Jazz News

Annie Ross at the Metropolitan Room Tuesday June 26th 7PM

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
June 25, 2007

Jazz legend Annie Ross continues her run of Tuesday's at the Metropolitan Room At Gotham New York's newest and best music room 34 West 22nd St. (between 5th & 6th Ave.) New York, NY Reservations (212)206-0440 Next Appearance June 26th @ 7:00 PM And Continuing Every Tuesday in June, July & August Tardo Hammer - Piano Neal Miner - Bass Tony Jefferson ...

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Free Dental Care Available to Musicians Through MusiCares

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2007

On July 24th, MusiCares in conjunction with American Mobile Dental will be providing dental screenings, teeth cleaning, dental x-rays and other basic treatments to singers, musicians and other professionals in the music business in need of these services. The treatments will be provided free of charge to pre-screened, pre-approved clients, upon establishing eligibility. The services will be provided via American Mobile Dental, a mobile dental clinic which will be set up outside MusiCares New York office at 156 W. 56th ...

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The Week Ahead on JAZZRADIOdc.com

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2007

Classic Jazz, Classy Blues and a touch of the contemporary too! Dear Jazz Fan: During the week ahead on www.jazzradiodc.com our featured artist are as follows... June 25 to June 29 Monday - B. B. King, bluesman “The Early Years" Tuesday - Bill Frisell, guitarist Wednesday - Danilo Perez, pianist Thursday - Clayton Brothers, sax and bass Friday - Flora Purim, vocalist We're on the internet right now (24 hours a day) ...

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Samo Salamon Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
June 25, 2007

There are many outstanding guitarists in jazz music, but Samo Salamon stands out. He's a technically terrifying musician, but the world of improvisational music is full of players with intimidating technique. Salamon's greatest attribute is his uniqueness: His rock-inflected electric tone and trademark solo lines of jagged single notes and crunching chord clusters are his own. He's as talented a composer as he is a guitarist, with a fondness for through-composed passages, challenging harmony and impossibly-complex time signatures.

What makes ...

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The Walter C. Allen Family Donates Extensive Reference & Research Library to the Fletcher Henderson Museum

Source: Fletcher Henderson Museum
June 24, 2007

The Allen Family of New Jersey has donated their father, Walter C. Allen's, complete library of materials to the Fletcher Henderson Museum. Walter C. Allen, the foremost authority on the career of Fletcher Henderson, was a jazz historian at the Smithsonian Institute. He was, also, one of the founding members of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University. Mr. Allen's monograph Hendersonia: The Music of Fletcher Henderson and His Musicians is now the authoritative work on Henderson's career. The ...

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160 New Additions to AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2007

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Critically-Acclaimed Violinist Jenny Scheinman Northeast Summer Tour 2007

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2007

With Nels Cline, Jim Black & Todd Sickafoose

Thursday, August 2nd, “Celebrate Brooklyn" Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY Saturday, August 4th, Colony Cafe, Woodstock, NY Sunday, August 5th, The Stone Church, New Market, NH Monday, August 6th, Joe's Pub, New York City Tuesday, August 7th, International House, Philadelphia, PA Wednesday, August 8th, Regatta Bar, Boston, MA Thursday, August 9th, Turning Point, Piermont, NY * Friday, August ...

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1st Annual Blues for Food Fest, September 1 in Seattle

Source: All About Jazz
June 24, 2007

1st Annual Blues for Food Fest Saturday September 1st

Warren G. Magnuson Park Amphitheatre Sandpoint, Seattle Saturday September 1, 11:00 AM-7:00 PM. $20 adult / $10 youth 12 and under. Limited seating. Advanced ticket sales only

1st Annual Blues for Food Fest to benefit P-Patch trust, a nonprofit organization working to acquire, build, preserve and protect community gardens in Seattle's neighborhoods. Seattle food bank programs grow more than 41,000 pounds of organic produce for ...

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