Jazz News

A Night of Jazz Fusion Featuring Roy Ayers: November 16 in Toronto

Source: All About Jazz
October 12, 2006

Spanning four decades of musical hits, the legendary artists who shaped jazz fusion during the 1970s come together for a special reunion on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at Phoenix Concert Theatre. Father of acid jazz, Roy Ayers, will be joined by Jean Carne, Wayne Henderson, Bobbi Humphrey, Ronnie Laws, Jon Lucien and Lonnie Liston Smith.

Vibe master, writer and producer, Roy Ayers championed a new sound in the early days that drew from jazz, R&B, Latin, funk, and dance music. ...

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Branford Marsalis, Chick Corea & Gary Burton Headline 2007 Portland Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
October 12, 2006

2007 PDX Jazz Expands to Two Weekends of Programming

The 2007 Portland Jazz Festival, presented by Qwest & The Oregonian A&E, expands to two full weeks of programs, February 16-25. Festivities will begin on Friday, February 16 with dual headline concerts featuring Chick Corea & Gary Burton (7:30 PM, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall) and Branford Marsalis (10:00 PM, Newmark Theater at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts), and will wind up with the out-of-Chicago premiere of An Evening at ...

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Singer Vayo Brings Together Legendary South American Tango Musicians on New CD

Source: Creative Service Company
October 12, 2006

VAYO - “TANGO LEGENDS" VAYO - TANGO LEGENDS

Singer Vayo is leading the way in the revival of traditional tangos. On his third album, Tango Legends, he takes this popular art form to its authentic roots. Vayo's dramatic interpretations of classic tangos in Spanish, their original language, are framed only by the acoustic instruments (bandoneon, guitar and bass) that are typical of the genre since the early times.

Vayo (pronounced vah'-djoh) is originally from Uruguay, where he returned to make ...

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John Ellis Swings "By A Thread" Down The West Coast In October

Source: All About Jazz
October 12, 2006

"It's that mix of North and South, Big Easy and Big Apple, funk and futuristic sounds that makes Ellis one of the more exciting young artists to emerge in recent years." - All About Jazz New York

“John Ellis has fine ideas about how to balance body-shaking groove and brainy grit." -Jazz Times

Brooklyn, NY - John Ellis launches a 12-date West Coast tour in October that will stretch from Seattle to San Diego. Joining his ...

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French Jazz Musician Claude Luter Dies

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2006

PARIS - Claude Luter, a horn player who hobnobbed with Louis Armstrong and was one of France's most celebrated jazz musicians, has died, his son said Tuesday. He was 83. Best known for boosting the trans-Atlantic transferal of New Orleans-style jazz to Paris, Luter suffered complications after a fall and died Friday at a hospital outside Paris said his son, Eric. A trumpeter who later took up the clarinet and saxophone, Luter met Louis Armstrong at the Nice Jazz Festival ...

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Jack Kleinsinger's Highlights in Jazz Presents 'We Call It Music' Thursday, November 9, 2006 - 8 P.M. at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
October 11, 2006

Jack Kleinsinger presents HIGHLIGHTS in JAZZ New York's Longest Running Jazz Concert Series

Thursday, November 9, 2006 - 8 P.M.

We Call It Music

featuring

Mose Allison Trio + Ken Peplowski Marty Grosz Duo + Charles McPherson with Ronnie Mathews, Ray Drummond & Special Surprise Guest Drummer at TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 8PM (212) 220-1460

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Denison Witmer Set to Perform with Daniel Bennett Group in Boston on November 9

Source: All About Jazz
October 11, 2006

On November 9, Indie folk icon Denison Witmer (Sufjan Stevens, Innocence Mission) plays a double bill at the famed Rutmans Violin Shop (11 Westland Ave, Boston) with avant-folk saxophonist (and New England Conservatory grad) Daniel Bennett.

Denison Witmer is part of the emerging indie-folk scene in America. Witmer's band, the River Bends, helped put his name on the map when the group surfaced a few years ago. Since then, Witmer has toured the world and produced critically acclaimed albums with ...

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Eric Comstock & Barbara Fasano Encore Performance! Saturday, October 21 @ 10:30pm At Danny's

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
October 11, 2006

ERIC COMSTOCK & BARBARA FASANO with Sean Smith, bass

TWO FOR THE ROAD

ENCORE PERFORMANCE! SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 @ 10:30PM

DANNY'S 346 West 46th Street, NYC Reservations: 212.265.8133

Comstock & Fasano are also appearing:

Rose Hall Jazz @ Lincoln Center, NYC Wednesday, October 18 @ 6pm MABEL MERCER FOUNDATION CABARET CONVENTION 2006

The Prince Music Theatre Philadelphia October 25 - ...

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