Jazz News

The Iridium Jazz Club Announces New "Late Nite" Series Beginning November 10th

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

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121 http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com/

The Iridium Jazz Club is pleased to announce their new “Late Nite" Series presenting the next generation of cutting edge, rising jazz stars in a series of special midnight performances every Friday and Saturday night.

New York City is, without question, the jazz capital of the world-- a place where veterans and newcomers alike come to establish ...

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Nina Simone Gets Remixed

Source: All About Jazz
October 16, 2006

RCA/Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, teams up with producer Scott Schlachter (of New York-based dance/electronic music imprints C&S, Adrenalin and Topaz Records) to present the maiden release of a new series, Remixed & Reimagined. This brand new collection includes many of Nina Simone's most definitive works from her RCA Records recording period (1967-1974), reinvented by some of contemporary dance and electronic music's best producers, including Francis K., Tony Humprhies, Mocean Worker, Coldcut, Nickodemus, Groovefinder, Madison Park ...

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Jazz Mandolinist Jamie Masefield's New Mamavig Trio

Source: JazzMando.com
October 16, 2006

Mandolinist Jamie Masefield (Jazz Mandolin Project) embraces his latest incarnation in the new acoustic jazz trio, Mamavig. Accompanied by the amazing guitarist Frank Vignolia (last five years with Mark O'Connor's Hot String Trio), Vignolia is arguably one of the best Gypsy-jazz stylists this side of the Atlantic. Slinging upright bass in the group is Gary Mazzaroppi (Marian McPartland's East Coast rhythm section, and regular bassist with Jim Hall and Les Paul).

Masefield's long span with the internationally acclaimed Jazz Mandolin ...

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Rick Stone Trio + 2 at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music October 21

Source: All About Jazz
October 16, 2006

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Roswell Rudd & Badma Khanda's Mongolian Buryat Band Announce US Tour Dates

Source: All About Jazz
October 16, 2006

ROSWELL RUDD & BADMA KHANDA'S MONGOLIAN BURYAT BAND ANNOUNCE LONG-AWAITED NINE CITY US TOUR

In Support Of Critically-Acclaimed Recording Blue Mongol On Sunnyside Records

Brooklyn, NY - All good things in all good time. Over a year in the making, the legendary trombonist Roswell Rudd has finally announced a long-awaited string of performances with Badma Khanda's Mongolian Buryat Band. The tour will include concerts in nine US cities. The unique collaboration of Rudd and Khanda's Buryat Band first came to ...

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Skerik Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
October 16, 2006

Seattle-born saxophonist Skerik isn't a jazz musician. Or at least, he wouldn't say he is, because no contemporary instrumentalist is more indifferent to--even contemptuous of--musical boundaries and genres.

Still, through projects like Garage a Trois and associations with artists including 8-string guitarist Charlie Hunter and drummer Bobby Previte, not to mention his own Syncopated Taint Septet, it's the closest thing to a label that can be applied to this genre-bending/blending musician.

AAJ Contributing Editor Paul Olson caught up with Skerik ...

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CD release party for Neil Podgurski's New Fire Quintet at Ortlieb's Jazzhaus in Philadelphia

Source: All About Jazz
October 16, 2006

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Vocalist Hale Baskin named to SFJAZZ All-Star High School Ensemble

Source: Rocket Words
October 15, 2006

Redwood City singer selected to prestigious program from among 75 auditioning musicians October 15, 2006 (Redwood City, CA) Hale Baskin, the stunningly accomplished 17-year-old jazz singer from Redwood City, recently added another accomplishment to her resume when she was named vocalist for the SFJAZZ All-Star High School Ensemble. The prestigious ensemble is comprised of students drawn from music programs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Baskin was selected from among the 75 student musicians, who auditioned for the stellar organization ...

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