Jazz News

10th Annual JJA Jazz Awards: "Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award Excellence in Photography" and "Best Photo of the Year"

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2006

The following All About Jazz featured Visual Artists have been nominated for the “Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award Excellence in Photography" and for the “Best Photo of the Year" by the Jazz Journalists Association (JJA) for the 10th Annual JJA Jazz Awards.

Lona Foote-Bob Parent Award Excellence in Photography John Abbott Jimmy Katz Herb Snitzer

Best Photo of the Year Ben Johnson Bill King Ziga ...

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Legendary Songwriter Chip Taylor Readies First Solo Album in Six Years

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2006

Discs due to hit the street on Back Porch Records July 18

The double CD Unglorious Hallelujah and Red Red Rose and Other Songs of Love, Pain Destruction, due out July 18 on Back Porch Records, is Chip Taylor's first solo album in six years. It combines two distinct albums representing different sides of Chip and his songwriting. Although the subjects are often serious, both confirm his easy way with melodies and hooks. Taylor, of course, is the legendary singer/songwriter ...

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Kenny Barron, Stefon Harris and Others Perform Benefit Show

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2006

EQUALITY NOW TO HONOR MEN WHO SAY NO TO VIOLENCE AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN

New York: On May 15, Equality Now, an international women's rights organization will host “On the Road to Equality: Honoring Men on the Frontlines," an evening of jazz and readings highlighting the growing number of men who are working to end violence and discrimination against women.

The event is dedicated to men who have shown groundbreaking courage to challenge culture and the pressures of their communities ...

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Estonian International Jazzfestival Jazzkaar - the grandest Jazzkaar yet

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2006

The fifteen-day jazz marathon of the 17th Tallinn International Festival Jazzkaar came to an end on April 30th.

This 17th Jazzkaar was special in many ways - with its 50 concerts the festival was the largest one held so far. Likewise, the geographic scope of the festival was the most versatile - musicians from 25 countries appeared on the stages.

The concerts were held in 13 different locations in Estonia, which means more concerts than ever before were held outside ...

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Elio Villafranca Quintet's Debut New York Performance! Live At Sweet Rhythm Thursday, May 4, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2006

ELIO VILLAFRANCA QUINTET's Debut New York Performance!!

LIVE AT SWEET RHYTHM

88 Seventh Avenue South, NYC Thursday, May 4, 2006 Showtimes 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

Featuring Elio Villafranca - Piano Terell Stafford - Trumpet Casey Benjamin - Alto Saxophone Francisco Mela - Drums Yunior Terry - Bass

Elio Villafranca's debut album Incantations/Encantaciones was selected by Jazz Times Magazine as one of the top ...

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Sunset Jazz Festival At Southland Presents Sonny Emory

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2006

Atlanta, Ga. - The Sunset Jazz Festival at Southland will kick off an exciting evening of smooth jazz from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday, May 20, at Southland Country Club (5726 Southland Drive) in Stone Mountain, Georgia.

The concert's featured performer is Grammy award-winning artist Sonny Emory with appearances by Eric Essix and Najuma featuring the Kermit Walker Trio. Emory, best known for his groundbreaking drumming with Earth, Wind and Fire, has performed with a virtual “who's who" in ...

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The Mary Lou Williams Collective May 4-7 At The Iridium Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2006

May 4-7 THE MARY LOU WILLIAMS COLLECTIVE Mary Lou Williams Birthday Celebration FEATURING GERI ALLEN (PIANO); KENNY DAVIS (BASS); ANDREW CYRILLE (DRUMS)

Celebrating the release of their new CD Zodiac Suite: Revisited (Mary Records)

“This lovely piece of music which is jazz as expansive language" - Ben Ratliff

About the CD...

The Mary Lou Williams Collective, under the musical direction of pianist/arranger/composer Geri Allen, reexamines and revitalizes Mary Lou Williams' Zodiac Suite - the ...

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Dom Minasi "Live" Interview

Source: All About Jazz
May 2, 2006

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