Jazz News

Bassist Lonnie Plaxico Releases "Westside Stories" on PlaxMusic

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2006

The April 24, 2006 release of Lonnie Plaxico's Westside Stories is a collage of artfully arranged music influences ranging from jazz, funk, and beyond. An eclectic stew of contemporary jazz that modern music listeners crave, this compact disc features special guests Cassandra Wilson, Carla Cook, Ravi Coltrane, Steve Coleman, and The Lonnie Plaxico Group. Lonnie Plaxico brings honest musical passion to the forefront of the international jazz music scene. “Westside Stories" is Plaxico's eleventh CD release, and his second release ...

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TOPH-E & the Pussycats Tuesday May 16th at Metropolitan Cafe Two Sets starting at 10:30pm Never a Cover, No Charge!

Source: All About Jazz
May 14, 2006

Tuesday, May 16th, 2006

CD Release Celebration!

Join us to celebrate the release of their new CD Live in Detroit recorded live at the Detroit Jazz Festival!

An evening with Tophe-E & the Pussycats Featuring:

Chris Parker~Drums Clifford Carter~Keyboards Will Lee~Bass Dave Mann~Saxophones Ralph MacDonald~Percussion

Best Musical Hang in NYC!

And, all the way from Maui, LIZ will be in-da-house!

Check out the new CD at ...

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Hammond B3 Jazz Organ Sensation Vince Seneri Returns To Zanzibar Blue

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2006

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CINC (Vandermark/Wachsmann/Lytton) Hits North America!

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2006

CINC is: * Ken Vandermark (Reeds) * Paul Lytton (Percussion) * Philipp Wachsmann (Violin and Electronics)

Ken Vandermark has devoted his 20-year career to exploring and expanding the possibilities of improvised and composed music. CINC is yet another facet of Ken's relentless quest for taking music beyond previously established boundaries.

CINC sets out on a short North American jaunt to the east coast and Canada, beginning mid-June 2006 and concluding with the ...

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Freedom Jazz Dance on Sunday: New Station, New Time

Source: All About Jazz
May 13, 2006

Listen to Freedom Jazz Dance on its new station and new time slot!

This Sunday from 5-7 pm EST on 90.1 FM WCDE!

Listen worldwide via streamcast at www.wdce.org

Freedom Jazz Dance is proud to join the all jazz and blues line-up of WDCE 90.1 FM every Sunday from 5-7 pm. Starting this weekend, I'll be alternating FJD with my Big, Bad Blues every other week. Join me tomorrow for two hours of modern jazz from rare from rare recordings ...

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AAJ Teams with OctopusTravel.com to Offer Discount Hotel and Travel Package Deals

Source: All About Jazz
May 12, 2006

All About Jazz is now offering discount hotel and vacation package travel deals through its new travel partner, OctopusTravel.com.

If you're looking for savings on hotels, please make a point of searching with AAJ @ Octopus. You can start your search by clicking the octopus icon in the lower left panel of each AAJ page.

Try a search today and check out our rates.

About Octopus Travel

OctopusTravel.com is an innovative on-line travel company with offices in London, Hong Kong, ...

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New Issues of AAJ:Los Angeles and AAJ:Seattle Now Available

Source: All About Jazz
May 12, 2006

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JVC And New York's Buckingham Hotel Welcome Jazz Greats With All-Star Concerts And Free Electronics

Source: All About Jazz
May 12, 2006

Smokey Robinson Returns for a Memorial Performance NEW YORK, NY, MAY - The Buckingham Hotel, the New York City “home-away-from-home" to generations of music legends, will welcome jazz performers and jazz aficionados alike to New York City, June 12 - 24, as the official host hotel to the 2006 JVC Jazz Festival in New York for the third consecutive year. This year's festival includes more than 300 artists performing the best in jazz, blues, ragtime, swing, R&B and more, in ...

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