Jazz News

The Carla Marciano Quartet US Tour Dates Announced

Source: All About Jazz
August 8, 2006

Italian saxophonist Carla Marciano's quartet with Alessandro La Corte on piano, Aldo Vigorito on bass and Gaetano Fasano on drums, will play three dates in the United States from September 29th to October 7th. Marciano will perform music from her latest release A Strange Day on September 29th in New Haven at the Firehouse 12, on October 3rd in New York at the Italian Women in Jazz Festival (artistic director: Enzo Capua), and on October 7th in Hartford at the ...

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Sten Hostfalt/Matt Pavolka at Louis 649 NYC Friday August 11

Source: All About Jazz
August 8, 2006

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"Sound" Concert Series Concludes with Rare Performance by Art Ensemble of Chicago Co-Founders Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman

Source: SASSAS
August 8, 2006

Summer series returns to the Ford Amphitheatre for final event of the 2006 season

SASSAS is pleased to present two towering figures in modern jazz, Roscoe Mitchell and Joseph Jarman, in a rare duo, on Sunday October 8 as a part of “sound." at the Ford Amphitheatre. As founding members of the legendary jazz collective the Art Ensemble of Chicago, these veteran multi-instrumentalists last performed together in Los Angeles as a part of the Ensemble in the mid-1970's. For this ...

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Sunset Jazz Festival Heats Up With Violinist Ken Ford

Source: ADA Creative Communications
August 8, 2006

Sunset Jazz Festival at Southland Stone Mountain, Georgia (770) 465-7737 Friday, August 18, 2006 The popular Sunset Jazz Festival at Southland will kick off an exciting evening of smooth jazz at 7:45 p.m., on Friday, August 18, at Southland Country Club in Stone Mountain, Ga., with Ken Ford and Harley Griffin. Ford, an accomplished jazz violinist, has opened for a stellar list of artists including Boney James, Norman Brown, Kirk Whalum and D'Angelo - ...

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Jazzmobile Announces Audition To Enter "The Jazzmobile Jazz Vocal Competition"

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 8, 2006

Jazzmobile Inc. will be hosting it's third annual “Jazzmobile Vocal Competition" which is scheduled to take place from August 14, 2006 through September 28, 2006. Returning as the lead sponsor is Anheuser-Busch Inc. This year's Grand Prize will be One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars and a guest appearance at a NYC Night Club, the 2nd Prize is Five hundred ($500.00) Dollars.

Following 2 very successful years, the “Jazzmobile Vocal Competition," is quickly becoming the premier competition for jazz singers in the ...

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Les Paul (Mon) Mingus Dynasty (Tues) Eric Frazier (Wed) Aug. 10-13 James Moody at The Iridium Jazz Club

Source: Jim Eigo, Jazz Promo Services
August 8, 2006

IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121

NEW SET TIMES BEGINNING JUNE 1, 2006 8:30 & 10:30PM, Fri. & Sat. 3rd Sets AT MIDNIGHT

Note: Set Times for Les Paul Remain at 8 & 10PM

EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS TRIO JOHN COLIANNI - PIANO - LOU PALLO - GUITAR, NICKI PARROTT - BASS Note: Set Times for Les Paul ...

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Sound of the Sorcerer: The Music of Hermeto Pascoal @ Merkin Hall (9/9) with Bobby Sanabria Big Band, Jovino Santos Neto, Mike Marshall, Paquito D'Rivera

Source: Kim Smith Public Relations
August 8, 2006

Kaufman Center Presents Opening Masters Reimagined Series Concert SOUND OF THE SORCERER: THE MUSIC OF HERMETO PASCOAL

Bobby Sanabria Big Band / Jovino Santos Neto / Mike Marshall / Paquito D'Rivera at Merkin Concert Hall, Saturday, September 9, 2006 at 8:30pm New York, NY, 8/07/06-In recognition of Brazilian Independence Day, musicians from widely divergent cultural and musical traditions will come together on the Merkin Hall stage to celebrate one of the most important composers living today, ...

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Saxophonist Dave Rempis Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
August 7, 2006

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