Jazz News

Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio featuring Billy Bang and Sonic Liberation Front, November 10 at The Five Spot in Philadelphia

Source: All About Jazz
October 31, 2006

Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio featuring Billy Bang + Sonic Liberation Front November 10, 2006 8:00 PM The Five Spot Philadelphia, PA www.arsnovaworkshop.com

Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio is not about the return of the fire- breathing brigades of the '60's, come back to reclaim musical space inhabited by a young generation of buttoned-down post-bop clones. It is, rather, a very current version of progressive improvisational music - ...

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McCoy Tyner Septet to Perform on Kimmel Center Presents Mellon Jazz Fridays Series on November 17

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2006

McArthur Fellowship Recipient Regina Carter Quintet to Open George Burton Trio to Perform on Free in the Plaza Series at 6pm on the Commonwealth Plaza Stage Former member of John Coltrane's legendary Impulse! Records quartet, jazz piano virtuoso McCoy Tyner and his all-star Septet will perform in Verizon Hall on November 17, 2006 at 8pm as part of the Mellon Jazz Fridays Series. Regina Carter Quintet will open the performance with her unique soul-stirring jazz harmonies, including songs from her ...

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Riverside Records to Release "The Riverside Profiles" on 11/7

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2006

On November 7, Riverside Records, an imprint of the Concord Music Group, will release a compilation series of original recordings from its Fifties and Sixties all-star roster of jazz innovators,Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Chet Baker, Cannonball Adderley, and Wes Montgomery. Co-founded by Bill Grauer and Orrin Keepnews, the New York-based Riverside existed from 1952-64 and was one of the triumvirates of independent jazz labels, along with Blue Note and Prestige, recording the young and vital jazz talent of the day ...

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An Evening of Swinging Gypsy Jazz November 11 at Hopewell Valley Bistro

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2006

On Saturday, November 11 at 8:00 p.m., the Hopewell Valley Bistro, located at 15 East Broad Street in Hopewell, New Jersey, will pay tribute to jazz violinist, Stephane Grappelli and gypsy guitar virtuoso, Django Reinhardt. In the early 1930's, Grappelli and Reinhardt founded the “Quintette du Hot Club de France", an all acoustic string jazz group who performed their own special style of swing music. For this performance, the Hopewell Bistro will welcome to its stage, Aaron Weinstein (violin), Frank ...

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NYC Blues Devils Release New CD

Source: Glass Onyon PR - Keith James
October 30, 2006

The NYC Blues Devils are an eclectic group of musicians who've banded together to reinvent old-time American music. The music and instrumentation of NYC Blues Devils declares a new era in great musical Americana. From the band's conception, The NYC Blues Devils have been creating a songwriting style all their own. They are old fashioned but edgy - unplugged and acoustic, but as big and exciting as any modern electric pop band. You hear the sounds of Chicago blues, New ...

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Terje Lie's New CD "Traveler" Is Out!

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2006

Los Angeles-based saxophonist, singer, and melody-maker supreme Terje Lie's latest CD Traveler on TCat Records has just been released and features original compositions by Terje. It will be enjoyed equally by smooth jazz and jazz fans, as well as by anybody who likes uplifting and, at the same time, deeply grooving music with catchy melody interspersed with laid-back, reflective, and romantic tracks.

Besides Terje Lie himself, it features Los Angeles heavyweight musicians David Garfield on keyboards (Michael McDonald, George Benson, ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York November 2006 Issue Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2006

Though jazz is not overly replete with steamy gossip (imagine a Cosmo story like “Sexy Secrets of Trumpeters Revealed"), it does have its fair share of important news. With that in mind, we inaugurate our What's News column this month, a place to inform our readers of items of general interest to the jazz community. While primarily local in nature, we will try to include those things that are relevant to listeners and practitioners as a whole. So to that ...

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Drummer/Bandleader Winard Harper Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
October 30, 2006

A tremendous force on the drums and percussion instruments of all kinds and a successful bandleader, Winard Harper has been beating on one kind of instrument or another since almost before he could walk. A child prodigy and now a veteran performer, Harper's music recognizes few stylistic, cultural, or genre boundaries. Comfortable in any setting--whether playing on the Kennedy Center stage with longtime collaborator Dr. Billy Taylor--or leading his own raucous, multi-cultural band at a local club, Harper is one ...

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