Jazz News

James Hunter's 1996 Debut Album Receives Belated U.S. Street Date August 29, Features Van Morrison & Doris Troy

Source: All About Jazz
July 13, 2006

ANEHEIM, Calif. -- The 1996 debut album by James Hunter, whose current album People Gonna Talk has taught 21st century audiences the joys of early American soul music and rhythm & blues, will receive a U.S. release date August 29 on Hep Cat Records (through Hep Cat Distribution) -- only 10 years late. The album was originally released on Ace Records in the U.K.

Believe What I Say will not disappoint those who find themselves under the spell of People ...

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482 Music To Release Modo Trio's The Uninvited Sept. 19th

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2006

The Edmonton, Alberta-based Modo Trio will make its 482 Music debut with the September 19th release of The Uninvited (482-1049), featuring special guest, New York multi-instrumentalist/producer Jamie Saft.

Inspired by the aural landscapes of rave culture, but grounded in the traditions of jazz and creative improvisation, the group builds an inclusive, electro-acoustic sound through the collective efforts of Craig Brenan (trombone augmented by a five-voice harmonizer and looping device), Jeff Johnson (acoustic and electric basses) and Bill George (drums). Saft ...

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Friday at Lily Pad : The Good Anna (Nottingham UK) + The Blizzards (Brooklyn)

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2006

s u b c o n s c i o u s c a f e @ lily pad 1353 Cambridge St. Cambridge, Mass. 617.388.1168 ~ ALL AGES ~ lily-pad.net/

Friday, 14 July 2006 / 10:00pm-1:00 / $12 or b/o

THE GOOD ANNA (Nottingham, UK) + THE BLIZZARDS (Brooklyn)

THE GOOD ANNA : The Good Anna is a free improvisation duo with a ferocious emotional intensity, simultaneously playing ...

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Darren Kramer's Great CDs and Exciting Compositions/Arrangements Available Online

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2006

TrombonesOnline.com in association with Darren Kramer, is proud to feature Darren Kramer's great cds' and exciting compositions & arrangements!

Darren Kramer is an Edwards Trombone Performing Artist and is in demand as a freelance trombonist, clinician and adjudicator throughout the United States. Kramer graduated from the University of Miami (FL) and moved to New York City where he toured with Matchbox Twenty, Tom Jones, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies. He has made national television appearances on The ...

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Mychelle Colleary Quintet Celebrates Bastille Day, 7/14/2006

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2006

Mychelle Colleary Jazz Quintet

Featuring John Dipinto on Piano and Ritt Henn on Bass with Marc Daine on guitar-mandolin-sax and Mayra Casales on percussion.

Friday, July 14th ONE SHOW ONLY 8pm The Metropolitan Room 34 West 22nd Street (between 5th & 6th) Flatiron District, New York City Reservations 212-206-0440 $18 cover; 2 drink min

Mychelle Colleary, MAC Award Nominee for Outstanding Jazz Vocalist, will present jazz infused songs ...

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Sligo (Ireland) Jazz Festival and Workshop

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2006

Sligo Jazz Project 2006 incorporating Sligo Jazz and World Music

Festival August 9-13, 2006, Sligo, Ireland

Masterclasses - Workshops - Concerts - Public Lectures

SJP 2006 consists of four days of masterclasses and workshops, five nights of concerts and open-mike jam sessions, with a host of world- class educators, including the great American bassist Rufus Reid, who travels from New Jersey to teach and perform in the beautiful surroundings of Yeats Country in the north west of Ireland. Rufus has ...

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The latest disc from Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band

Source: All About Jazz
July 12, 2006

The latest disc from Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, The Phat Pack, showcases more of the hot licks that fans have come to know and love. In addition to the playful jazz of such tracks as “Whodunnit?" and “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes", the Big Phat Band teams up with guest vocalist Dianne Reeves, fresh from winning a Grammy for her work on the soundtrack to the Oscar winning film “Good Night and Good Luck." In true “Rat Pack" fashion, ...

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New CD by The Swing Legacy

Source: All About Jazz
July 11, 2006

The Swing Legacy has a new CD entitled Even the Chickens Are Dancing (Mephistopheles TSL-05).

Their web site, www.swinglegacy.com gives details about payment options, plus you can sample sound clips from the CD.

This CD presents some of the most interesting and exciting items from The Swing Legacy's repertoire of original arrangements. Over half the songs feature vocalist Debby Larkin, whose sunny, commanding musical personality fits perfectly with the band's exuberant style. Many of the numbers have a pronounced Count ...

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