Jazz News

Dune Records Announces U.S. Release of New CDs by Saxophonist/MC Soweto Kinch & Trumpeter/Vocalist Abram Wilson

Source: MFA - Mitchell Feldman Associates
February 14, 2007

Kinch & Wilson Will Premiere Music From Their Much-Anticipated Second CDs At Showcases March 16th At The Elephant Room During 2007 SXSW Conference in Austin, TX The British jazz label Dune Records, internationally acclaimed for its decade-long commitment to nurturing and documenting the work of black artists who are central figures on the UK jazz scene, announces the US release of saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch's second CD A Life In The Day Of B19: Tales Of The Tower Block ...

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Timucin Sahin 4 Live @ Rose in Brooklyn on February 21, 2007 at 8pm

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2007

Turkish guitarist composer Timucin Sahin will appear with his special quartet in Brooklyn.

Sahin is happy to be performing his music with Tyshawn Sorey on drums and Thomas Morgan on bass and this trio will feature John O'Gallegher on alto sax for the first time.

Timucin Sahin has been recognized as one of today's truly unique voices of contemporary jazz music by publications such as San Francisco Bay Guardian, All About Jazz, Jazzwise and JazzTimes as well as by many ...

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Former Verve President Chuck Mitchell to Helm Koch Jazz/Adult Division

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2007

KOCH RECORDS FORMS NEW JAZZ/ADULT DIVISION FORMER VERVE PRESIDENT, CHUCK MITCHELL, TO HELM (New York, NY) -- Bob Frank, President of KOCH Records, announced today the formation of the KOCH Records Jazz/Adult Division. Chuck Mitchell, former President of Verve Records, will head up the division as Vice President of Jazz and Adult Music. Mitchell will spearhead A&R and Marketing efforts for the artists in these genres. The KOCH Records Jazz/Adult roster currently has artists Earl Klugh, Bob James, ...

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James Blood Ulmer to Release "Bad Blood in the City" / to Appear @ Bonnaroo 2007

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2007

Brooklyn, NY - Why now? The question has been raised frequently upon news of James Blood Ulmer's new album, Bad Blood In The City: The Piety Street Sessions scheduled to be released May 8, 2007 on HYENA Records. It's been almost two years since Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans. So why would James Blood Ulmer record an album addressing the storm and its aftermath at this point in time? When producer Vernon Reid and HYENA were organizing the sessions that ...

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Guitar Center Scours Nation to Crown Next "King of the Blues"

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2007

Annual Event Designed To Support And Aid Musicians; Nationwide Guitar Contest To Honor Music Legend Hubert Sumlin

Westlake Village, CA - Guitar Center, the nation's leading music instrument retailer, today announced “King of the Blues" '07 -- the world's largest guitar competition. Geared towards promoting players with deep passion and commitment to the craft, “King of the Blues" is an annual celebration of a genre that is the root of today's music.

Registration for the event begins February 1st at ...

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Buck Hill 80th Birthday Bash at the Smithsonian Jazz Caf Friday, February 16th

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 14, 2007

Buck Hill 80th Birthday Bash at the Smithsonian Jazz Cafe

Buck's Acclaimed New CD Buck Hill Relax (Severn Records 0039) The Grammy Awards were handed out last night, and we've got an award- winning lineup at the Jazz Cafe this Friday, February 16th as we celebrate the 80th birthday of DC jazz legend Buck Hill. Buck and his quartet will provide the musical entertainment, and they will be joined throughout the evening by other jazz luminaries, ...

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Tribal Tech's Gary Willis, Kirk Covington and Libert Fortuny Releasing Slaughterhouse

Source: Abstract Logix
February 14, 2007

Fiercely uncompromising with equal allegiance to jazzy improvisation, funky backbeats and sonic experimentation, the audacious power trio Slaughterhouse 3 dwells in a place where fellow renegades like Garage a Trois, Bobby Previte & Charlie Hunter's Groundtruther and jam band godfathers Medeski, Martin & Wood operate -- right on that cutting edge between Sun Ra-inspired extrapolation and James Brown-inspired groovepower. Anchored by the formidable rhythm tandem of drummer Kirk Covington and bassist Gary Willis (bandmates in Tribal Tech, one of the ...

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Sligo Jazz Summer School and Festival, Aug 7-12 2007

Source: All About Jazz
February 14, 2007

Sligo, Ireland, Feb 12 2007: Sligo Jazz Project has announced that it is to host the second annual Sligo Jazz Summer School and Festival, August 7-12 2007. Enrolling will begin in March for the summer school course. Jazz greats whose participation in masterclasses and workshops has been confirmed include Paul Wertico (USA), drums, Rufus Reid (USA) double bass, Sandro Gibellini (Italy) guitar, Mike Nielsen (Ireland) guitar and Dominique di Piazza (France) electric bass. More tutors will be confirmed before end ...

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