Jazz News

Diana Krall's First Career-Spanning Compilation "The Very Best of Diana Krall" out September 18th on Verve Records

Source: Shore Fire Media
June 18, 2007

The Very Best of Diana Krall, the first career retrospective of the GRAMMY award-winning star's music is set for release September 18th on Verve Records. Over the past fourteen years, the platinum-seller has released eleven records, including “The Look of Love", “When I Look In Your Eyes' and most recent “From This Moment On", which debuted at #7 on the Billboard 200 Chart. The San Francisco Chronicle just wrote that Krall is “taking jazz places it has never been before" ...

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Summer Jazz Concert Series in Harlem

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2007

Casa Frela Gallery Presents Summer Jazz Concert Series in Harlem Featuring Oriente Lopez - Saturday, June 23, 2007, 8PM-10PM Oriente Lopez is a world renowned Cuban flautist, pianist, composer, and arranger. In previous years he has collaborated with Silvio Rodriguez, Fito Paez, Chucho Valdez, Arturo Sandoval, Pablo Milanez, and Chico Buarque de Hollanda. Recently he has arranged for and performed with Paul Simon, Paquito D'Rivera, Marc Anthony, Ruben Blades, Regina Carter, Charlie Haden and ...

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John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension 2007 North America Tour

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2007

Guitarist John McLaughlin will be touring North America this fall with his brand new electric band, The 4th Dimension, starting with a show on September 13th at the Carolina Theater in Durham, NC. Considered by many critics and fans to be one of the greatest guitar players of all-time, McLaughlin, who has famously performed with Miles Davis and his own historic bands, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Shakti and The Guitar Trio, has put together a stellar outfit to interpret his recent ...

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The Week Ahead on JAZZRADIOdc.com

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2007

Classic Jazz, Classy Blues and a touch of the contemporary too!

During the week ahead on www.jazzradiodc.com our featured artist are as follows:

June 18 to June 22

Monday - Johnny Griffin, saxophonist Tuesday - Richard “Groove" Holmes, organist Wednesday - Tom Harrell, trumpeter Thursday - Red Holloway, saxophonist Friday - Rosemary Clooney, vocalist

We're on the internet right now (24 hours a day) at www.jazzradiodc.com with our new and ...

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Anat Cohen Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2007

"I would say that's what keeps me content musically is the fact that I try to put myself in different musical situations and I enjoy them all equally," says Anat Cohen, an Israel-born musician who has been making noise in her own sweet way on the New York City music scene since coming to the Big Apple in 1999. The city intimidated her a bit at first, influenced by impressions of the city she had only seen in modern movies ...

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Rochester International Jazz Festival in Review

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2007

The Jazz Session brought you more than 7 hours of coverage and more than two dozen interviews from this year's Rochester International Jazz Festival. Here's a list of the week's guests: Festival producers John Nugent & Marc Iacona Trumpeter Mike Catone Jazz broadcaster Gary O Festival staffer Bob Madeira Vidar Brathen of the Norwegian Jazz Forum Bengt Strokirk of Concerts Sweden Norway's Zanussi Five Trumpeter Saskia Laroo Trumpeter Peter Asplund Canadian Afrobeat band Mr. Something Something Trombonist Robin Eubanks Lisa ...

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Iridium Jazz Club Round Midnight Late Nite Series July Schedule

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
June 17, 2007

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 July Schedule Round Midnight Late Nite Series (Shows at 12AM) $10 Music Charge + $10 Minimum (Student Discounts Are Available, $5) July 6 Kahlil Kwame Bell and “The Gift" Kahlil Kwame Bell- Percussion Allan Grubner- Violin Shelton Garner- Guitar Vince Ector- Drums July 7 ...

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Lineup Announced for Chris Williams, Award Winning Jazz Vocalist Performance

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2007

The OC Pavilion (www.ocpavilion.com) is pleased to announce the lineup for the one-night only Chris Williams and The Jazz Nightlife Renaissance concert, featuring a 10-piece jazz ensemble. The performance will be held June 23, 2007, starting at 8:00 PM. Select seats are still available by calling the OC Pavilion box office at 714-550-0550. Chris Williams has recently won a 2007 Orange County Music Award for his Latin jazz. In addition, he performs straight-ahead and bebop jazz while infusing new twists ...

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