Jazz News

Berklee College to celebrate 21st year of jazz education at Umbria Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 20, 2006

As they have for each summer since 1985, young musicians will travel from Europe, Africa, and as far away as Australia to study American jazz, improvisation, and gospel singing with U.S. music professors, and compete for thousands of scholarship dollars at Perugia, Italy. Berklee College of Music in July will celebrate its 21st season of jazz education at the Umbria Jazz Festival, in Perugia, Italy, July 4 - 16, 2006, with the Berklee Summer School at Umbria Jazz Clinics, held ...

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Anne Kerry Ford's "Weill"

Source: All About Jazz
June 20, 2006

Actress/singer Anne Kerry Ford has been passionate about Kurt Weill's music since appearing with Sting in “The Threepenny Opera" on Broadway, so performing with the famed WDR Big Band in Cologne,Germany's Philharmonic Hall under the musical direction of legendary arranger/musician Roger Kellaway was a dream-come-true. In Weill, she presents fifteen songs from Kurt Weill's German and American songbooks (as well as the French “Youkali", sung here in rarely-heard English translation), holding her own in front of the mighty sound of ...

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Andre Canniere & Spin @ Freestyle Jazz Series | Thursday, June 22 8:00 PM

Source: All About Jazz
June 20, 2006

FREESTYLE JAZZ PRESENTS spiN Thursday June 22, 2006 8:00 PM Small Stage @ Jimmy's 43 East 7th Street (on the corner of 2nd Avenue) $10 per set 1 drink minimum Great and reasonably priced food & Large Selection of Beer Come early or call (212) 982-3006 for reservations featuring: Andre Canniere | trumpet David Crowell | alto saxophone Red Wierenga | keyboards ...

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Cyber Jazz recording artists Ajamu Akinyele w/ Gemini Soul - July 2006 Tour Dates

Source: All About Jazz
June 20, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ajamu Akinyele w/ Gemini Soul - July 2006 Tour Dates July 1 & 2 - Monterey Bay Summer Festival 20 Custom House Plaza (Monterey State Historic Park) Monterey, CA 93940 Time: 2 PM Media Contact: 831-622-0700; www.pacrep.org July 5 - Club Anton with special guest Miko Tolliver ZULA Wednesday's @ club Anton 428 ...

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Pat Martino "East!" Now Available on SACD From Mobile Fidelity

Source: All About Jazz
June 20, 2006

One of Pat Martino's guitar masterpieces. Martino's long, seamless lines are absolutely extraordinary. Most importantly, he knew how to make the music swing! This is truly one of the most essential jazz guitar albums of all time. Martino's lines, phrasing and tone are so unique to the language of jazz that one is left absolutely speechless--some listening experiences defy the parameters of existing vocabulary. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab's GAIN 2 mastering is a serious sonic enhancement of this magnificent album. ...

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Katie Bull "Love Spook" Free Download at All About Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
June 20, 2006

The following track, Katie Bull “Love Spook" is now being featured as a Download of the Day at All About Jazz.

Click here for free download.

CATCH KATIE BULL LIVE Thursday June 22 @ 7:00 p.m. at the 55 BAR 55 Christopher Street NYC, NY www.55bar.com No Cover Charge KATIE BULL - vocals DAVID PHELPS - guitar JOE FONDA - ...

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JazzWeek Awards Recognize Best Jazz Radio Stations, Programmers, Labels, Musicians Of 2006

Source: All About Jazz
June 20, 2006

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (June 20, 2006) -- The fourth annual JazzWeek Awards were presented at the JazzWeek Awards brunch during the fifth annual JazzWeek Summit on June 17, 2006, in Rochester, N.Y.

Award winners in 13 categories were chosen by readers of JazzWeek in balloting during May, while the Duke Dubois Award winner was chosen by a selection committee. JazzWeek readers submitted nominations for each category and the top five nominees in each comprised the ballot.

WEMU, Ypsilanti, Mich., music director ...

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Matthias Lupri Group with George Garzone and Jamey Haddad

Source: All About Jazz
June 20, 2006

Matthias Lupri Group w/George Garzone & Jamey Haddad Performing at Berklee Performance Center Thursday June 29/06 8:15pm

Modern jazz vibraphonist Matthias Lupri and group with acclaimed saxophonist George Garzone (The Fringe) and multi-percussionist Jamey Haddad (Paul Simon, Dave Liebman) will be performing new music from Lupri's new CD Metalix (Summit DCD-445) with Nate Radley guitar, Thomson Kneeland acoustic bass and Jordan Perlson drums.

Thursday, June 29, 8:15pm, Berklee Performance Center 136 Massachusetts Ave. Boston, MA 02115 ...

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