Jazz News

Deeper Soul Recordings Presents Kahil El'Zabar Remix 2CD

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2006

CHICAGO'S DEEPER SOUL RECORDINGS TO RELEASE DEBUT COLLECTION OF KAHIL EL'ZABAR ORIGINAL RECORDINGS & REMIXES ON AUGUST 1

The double CD features three original recordings from El'Zabar's Ethnic Heritage Ensemble plus remixes from world-renowned producers Charles Webster, Osunlade, Henrik Schwarz, IG Culture (Bugz in the Attic) and more.

From the brawling streets of Chicago come an artist, a label, and an album that reflect the deep history, progressive ideas, and rich cultural make up of one of the worlds great ...

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Omar Sosa Summer Tour Schedule 2006

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2006

Including Italy, Spain, France, Latvia, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Croatia and the U.S.A.

Please visit www.melodia.com for details...

June 8: Blue Note Milan Milan, ITALY Trio with Julio Barreto and Childo Tomas www.bluenotemilano.com

June 9: Blue Note Milan Milan, ITALY Trio with Julio Barreto and Childo Tomas www.bluenotemilano.com

June 10: Fandango Jazz Festival, La Palma Club Rome, ITALY Trio with Julio Barreto and Childo Tomas ...

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US Tour Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher from the Netherlands

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2006

Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher - Jazz/improv from the Netherlands - presents its new CD: Change This Song (BBB8) in the US Trio BraamDeJoodeVatcher is Michiel Braam: piano Wilbert de Joode: double bass Michael Vatcher: drums

The band comprises three of the Dutch jazz scene's most idiosyncratic musicians, for whom improvisation and adventure are as necessary as breathing. All compositions are by Michiel Braam, but on stage each of the musicians plays an absolutely equal role in ...

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Rale Micic Quartet at Night and Day June 9

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2006

SOME RESERVATIONS REMAIN FOR THE RALE MICIC QUINTET

Night and Day announces that some reservations remain for the Rale Micic Quartet which will give performance this Friday evening, June 9. The performance will take place at 7 pm.

Performers in the Rale Micic Quartet include Rale Micic, playing the guitar, Dayna Stephens, tenor saxophone, Sean Conly, bass, and Justin Brown, drums.

The quartet's music has been described by Glenn Astarita in All About Jazz magazine: “... packs an unassuming punch ...

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Laurent Medelgi Trio Free Performance at Cafe St.-Barts-Thursday June 8th

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2006

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Clapton Alum Andy Fairweather Low Releases First Solo Recording in 26 Years

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2006

Veteran guitarist delivers Sweet Soulful Music August 15, 2006, produced by the legendary Glyn Johns

Welsh-born singer-guitarist Andy Fairweather Low is truly a pop- music survivor: you may remember his hits with the '60s British pop group Amen Corner ("Bend Me Shape Me," “[If Paradise Is] Half as Nice," “Gin House") or be a fan of his '70s solo LPs on A&M, which have achieved cult-classic status (1975's Spider Jivin', 1976's La Booga Rooga and 1978's Be Bop 'n' Holla) ...

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BMI Annual NYC Summer Jazz Concert; Acclaimed Jazz Composers Workshop

Source: All About Jazz
June 6, 2006

BMI ANNUAL NYC SUMMER JAZZ CONCERT TO FEATURE BEST NEW PIECES FROM ACCLAIMED JAZZ COMPOSERS WORKSHOP

Judges Robin Eubanks, Joe Lovano and Dan Morgenstern to Choose Winner of Seventh Annual Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize

NEW YORK -- The highly lauded BMI Jazz Composers Workshop, now in its second decade, will highlight the best of new jazz compositions created during the last year at its 18th Annual Summer Showcase Concert. The concert is free to the public, and will be ...

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Turks & Caicos Third Annual Music And Cultural Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 5, 2006

(Providenciales, Turks & Caicos Islands) The Turks & Caicos Tourist Board, in association with BET Event Productions, presents the Third Annual Turks & Caicos Music and Cultural Festival, scheduled for July 31st - August 7th, 2006. An exciting list of activities at various venues on the beautiful island of Providenciales can be expected, with the Turtle Cove Marina at the center of it all. Confirmed local and international artists set to perform on the main concert stage at Turtle Cove ...

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