Jazz News

Bassist/Composer Avishai Cohen Celebrates New Album at The JVC Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2006

Continuo [kntinyw] noun ( pl. -os): The Spectacular New Recording From Bassist/Composer Avishai Cohen on Razdaz Recordz. In stores on May 23. Continuo [kntinyw] noun (pl. -os): (in baroque music) an accompanying part that includes a bass line and harmonies, typically played on a keyboard instrument and with other instruments such as cello or bass viol.

“ . . . one of the best double-bassists in the world"--Kerstan Mackness, Time Out London ...

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Lost Jazz Shrines Celebrates Cafe Bohemia at The Tribeca Performing Arts Center

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2006

The Tribeca Performing Arts Center Borough of Manhattan Community College

LOST JAZZ SHRINES Celebrates Cafe Bohemia

(Spring/Summer 2006) The Tribeca Performing Arts Center at BMCC proudly announces the 2006 Lost Jazz Shrines series. This year, the annual celebration will focus on Cafe Bohemia, bringing the legendary venue temporarily back into the consciousness of the jazz world with a thorough remembrance and examination. Lost Jazz Shrines' celebration of Cafe Bohemia will encompass three magnificent concerts on Fridays, May 12, ...

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David Berger & The Sultans of Swing CD Release Concert at Symphony Space-June 1

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2006

DAVID BERGER & THE SULTANS OF SWING HINDUSTAN (Such Sweet Thunder) AVAILABLE ON APRIL 25, 2006

Hindustan CD Release Concert! David Berger and The Sultans of Swing Thursday, June 1, 2006 at Peter Norton Symphony Space (Leonard Nimoy Thalia) 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street to order tickets call 212 864 5400 or click on www.symphonyspace.org tickets are $35, $30 (members), ...

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David Ullmann Quartet featuring Bill Ware Live at Detour May 5th

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2006

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1970s Jazz-Inflected Rock Band Ides of March CDs Reissued on Collectors' Choice

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2006

The Ides of March, from suburban Berwyn, Ill., who scored a No. 2 national hit with “Vehicle" in 1970, will have their first two albums reissued on Collectors Choice on June 6. The debut album Vehicle and its 1971 successor Common Bond--both originally issued on Warner Bros. Records--will be released on CD as individual albums for the first time with remastered sound and liner notes from original band members Jim Peterik and Larry Millas.

As did Los Angeles and Detroit, ...

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Muze Acquires Loudeye's U.S.-Based Operations

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2006

Loudeye to focus on expanding global operations with its OD2 services; Deal significantly enhances Muze's digital media service capabilities and opens new verticals Seattle, WA and New York, NY -- Loudeye Corp. (Nasdaq: LOUD), a worldwide leader in business-to-business digital media solutions, and Muze, the leading provider of entertainment information services, announced today that Muze has acquired Loudeye's U.S.-based services and operations in an asset purchase transaction for $11.0 million in cash. The transaction closed April 30, 2006. Muze assumed ...

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Welcome Home McCoy Tyner Fest Press Conference Scheduled

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2006

PRESS CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE WELCOME HOME McCOY TYNER FEST TUESDAY, MAY 9TH @ WRTI STUDIO 1509 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, 3rd Floor

SPECIAL STEINWAY ART CASE COLLECTION PIANO VALUED AT OVER $250,000 MAKES TOUR STOP @ WRTI In HONOR OF McCOY TYNER

Philadelphia, PA.: On Tuesday, May 9th at 10 am at WRTI studios, Temple University, 1509 Cecil B. Moore Avenue, 3rd Floor, MUSICOPIA (formerly Strings for Schools), in collaboration with LIFELINE ...

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AAJ Tops 35,000 Visitors in a Single Day

Source: All About Jazz
May 3, 2006

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