Jazz News

Chicago Complaints Choir Performance Set for Saturday, November 3rd

Source: All About Jazz
October 16, 2007

Complaints Choir Museum of Contemporary Art, Theater 220 E. Chicago Ave. Saturday, November 3, 2007 1 pm and 3 pm Free with suggested general admission, reservations required, 312.494.9509 Complaints of all shapes and sizes, submitted by Chicagoans, are crafted into a musical composition and sung by a local, volunteer choir in a joyous and humorous tribute. Conceived by artists Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen and culled from the Finnish phrase ...

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Drummer Billy Cobham Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
October 16, 2007

The universe is engaged in a miraculous rhythm that is the ultimate timekeeper. Due to his pivotal role in an important new documentary film, Billy Cobham, a master timekeeper himself, is now more aware of this than he has ever been.

The last couple of years have found Cobham involved in a wide variety of projects that have focused even more deeply on the percussive rhythms that he has spent the last half-century discovering and reinventing. This has given him ...

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Firehouse 12 to Present the Will Holshouser Trio October 19th

Source: Improvised Communications
October 16, 2007

On Friday, October 19th, New Haven's Firehouse 12 will present a two-set performance by New York accordionist/composer Will Holshouser and his longstanding trio, featuring trumpeter Ron Horton and bassist David Phillips. Led by “the squeezebox king of downtown" (Time Out New York), this nearly decade-old group has showcased its unusual instrumentation around the world and recorded two CDs, including its latest, Singing to a Bee (Clean Feed), recorded live in Portugal.

“Holshouser knows how to eschew categories, refurbish old-world sounds, ...

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European Headliner Kicks of Tour for US CD Release at Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood

Source: All About Jazz
October 16, 2007

The European Press glorifies Jean Shy with headlines like “The Queen Of The Night", “Golden Throat", “The Voice Of The Lord", “Dynamite Stick" and many more. The Catalina Bar & Grill in Hollywood proudly presents an Evening with Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer and Actress Jean Shy celebrating her current US CD release The Other Side Of Blue, on Wed. October 17, 2007. Jean Shy and the dynamite TB True School All-Stars will perform a melodic cocktail of Jazz and Blues ...

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Actress/Singer Cynthia Basinet Petitions the UN

Source: All About Jazz
October 16, 2007

Sixty-second General Assembly Fourth Committee on behalf of issues facing the Western Sahara. Quote from the UN official site: “CYNTHIA BASINET, actress, singer and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, said the Sahawari people lived in a futile faith over their future because they had agreed to a United Nations peace accord more than 16 years ago and, for more than 30 years, the majority had lived in the most uninhabitable outpost of the Algerian Sahara desert. She challenged the Committee to ...

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New Orleans Award-Winning Jazz Photographer Steven Forster Unveils "Musical Legends Remixed" with Ella Fitzgerald, the Count Basie Orchestra, Quincy Jones and Much More at Robert Bruno Gallery November 3rd 6-9 P.M.

Source: Michael Ricci
October 16, 2007

New Orleans Award-winning Jazz Photographer Steven Forster has announced that he will unveil the exhibition of his legends series of jazz and musical giants including Ella Fitzgerald, The Count Basie Orchestra, Fats Domino, Quincy Jones, Queen Latifah, Shirley Horn, Al Hirt and more at the Robert Bruno Gallery in New Orleans for the month of November 2007. The First Lady of Song Ella Fitzgerald will be among many giants Forster photographed in New Orleans including The Count Basie Orchestra, Fats ...

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Ana Popovic's New CD "Still Making History" Makes Its Debut on Billboard Blues Chart Aat #8 This Week

Source: Just Roots PR
October 15, 2007

Van Nuys, CA -- Ana Popovic's new CD “Still Making History" makes its debut on the Billboard Blues Chart at #8 this week after just being selected by Billboard last week for the Top Heatseekers. She shares the chart with the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughan, Keb Mo, and the “Black Snake Moan" soundtrack.

This news follows Ana's return to the U.S. in September as she continued her groundbreaking U.S. tour, crisscrossing the country garnering rave revues for her live ...

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Jazzed Media Releases Marvin Stamm Quartet DVD

Source: All About Jazz
October 15, 2007

Jazzed Media has released a new performance video of the Marvin Stamm Quartet on DVD. Jazz trumpeter Marvin Stamm is joined by quartet members Bill Mays on piano, Rufus Reid on bass, and Ed Soph on drums.

The Marvin Stamm Quartet DVD/CD Alone Together (JM9002) includes a live performance of the Marvin Stamm Quartet in Los Angeles, California recorded in late 2006. A CD compilation of the music from the live performance DVD is included in the combo package.

Currently, ...

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