Jazz News

Ken Berman Releases "In Mind" Featuring Yoron Israel, John Lockwood and Bob Gullotti

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2006

In Mind, Ken Berman's new release (mmgmusic), features ten inspired original tracks showcasing his genius as a pianist and composer, leading a combo that includes the great John Lockwood on bass and legendary drummers Yoron Israel and Bob Gullotti. In December 2005, the French newspaper Le Monde praised Ken Berman, a sensation in Paris, as “precise and inventive," and the “talk of the town in the clubs of the European capital of jazz," and hailed Ken as a “fluid and ...

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Vocalist Alyssa Graham at The Cutting Room in New York

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2006

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Jazz Brunch Sunday in East Village with Greg Robinson Trombone & John Liquori Guitar

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2006

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Vocalist Mary Witt Releases "Dance With Me"

Source: All About Jazz
June 4, 2006

Mary Witt, critically acclaimed singer and bass player for The O-Tones of Western Massachusetts, celebrates the release of her first solo CD, Dance With Me. Sultry, soulful, and sassy, this album will make you swoon and kick up your heels. The music spans various genres from swing and jazz to rhythm & blues and soul. It glides seamlessly from the old favorite ballad “The Very Thought Of You" to the upbeat swing tune “Almost Like Being in Love". New Orleans ...

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Blake Wilner Quartet CD Release Show June 5

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2006

The Blake Wilner Quartet releases its fourth album Interloper (Ant Jazz ANTJCD4) on Monday 5 June 2006

Monday 5 June 9.15 pm Pizza on The Park 11 Knightsbridge, London SW1 Box Office: 020 7235 5273 “...an accomplished composer ... whose music has an auspicious emotional and structural range"--Jazz Journal International

The Blake Wilner Quartet is considered one of the most exciting, individualistic and innovative young jazz ...

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Free Download from Bassoon And Beyond featuring Daniel Smith + Live Appearance w/the Don Friedman Trio Tuesday, July 11th @ 8:00 PM St. Peter's Church

Source: All About Jazz
June 3, 2006

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This message is to let you know that the following track is now being featured as a Download of the Day at AllAboutJazz.com “Killer Joe" by Daniel Smith

More details here: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/jazzdownload.php?id=1453

CD Release Event Tuesday, July 11 8:00 PM One Set from 8:00 TO 9:00 St. Peter's Church 619 Lexington Ave (E.54TH ST) 212 935-2200 $15.00 ($10.00 for students) ...

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Radio Airplay Tracking Service Now Available at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
June 2, 2006

Philadelphia, PA--All About Jazz has joined forces with MediaGuide to offer a cost-effective and accurate way for independent musicians, songwriters and performers to monitor radio airplay.

The service, ArtistMonitor provides airplay tracking reports across a network of 2,500 college, non-commercial and commercial radio stations. In partnership with RadioWave Airplay Monitor, artists can also distribute and track their releases across 4,800 Internet radio stations.

To begin monitoring and reporting services at both online and terrestrial stations, as well as single radio ...

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Dimming the Lights: The Beginning of a New Tradition

Source: All About Jazz
June 2, 2006

John Hicks was an integral part of the jazz community. On Sunday, June 4th his memorial will take place at St. Peter's Church on 53rd and Lexington Avenue in NYC. Another wonderful New York pianist, Hilton Ruiz is in a coma after a fall in New Orleans. Lois Gilbert, Managing Director of Jazzcorner.com thought what if the jazz community worldwide could honor John Hicks' memory by dimming the lights in the jazz clubs with a moment of silence for John ...

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