Jazz News

Professional Musicians Wanted

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2006

A new entertainment led web site has been launched in order to support children with autism. www.showbizworks.com is an online entertainment agency promoting original artists and from each booking taken via the site, a donation is made by the agency to Wishing Well House (www.wishingwellhouse.co.uk), which is aiming to provide one to one education for children with autism.

Fourteen-time Grammy-winning music producer David Foster has provided the theme tune for the web site free of charge. David has worked with ...

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Living Legend Hank Jones at Harlem Speaks at The Jazz Museum in Harlem June 29

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2006

The Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 212 348-8300 http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org/

Living Legend Hank Jones at Harlem Speaks

Hank Jones, Pianist June 29, 2006

One of world's greatest pianists, Hank Jones, is the special guest of Harlem Speaks on June 29, 2006. Born Henry W. Jones in 1918 in Mississippi, but raised in Pontiac, Michigan, Jones received classical piano training from Charlotte Franzell during his ...

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Jazz Guitarist Joshua Breakstone plays Jazz Central June 29

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2006

Jazz Guitarist Joshua Breakstone plays Jazz Central

Thursday, June 29 at 8pm and 10pm Jazz Central 441 East Washington Street Syracuse, NY 13202

Admission at the door: $10/$8 CNYJAF, JASS, Guitar League $5 w/Student I.D. Seating limited to 75

The event complements Mr. Breakstone's artist residency at the CNYJAF's 5th annual Summer Jazz Workshop, June 26-30th. A Jazz Studies graduate of Boston's Berklee College of Music, he has traveled the ...

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Arif Mardin, Grammy Award-Winning Music Producer, co-General Manager of Manhattan Record Label, Dies

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2006

June 26, 2006, New York - Grammy Award-winning producer Arif Mardin died Sunday evening at the age of 74, after fighting a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer.

Mr. Mardin became co-General Manager of EMI Music's Manhattan record label in 2001. His many accomplishments for that division included multiple Grammy Awards for Norah Jones' Come Away With Me which also earned him a Grammy for producer of the year (the second time he received this award), a Grammy in 2004 for ...

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Wycliffe Gordon releases new CD, "Cone's Coup"

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2006

Wycliffe Gordon releases his new CD Cone's Coup on Criss Cross Jazz--Available Now!

Wycliffe Gordon's sixth effort for Criss Cross features the trombonist with the biggest sound around in a program comprised predominantly of original blues.

Gordon demonstrates his mastery of that most versatile African American art form, playing slow, fast, sad, reverent and raucous variations, accompanied by his regular working trio with Jazz Messengers alumnus Johnny O'Neal at the piano and the New Orleans rhythm team of bassist Reginald ...

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Randy Weeks' "Sugarfinger" to be Released August 22

Source: All About Jazz
June 27, 2006

Contains the in-a-perfect-world summer hit “Transistor Radio," a worthy successor to “Can't Let Go"

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Randy Weeks isn't what you'd call a shameless self-promoter. In fact, he'd so much rather write songs and go on the road performing them that he more or less forgot to release his new album Sugarfinger. Finally, friends in the business reminded him that he needed to release the album if only to give birth to one of the finest potential summer ...

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Tim Hagans Announces New Website

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2006

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Gene Perla Available in Europe for Summer of 2006

Source: All About Jazz
June 26, 2006

Gene Perla will be in Europe during the summer of 2006.

His available dates are from 16 Jul through 10 Aug for concert and club performances, recordings, clinics, workshops, private lessons, consultations and/or other musical, recording techniques and music business collaborations.

Gene has been playing in various ensembles in many styles of music. He is an experienced educator and currently holds a position at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania teaching music business, recording techniques and private lessons on bass, keyboards, improvisation ...

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