Jazz News

Wolfson/Mars Syndicate Midnight Latitudes CD

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

Mars Syndicate is an evolving multimedia collaboration. Visual mediums include video and live performance art.Auditory mediums include live instrumentation (from one to twenty musicians), and computer music (samplers and sequencers).

Wayne Wolfson is a California based author.

The album is a concept one. It figures around an anti-hero known only as “The Detective". A lot of things are kept vague, non-linear story line with certain images and words which are constantly looping back and referencing other events taking place within ...

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Bern Nix releases Low Barometer

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

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Lea DeLaria Christmas 2006 Dates in London

Source: AirMTM
December 7, 2006

The Dirty Martinis Featuring Lea DeLaria Live at Pizza on the Park 14th - 16th December 2006 Thurs 14th - 15 Fri 15th & Sat 16th - 20

“Lea DeLaria is blessed with one of the most beautiful voices around"--Q

Trailblazing diva Lea DeLaria fronts the outrageously suave Dirty Martini Band, under the musical direction of the eminent pianist and composer Janette Mason. In three special Christmas shows, Lea and the band ...

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Conspiracy of Equals release new CD on Leo Records

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

Intense live free improvisations by Conspiracy of Equals: Harry S. Fulcher ~ tenor & alto sax, clarinet Aaron Standon ~ alto sax, guitar Pete Brandt ~ acoustic bass Marco Anderson ~ traps, percussion

Live, free and completely visceral! Four massive mountain men of music meet on a full moon and pour their hearts out in spontaneous soundscapes of fierce emotion. They groove harder than a very hard thing but free ...

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50th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Expands Grounds, Adds New Venue, Offers Golden Marketing Opportunities

Source: Monterey Jazz Festival
December 7, 2006

50th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival Expands Grounds, Adds New Venue, Offers Golden Marketing Opportunities

Newly Created “Lyons Lane" to Lead Fans through MJF History to the Future of Jazz in New DJ Performance Venue, “the lAUnge"

Festival Creates Village Setting for Partners to Join in Celebration of 50th MJF

Monterey, California: Noting that “It takes a village to celebrate our 50th anniversary," the Monterey Jazz Festival has announced the expansion of their grounds, including the addition of multiple opportunities for ...

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David Braid Sextet CD Promotion at the Rex, Toronto, Feb 22-23

Source: Anita Wong
December 7, 2006

DAVID BRAID SEXTET John MacLeod, trumpet Mike Murley, saxophone Gene Smith, trombone David Braid, piano Steve Wallace, bass Terry Clarke, drums

Date/Run: February 22-23, 2007

Time: 9:30 p.m.

Location: The Rex Hotel Jazz & Blues Bar: 194 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON

Information: Tel:(416) 598-2475 Email: [email protected]

Details:

Canadian-born David Braid recently launched his third Sextet CD, ZHEN: The David Braid Sextet Live, Vol. II, following his 2005 ...

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Graffiti Suite - News from Pata Music

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

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American Soldiers Fighting in Afghanistan Reach Out for Smooth Jazzz

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

The contemporary jazz group Airborne received an email from a American soldier fighting in Afghanistan, CSM Corey Woodard. It read:

I am currently deployed to Afghanistan with my battalion, consisting of soldiers, airmen, and Marines.

Many of my troops and I are avid smooth jazz listeners. However, we find it extremely difficult to get smooth jazz CDs here in such a remote and austere environment.

I would like to know if you or anyone you know would be willing to ...

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