Jazz News

Enhanced Joblistings Resource for Musicians and Arts Administrators

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

New England Conservatory's Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection, an opportunities Database, now offers musicians same-day email notification of requested new listings

Boston, MA - The New England Conservatory's Bridge: Worldwide Music Connection, a comprehensive opportunities database, is now offering customizable search results. Subscribers can receive same-day email notification of requested new listings matching their search criteria. The opportunities database pioneered by the NEC Career Services Center provides musicians and arts administrators with extensive listings for everything from job openings to grants ...

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Bucky Pizzarelli Returns to Hopewell Bistro's Starlight Room July 15

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

On Saturday, July 15 from 8:00 to 10:30 p.m., Jazz Guitar Legend Bucky Pizzarelli will return to the Hopewell Valley Bistro's Starlight Room. This event is just one of the many celebrations throughout this year honoring Mr. Pizzarelli's 80th birthday and the 63rd year of his prestigious jazz career. He will be joined by bassist and long time friend, Jerry Bruno.

John “Bucky" Pizzarelli was born on January 9, 1926 in Paterson, New Jersey. His first and only guitar teachers ...

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Almost Golden: A Childhood Memoir by Robert and John Mariani on Infinity Press

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

By Rob Mariani

After many years of talking about it and promising our kids and our relatives that we'd do it, it's finally done. The book, Almost Golden, by my brother John and me, has finally been published and is available for sale on the web.

It's a memoir of our early years growing up in a section of the North Bronx-- an area that bears no resemblance to the stereotypical image of “Da Bronx" most people seem to have. ...

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Art After 5 Gets Bigger this Summer with an Appearance by the Mingus Big Band at The Philadelphia Museum of Art

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

The Philadelphia Museum of Art's intimate Friday evening jazz series, which has played host to a broad range of award-winning jazz duos, trios and quartets, will need a bigger stage on July 28, as the Mingus Big Band comes to town for the first big-band concert in the five-year history of Art After 5. The 14-piece band, which includes three trumpets, three trombones, five saxophones, and one piano, bass and drums, celebrates the music of the legendary composer and bassist ...

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Univ. of Idaho Announces John Clayton as Artistic Director for Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

MOSCOW, Idaho - The University of Idaho has named nationally renowned jazz musician John Clayton as artistic director of its Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival. His appointment begins July 2.

A six-time Grammy-nominated bassist, composer, arranger and conductor, Clayton will be responsible for forming relationships with artists and initiating the dialogue for artist participation in jazz festival events. He also is tasked with shaping and enhancing the concerts, student competitions, clinics, workshops, Jazz in the Schools and Outstanding Young Artist ...

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Upcoming Appearances For Elliott Caine In Support Of His New CD "Blues from Mars"

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

Thursday, June 29, 7-9pm: Farmers Market, 3rd & Fairfax, LA (Elliott Caine Quintet)

Friday, June 30, 6:30-10:30pm: Ports O' Call, @ Berth 76, Port of LA, San Pedro (EC Quartet)

Saturday, July 1, noon-2pm: Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 North Sepulveda Blvd., LA (EC Quintet - EC-trumpet, Carl Randall-tenor sax, Scott Oakley-piano, Bill Markus-bass, Kenny Elliott-drums)

Monday, July 3, 6:30-10:15pm: Schatzi on Main, 3110 Main St., Santa Monica (EC Quartet)

Thursday, July 6, 8:30-11pm: Zona Rosa Caffe, 15 South El Molino, ...

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Fulton Street Beat, Downtown Brooklyn Concert Series

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

FULTON STREET MALL PREMIERS FULTON STREET BEAT CONCERT SERIES

Free, Outdoor Summer Concerts Celebrates Music & the Arts in Downtown Brooklyn

On July 22, August 19 and September 16, the Fulton Mall Improvement Association (FMIA) will host the Fulton Street Beat, a summer concert series at Albee Square in downtown Brooklyn. The first two of the free, outdoor concerts will feature a stellar lineup, including Latin Jazz musician Arturo O'Farrill; Hard Bop jazz band, The New Cookers; as well as ...

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Phil Lesh & Friends, Plus Trey Anastasio & Mike Gordon Featuring the Benevento/Russo Duo on Friday, June 30

Source: All About Jazz
June 28, 2006

Renowned for his three-decade stint as the bassist with the Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh proved a fan favorite as much for his distinctive jazz playing as for his single-minded devotion to the band, overseeing the quality of every legitimate release. He has issued two solo albums under Phil Lesh & Friends, a quintet that channels the Dead but utilizes only one drummer. His distinctive, wordy writing style, full of allusions, aphorisms, and wordplay, overlays an endearingly low-key jam sound. Listening ...

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