Jazz News

Dick Sudhalter Benefit Concert Sunday, September 10 7-10 P.M. At St. Peter's Lutheran Church

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2006

Dan Levinson and Randy Sandke present A Benefit Concert for RICHARD M. SUDHALTER Author, Musician, Jazz Historian

Richard M. Sudhalter has played a crucial role in the field of jazz. An author (Bix: Man and Legend, Lost Chords: White Musicians and their Contribution to Jazz, Stardust Melody: The Life and Music of Hoagy Carmichael), musician, historian, researcher, teacher, and critic, he has been largely unable perform any of these functions since suffering ...

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Mike Stern's New CD "Who Let The Cats Out?"

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2006

MIKE STERN MAKES HIS HEADS UP DEBUT WITH THE AUGUST 15th RELEASE OF WHO LET THE CATS OUT?

Premier jazz guitarist joins forces with a string of stellar musicians

Mike Stern, one of the most recognized and celebrated guitarists of his generation, releases his Heads Up International worldwide debut album, Who Let the Cats Out? (HUCD 3115), on August 15, 2006. On Stern's thirteenth release as a leader, the award winning three-time Grammy nominee continues to blur the boundaries between ...

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International Songwriting Competition Announces 2006 Judges

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2006

Tom Waits, Brian Wilson, Sean Paul, Robert Smith (The Cure), Craig Morgan, And Cassandra Wilson Are Among This Year's Celebrity And Music Executive Judges The International Songwriting Competition (ISC) is now accepting entries for 2006. One of the largest songwriting competitions in the world, ISC offers entrants a chance to share in over $150,000 in cash and prizes, including an Overall Grand Prize package of $25,000 (US) in cash and over $20,000 in merchandise, unmatched by any other songwriting competition. ...

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Prestige Records to Release Saxophone Titan Sonny Stitt's "Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952"

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2006

Saxophone Titan Sonny Stitt's Major Contributions to the Jazz Legacy Are Spotlighted on Prestige Records' Stitt's Bits: The Bebop Recordings, 1949-1952 When referring to some of Jazz' most outstanding contributors, words like underrated, overlooked and underappreciated are as common as the 12-bar blues. Rarely are these words more appropriately applied than in the case of extraordinary multi-reedman Edward “Sonny" Stitt. Prestige Records has taken a major step in correcting that particular oversight with its remarkable boxed set, Stitt's Bits: The ...

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Tanglewood Jazz Festival, September 1-3, 2006 in Lenox, Massachusetts

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2006

Featured Performers include Dr. John, Wynton Marsalis, Elvis Costello, Dave Brubeck, Ann Hampton Callaway, Irma Thomas, Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, The Big Three Palladium Orchestra, The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Marian McPartland The John Stetch Trio, Rachael Price, Taylor Eigsti, Julian Lage, the Warren Wolf Quartet, Syncopation Dave Brubeck and Dr. John Performances Exclusive to Tanglewood Tanglewood Jazz Festival is sponsored by JazzTimes Magazine and Borders Books The Boston Symphony Orchestra will present its annual Labor Day Weekend Tanglewood Jazz ...

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A 50th Anniversary Tribute to the Sounds of Forbidden Planet, August 24

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2006

SASSAS PRESENTS FOUR COMPOSERS INFLUENCED BY LEGENDARY FORBIDDEN PLANET SOUNDTRACK FOR FINAL SCHINDLER HOUSE CONCERT THIS SUMMER

Fifty years ago, in April 1956, Louis and Bebe Barron finished the first completely electronic score for a full-length feature film, achieving, for the first time, a soundtrack free from dependence on conventional musical instruments. MGM's science fiction classic, Forbidden Planet, starring Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen was a fantastical deep space predecessor to Star Trek that unapologetically set the standard ...

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Mark Tonelli Group Featured On Innovative Concert Series Website

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2006

Montclair, NJ- Jazz group performs and educates on cyber music series

Part of The Mark Tonelli Group's July 22nd performance on the Digital Cafe Tour (DCT) series and Broaden Your Band (BYB) educational clinic can now be viewed at the DCT's website, www.digitalcafetour.com.

“Free," written by guitarist and composer Mark Tonelli, is available as a special, free preview of the concert filmed at Luna Stage in Montclair. From the group's self-titled CD, “Free" won a composition award from Billboard Magazine. ...

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Sten Hostfalt, Katt Hernandez at the Cinema, Philadelphia, Aug. 4

Source: All About Jazz
August 2, 2006

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