Jazz News

Bay Area Blues Society and the East Bay Law School Present West Coast Blues Hall of Fame & Awards Show

Source: imajinnWEST
January 21, 2007

WHO: Bay Area Blues Society and the East Bay Law School WHAT: West Coast Blues Hall of Fame & Awards Show WHERE: East Bay Law School, 554 Grand Avenue, 2nd floor, Oakland, CA WHEN: Saturday - February 24, 2007 1:00 to 6:00 p.m. $5 Donation WHY: To kick off the 2007 Edition of the West Coast Blues Hall of Fame and Awards Show and to celebrate Black History Month. The Bay Area Blues Society and the ...

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Chico Hamilton/Soul-Patrol.com's Best of 2006

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2007

Foreststorn “Chico" Hamilton and label Joyous Shout! were VERY pleased to start the New Year off receiving some AWESOME news from Bob Davis, owner of Soul-Patrol.com: “I wanted to wish you a Happy New Year and inform you of some good news. Your album Chico Hamilton - “6th Avenue Romp" has been selected as one of “Soul-Patrol.com's Best of 2006". We have been giving out this award for the past seven years to artists that we feel have gone above ...

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Jazz Sheds Outlaw Status, but Not Its Heart and Soul

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2007

By Paul de Barros NEW YORK CITY -- A pair of tall, striking paintings at the Grand Ballroom stage of the Hilton Hotel suggested two distinct visions of jazz at the recent conference of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE), America's most important annual jazz gathering. Both were painted by New Yorker E. J. Gold. One was a nostalgic rendering of a famous photo of Manhattan's bygone 52nd Street nightclub strip, known as “swing street" in its '40s heyday; ...

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In Jazz World, "A Major Paradigm Shift"

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2007

NEW YORK - “Let's get small" was the name of a popular Steve Martin comedy routine in the late 1970s, but it's also an apt description of how the jazz community reacted to the sometimes dramatic changes in the music industry over the past year. Accordingly, the benefits of thinking small echoed throughout the 34th annual International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE) conference. It was held Jan. 10-13 at the Hilton New York and Sheraton New York and included a ...

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Jimmy Cheatham: Trombonist, Bandleader Was Fixture in San Diego

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2007

By George Varga Music Critic San Diego Union-Tribune / Copley News Service Jimmy Cheatham's trombone playing sounded very much like he did in conversation - warm, inviting and filled with the joyful spirit he radiated on and off stage. A pillar of the San Diego music scene since the late 1970s and a veteran of the bands of jazz icons such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Ornette Coleman, Mr. Cheatham died Friday after being taken ...

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Ron Kaplan to Perform at Benefit Concert for GreatAmericanSongbook.org

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2007

Singer Ron Kaplan will be performing a benefit concert on behalf of American Songbook Preservation Society. He'll be singing the Great American Songbook at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar Street in Santa Cruz on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at 7 PM. Doors open at 6pm, with dinner served as part of the Cookin' @ The Kuumbwa series (www.kuumbwajazz.org).

For tickets, call (831) 427-2227. Tickets--$10 advance, $13 door-- are also available at Logo's Books & Records.

The show begins at ...

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Peter Anastos & Iter at Anna's Jazz Island, Berkeley, Jan. 25

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2007

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The Sten Hostfalt Ghost Factor Feat Bruno Raberg Live @ Carlito's NYC Jan 24 2007

Source: All About Jazz
January 21, 2007

With a legacy of a documented, innovative contribution to the New York City/International improvised music scene since 1994, and in a Wednesday JANUARY 24th 2007 arrangement by the Art For Change organisation the Sten Hostfalt GHOST FACTOR featuring Bruno Raberg - bass and Sten Hostfalt - guitar/electronics appears live in concert at Carlito's, New York, NY. Concert starts at 8 pm/$7 suggested 1701 Lexington Ave (btw 106-107 St.) New York, NY transit: 6 train to 103 ...

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