Jazz News

Buster Williams Quartet Performs at Smoke, 10/20-10/21/06

Source: All About Jazz
October 18, 2006

Bassist Buster Williams performs at Smoke Jazz Club on October 20 and October 21 with his “Something More" Quartet, featuring Danny Grissett, Steve Wilson, and Carl Allen. Sets begin at 8:00 pm, 10:00 pm, and 11:30 pm.

Praised by Jazztimes for “the beauty of his tone and sound, along with the consistent quality of his writing and recordings," the bassist, bandleader, and composer Buster Williams has performed, recorded, and collaborated with jazz giants such as Art Blakey, Betty Carter, Chick ...

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New CD From Geoffrey Armes Inspired by a Sufi Princess

Source: All About Jazz
October 18, 2006

London-born, New York-based world-fusion songwriter and composer Geoffrey Armes announced the release of his sixth solo CD, a suite of music inspired by the life and death of Noor Inayat Khan (1914-44). Noor, an accomplished musician and writer in her own right, was the daughter of well-known Sufi commentator and musician Hazrat Inyat Khan, and led an eventful, if short life, that ended in Dachau, September 1944.

Geoffrey says, “Discovering the life--and death--of Noor Inayat Khan, especially in the context ...

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Cooper Tisdale & Friends Live in Atlanta -- Available Now On Jammates Records

Source: All About Jazz
October 18, 2006

Cooper Tisdale & Friends Live in Atlanta (JAM-0627-CD) will hit the retail racks and digital download sites over the coming days and weeks. Tisdale's third project delivers a stellar live set of contemporary rock/jazz fusion. Cooper offers up all original material chocked full of thoughtful melodies and a powerful performance by his bandmates. In addition to Cooper Tisdale on guitar and select vocal tracks, this line-up of & Friends features David Savage (keys), Joe Reda (bass), Jason LaMarca (drums) and ...

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New Heath Brothers Documentary, "Brotherly Jazz," Out on DVD

Source: All About Jazz
October 18, 2006

The brilliant careers of Philadelphia's Heath Brothers--bassist Percy, saxophonist/composer/arranger Jimmy, and drummer Albert “Tootie"--are traced in Brotherly Jazz, an absorbing new documentary being released on DVD today. Produced by Danny Scher and directed by Jesse Block, the film features extensive concert footage of the Heaths as well as new interviews with an array of friends and fellow musicians; fascinating archival material about the Heaths' family life and early professional activities; and rarely seen footage of Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and ...

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Stage Set for 4th Anguilla Tranquility Jazz Festival November 9 - 12

Source: All About Jazz
October 18, 2006

The stage is set for the fourth annual Anguilla Tranquility Jazz Festival to return to the 35-square-mile British territory from November 9 - 12, 2006, with an exciting collection of jazz acts.

Billed as the only straight-ahead jazz festival in the Caribbean region, the action starts on Thursday, November 9 with a concert by jazz songstress Nnenna Freelon at the CuisinArt Resort, while Friday, November 10 at LA Caf brings a power-packed triple bill featuring multiple GRAMMY Award-winning Latin jazz ...

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"A Night of Jazz" to Benefit Young Musicians in Harlem Tuesday, October 24th at Birdland Jazz Club

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
October 17, 2006

A Night of Jazz to Benefit Young Musicians in Harlem

Featuring a Performance by Wycliffe Gordon and the Jonathan Batiste Trio

Special Guest Performance by Christian McBride and Loren Schoenberg

Tuesday, October 24, 2006 Dinner - 6:00 p.m. Performance - 8:00 p.m.

Birdland Jazz Club 315 West 44th Street, between 8th and 9th Avenues Manhattan “A Night of Jazz," a special evening benefiting the Harmony in Harlem program, will feature a performance ...

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Trumpeter Farnell Newton In Concert At University Of Portland

Source: All About Jazz
October 17, 2006

Trumpeter Farnell Newtonin Concert at University of Portland Portland, Ore.

Depriest Family Jazz, a local nonprofit focused on bringing jazz to audiences of allages in family venues, is proud to present the young and gifted trumpeter and composer Farnell Newton in concert. Newton will perform, along with a Portland-based rhythm section, on Saturday, October 21 at 7 p.m. in the University of Portland Buckley Center Auditorium.

Newton will play a mix of bebop and avant-garde jazz as well as music ...

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Jazz Argentino Series at El Taller Latinoamericano

Source: All About Jazz
October 17, 2006

Jazz Argentino Series at El Taller- november 2006

A few years ago in New York City, a group of Argentinean musicians started a movement to create a new sound in jazz incorporating tango from Buenos Aires and folkloric music from the countryside of Argentina. This concept began with pre-eminent tango composer Astor Piazzolla and later it was developed by new generations of Argentinean composers

and performers all over the world. El Taller is pleased to present the “II Jazz Argentino ...

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