Jazz News

Announcing the Featured Performers of the 2007 Brenda Carol Renaissance Jazz Fair, Toronto, on Canada

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2007

Brenda Carol Renaissance Jazz Fair 283 Danforth Avenue, Suite 120 Toronto, ON M4K 1N2 Canada www.brendacarol.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

ANNOUNCING THE FEATURED PERFORMERS OF THE BRENDA CAROL RENAISSANCE JAZZ FAIR: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 3 AND SUNDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2007.

Toronto, ON Canada: Brenda Carol is proud to announce the following jazz artists as part of her Renaissance Jazz Fair. This all ages, two-evening event boasts some of Canada's finest, up-and-coming jazz artists including 17 year-old, ...

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Kiss My Jazz, After the Storm, & Play This Song for Me Now in Print!

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2007

Jazz pianist and composer Stuart H. Tresser and the Tresser Printing Office have published three new tunes and they are also posted to the website under the sheet music section for anybody to download FREE as “artist copies". Jazzbone Records is planning to produce these and other tunes on a new CD that is going to feature The Hank Johnson Trio and jazz vocalist (t.b.a.). It has been the mission of Stuart H. Tresser to write and create new tunes ...

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President's Day Weekend Jazz Party in Orange County, CA., Feb. 15-18

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2007

This year's Presidents' Day Weekend Newport Beach Jazz Party promises to be better than ever with two of the most influential musicians ever being honored with special concerts Saturday and Sunday nights.

The annual four-day party will be held, Feb. 15 though 18 at the Marriott Newport Beach Hotel. Over 70 musicians will be playing at concerts held mornings, afternoons and evenings.

On Saturday night Brazilian composer Antonio Carlos Jobim will be given a tribute. Often called the father of ...

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Reggie Workman's Sculptured Sounds Music Festival Presents Violinist Jason Kao Hwang @ The Downtown Music Gallery, Sun., Jan. 28

Source: All About Jazz
January 27, 2007

Reggie Workman's SCULPTURED SOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL presents violinist JASON KAO HWANG

a mini showcase at the Downtown Music Gallery, 342 Bowery, NYC, 212-473-0043.>

The last performer in this January performance series, Hwang is a composer, violinist and educator who has created works ranging from jazz, classical, “new" and world music. Hwang has worked with Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill, Butch Morris, Reggie Workman, Vladamir Tarasov, Tatsu Aoki, Frances Wong, William Parker, Sirone and Dr. Makanda Ken MacIntyre. He currently ...

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Kermit Driscoll Gravely Ill with Lyme Disease

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2007

Though he has never released an album under his own name, the bassist Kermit Driscoll has had a considerable impact in adventurous jazz circles over the last 20 years.

Mr. Driscoll first emerged as a close compatriot of the guitarist Bill Frisell during an influential stretch from the mid-1980s through the mid-'90s. (Live, a 1991 Gramavision album credited to Bill Frisell, is especially worth seeking out for Mr. Driscoll's nimble rapport with Mr. Frisell and Mr. Baron, a drummer.) Mr. ...

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Mitchell/Bankhead/Drake - Indigo Trio: Live in Montreal New Release on Greenleaf Music

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 26, 2007

New Release on Greenleaf Music:

Mitchell/Bankhead/Drake - Indigo Trio: Live in Montreal Available now at MUSICSTEM

Greenleaf Music proudly announces the release of the 3rd Volume of its Paperback Series: Mitchell/Bankhead/Drake, IIndigo Trio: Live in Montreal. The trio of Nicole Mitchell (Flute), Harrison Bankhead (acoustic bass and cello), and Hamid Drake (drums, percussion), have consistently rewarded audiences around the world with some of the most original music being made today, and this concert is no exception. Recorded live in Canada ...

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Michelle Walker Plays at Enzo's Friday January 26, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2007

Michelle Walker performs @ ENZO's Friday January 26, 2007

The Jolly Madison Hotel 22 East 38th Street Madison Avenue at 38th Street New York, NY 10016 Tel: 212-802-0600

January 26, 2007

Sets 8:00pm and 9:30pm

Joining Michelle will be:

Daniela Schaechter on piano Dave Ambrosio on bass

Acclaimed jazz vocalist Michelle Walker returns to ENZO's Jazz Room inside The Jolly Madison Hotel on Friday January 26, 2007 performing two sets ...

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Get Double Dizzy on Freedom Jazz Dance

Source: All About Jazz
January 26, 2007

5 - 7 PM Sunday WDCE 90.1 FM Listen via streamcast at www.wdce.org 804-289-UR90 Studio Listen to the latest show at www.freedomjazzdance.net

We're doublin' up on our Dizzies this Sunday on Freedom Jazz Dance---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 also be featuring the selections from trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Dizzy Reece, the late ...

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