Jazz News

Dig Some Witchcraft on Freedom Jazz Dance

Source: All About Jazz
October 10, 2007

5-7 PM this Sunday from 5-7 PM on 90.1 FM WDCE Listen via streamcast at http://www.student.richmond.edu/~wdce/ 804-289-UR90 Studio Get your fall fix for jazz on Freedom Jazz Dance, modern jazz from bebop to freebop and beyond, this Sunday on 90.1 FM WDCE http://www.student.richmond.edu/~wdce/, live from the beautiful campus of the University of Richmond. Nope, the spellbinding FJD Halloween show isn't here yet. But this week I will be spinning a bewitching record from pianist Jeremy Manasia entitled Witchcraft. Hear that, ...

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Brazil's Bossa Queen Rosa Passos in One of Only Two U.S. Appearances This Year on November 8th in Boston

Source: All About Jazz
October 10, 2007

Boston, October 10, 2007 - The 2007-2008 Sovereign Bank Music Series at Berklee presents in concert the great Brazilian singer and songwriter Rosa Passos, known for keeping alive traditional Brazilian jazz with all of its mystery, rhythm, and romance intact. She'll perform songs from her internationally renowned catalog along with the music of other Brazilian ambassadors such as Gilberto Gil, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Djavan, and Joao Bosco. A group of Berklee students, faculty, and alumni under the direction of bass ...

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Rob Scheps + Joel Newton : Space Gallery, NYC Wed. Oct. 10th

Source: All About Jazz
October 10, 2007

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Michelle Walker Live @ The Kitano Hotel, Thursday October 11th 8PM

Source: All About Jazz
October 10, 2007

Michelle Walker Performs Live @ THE KITANO HOTEL THURSDAY OCTOBER 11TH

The Kitano Hotel Jazz Bar & Lounge 66 Park Avenue @ 38th Street (Grand Central Station) New York NY 10016 212-885-7000 8:00pm and 9:45pm Sets No Cover, $10 Drink Min.

New York, NY - Critically acclaimed jazz vocalist, Michelle Walker, will perform in concert at ...

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Boosey & Hawkes Now Represents the Works of Charles Mingus

Source: All About Jazz
October 10, 2007

Boosey & Hawkes is pleased to add the music of Charles Mingus to its growing catalogue of distinguished jazz and classical works. Through an agreement with Jazz Workshop, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes is currently the agent for synchronization and choreographic uses of Mingus' compositions, and anticipates making certain works available for rental in the near future. Boosey & Hawkes represents the rights to Mingus' works throughout the world with the exception of Japan and certain territories in Europe. Jazz Workshop, ...

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New Blackmore's Night DVD/CD, "Paris Moon", to be Released November 6

Source: All About Jazz
October 10, 2007

Acoustic Renaissance Band Celebrates 10th Anniversary New York, NY (October 10, 2007)--For a decade, award winning singer/songwriter Candice Night, legendary guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, and their fellow band of minstrels, have crafted an enchanting folk/rock sound with Renaissance overtones that has earned them the devotion of fans around the globe. On November 6, 2007 Blackmore's Night will release Paris Moon, a long-form concert DVD/CD shot September 20, 2006 at Paris, France's famed Olympia. Over the course of five internationally charting studio ...

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Kathy Brown Completes Album Mission: A Musical Journey

Source: All About Jazz
October 10, 2007

Pianist Kathy Brown's debut album Mission: A Musical Journey is appropriately entitled in more ways than one. For one, it captures many of the influences on her personal musical journey from the classical and folk music she heard at home in Mandeville through to the African and Latin rhythms which reached out and grabbed her from record stores in the United States.

And, making the nine-track instrumental album was a journey in itself, a voyage into production waters which she ...

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Joe Locke: New Album and New Tour

Source: All About Jazz
October 10, 2007

Just released under the Italian label Jazz Eyes, Sticks & Strings is Joe Locke's newest album featuring Jay Anderson on bass, Jonathan Kreisberg on guitar and Joe LaBarbera on drums, who will perform elegant original compositions plus a couple of standards, favorite pieces of his. Connected to the album, the European tour, to be started from UK in November featuring the same musicians, will head California vibist to Germany, Spain and mainly Italy: the only opportunity to hear him live ...

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