Jazz News

John Fedchock New York Big Band at the Jazz Standard, One Night Only - February 6

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
January 29, 2007

JOHN FEDCHOCK NEW YORK BIG BAND AT THE JAZZ STANDARD, ONE NIGHT ONLY - FEBRUARY 6, IN CELEBRATION of UP & RUNNING (New Recording Available March 20 on Reservoir Music)

“... dazzling trombone virtuosity"-THE NEW YORK TIMES

“Fedchock plays with a dark, virile, sharply etched tone, and he's as well organized and aware of texture in his articulate solos as he is in his terrific arrangements" Neil Tesser, CHICAGO READER

The John Fedchock New York Big ...

Continue Reading

AllAboutJazz-New York February 2007 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
January 29, 2007

February is the month of Valentine's Day. It is also Black History Month, something very relevant to an art form that was built upon the struggles of the African-American populace. It is also a time for us at AllAboutJazz-New York to reflect, as we slowly emerge from our post-IAJE conference haze.

What people most enjoy about the conference is an opportunity to reconnect with a broad range of people across the jazz spectrum who work on different projects and thus ...

Continue Reading

Violinist Mark Feldman Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
January 29, 2007

In his twenty years in New York City, violinist Mark Feldman's played a dizzying number of gigs and sessions with trumpeter Dave Douglas, pianist Uri Caine, saxophonist Tim Berne, drummer Billy Hart, pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, bassist Mark Dresser, and of course, saxophonist John Zorn, with whom Feldman has had a particularly fruitful association.

For his first solo release on ECM, What Exit (ECM, 2006), the veteran violinist put together a trans-Atlantic dream band: British pianist John Taylor, Swedish bassist ...

Continue Reading

Jazz Performances and Workshops at the Gordon Theater at Rutgers-Camden (NJ) Campus, January 27-March 31

Source: Graziella PR
January 29, 2007

FREE JAZZ PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON TROUGHOUT FEBRUARY AND MARCH WITH RENOWNED DELAWARE VALLEY ARTISTS @ THE GORDON THEATER RUTGERS-CAMDEN, 3RD & PEARL STREET

Camden, NJ - Beginning today, January 27th and running through February and March, the Gordon Theater, Stedman Gallery will host FREE jazz performances and workshops led by some of the Delaware Valley's most renowned artists. Every Saturday afternoon from 1 pm to 4 pm people of ...

Continue Reading

The Chicago Jazz Ensemble Presents Ramsey Lewis at Harris Theater February 16

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
January 29, 2007

The Chicago Jazz Ensemble (CJE) and Artistic Director Jon Faddis continue the Eighth American Heritage Series at the Harris Theater for Music & Dance, 205 East Randolph Drive, with special guest, Chicago's own, Ramsey Lewis on Friday, February 16. The evening kicks off with a pre-concert conversation with Faddis and Lewis from 7:00 - 7:30 pm followed by the concert at 8:00 pm.

Lewis, world-renowned composer, arranger and pianist, last joined the CJE as a special guest at Father's Day ...

Continue Reading

Vinx at the Evening Muse in Charlotte, NC 2-2-07

Source: All About Jazz
January 29, 2007

Vinx will be preparing for a March trip to Ghana and Europe by making a solo appearance at The Evening Muse in Charlotte this Friday, February 2nd as part of the Gallery Crawl. This is a follow up to a well-received appearance at the Tosco Music Party by the performer who Stevie Wonder called, “the gift you give to someone you really care about."

Vinx's most recent CD, Grits & Pate, is a 32-track compilation of the singer/percussionist's favorite and ...

Continue Reading

Adrienne Young Cultivates Sustainable Farming Awareness with New CD, "Room to Grow"

Source: conqueroo
January 28, 2007

Singer/songwriter/activist's third album set for May 22 release

Guests include Will Kimbrough, Mike Gordon (Phish), Gordon Stone and Dale Ann Bradley

NASHVILLE, TN -- Nashville-based singer-songwriter Adrienne Young is such an ardent supporter of sustainable agriculture that she bundled seed packets into the liner notes of her Grammy-nominated first album. But it's her third release, the forthcoming Room to Grow -- due out May 22, 2007 on her own AddieBelle Records and distributed by Ryko Distribution -- that she feels ...

Continue Reading

"My Favorite Things" with Russ Neff for the Week of 01/28/07

Source: All About Jazz
January 28, 2007

This week's music on My Favorite Things, the online jazz radio show produced and hosted by Russ Neff. West End Blues - Irvin Mayfield Sextet - Live at the Blue Note Come Rain or Come Shine - Dr. John - Mercernary Mulholland Falls - Chris Walden Big Band - Home of My Heart Tell Me A Bedtime Story - Jay Lawrence Trio - Thermal Strut Bye Bye Blackbird - Pete Zimmer Quintet - Judgement Fine & Mellow - Carmen McRae ...

Continue Reading