Jazz News

Fathead Returns to Electro-Fi Records with a Building Full of Blues

Source: Just Roots PR
November 12, 2007

With Building Full Of Blues, Fathead Reaches New Heights With Their Strongest Work To Date

Building Full of Blues is a classic Fathead: great songwriting, rock solid collective playing, virtuoso soloing , and deep soulful vocals--all sure to satisfy! The Juno Award(Canada's Grammy) winning band continues to add to its legacy as one of North America's most highly regarded blues bands. Building Full of Blues takes their talent to the next level as they take on a wide range of ...

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Maximum Mojo Celebrates Ten Years of the Best in Blues Music on Electro-Fi Records

Source: Just Roots PR
November 12, 2007

Tenth Year Anniversary Retrospective Celebrates With Some of the Most Celebrated Names in Contemporary Blues Recording

Electro-Fi Records celebrates it's tenth anniversary (1997-2007) with Maximum Mojo, a specially priced, 32 track-2 CD Blues extravaganza featuring the music of Blues legends: Snooky Pryor, Mel Brown (the artist Rolling Stone calls “Funky, Primeval and Perfect"), West Coast harp ace Mark Hummel, Billy Boy Arnold, Pinetop Perkins, Finis Tasby, acoustic Blues troubadour Fruteland Jackson, Harmonica Shah, Paul Osher (he played in the Muddy ...

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Trombonist Robin Eubanks Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
November 12, 2007

Robin Eubanks is only one member of a notoriously musical Philadelphia family--you're probably familiar with some of his brothers--and was playing trombone at a tender age. He moved to New York City after graduating from the Philly-based University of the Arts, has collaborated with an enormous range of musicians and was a prominent participant in the 1980s M-Base movement most associated with Greg Osby and Steve Coleman.

If you attend jazz concerts with any regularity, you've almost certainly gone to ...

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Jazz Utsav 2007: Mumbai & New Delhi, November 23-25, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
November 11, 2007

Jazz is a celebration of the human spirit expressed through music. Jazz Utsav is a festival of this celebration, the annual coming together of jazz music, jazz musicians and jazz fans for three days in November, in Mumbai and Delhi.

Since the 1980s, when it was known as the Jazz Yatra, this festival of music has been one of the highpoints of the cultural calendar in the two cities.

From the early years, musicians from all over the world, many ...

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Acclaimed Jazz Guitarist Randy Napoleon Returns to Brooklyn Roots

Source: Verbronics Enterprises
November 11, 2007

Internationally acclaimed jazz guitarist Randy Napoleon will bring his organ trio to the Brooklyn Lyceum to perform originals and standards, some featured on Napoleon's recent albums, “Between Friends" and “Enjoy the Moment." Songs include “These Foolish Things," the classic ballad popularized by Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra, and a cheerful rendition of “You're My Everything." “I feel it's important to go beyond the darker colors of the emotional spectrum and include songs that make you smile," says Napoleon, who critics ...

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Grupo Fantasma's Austin City Limits Airdate Set for Nov. 17th 2007!

Source: Learning Secrets
November 11, 2007

As Grupo Fantasma prepares for a busy fall packed with festival and club dates, the Latin collective received the exciting news confirming the airdate for their appearance on Season 33 of Austin City Limits, America's longest running televised concert series. “Every season, the show seems to keep reaching new heights," said Terry Lickona, longtime producer for ACL. “The talent line-up so far for Season 33 speaks volumes about the series' lasting appeal and integrity, and the fact that we're able ...

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Michael Weiss Quartet Performs at Smalls, November 16-17

Source: All About Jazz
November 11, 2007

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Golden Royalties Chapter of the American Business Women's Association to 15th Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Education and Scholarship Event

Source: All About Jazz
November 11, 2007

15th Annual, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Education and Scholarship Event, January 19, 2008

The Golden Royalties Chapter of the American Business Women's Association commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “The Man, The Preacher, and His Dream"

Keynote Speaker: The Honorable and Reverend Dr. Wallace S. Hartsfield, Sr.

January 19, 2008 6:00pm to 9:00pm Pierson Hall 5100 Rockhill Road Kansas City, MO 64110

Mistress of Ceremonies: Dr. Edith Coleman, Reflections: ...

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