Jazz News

Linda Kosut Presents Tribute Show to Oscar Brown Jr.

Source: Jizel Music
September 14, 2006

LINDA KOSUT A musical tribute to the life, legacy & spirit of Oscar Brown, Jr. With the Max Perkoff Jazz Ensemble Linda Kosut begins her 2006 tour of “Long As You're Living," the songs of Oscar Brown, Jr., on October 7 at San Francisco's Piedmont Piano Company, October 20 at Anna's Jazz Island in Berkeley and November 16 at the acclaimed Jazz at Pearl's in San Francisco. These shows are, in effect, a birthday party for ...

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ECM Releases Keith Jarrett's "The Carnegie Hall Concert " on September 26, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
September 14, 2006

Keith Jarrett: piano ECM 2-CD set: B0007362-02 The Carnegie Hall Concert was Keith Jarrett's first North American solo concert in a decade and perhaps one of the most wide-ranging of all his performances. The album almost amounts to an autobiographical portrait of the great improviser. Each of his two sets takes the form of a suite of songs, some intensely lyrical, others angular, turbulent, or probing. And the encores--no less than five of them--touch upon the blues and ...

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Y'All to Honor Frank and Cecelia Foster October 20th

Source: Improvised Communications
September 14, 2006

Friday, October 20th at 8:30 p.m. The Me We and Them Orchestra Honors Frank and Cecelia Foster The Living Room at St. Peter's Church 619 Lexington Avenue (at 54th Street) in New York, NY Tickets are $25 ($15 for seniors and students with ID; free for children under 12) To reserve tickets, please call (212) 874-4448 Venue information at saintpeters.org Learn more about Y'All at yallnewyork.org ...

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Avi Rothbard Plays Solo Guitar Every Wednesday at the Ethiopiann Restaurant in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
September 14, 2006

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Jason Lindner to Release Ab Aeterno January 9, 2007

Source: All About Jazz
September 14, 2006

“Jason Lindner is a musical universe!"--Chick Corea

“Lindner ranks among the finest all-around pianist-composers of his generation"--Time Out New York

On January 9, 2007, keyboardist, composer, arranger and producer Jason Lindner will release Ab Aeterno (Fresh Sound Records), featuring Latin percussionist Luisito Quintero and Omer Avital on bass and oud--an important album revealing the timeless threads connecting three musicians of different cultures in beautiful harmony. Unique and intimate, the instrumentation draws the listener in.

The seed of Ab Aeterno was ...

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Trumpeter Billy Buss wins Monterey/Jimmy Lyons Scholarship to Berklee

Source: All About Jazz
September 14, 2006

Berklee College of Music and the Monterey Jazz Festival names Berkeley's Billy Buss the tenth Jimmy Lyons Scholar

Presentation to be made on the Jimmy Lyons Stage, 2 pm Sunday 9/17; previous Lyons Scholar, drummer James Williams to make presentation *

Berklee College of Music and the Monterey Jazz Festival announced today that trumpeter Billy Buss of Berkeley, California, is the tenth recipient of the Jimmy Lyons Scholarship at Berklee, a major music education prize. The scholarship is named in ...

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Saving New Orleans One Musician at a Time

Source: All About Jazz
September 14, 2006

Saving New Orleans ... One Musician at a Time

For 17 years, the Jazz Foundation of America has been an organization at the forefront of providing emergency assistance and long-term support to veteran jazz and blues musicians across the country. Katrina left countless New Orleans musicians and their families unemployed and homeless, with their lives literally washed away.

“The Jazz Foundation has been a lifesaver to so many musicians from New Orleans, giving them the opportunity to work and earn ...

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Jazz Talents Wanted for Dubai Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
September 14, 2006

Discover Dubai while being discovered at the Dubai International Jazz Festival 2007

Chillout Productions, winner of the 2006 Award for the Best Festival in the UAE, has announced its open invitation for rising jazz artists worldwide to grab the opportunity of a lifetime by participating in the 5th Dubai International Jazz Festival, which is set to commence on the 1st of March 2007 for 9 days.

This call is a big challenge and a chance to take advantage of a ...

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