Jazz News

Thomas Chapin: Remembering a Force

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2007

Multi-reed instrumentalist/composer Thomas Chapin on the anniversary of his 50th birthday, Friday, March 9, 2007

They said he had “monster chops," that he blew two solos in every one, and that he played fast and furious, packing in everything as if in a rush to say it all. And in the end, he was. With lightning-rod speed he danced for us, briefly, and then flew away. On February 13, 1998 at age 40, Thomas Chapin passed on after a year-long ...

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Brian Allen Mexican Quartet in Mexico City This Week

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2007

The Brian Allen Mexican Quartet will be appearing in the Mexico City area this week.

with Armando Martin (guitar, effects) Arturo Baez (bass, effects) Hernan Hecht (drums) Brian Allen (trombone, voice, effects, compositions)

March 11 Jazztlan, Cholula, Puebla 10pm

March 13 Cafe ES3, Sor Juana Ines de La cruz Tlanepantla, 10pm

March 14 Zinco Bar, Centro Historico

March 15 Brian as a guest with Hernan Hecht Gru-B Project Septimo Piso, Lorenzo Boturini ...

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John Prine and Mac Wiseman Team up for a Duets Record

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2007

The Collaborative John Prine Prine and Bluegrass Legend Mac Wiseman Record Duet Album Oh Boy Records and Shout! Factory Release Prine's Live On Soundstage 1980 DVD

Nashville, TN - When two titans of industry join forces, the results can be groundbreaking. If that industry is the music industry, and the titans are legendary songwriter John Prine and bluegrass genius Mac Wiseman, the results are groundbreaking, breathtaking and heartwarming. Prine and Wiseman joined forces to release Standard ...

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Soundies - A Musical History Now Airing Nationally

Source: On Target Media Group
March 9, 2007

“The Soundies," a historical music documentary hosted by Jazz icon Michael Feinstein, featuring legendary artists such as: Les Paul, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole etc. is now being aired across the country on local PBS stations and has recently received outstanding reviews at Entertainment Weekly, Newsday.com and in the LA Times.

On Air schedule:

Baltimore MD (3/10 -6PM & 3/12-12PM) Binghamton NY (3/14 - 8PM) Martin TN (3/10 - 8PM & 3/18 - 8PM) ...

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Jolly Good Jazz This Week on Freedom Jazz Dance

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2007

5 - 7 PM Sunday

WDCE 90.1 FM

Listen via streamcast at www.wdce.org

804-289-UR90 Studio

Web site at www.freedomjazzdance.net

Tune in to Freedom Jazz Dance this Sunday--modern jazz from bebop to freebop and beyond---on 90.1 FM WDCE www.wdce.org, live from the beautiful campus of the University of Richmond.

This week I'll be featuring the West Coast jazz from the fleet- fingered Pete Jolly, sounds from the members of Virginia's own Freebridge Quintet, the soulful tones of Ben Webster, the astringent ...

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Robin Aleman Live at the Brooklyn Lyceum Theater, March 11

Source: All About Jazz
March 9, 2007

Vocal jazz artist Robin Aleman will be performing a set at the Brooklyn Lyceum Theater with David Epstein on keys, Bob Sabin on bass and Matt Garrity on drums.

Sunday, March 11 7:00pm - one set only

Brooklyn Lyceum Theater 227 4th Avenue Brooklyn, NY (866) GOWANUS

$5 cover charge

“A fine singer based in New York, Robin Aleman is not afraid to take chances but makes it all sound natural and ...

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Jazz History Updated in New Book: Jazz Expos

Source: All About Jazz
March 8, 2007

THE LOST MUSEUM

JAZZ EXPOS: THE NEW YORK JAZZ MUSEUM AND THE POWER STRUGGLE THAT DESTROYED IT

Have you ever heard of the New York Jazz Museum? Most people have not. Yet between 1972 and 1977 it was the most significant institution for jazz in the world! With the opening of the Lincoln Center jazz facility and the recent large federal grant for the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, this book looks back to present the story of a lost ...

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Rare Jazz Booklets of Billie Holiday and Count Basie Available

Source: All About Jazz
March 8, 2007

Jazz Booklets Available 1. Billie Holiday Remembered. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2". NY Jazz Museum. 1973. 21 pages. Quotes by musicians, writers, etc. Ex. cond.

2. Count Basie and His Bands. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2". NY Jazz Museum. 1975. 20 pages. Profile of Life & Music, Basie Speaking, Sidemen Notes, Selected Songs Composed by Basie, Selected Discography & Bibliography. Ex. cond.

3. The Sax Section. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". NY Jazz Museum. 1974. 37 pages. Outline History of ...

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