz at the Turning Point Cafe, Piermont, NY

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 12, 2007

LIVE JAZZ MONDAYS at the Turning Point Cafe Piermont, N.Y. Great menu, great atmosphere Monday November 12 Guitarist John Abercrombie Trio Bob Meyer, drums, Mike McGuirk, bass Sets 8pm and 9:30pm Mondays November 19, 26 Saxophonist John Richmond Quartet w/ guests 8pm-11pm Monday Dec 3 Trumpeter Mark Morganelli & The Jazz Forum All-Stars Vic Juris, guitar, Nilson Matta, ...

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Performance / Tour

Karen Oberlin Returns to the Metropolitan Room for One Night Only Tuesday, November 13that 7PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 12, 2007

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13 at 7PM By popular demand, Bistro Award-winning jazz-pop singer Karen Oberlin returns to The Metropolitan Room for one night only with her highly acclaimed show, “Like Love: The Popular Songs of Andre Previn," for which she was a finalist for the critics' Nightlife Awards in 2007. Audiences will be delighted and surprised by this varied collection of extraordinary songs -- some beloved, some virtually unknown, by a master composer who defies category. Lyricists Dory Langdon (Previn), Johnny ...

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Performance / Tour

Les Paul (Mon) Mingus Legacy (Tues) Mike Stern (Wed-Fri) Sheila Jordan-Roswell Birthday Celebration (Sat-Sun) at the Iridium Jazz Club

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
November 12, 2007

Note: New Set Times: Effective this Tuesday we are moving to 8:30 PM and 10:30PM show times for the holiday season (EXCEPT Les Paul Monday which will at 8 PM & 10 PM). IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 Sets At 8:30 & 10:30PM Les Paul Sets Remain at 8:00 & 10:00PM Effective immediately, minimums are $10/person/set for all show ...

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Radio

JVC Special Event "It's a Hardbop Life" Released on Youtube

Source: All About Jazz
November 12, 2007

November 12, 2007 Washington, DC (AYS)--The 2004 New York JVC Jazz Festival Special Event, It's a Hardbop Life has been released on Youtube (go to americanyouthsymphony.org for the link). The play, written by America's Hot Musician judge and trombonist Gregory Charles Royal, is the first play to feature an entire cast of jazz musicians. The cast includes former Duke Ellington Orchestra trombomist Gregory Charles Royal, Chris Albert-trumpet,Brooks Giles-tenor sax, Marcus Persiani-piano, Ken Crutchfield- drums and Kyle Younger and Christina Pitrelli. ...

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Event

2008 Residency Season at Artists' Enclave at I-Park

Source: Wiredset
November 12, 2007

Application Deadline: December 31, 2007 I-Park announces its eighth season hosting The Artists' Enclave. Artists' residencies, self-directed/project oriented, will be offered from May through November 2008. Most sessions are four weeks in duration. Residencies will be offered to visual (including digital) artists, music composers, environmental artists, landscape and garden designers, creative writers and architects. Work samples will be evaluated through a competitive, juried process. There is a $20 application processing fee required and artists are responsible for their own transportation ...

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TV / Film

Billy Crystal PBS Special

Source: All About Jazz
November 12, 2007

This is a reminder that the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize honoring Billy Crystal will air on PBS Monday, November 12 at 9 PM (tonight!). Our band (David Berger & the Sultans of Swing) performed as the house band. This may be the swingingest awards show in decades--and also one of the funniest. Performing with us, besides Billy Crystal, were Robin Williams, Whoopie Goldberg, Danny DeVito, Rob Reiner, Jimmy Fallon, Jon Lovitz, Martin Short, Bob Costas, Barbara Walters and Robert ...

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Music Industry

Farmington Hills, MI Firefighter Doubles as a Jazz Musician

Source: All About Jazz
November 12, 2007

Doctor, lawyer, police officer, firefighter -- each was a dream career for Stan Barnes as a child. But a choice was made for him, he says, when he had to help save his two younger brothers from a blaze in his mom's Detroit home at the tender age of 14. The experience defined his life, he says, and a firefighter he became. “It was a big tragedy for our family," says Barnes, 43, of the fire he survived as a ...

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