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Interview

Vocalist Luciana Souza Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
October 25, 2007

Is Luciana Souza on the verge of reinventing bossa nova? A careful look at The New Bossa Nova (Verve, 2007), may well provide the answer to this question, as the Brazilian-born singer aims to present classic pop tunes with a bossa nova feeling. It's a kind of whispering, Luciana says; a whispering in a loud world.

AAJ Contributor Joao Moreira dos Santos spoke with Souza about The New Bossa Nova, and applying its minimalist aesthetic to a variety of well-known ...

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Interview

Drummer Chico Hamilton Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
October 25, 2007

An educator, performer, film score composer/actor, drummer and bandleader, National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master (2004) and Kennedy Center Living Jazz Master Chico Hamilton is still going strong.

His always compelling music defies genre and manages to reach new audiences through works like the newly restored Original Ellington Suite (Blue Note, 2000) and Hamiltonia. (Joyous Shout!, 2007).

Hamilton took some time out of his busy schedule to talk with AAJ Contributor Maxwell Chandler about where he has been and ...

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Performance / Tour

Herbie Hancock "River: The Joni Letters" Tour Dates

Source: ThinkTank Marketing
October 25, 2007

HERBIE HANCOCK TAKES “RIVER" ON THE ROAD, TAPS 18-YEAR-OLD PHENOM SONYA KITCHELL FOR WEST COAST TOUR APPEARANCES New York, NY - Following the release of River: The Joni Letters, “an intimate reinvention" (NY Times, 9/9/07) of Joni Mitchell songs, jazz master Herbie Hancock will embark on a brief tour of West Coast venues this November. In addition to band members Vinnie Colaiuta, Nathan East and Lionel Loueke, Hancock will be joined by young singing sensation Sonya Kitchell. Kitchell will handle ...

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Performance / Tour

Vibist Tom Beckham at Jazz Improv Live Festival, Sat 11/27

Source: All About Jazz
October 25, 2007

Tom Beckham Group 2007 Jazz Improv! Live festival WHEN: Saturday, October 27th, 1pm-2pm WHERE: The Manhattan Center 311 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001 featuring Tom Beckham - vibraphone Chris Cheek - saxes Henry Hey - piano Matt Clohesy - bass Ferenc Nemeth - drums UPCOMING: Thursday November 1st Tom Beckham Quartet feat. Brad Shepik Tom Beckham - vibes ...

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Performance / Tour

Jim Cullum Jazz Band in Concert in Lakeland, FL

Source: All About Jazz
October 25, 2007

Festival

Premiere Performances, Singular U.S. Appearances by International Artists and Unique Productions Highlight 2008 Savannah Music Festival

Source: All About Jazz
October 24, 2007

PREMIERE PERFORMANCES, SINGULAR U.S. APPEARANCES BY INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS AND UNIQUE PRODUCTIONS HIGHLIGHT 2008 SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL Stewart Copeland, Blind Boys of Alabama, Audra McDonald, Wycliffe Gordon, Porter Wagoner & Marty Stuart, Angelique Kidjo, Emerson String Quartet, Cherryholmes, Derek Trucks Band, Beaux Arts Trio, Bla Fleck, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with Garrick Ohlsson, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby and others contribute to Georgia's largest musical arts event Savannah, Georgia - The Savannah Music Festival (SMF) unveiled its ambitious ...

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Education

"Bix and His Gang" in Davenport, IA on November 3rd

Source: All About Jazz
October 24, 2007

Announcing a 3-day musical event in Davenport starting on Saturday, November 3.

The young drummer Joshua Duffee and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society are presenting “Bix and His Gang," a live concert and series of clinics for adults and High School students at area schools.

The featured performers are

Randy Sandke, cornet John Otto, clarinet John Allred, trombone Vince Giordano, bass saxophone Paul Asaro, piano Leah Bezin, banjo ...

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Recording

His Name is Alive Record the Music of Marion Brown

Source: All About Jazz
October 24, 2007

Originally conceived only as a single concert at the University of Michigan Museum of Art in 2004, His Name is Alive began recording Sweet Earth Flower shortly after that very successful evening. Although the connection between His Name is Alive and Marion Brown may not be obvious to some of the younger students, this is album is truly a very special release in either artist's varied catalog.

His Name is Alive is probably best known for having been one of ...

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