Jazz News

Jazz Performer Alice Coltrane Dies at 69

Source: All About Jazz
January 15, 2007

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Alice Coltrane, a jazz performer and composer and wife of the late saxophone legend John Coltrane, has died. She was 69. Coltrane died Friday of respiratory failure at West Hills Hospital and Medical Center, said her sister, Marilyn McLeod. For nearly 40 years, Coltrane managed the archive and estate of her husband, a pivotal figure in the history of jazz. He died of liver disease in 1967 at age 40. A pianist and organist, Alice Coltrane ...

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Tenor Saxophonist Michael Brecker Dies

Source: All About Jazz
January 15, 2007

By NAHAL TOOSI Associated Press NEW YORK -- Michael Brecker, a versatile and influential tenor saxophonist who won 11 Grammys over a career that spanned more than three decades, died Saturday. He was 57. Brecker died in a hospital in New York City of leukemia, according to his longtime friend and manager, Darryl Pitt. In recent years, the saxophonist had struggled with myelodysplastic syndrome, a cancer in which the bone marrow stops producing enough healthy blood cells. The ...

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You're Gonna Miss Me, Baby: Cult Hero Roky Erickson to Make Rare Outside-Austin Appearance at Ponderosa Stomp 2007

Source: conqueroo
January 15, 2007

Reclusive, iconoclastic performer joining originators of blues. garage, rockabilly, R&B, and rock'n'roll in welcoming the Ponderosa Stomp back home to New Orleans on May 2, 2007

NEW ORLEANS, La. -- Roky Erickson's biggest hit, “You're Gonna Miss Me," with his band the 13th Floor Elevators, only reached No. 56 on the national pop chart, yet the lyrics and music composed by this reclusive -- and at times mysterious -- musician still reverberate today. And this spring, Erickson will make a ...

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Sylvan Jazz Vespers in Concert with Ian McDougall and Ron Johnston

Source: All About Jazz
January 15, 2007

Jazz Vespers - In Concert with

Ian McDougall, trombone with Ron Johnston, piano

Sylvan United Church 985 Shawnigan Mill Bay Rd - Mill Bay (next to Frances Kelsey School) Saturday, January 20th - 4:30 pm

Donations at the door - refreshments following program

Ian McDougall was born in Calgary,Canada, and grew up in Victoria, leaving there in 1960 to tour in Great Britain with the John Dankworth Band. He returned to Canada ...

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Wycliffe Gordon and Jay Leonhart Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
January 15, 2007

At first, ber-bassist Jay Leonhart and acclaimed trombonist Wycliffe Gordon seem an unlikely pair. Visually, they look like the Anglo poet and the star linebacker; chronologically, they're at least a generation apart. But they are both immensely talented, and their personal and musical rapport transcends any other differences between them. As relaxed and amiable as the oldest of friends, they trade their superb musicianship as naturally as conversation.

AAJ contributor Dr. Judith Schlesinger managed to get the two together in ...

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Jonathan Poretz CD Rel Party Jan. 18th Jazz at Pearl's

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
January 15, 2007

Jonathan Poretz Thursday, January 18th, 2007 CD Release - 8:00 & 10:00 p.m. Jazz at Pearl's

256 Columbus Avenue (Pacific) San Francisco CA 1-800-838-3006 Price: $15 http://www.jazzatpearls.com/

Celebrating the release of A Lot of Livin' To Do on the Pacific Coast Jazz label.

Featuring Lee Bloom on piano, Jeff Neighbor on bass, Vince Lateano on drums and Noel Jewkes on reeds.

“Silky smooth and swingin', Jonathan ...

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Wycliffe Gordon's "Intolerance" at Rubin Museum New york City -January 24th, 2007

Source: Two for the Show Media
January 15, 2007

Wycliffe Gordon's Intolerance -January 24th, 2007 - 7:00PM

The world renowned jazz trombonist and his ensemble will perform a new jazz-inflected accompaniment to D.W. Griffith's monumental film masterpiece “Intolerance," as part of the Rubin Museums Harlem in the Himalayas Series

Trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and ensemble will perform a new jazz- inflected accompaniment to D.W. Griffith's monumental film masterpiece “Intolerance" Rubin Museum of Art - 150 West 17th Street New York City Wednesday -January 24th, 2007 - Showtime- 7:00 PM Admission ...

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ASCAP & IAJE Commissioned Works Honoring Billy Strayhorn Premiered at 2007 IAJE Conference in New York City

Source: All About Jazz
January 14, 2007

New Works by Rufus Reid and Oscar Perez Premiered New York, NY - Two jazz works, commissioned by ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) in memory of Billy Strayhorn, were premiered on January 11, 2007 during the Opening General Session at the IAJE (International Association for Jazz Education) Conference held at the Hilton Hotel Grand Ballroom in New York City. Rufus Reid, composer, bassist and music educator, was recognized in the Established Composer category for Hues Of A ...

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