Jazz News

New Director of Concert Division at Kaufman Center/Merkin Concert Hall

Source: All About Jazz
July 25, 2006

Kaufman Center Announces Gregory D. Evans New Director of the Concert Division

New York, NY--Kaufman Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Gregory D. Evans to the position of Director of the Concert Division.

Mr. Evans has enjoyed a broad range of activities in his professional career, ranging from chamber musician to arts administrator to university professor. As an active performing musician, Gregory has produced, performed and recorded numerous concerts and programs for entities such ...

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AAJ Upcoming Release Center Improvements

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2006

All About Jazz has improved their Upcoming Release Center search making reader searches for new and future titles easier than ever. If you have a particular title in mind, you can now search on artist name and record label and month and type. The v1.0 search was limited to either/or conditions.

If you're not familiar with the Upcoming Release Center, please make a point of visiting it often as it's updated twice monthly by John Kelman.

It's the most comprehensive, ...

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Swiss Pianist/Composer Nik Baertsch Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2006

Swiss pianist/composer Nik Baertsch doesn't play pop, jazz or classical music - at least not in any conventional sense. With his two groups - Mobile and Ronin, the latter introduced to an international audience with its ECM debut Stoa, both play what Baertsch calls “ritual groove music" and it's as good a description as any for music that incorporates elements of funk, improvisation, minimalism and more.

It's a clearly-conceived musical philosophy that Baertsch has been honing for a number of ...

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Over 230 New Releases at the AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2006

The AAJ Upcoming Jazz Release Center has just been updated with over 230 new releases, reissues and DVDs that will be coming out in the next couple of months.

Amongst a particularly strong list of new releases are those by Bill Frisell, Keith Jarrett, Tomasz Stanko, Gil Goldstein, Kenny Werner, Dave Holland Quintet, Kenny Garrett, the first collaboration between Pat Metheny and Brad Mehldau, Houston Person, Cedar Walton, Billy Hart, John McLaughlin and John Patitucci.

A wealth of out-of-print Blue ...

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Blue Note Records Releases Classic Jazz Tracks As Ringtones For The First Time

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2006

NEW YORK, JULY 24, 2006 - EMI Music's legendary jazz label Blue Note Records has begun releasing ring tunes featuring riffs from some classic recordings by legendary artists including Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, Art Blakey and Chet Baker. Part of a new program called “The Best of Blue Tones", this marks the first time these tracks have been made available for the mobile platform, and it will give jazz fans an opportunity to personalize their mobile lives with the classic ...

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Ran Blake Trains Ear, Imagination on Shostakovich in Annual Summer Course

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2006

Jazz Great Ran Blake Trains His Fantastic Ear and Musical Imagination on Dmitri Shostakovich

Four-Day Annual Course Highlighted by Free, Public Improvisation Event, August 15 in St. Botolph Hall

“Noir" pianist Ran Blake, who focuses on a different musical master every summer in his intensive seminar, will this year train his extraordinary ear and improvisational imagination on the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. A longtime faculty member and former chair of New England Conservatory's Contemporary Improvisation department, the MacArthur Fellow and ...

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Les Paul (Mon) Mingus Big Band (Tues) Vince Giordano (Wed) July 27-30 Kevin Mahogany In Celebration Of Johnny Hartman His Life, His Music at The Iridium Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 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 ...

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Russ Lorenson in "Benedetto/Blessed: A Tribute to the Life and Music of Tony Bennett"

Source: All About Jazz
July 24, 2006

The best is yet to come as singer and recording artist Russ Lorenson (http://www.russlorenson.com) honors the legendary Tony Bennett in his new show, “Benedetto/Blessed: A Tribute to the Life and Music of Tony Bennett." With musical direction by renowned jazz artist Kelly Park and written by Lorenson, “Benedetto/Blessed" premieres July 30th in San Francisco, and from there will play in select cities throughout California and the East coast. The show was created, in part, to honor Mr. Bennett's 80th birthday, ...

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