Jazz News

American Jazz Museum presents Alaadeen & Group 21 Tonight

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2006

Alaadeen & Group 21 Performs In the Blue Room at the American Jazz Museum in KC By Victoria Dunfee, 'ASR Records A&R FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas City USA -- 'ASR RECORDS RECORDING ARTIST, ALAADEEN, and his jazz ensemble, Alaadeen & Group 21, will perform tonight, February 25, 2006 at the Elms Resort and Spa in Excelsior Springs, MO. Please note that this is a newly revised date. [ ...

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David Leonhardt Jazz Group Concert Schedule

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2006

February 25, 2006 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES David Leonhardt Jazz Group Concert Schedule February 22-25 The David Leonhardt Jazz Group in residency at The Cumberland County Community College Vineland NJ with workshops, An Evening Of Gershwin concert 2/24, and a Jazz For Kids Concert 2/25. www.cccnj.net/fpac/events.cfm February 26 The David Leonhardt Jazz Group at The Butler County Community College in concert near Pittsburgh, PA. www.bc3.edu/ culturalctr/singleshowtickets.htm February 27 The David Leonhardt Jazz Group Jazz For Kids concert Butler ...

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World Premiere of Donald Fagen's "Morph the Cat" on The Wave

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2006

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Joe Chambers and the Outlaw Band at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music February 28, 8:00 pm

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2006

Joe Chambers and the Outlaw Band

Joe Chambers drums and vibraphone with Misha Tsyganoff piano Dwayne Burno bass Javon Jackson tenor saxophone Logan Richardson* alto saxophone Woody Shaw III* drums

February 28, 8:00 pm The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music 55 West 13th St., Fifth Floor (between 5th & 6th Avenues) $10, FREE for students with valid ID, seniors, New ...

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Steve Waterman Contemporary Big Band Jazz Course 2006

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2006

STEVE WATERMAN CONTEMPORARY BIG BAND RESIDENTIAL JAZZ COURSE March 31st - April 2nd 2006 The Diplomat Hotel, Llanelli, South Wales SA15 3PJ

An opportunity to be part of a unique course focusing on contemporary big band music hosted by one of Europe's finest trumpet soloists, composers and educators. Steve Waterman will be covering ensemble, improvisation and sectional playing.

We are inviting intermediate to advanced adult players of. trumpet, trombone, saxophone, bass, piano, guitar, drums ...

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A Cappella Urban Sound Revisited

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2006

For the first time in over forty years, the street corner a cappella sound is back. Born on the banks of the Hudson River and cultivated along the corridor that stretches from Boston to Philadelphia, the vocal group sound is again off and running at high speed.

The team of Santiago & Dunham, a fifty-nine year old former singer and a thirty-eight-year-old record collector, has managed to spark international interest among record collectors, vocal group enthusiasts and lovers of the ...

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John Zorn's Acoustic Masada at TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
February 25, 2006

A true innovator and leader in avant-garde jazz, saxophonist John Zorn will be playing as part of the TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at The Music Hall, 147 Danforth Avenue, Toronto, at 7pm.

Drawing inspiration from an eclectic range of sources and using unconventional sounds, Zorn has been breaking, transforming and reshaping the boundaries of jazz for over three decades. Writing and performing music of astonishing breadth, Zorn has explored the gamut of ...

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Eddie Gomez & Mark Kramer-"Art of the Heart" CD Art of Life Records AL1019-2

Source: All About Jazz
February 24, 2006

Eddie Gomez & Mark Kramer: Art of the Heart on Art of Life Records AL1019-2 CD

Now available for ordering via our web site's secure server!!

Recorded on February 14, 2004 at Platinum Seven Studios in Pennsylvania, Art of the Heart features music popularized by Johnny Mathis, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole performed and arranged by the legendary bassist Eddie Gomez and the brilliant pianist Mark Kramer.

Best known for his work with pianist Bill Evans, Eddie ...

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