Jazz News

Trio X: Joe McPhee/Dominic Duval/Jay Rosen 1/19/07 @ Clemente Soto Velez

Source: All About Jazz
January 19, 2007

Trio X: Joe McPhee/Dominic Duval/Jay Rosen Tonight, Jan. 19 at 9 pm

at Dance NOW Music

A six day festival featuring culturally and stylistically diverse group of dance artists at different stages in their careers - collaborating with stars of the New York avantJazz.

Place: La Tea @ Clemente Soto Velez - 107 Suffolk Street, 2nd Floor Subway: F to Delancey Street or J,M,Z to Essex Street Cost: $20 per night / $10 students ...

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Stax Records/Concord Music Group to Issue 'Stax 50,' a 50th Anniversary Celebration Box Set

Source: conqueroo
January 18, 2007

Deluxe 2-CD set, out March 13, 2007, includes all the major Stax hits, digitally remastered with extensive liner notes

Features Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Rufus & Carla Thomas, Booker T & the MGs, Isaac Hayes, Staple Singers, Johnnie Taylor, Little Milton and many more

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- The 50th anniversary of the legendary soul label Stax Records will kick off with the release of a deluxe edition 50-song, 2-CD box set titled Stax 50: A 50th Anniversary Celebration. ...

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Dafnis Prieto Upcoming Appearances

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 18, 2007

Zoho Music Is Pleased To Announce The Upcoming Appearances For Grammy Nominated Drummer Dafnis Prieto January 20 Rose Live Music A Night of Cuban Jazz presents: Roberto Carcasses- Piano Yosvany Terry - Sax Yunior Terry - Bass Dafnis Prieto Drums

Start: 10:00pm Rose Live Music 345 Grand Street bet. Havemeyer/Marcy Brooklyn.

January, 26 The Stone The ...

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Rob Reddy's Small Town at Tribeca Performing Arts Center March 14-15

Source: Improvised Communications
January 18, 2007

Wednesday, March 14th and Thursday, March 15th at 8:00 p.m. Rob Reddy's Small Town (World Premiere) TriBeCa Performing Arts Center 199 Chambers Street #110SC in New York, NY Tickets are $10 at the TPAC Box office or (212) 220-1460 Venue information is available here Learn more about Rob Reddy here

Rob Reddy, composer and conductor; Oscar Noriega, clarinet and bass clarinet; Steve Elson, flute and soprano ...

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AAJ Upgrade: Adding Comments to a Venue Listing and a Musician Profile

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2007

In addition to attaching comments to a CD review and article, you can now add comments to a musician profile and any of our assorted directory listings (venue, festival, radio station, publicist, school, etc.)--all accessible under “GUIDES" on the navigation bar located on the top portion of each All About Jazz page.

See these two examples: one for a venue and one for a musician.

You must be a MY AAJ member to post comments. If you haven't registered yet, ...

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New England Conservatory Presents Jazz Great Dave Douglas in Masterclasses, Concert Jan. 30--Feb.1

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2007

Residency Sponsored by Bruce Hauben and the Helen G. Hauben Foundation Jazz trumpeter Dave Douglas, widely recognized as one of the most important and original American musicians to emerge from the improvised music scene of the last decades, will work with New England Conservatory students and perform with them in concert during a residency, January 30--February 1. He will conduct two public workshops, Jan. 30 and 31 at 1 p.m. in St. Botolph Hall, 241 St. Botolph St. Boston. His ...

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Internet Radio Station Fusiongroovin Re-Launches Website

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2007

FusionGroovin, a leading instrumental jazz-rock-funk fusion internet radio station broadcast from Live365, has re-launched its website. Changes are numerous, starting with a completely new look and feel, including the station logo, from Mark DiPalma Design in New York. Where the old home page was static, “just a place to send people to" when introducing the station, the new site's home page features a blog. The blog provides a perfect medium for announcing new music on the station, and for soliciting ...

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Service for Alice Coltrane

Source: All About Jazz
January 18, 2007

Elevation Service for Alice Coltrane (Turiyasangitananda)

Saturday, January 27th, 2007 at 1pm (Pacific Time Zone)

Location: Sai Anantam Ashram Center Address: 3528 North Triunfo Canyon Rd. Agoura, California 91301 By phone contact: 818-865-0409 For directions: http://saiquest.com/html/contact.html

For additional information on Alice Coltrane: http://AliceColtrane.org In lieu of flowers, please donate to the following charities: John Coltrane Foundation - http://JohnColtrane.com/ (under Scholarship, please click on Donation) ...

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