Jazz News

Francina Connors' "Uptown Jazz" with Michael Howell, Tuesday "Chill" @ Penang, Tues., Mar. 14, 8pm

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2006

Tired of jams? Looking for some “real" sounds? Look no further as Penang's dynamic duo, Jazz stylist Francina Connors (vocals) and Dizzy Aum Michael Howell (guitar)are back for a “chill" evening of Straight Ahead, R&B and more... Just what you need to get through the week!>

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Come celebrate George Avakian's 87th birthday on Wednesday, March 15, at 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Birdland

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2006

Come celebrate George Avakian's 87th birthday on Wednesday, March 15, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at Birdland, 315 West 44th Street just west of 8th Avenue, with George himself.

George, who produced the first jazz album (1939-40), the first series of annotated reissues of classic jazz (1940), the first 100 pop LPs (1948) and who established popular albums as the industry's biggest source of income (1954), a trend which continues into the CD era.

This is all part of the ...

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Bobo Stenson Trio to Play Birdland March 15-18

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2006

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My Favorite Things For The Week of March 12, 2006

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2006

Bassists Charles Mingus, and Ray Brown are featured on this edition of My Favorite Things.

We also feature the latest recordings from vocalists Sathima Bea Benjamin and Lena Horne.

Join us for this week's edition of My Favorite Things.

This week's tunes:

Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul - Charles Mingus - Mingus,Mingus,Mingus,Mingus

Paraiso - Moacir Santos - Choros & Alegria

Summer Wind - Ray Brown Trio - Summer Wind

Star Eyes - Sathima Bea Benjamin - Musical Echoes

Cherokee ...

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Tarik Shah update (March, 'O6)

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2006

This is an update on the case of Harlem bassist Tarik Shah, accused of “conspiracy" and “terrorism" by the government, and held in the Tombs for eight months in solitary confinement without trial and without actually being accused of committing any violent crime. (Please see tariksfriends.faithweb.com for more information on the case before now.)

On Saturday, March 11, 2006 at 10:50 AM, Erika McDaniel Edwards [co-counsel of attorney Anthony Ricco] wrote to Margaret Davis:

Mr. Shah has a new attorney ...

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Jazz Concert to Recreate Birth of the Cool

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2006

The next event of the CNY Jazz Orchestra Concert Series will be a unique departure from its usual “big band plus guest" format. Marcus Printup, world-class trumpeter with Wynton Marsalis' Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and headliner at last summer's Jazz in the Square festival, will lead members of the CNYJO through an evening devoted to recreating the landmark Miles Davis “Birth of the Cool" album. The concert will be held in the Oncenter Carrier Theater on Tuesday March 14th at ...

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Raphe Malik Passes at 57

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2006

GUILFORD -- Laurence Mazel (Raphe Malik), 57, noted jazz musician, has died after a long illness. He was in born in Cambridge, Mass., on Nov. 1, 1948. He lived in Boston, Lawrence and Andover, Mass. During his high school years he was Northeast Regional tennis champion for New England, and studied Mandarin Chinese through a State Department intensive language course, pursuits which he maintained throughout his life. He attended University of Massachusetts at Amherst, then Antioch College in Yellow Springs, ...

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Melvin Vines, Bob Cunningham and Cynthia Holiday March 14, St. Nicks Pub

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2006

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