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Performance / Tour

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

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

Event

Rob Scheps at Iridium Sunday March 19

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

Event

Pianist Anat Fort with legendary clarinetist Perry Robinson in NYC (3/19)

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

Hudson View Gardens (HVG) Performing Arts Group PRESENTS...

ANAT FORT (piano) AND The legendary PERRY ROBINSON (clarinet)

WHEN: Sunday, March 19th at 5pm WHERE: In the HVG “Lounge" at 116 Pinehurst Ave. and 183rd St. as part of the Sundays at 5 concert series. OTHER INFO: Suggested donation - $12. For more info.and reservations, contact [email protected] or call 212-568-9628.

ANAT FORT

Anat Fort's trio performs regionally and internationally at venues such as Symphony Space, ...

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Performance / Tour

Jammates Ready to Record Cooper Tisdale Live Set March 19

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2006

Jammates Ready to Record Cooper Tisdale Live Set Tisdale Turns It Up Live March 19th at Jake's Toadhouse

Who: Cooper Tisdale What: Live CD Recording & Performance When: Sunday March 19, 2006 Where: Jake's Toadhouse, 2272 Lawrenceville Hwy, Decatur GA Early Show: 8:30pm (2 50-minute sets) Tickets: $5.00 at the door

Cooper Tisdale will be ready to riff as he brings his own compositions to a live recording ...

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Music Industry

Tower Records and Blue Note Unveil 10 Unique Compilation CDs Featuring Legendary Jazz Artists from the Blue Note Vault

Source: All About Jazz
March 16, 2006

Themed CDs Feature Tracks from Jazz Greats: John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Chet Baker and more!

SACRAMENTO, March 16, 2006 - Tower Records, America's leading independent music and entertainment retailer, and Blue Note Records, the finest in Jazz since 1939, today announce that they have collaborated to create an unique line of ten compilation jazz CDs which feature some of the greatest legends in jazz performing their greatest jazz tunes. The themed compilations also serve ...

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Music Industry

Hard to Find Imports, Independent Jazz on CD and LP

Source: All About Jazz
March 16, 2006

Event

Ellis Marsalis with Tommy Banks featuring P.J. Perry in Calgary

Source: All About Jazz
March 16, 2006

C-JAZZ PRESENTS THE RE-SCHEDULED PERFORMANCE OF ELLIS MARSALIS & THE TOMMY BANKS QUARTET FEATURING P.J. PERRY WITH MIKE LENT & SANDRO DOMINELLI

Calgary, AB - C-Jazz presents the re-scheduled engagement of the Ellis Marsalis Quartet, Friday, March 24 at 8pm at the EPCOR CENTRE's Jack Singer Concert Hall. Regarded by many as the premier jazz pianist in New Orleans, Ellis Marsalis and his quartet will bring a little Big Easy to Calgary. Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster ...

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Recording

Take 6 & Aaron Neville Record Louis Armstrong Classic--Proceeds to Benefit New Orleans Charity

Source: All About Jazz
March 16, 2006

Ten-time Grammy winning sextet Take 6 have partnered with legendary song stylist Aaron Neville to record the 1946 Louis Armstrong classic, “Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans."

For 60 days beginning March 7, the song will only be available through the online digital download site, iTunes, and the artists' share of the proceeds from the sale of the song will benefit Neville's favorite charity, New Orleans area Habitat for Humanity. Following its run on iTunes, the ...

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