Jazz News

Barcelona Jazz Festival 2007 Line-up

Source: All About Jazz
October 5, 2007

Barcelona Jazz Festival 2007 39th Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona From 20th October to 1st December 2007

Saturday, 20th October. Inaugural Concert / 19.00 h. LLUIS COLOMA SEPTET + PARCO DELLA MUSICA JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH RAYNALD COLOM Passeig Borbo (Barceloneta) Free

Tuesday, 30th October / 21.00 h. PAOLO CONTE Palau de la Musica Prices: from 30 to 85 Wednesday, 31st ...

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Guitarist Mike Moreno's Birthday Bash at the Blue Note on Monday, October 8th

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
October 5, 2007

Guitarist/Composer MIKE MORENO'S BIRTHDAY BASH @ THE BLUE NOTE Monday, October 8, sets at 8 & 10:30 PM Mike Moreno will be performing music from Between The Lines - his debut recording on Kendrick Scott's World Culture Music Label - with Kendrick Scott (drums), Marcus Strickland (saxophones), Aaron Parks (piano), and Doug Weiss (bass). “There are many other guitarists out there pushing towards a modern ideal, but none with the precise coordinates that Mike Moreno has charted." - Nate Chinen, ...

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Candido Camero Has Been Named an NEA Jazz Master

Source: All About Jazz
October 5, 2007

Los Angeles, CA - Emerson Bran Management is proud to announce that legendary Cuban American percussionist, Mr. Candido Camero, has been named an National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master. Mr. Camero will receive a $25,000 fellowship, will appear in an award ceremony and concert on January 12, 2008, and have the opportunity to participate in other NEA-sponsored promotional and performance activities. “I am delighted to announce the outstanding artists of the class of 2008," said NEA Chairman Dana Gioia. ...

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Telluride Jazz Celebration to Kick Off 2008 Telluride Music Festival Season June 5-8

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
October 5, 2007

Telluride, CO - The Town of Telluride on October 3, 2007 approved a date change for the annual Telluride Jazz Celebration (TJC), which will take place June 5-8, 2008 and kick off the town's annual summer music festival season. The jazz festival, which had been produced each year during the first weekend in August since its debut in 1977, will now coincide with the annual Telluride Hot Air Balloon Festival. Telluride will be celebrating “Jazz in June with Balloons" in ...

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Jazz Jam Sessions Every Sunday in the Oyster Company in Dennisport, Massachusetts

Source: All About Jazz
October 5, 2007

Have you ever wanted to get up and sing with a real, live jazz band? Maybe you play saxophone or trumpet, and want to show off some of those “chops?" Cape drummer Bart Weisman's weekly jazz jam sessions are open to professional and amateur jazz musicians alike, so whether you play simply for your own enjoyment, are a student, or already out there earning a living playing sessions, this is the platform for you. Every Sunday afternoon, The Oyster Company ...

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Mark Murphy (Fri-Sun) at the Iridium Jazz Club

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
October 5, 2007

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The Genius of Eddie Jefferson - Jazz at Lincoln Center - Nov. 9 & 10

Source: All About Jazz
October 5, 2007

The Genius of Eddie Jefferson Featuring the Eric Reed Trio with Guest Vocalists Carla Cook and Allan Harris November 9 & 10, 2007 - The Allen Room - Jazz at Lincoln Center WHO/WHAT: The Genius of Eddie Jefferson celebrates the creator of vocalese, where a singer puts words to an instrumental composition or solo. Led by Eric Reed (piano), the Eric Reed Trio consists of Gerald Cannon (bass) and Willie ...

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Charles Tolliver's Music Continuum Featured in Reggie Workman's Sculptured Sounds Series @ Twins Jazz, Oct. 5th & 6th

Source: The Cinarae Group
October 5, 2007

If Charles Tolliver were listed in Websters's Dictionary there'd definitely be one word next to his name - INTENSE. Beginning his professional career with saxophone giant Jackie MacLean in 1964, this hard-blowing trumpeter has since recorded and/or performed with such renowned artists as Roy Haynes, Horace Silver, McCoy Tyner, Sonny Rollins, Booker Ervin, The Gerald Wilson Orchestra, Oliver Nelson, Roy Ayers, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, and Max Roach. Tolliver's recent Blue Note Big-Band release With Love is rapidly ...

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