Jazz News

Nightlife Awards Honor NYC Jazz Artists January 29 Town Hall in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
January 13, 2007

On Monday January 29 at 7pm at Town Hall in NYC, there will be live performances from this year's winners of the Nightlife Awards. These awards honor the best in NYC night life, in the categories of Jazz, Comedy, and Cabaret. There are no acceptance speeches, only performances from winners of the awards! We expect that, as in past years, most of the winners will attend the Nightlife Awards and perform live at this one night only event.

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Jazz & Rock Drummer Michelle Mangione Comes Forward on Vocals and Guitar on Her - Life Beneath the Sun CD

Source: Teresa Conboy PR
January 13, 2007

“Michelle is a gifted artist and poetic songwriter. Her album takes me back to the days when songwriting was a craft and music made people think" - Grace Slick

On her solo debut CD, Life Beneath the Sun, Michelle Mangione, featured on acoustic guitar and vocals, has crafted songs into a pop-folk hybrid. An independent artist in the true sense of the word, she produced, wrote and arranged all the songs on the album also playing drums, piano, organ ...

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Chip Taylor's 1975 Country Album, 'This Side of the Big River,' Reissued on Collectors' Choice Music

Source: conqueroo
January 13, 2007

Chip Taylor, best known for penning hits like “Wild Thing" and “Angel of the Morning" as well as his more recent critically acclaimed duo albums with Carrie Rodriguez, had a nearly secret recording career in the 1970s. Signed to Warner Bros. as a solo artist, Chip recorded three country albums, the last of which, This Side of the Big River, is about to be reissued on Collectors' Choice Music on February 20.

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James Blood Ulmer Goes to New Orleans to Record New Album

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2007

Brooklyn, NY - James Blood Ulmer, the legendary guitarist turned elder statesman of the blues, is currently back in the studio working on a new album for HYENA Records. The as-yet-untitled recording will be built around a cycle of songs Ulmer has written dealing with Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, including titles such as “Survivors of the Hurricane," “Let's Talk About Jesus" and “Slave Master." Additionally, there will be interpretations of tunes by Junior Kimbrough, Howlin' Wolf, Bessie Smith and ...

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Didier Verna's "@-Quartet" Now Available on Itunes

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2007

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Rhythms Announces Exotic Line of Afro Lamellophone Cajons at Namm Convention in Anaheim for 2007

Source: imajinnWEST
January 12, 2007

Santa Clara, CA - - January, 11 2007 -- No one knows precisely where and when the African Lamellophone was invented but ethnomusicologist and Rhythms founder Joe Agu knows the soul of this universally loved instrument. That's why in 2007 Rhythms Exotic Afro Percussions is introducing a new line of African Lamellophone Cajons at the 2007 NAMM Show on January 18-21, 2007 in Anaheim, California at the Anaheim Convention Center. According to Joe Agu, while many people embrace and play ...

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Sweet Rhythm CD-Release Event Set for Sarah Lynch's "Haunted Heart" - Tuesday, January 16, 2007 with Pete McCann, Bryson Kern, Dave Smith, Phil Palombi & Tim Albright

Source: All About Jazz
January 12, 2007

To celebrate the release of her CD Haunted Heart, Sarah Lynch and her band will play two sets at Sweet Rhythm in Greenwich Village, on January 16, 2007.

Band personnel consists of Pete McCann (g), Phil Palombi (b), Bryson Kern (d), Dave Smith (tpt) and Tim Albright (tbn).

New York City-based vocalist Sarah Lynch brings much more to the microphone than just a great set of pipes (and composer Phil Springer likens her to “a young Peggy Lee.") She and ...

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IAJE Panel: "Jazz in My Space" with Brian Lynch, Lonnie Plaxico, Vinson Valega, Jaleel Shaw, Michael Goldberg and Michael Ricci

Source: All About Jazz
January 11, 2007

IAJE Panel Reminder

Musicians are encouraged to attend the “Jazz in My Space" discussion panel on Friday January 12 at 6 PM in the Sheraton Hotel Times Square's NY Ballroom West.

About the Panel:

Jazz in My Space: Online Community-Building: New media experts will join with artists in a discussion of the ways musicians are embracing new media paradigms and online social networks such as MySpace, MOG, Last.fm, Pandora, YouTube, Wikipedia, All About Jazz, which bring fans together, create greater ...

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