Jazz News

Ictus Records' 30th Anniversary - jazz box-set of the year

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

ICTUS Records' 30th Anniversary box-set (www.ictusrecords.com/30) was selected by All About Jazz-NY as one of the best jazz box-set of 2006.

Following the steps of this critically acclaimed release, on December 1, 2006 released five brand new box-sets from its extensive catalogue: 1. IMPROVISED MUSIC SERIES / 12-CD BOX-SET 2. PERCUSSION MUSIC SERIES / 10-CD BOX-SET 3. CONTEMPORARY MUSIC SERIES / 9-CD BOX-SET 4. NEW MUSIC SERIES / 6-CD BOX-SET ...

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Sean Wayland Solo CD

Source: Abstract Logix
December 7, 2006

This is my first “ Solo “ CD. Most tracks where recorded “after hours" at Phil Punch's new Electric Ave studio in Sydney. The piano is a Yamaha C7. Most of the piano tuning was done by Michael Karlberg. I plugged an AKG C24 microphone straight into my motu828 audio card into my laptop. 2 tracks “five" and “rising" where composed more recently (2006) in New York and recorded at “The studio" in Brooklyn. The piano is a reasonably new ...

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Michelle Walker Performs at Enzo's Dec. 8

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

Acclaimed jazz vocalist Michelle Walker returns to ENZO's Jazz Room inside The Jolly Madison Hotel on Friday December 8, 2006 performing two sets 8:00pm and 9:30pm. Walker is a recent transplant from Washington, DC to New York City. She is a jazz vocalist, arranger and educator. 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, ...

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Herman Leonard Jazz Giants Exhibition Opens in Los Angeles

Source: Herman Leonard Photography
December 7, 2006

Herman Leonard JAZZ GIANTS

November 30, 2006 through January 13, 2007

The Fahey/Klein Gallery is pleased to present Jazz Giants, the mural-sized photographs by Herman Leonard. This exhibition is a photographic journey through the golden years of the Jazz, Blues and Bebop eras that documents the larger-than-life legends that comprise the visual album of America's music. Focusing on the life and times of famed artists such as Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk among countless others, this ...

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

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

Reggie Workman's SCULPTURED SOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL PREVIEW CONCERT Sun., Dec. 10/7pm SAINT PETER'S CHURCH Sugg. Donation: $20

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 ...

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Henry Grimes's Spaceship on the Highway Quartet Dec. 8 @ Philadelphia's International House

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

A “free-form summit...dominated by stratospheric eruptions." -Downbeat

Please join us for the east coast debut of Spaceship on the Highway, a new quartet of jazz masters and elder statesmen.

Philadelphia native Henry Grimes performed with Anita O'Day, Sonny Rollins, and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. A versatile instrumentalist, Grimes (quite remarkably) performed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival with the Benny Goodman Big Band, Lee Konitz, Sonny Rollins, and Thelonious Monk. In 1961 he became a respected contributor to the Free ...

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The Big Phat Band Goes Looney This Holiday Season with Bah Humduck!

Source: All About Jazz
December 7, 2006

A LOONEY TUNES CHRISTMAS SOUNDTRACK INCLUDES A BONUS CHILDREN'S SING- ALONG CD FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and More Just in time for the holiday season, Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band releases Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas, the soundtrack CD full of yuletide songs to accompany the Warner Home Video animated feature of the same name. Not only does the CD feature the complete score to the film as well as jazzy takes on holiday ...

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SFJAZZ Announces Artist Line-up for 8th Annual Spring Season

Source: Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
December 6, 2006

SFJAZZ ANNOUNCES THE ARTIST LINE-UP FOR THE 8TH ANNUAL SFJAZZ SPRING SEASON WITH ARTISTIC DIRECTOR JOSHUA REDMAN

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE SFJAZZ COLLECTIVE IN THEIR FOURTH SEASON, 'THE MONK PROJECT,' ETTA JAMES, MCCOY TYNER, DAVE BRUBECK, ALLEN TOUSSAINT, ANGELIQUE KIDJO, DAVE HOLLAND, DIANNE REEVES, CARLINHOS BROWN SEASON RUNS MARCH 8 - JUNE 23, 2007 TICKETS ON SALE JANUARY 7, 2007 (

SAN FRANCISCO)-- Randall Kline, the Executive Director of SFJAZZ--the leading non-profit jazz organization on the West Coast and the presenter ...

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