Jazz News

Andy Summers of the Police to Appear on Jon Regen's Upcoming CD "Let It Go"

Source: All About Jazz
February 8, 2007

Andy Summers, legendary guitarist with The Police, appears on two tracks on Let It Go, the upcoming CD by Singer, Songwriter and Pianist Jon Regen. Let It Go, the follow-up to Regen's critically-acclaimed 2004 release Almost Home, is due out in March and was produced by Brad Albetta (Martha Wainwright, Teddy Thompson, Sean Lennon). The disc features appearances by some of today's most distinctive musicians, including Summers, singers Martha Wainwright and Kami Thompson, drummer Matt Johnson, cellist Julia Kent, and ...

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New Hat(Now)Art Releases Available: Morton Feldman: For Samuel Beckett and John Cage: Imaginary Landscapes

Source: All About Jazz
February 8, 2007

Morton Feldman: For Samuel Beckett (1987) performed by Ensemble Modern (reissue) hat(now)ART 142 Total time 43:36, ADD, Barcode: 752156014225 For Samuel Beckett is a late (1987) work, rich in detail and lush in sound (especially in relation to so many of his more austere pieces, early and late), but troubling, obsessed, claustrophobic in spite of its scope. Given their shared attraction to shadow (Feldman's music uses chiaroscuro in the way Beckett meticulously exploited darkness and light ...

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Leanne Weatherly Quintet Jazz for Sweethearts Concert in San Jose February 9

Source: Jeff Rzepiela Public Relations
February 8, 2007

February is a time to express one's love and admiration for his or her sweetheart. Crittenden Middle School's Music Teacher Leanne Weatherly is busy expressing her love and passion for creating and singing jazz music. Teacher by day, singer/songwriter by night. You would think these would conflict but they compliment each other. “Music is my life and by performing it professionally, I am showing the kids that you can do anything your heart desires if it is your passion. It ...

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E.J. Strickland Quintet at the Jazz Gallery Thursday, Feb. 15th

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 8, 2007

THE E.J. STRICKLAND QUINTET LIVE @ THE JAZZ GALLERY

Thursday, Feb. 15th, 2007 290 Hudson st. (b/w Spring & Dominick sts.) 9pm & 10:30pm sets $12/$15 cover (10$ for members) (212) 242-1063 http://www.jazzgallery.org/

E.J. Strickland - drums Marcus Strickland - tenor & soprano saxophones Jaleel Shaw - alto saxophones Luis Perdomo - piano Hans Glawischnig - bass (plus special guests) ...

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Michelle Shocked Launches Brassy Mardi Gras Single, "Hardcore Hornography," Available on Itunes

Source: conqueroo
February 8, 2007

NEW ORLEANS, La. - Michelle Shocked's longstanding ties with the Crescent City vibrantly unfold in time for Mardi Gras with an internet-only single. Entitled “Hardcore Hornography," the song is as bawdy and bold as its title and will hopefully remind everyone that New Orleans and other parts of the Gulf Coast are still recovering from a blowjob they will never forget. “Hardcore Hornography" features New Orleans brass denizens Troy Andrews on trumpet and Trombone Shorty on (what else?) trombone as ...

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Ben Allison Quartet @ The Philadelphia Museum of Art, February 9, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
February 8, 2007

As Ben Allison states in the liner notes of his outstanding 2006 CD, Cowboy Justice, “New band. New music. The inspiration for this quartet album was twofold. I wanted to try my hand at writing for an ensemble that was smaller than my others. The instrumentation of trumpet, guitar, bass and drums was new for me and posed certain orchestrational challenges. Plus I wanted to rock. And nothing really rocks like guitar, trumpet, bass and drums."

BEN ALLISON QUARTET

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Ned Rothenberg's Sync with Strings Performing at New Art Center Newton Massachusetts Feb 11

Source: All About Jazz
February 8, 2007

Ned Rothenberg (saxophone clarinet flute and shakuhachi) with special guests Mark Feldman(violin) and Erik Friedlander (cello) will be joined by fellow in sync members Jerome Harris ( acoustic bass guitar, acoustic steel guitar, lap steel) and Samir Chatterjee (tabla) to perform at the New Art Center in Newtonville MA Sunday February 11th 2007 at 7:00PM. A reception with the performers will follow.

Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door Concert and reception $35 MC ...

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Black History Month Tribute to Martin Luther King, Book Reissue, Lincoln Center Talk and Julliard Honors for Billy Taylor

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
February 7, 2007

Black History Month Tribute to Martin Luther King, Book Reissue Lincoln Center Talk and Julliard Honors for Billy Taylor It's a busy February for Dr. Billy Taylor. His website is featuring his three part suite for Dr. Martin Luther King, Peaceful Warrior. Hal Leonard has released his book, Billy Taylor Piano Styles, which brings Billy's diverse piano to life via technical analyses of bebop, boogie-woogie, Dixieland and mambo. On March 14th, Lewis Porter will host Jazz at Lincoln ...

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