Jazz News

Barry Harris & Regina Carter World Premieres - April 7 & 8 - JALC

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2006

Barry Harris and Regina Carter Premiere New Works

April 7 & 8, 2006 - Rose Theater April 8, 2006 - Violin Master Class with Regina Carter

New York, NY (March 9, 2006) This season, As of Now, a Jazz at Lincoln Center commissioning series, presents two incredible Detroit musicians, pianist Barry Harris, with violinist Regina Carter, on April 7 and 8, 2006 at 8:00pm in Rose Theater. Tickets to the world premieres of these shows are $30, $50, ...

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Jazz jam session featuring legendary tenor saxophonist, David "Fathead" Newman

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2006

Long Island City, NY--David “Fathead" Newman, the legendary tenor saxophonist who played with the Ray Charles Band through the hit- making period in the late 1950's and 60's, will be the featured guest musician at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center's jazz jam session on April 7.

The big-toned saxophonist from Texas, who is known for his soulful sound, will perform with the center's house band. The center invites jazz aficionados to enjoy the music and aspiring musicians to join the ...

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Harlem in the Himalayas Continues into Spring

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2006

The Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 E.126th Street New York, N.Y. 10035 212.348.8300 http://www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org

Harlem in the Himalayas Continues into Spring Rubin Museum of Art and Jazz Museum in Harlem Collaboration Extended!

4/7 Frank Wess

4/21 Gene Bertoncini (solo guitar)

5/19 Jack Walrath

6/2 Ron Blake plus many more in June/July

The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA) in Chelsea and the Jazz Museum in Harlem extend their hugely successful concert series into ...

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Monk's Music Trio plus Roswell Rudd and Max Perkoff Saturday, April 8th Jazz at Pearl's

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2006

Monk's Music Trio plus Roswell Rudd and Max Perkoff

A One-Time-Only Meeting in San Francisco of this famed group devoted to Monk tunes featuring legendary trombonists Roswell Rudd & Max Perkoff.

Monk's Music Trio featuring very special guests Roswell Rudd and Max Perkoff on trombones with Chuck Bernstein, drums, Si Perkoff, piano Sam Bevan, bass

Saturday, April 8, 2006 Jazz at Pearl's 256 Columbus Ave San Francisco, Calif 94133 www.jazzatpearls.com ...

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Introducing Nino Moschella - Ubiquity to Release Debut LP 'The Fix' on May 23, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
April 5, 2006

UBIQUITY TO RELEASE THE FIX ON MAY 23, 2006, THE DEBUT LP OF LO-FI BACKYARD FUNK AND PSYCHEDELIC SOUL FROM NEW BAY AREA SIGNING NINO MOSCHELLA

Recorded entirely at his roundhouse studio outside of Yosemite & handling all the instruments & vocals himself, Moschella opts for home-made noises, beat boxing, and broom-handle-banging over drum machines and studio trickery. The result is a forward thinking blend of backyard funk, psychedelic soul, and '60's rock reminiscent of Sly Stone and early Prince. ...

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Smithsonian Jazzes Up Collection with Donations from Miles and Monk

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2006

Fifth Annual Jazz Appreciation Month Kicks Off

The families of Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk donated objects and manuscripts from the legendary careers of the jazz pioneers and photographer Herman Leonard donated jazz photographs to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in a special ceremony today that kicks off the 2006 Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) celebration. This year marks the fifth anniversary of JAM's founding as an annual event that pays tribute to jazz while raising awareness of this ...

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Jack Kleinsinger Presents Highlights in Jazz The Ultimate Jam Session Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 8 P.M. At Tribeca Performing Arts Center

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2006

Jack Kleinsinger presents HIGHLIGHTS in JAZZ New York's Longest Running Jazz Concert Series

Thursday, April 6, 2006 - 8 P.M. The Ultimate Jam Session JIMMY COBB - MULGREW MILLER DAVID “FATHEAD" NEWMAN - LEW SOLOFF STEVE TURRE - ERNIE WATTS at TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER 8PM

New York, NY March 1, 2006 Jack Kleinsinger's “Highlights in Jazz," New York's longest running jazz ...

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Synergy: Sight and Sound by Amir Bey & Saco Yasuma Bowery Poetry Club May 8

Source: All About Jazz
April 4, 2006

SYNERGY: Sight and Sound

by AMIR BEY & SACO YASUMA

Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery 212-614-0505 Monday, May 8, 2006 8:30 PM $12.00

Synergy, a high-energy free-improvisational jazz band, the innovative collaboration between the sculptor/designer Amir Bey and the saxophonist/composer Saco Yasuma, continue their series of concerts at Bowery Poetry Club on Monday, May 8, at 8:30 PM.

Synergy's concept is based on combining the visual and musical arts; the ...

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