Jazz News

TrombonesOnline.com Features John Fedchock and Holiday Promotions!

Source: All About Jazz
December 9, 2006

TrombonesOnline.com Features John Fedchock and Holiday Promotions! TrombonesOnline.com, the leading online provider of trombone equipment, related products and content, today announced that this month they will be featuring New York jazz trombonist, band leader, composer, arranger and clinician John Fedchock. “A big part of the Trombonesonline business model is to feature great trombonists of all genres", said Steve Eichen, partner and business developer of TrombonesOnline. “We are thrilled to be working with John and his publisher ...

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Sean Noonan's Brewed by Noon To Debut American Composers Forum-Commissioned Pieces at New York's Symphony Space

Source: GoMedia PR
December 9, 2006

On January 13, 2007, drummer/composer Sean Noonan and Brewed by Noon will premier the first set of twelve compositions commissioned by the American Composers Forum, at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia at Symphony Space in Manhattan.

Noonan was awarded the commission by the Jerome Foundation Commissioning Program in 2005, based on his goal of creating original compositions which fuse traditional wandering folk music with concepts from the New York progressive jazz scene. The Commission will underwrite a total of 24 original ...

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150 New Entries at AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Page

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2006

While December is typically a slow time for new releases since most labels have released everything for the holiday season by this time, approximately 150 new entries were placed into the AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center today.

Some labels are already announcing new releases due out as far as April, 2007, so it's definitely worth checking out the updated Center, as there are new releases due from artists including Onaje Allan Gumbs, Soft Mountain (a free improvising quartet featuring ex-Soft ...

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Kansas City Jazz Legend Jay McShann Passes at 90

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2006

Kansas City, MO. (December 8, 2006) - Jay McShann, the veteran pianist closely identified with the Kansas City tradition of jazz and blues, passed away yesterday at the age of 90 at St. Luke's Hospital. A master of many styles, McShann established an evolutionary bridge between traditional Kansas City jazz, renowned for a swinging, rhythmic sensibility, and the more intuitive, improvisational bebop form of jazz.

McShann, who became known as “Hootie" among his contemporaries, was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma in ...

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2 Grammy Nominations for Quartet San Francisco's Tango / Latin CD

Source: Terri Hinte Publicity
December 8, 2006

Bay Area String Quartet Receives 2 Grammy Nominations For Best Classical Crossover CD, Best Engineered Classical CD

San Francisco, Dec 07, 2006 -- Quartet San Francisco, founded in 2001 by the noted jazz and classical violinist Jeremy Cohen, received two Grammy nominations today for Látigo, their dazzling recording of tango and Latin arrangements for string quartet--Best Classical Crossover CD and Best Engineered Classical CD. The disc was recorded by veteran engineer Leslie Ann Jones at Skywalker Ranch, Nicasio, CA, and ...

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Borah Bergman performs rare solo concert in NYC Dec. 17

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2006

Pianist Borah Bergman plays music from his Meditations for Solo Piano! at Hudson View Garden's “Sundays at 5" concert series on Dec.17th at 5pm The performance Lounge at Hudson View Gardens is located in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan at 183rd St. and Pinehurst just north of the George Washington Bridge, one block west of Ft.Washington Ave. (closest subway stop is the “A" Train to 181st St./Ft.Washington ...

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Michelle Walker Performs @ Zinc Bar

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2006

Michelle Walker, a recent transplant from Washington, DC to New York City, will perform in concert at The Zinc Bar Jazz Club and Lounge on Monday December 11, 2006 from 7:30pm-9:00pm. In just four short years of professional singing, Michelle has begun to amass an impressive musical resume of concert and festival performances, including The Lincoln Center-Women in Jazz Festival, The Silver Spring Jazz Festival, Goshen Jazz Festival and The Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival.

Michelle is often compared to Cassandra ...

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Legendary Bassist Reggie Workman's Sculptured Sounds "Preview" Concert, Sun., Dec.10/7pm

Source: All About Jazz
December 8, 2006

Reggie Workman's SCULPTURED SOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL PREVIEW CONCERT Sun., Dec. 10/7pm SAINT PETER'S CHURCH

Just in time for the holidays, a “Preview" of Reggie Workman's upcoming Sculptured Sounds Music Festival (Feb.2007).

The concert features TRIO 3 (Oliver Lake (Sax) Reggie Workman (Bass) & Andrew Cyrille (Drums.) Musical symmetry in a sparse, yet tight rhythmic concept to totally open harmonies of the sax, bass & drums; Saxophonist/Composer ...

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