Jazz News

Ingrid Sertso / Karl Berger: New Recording Studio and CD

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2006

Ingrid Sertso / Karl Berger: New Recording Studio and CD

Vocalist Ingrid Sertso and pianist Karl Berger are announcing two major events in their careers:

1) The opening of “Sertso Studio,"a full-professional studio for recording, mixing, mastering in Woodstock NY with Ted Orr as chief engineer. While the studio will mostly serve productions by Berger and Sertso, it will be open for independent productions in all genres. Karl Berger, noted arranger/composer, will be available for co-production input. Sertso Studio will ...

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The Brown Indian Band launches Fusion Lounge

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2006

The Brown Indian Band, formed by bass,player Colin D'Cruz, features accomplished Indian classical musicians in concert with jazz virtuosos. Indian classical music can be compared to jazz as both are forms of improvised music. Indian classical music is linear and uses just one scale (raga) to improvise within a composition whereas jazz has a much broader palette for improvisation where multiple scales can be used to improvise through harmonic changes (chords). Indian classical music however, has some of the world's ...

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Monika H. Band / Sofia Koutsovitis Group Double CD Release at Sweet Rhythm, Tuesday June 20!

Source: All About Jazz
June 18, 2006

Please join us to celebrate the releases of Monika's new CD Bright and Sofia's new CD Ojala!

Sweet Rhythm Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

8:00PM

Monika H. Band

Erik Deutsch - Organ/Keys Khabu - Guitar Reuben Radding - Bass Simon Lott - Drums Monika - Voice/Songs

9:30PM

Sofia Koutsovitis Group

Sofia K - vocals Avishai Cohen - trumpet Dan Blake - tenor and soprano sax ...

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Coastal Radio - An Eclectic Mix of Jazz & DownTempo

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2006

Only on the air since December 2005, internet station Coastal Radio is moving up in popularity. Out of 320 jazz stations on Live 365's network, Coastal Radio is currently # 43. The station plays well known artists and also features lesser known musicians. The most popular countries listening are the US, Canada, Japan, United Kingdom, Mexico, Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, Colombia, Netherlands, S. Korea, Sweden, Latvia, Thailand, Greece, Italy and Poland. Coastal Radio is on 24/7 with CD quality sound, ...

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Herb Robertson Label: Ruby Flower Records

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2006

RUBY FLOWER RECORDS

During the summer of 2005, trumpeter Clarence “Herb" Robertson found a way to control his artistic creations through his own releases with the music he loves to play and to perform. Similarly, scientist Ana Isabel Ordonez wanted to turn her passion for art and jazz founding a recording label in which the avant-garde music would be the priority.

Both Herb Robertson and Ana Isabel Ordonez became business partners and opened their own record company, Ruby Flower Records. ...

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Ondrej Pivec's Organic Quartet Releases "Don't Get Ideas" on Cube-Metier

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2006

Cube-Metier introduces a bright new jazz talent: the debut album from Ondrej Pivec's Organic Quartet

Don't Get Ideas

Ondrej Pivec hammond organ Libor Smoldas guitar Jakub Dolezal sax Toms Hobzek drums

In less than a year, this talented group of young Prague musicians-- Ondrej Pivec is just twenty-one--the Organic Quartet have not only bowled over both local and national critics but have been hailed as the Best Talent of the Year and Pivec himself ...

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Washington DC area's Satin Doll Trio releases third CD

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2006

Silver Spring, MD June 15, 2006 - The Satin Doll Trio is pleased to announce the release of their long awaited third CD titled In the Middle of a Kiss on the independent SD Music label. The album's title track is a rarely-recorded, yet haunting and bitterly romantic gem written in 1935 by Academy Award-winning producer and songwriter Sam Coslow. The trio's sincere performance and minimalist arrangement of the song is a gleaming example of the groups intimate supper-club jazz ...

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Andrea Wolper, Ron Affif, Ken Filiano @ 55 Bar on June 21

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2006

Wed., June 21 7 - 9 pm Andrea Wolper +Ron Affif +Ken Filiano 55 Bar 55 Christopher St. near 7th Ave. So. & W. 4th 1 train to Christopher St. or trains to W. 4th station No cover charge www.55bar.com (click on We Are Here to see exact location) Hear Andrea, Ron, & Ken: Free MP3 Download #2 ...

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