Jazz News

NYU Presents Toots Thielemans, Jazz Masterclass Sunday March 19th--Free!

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

A very special masterclass with legendary jazz harmonica player Toots Thielemans free to the public

NYU Presents harmonica legend Toots Thielemans Jazz Masterclass: March 19 PLEASE NOTE: location change to the Museum of Jewish Heritage 36 Battery Place across from the Staten Island Ferry Terminal

On Sunday March 19th, Toots will be the featured “master" in NYU's Jazz Masterclass, an ongoing series documenting the greatest living jazz legends interacting with aspiring jazz studies students. The free ...

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Problems Of Contemporary Music With Henry Threadgill (A Lecture)

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

Tomorrow. Saturday, March 18 | Noon Problems Of Contemporary Music With Henry Threadgill (A Lecture) University of Pennsylvania, Fisher-Bennett Hall Room 401 3340 Walnut Street (corner of 34th and Walnut street) Please take elevator to forth floor Map: http://www.facilities.upenn.edu/mapsBldgs/view_map.php3?id=57 FREE Admission | Limited seating/Students encouraged Please RSVP at [email protected] For more information contact 215-805-3376 Biography: With bizarre instrumentation and voicings, Threadgill's compositions are visceral and compelling, ...

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Sunday Brunch with John Liquori Trio at Orologio, NYC-No Cover

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

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New Jazz Web Site: Jazz Lessons Online with Ed Byrne

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

It is now possible to learn jazz in real time, face to face, with jazz master Ed Byrne.

You can now take highly personalized jazz lessons as if you're in Ed's music studio without ever leaving your home using free internet software.

Ed has had many mentions in the press and in publications. He was nominated Best Trombone Soloist by Latin New York magazine.

His composition “Fenway Funk" was a Grammy Award Nominee, and he also played lead trombone on ...

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Sidecar Bar Band Friday, March 17 at Pussycat Lounge NYC

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

The funky free explosion from Cobble Hill, Brooklyn!

The Sidecar Bar Band Tonight Friday 3/17 at 11 p.m. The Pussycat Lounge-NYC 96 Greenwich Street New York City 212-349-4800

Cliff Brett, vocals and lead guitar Mikell Prester, alto sax and vocals Jeff Rentschler, saxophones and electronics Greg Robinson, trombone Jay Frascinella, bass Jamie Phillips, drums and vocals

animated music video:

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Two New Recordings by Critically Acclaimed Jazz Pianist/Composer Pete Malinverni

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

The Spring of 2006 will see the release of two important recordings by critically acclaimed jazz pianist/composer Pete Malinverni. The two releases, Theme & Variations and Joyful!, represent an interesting paradigm. They appear, at first glance, to be recordings of wholly diverse musical forms and yet they truly reveal two brilliant sides of the musical sensibility of one very special artist.

“Pete Malinverni is a polished piano stylist, one of the most talented jazzmen in New York ... utterly reliable ...

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Ejazznews.com Launches Ejazztravel.com

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

It's with great pride we announce our new web service Ejazztravel.com.

Ejazznews editor/photographer/publisher Kristine King has spent the past decade and a half attending and documenting jazz festivals around the world. While on location she's had the opportunity to meet people from hotel associations and tourism.

King is a member of Editorial Photographers, Canadian Association of Journalists and JJA.

King says she created Ejazztravel.com as a way of combining her love of photography, music and travel and to share exciting ...

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Medeski, Martin, and Wood Return for a Highly Anticipated Kimmel Center Performance

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

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