Jazz News

Saxophonist Paul Carr Releases 2nd Solo Album, Just Noodlin' on Jazz Karma Records

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2006

One of the finest horn players in the DC metropolitan area, saxophonist Paul Carr is proud to announce the release of his second album as a leader, Just Noodlin', on Jazz Karma Records. The outing features a who's who of DC-based musicians as well as featured guest soloist Terell Stafford, a longtime friend. “Terell used to appear with me when I had a weekly gig at Takoma Station in Takoma Park, Maryland," says Carr. Since those days, Stafford has gone ...

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Gene Ess "Sandbox & Sanctum" Quartet with Dave Liebman March 28

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2006

Guitarist Gene Ess Highlighting material from hid CD Sandbox and Sanctum: Song Cycle for Quartet

Tuesday, March 28 8PM and 9:30PM Gillespie Auditorium, Bahai Center 53 E11th Street NY, NY 10003 212.674.8998

Directions: http://www.bahainyc.org/direction.html

Tickets: $15.00, $10.00 students

A rare combination of facility and emotion drives Gene Ess's Sandbox and Sanctum CD with energy and unrelenting genius of composition. Ess has put together a fascinating quartet to showcase ...

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Blues Entertainers Donate Time and Talents in St. Louis

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2006

4th Annual STLBlues Benefit Concert Sunday, March 26th, 4:00 pm - 10:30 pm BB's Jazz, Blues and Soups 700 S. Broadway St. Louis, MO 63101 (314)436-5222

All Proceeds Benefit the Siteman Cancer Center and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Metro St. Louis

$10 per person cover charge

All proceeds benefit cancer and children

For more information, visit www.stlblues.net/2006concert.htm or call (314) 378-0659. This is a non-smoking event. On March 26, from ...

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Jim DeSalvo's new quartet March 26 at Giamano's, New Jersey

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2006

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Rahsaan Roland Kirk's 'Brotherman In The Fatherlands'CD Release

Source: All About Jazz
March 24, 2006

The Rahsaanaissance continues on April 4, 2006, when HYENA Records releases Brotherman In The Fatherland, a never-before-released concert recording of the inimitable jazz giant Rahsaan Roland Kirk. Recorded March 3, 1972, at the Funkhaus in Hamburg, Germany and originally broadcast on German radio and television, the recordings from this performance have surfaced on the jazz underground from time to time over the years--swapped among tape-traders and rare jazz collectors. With the release of Brotherman In The Fatherland, however, these highly-regarded ...

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Chris Washburne and SYOTOS Every Sunday at Smoke Sets at 9PM, 11:00PM, and 12:30AM

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2006

Chris Washburne and the SYOTOS band are now celebrating their 14th straight year playing every week in New York City--an unprecedented achievement in Latin jazz. You can now hear them every Sunday night at Smoke.

“SYOTOS is a New York Latin jazz institution"--TimeOut New York

Their last release Paradise In Trouble on Jazzheads Records was nominated as the “Best Latin Jazz Record of 2004" by the Jazz Journalists Association and received 4 stars in DownBeat.

SYOTOS features: Chris ...

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Harlem in the Himalayas at The Rubin Museum of Art (RMA)

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 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: Hot Jazz for a Cold Climate Rubin Museum of Art and Jazz Museum in Harlem Collaboration Takes Off!

3/24 Jazz Museum in Harlem Septet Rare Ellingtonia featured this Friday

3/31 Scott Robinson

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 ...

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Audiophile Naim Label Releases Drummer Reuben Hoch's Trio CD Of Recent Time

Source: All About Jazz
March 23, 2006

The Naim label is proud to announce the release of drummer Reuben Hoch's extraordinary CD Of Recent Time featuring his new trio with pianist Don Friedman and bassist Ed Schuller. The audiophile recording features the trio's deeply personalized renditions of music by modern jazz greats such as Ornette Coleman, Wayne Shorter, Pat Metheny and other jazz pioneers, as well as originals by Hoch and Friedman.

The group's moniker “Time," refers to the drummer's pivotal role as the syncopated timekeeper, often ...

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