Jazz News

Tom Teasley in Performance: World Wind and Percussion on December 18 in Alexandria, VA

Source: All About Jazz
December 6, 2005

The Washington Post calls local drummer Tom Teasley “a composer and a percussionist in the widest and most exuberant sense of the word." This December, listeners can enjoy Tom's music and join in helping the less fortunate in our community. Tom and his new trio present World Wind and Percussion, 3:00 pm Sunday, December 18, at Mount Vernon Unitarian Church, 1909 Windmill Lane in Alexandria, Virginia. It is the second in the BioRhythms series to benefit the Bryant Early Learning ...

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Early Music Flows in the Mainstream According to New National Study

Source: All About Jazz
December 6, 2005

Survey finds nearly 100 million Americans listen to Early Music every year Seattle, Washington. The new national study by Early Music America finds that early music is an integral part of classical music making in North America, with an astonishing 98.5 million American adults listening to some early music in the past year on radio or on recordings. About 21.4 million of these attended a live performance of early music in the last year. The early music movement, which focuses ...

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Before NEC Residency, Django Bates Writes Own Biography

Source: All About Jazz
December 6, 2005

In Anticipation of His New England Conservatory Residency, December 7 - 8, Django Bates Has Supplied His Own Biography.

Django was born in a house near New Beckenham Station. A ropy, semitone flat D'Almaine Piano was the most fascinating toy in the house. He found the clatter of railway workers working throughout the night comforting, but had recurring nightmares about a Hippopotamus head slowly moving from one side of the ceiling to the other, and of having fluttering moths stuck ...

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Tim Collins group at FAT CAT 12/7

Source: All About Jazz
December 6, 2005

Vibraphonist Tim Collins will be performing at FAT CAT jazz club in New York City on Wednesday, December 7th. The group will feature Joel Frahm (tenor), Matt Blostein (alto), Aaron Parks (piano), Matt Clohesy (bass), and Simon Lott (drums). The show starts at 10pm and cover charge is $10. Tim has recently recorded his second album as a leader entitled “Valcour", soon to be released on Fresh Sound Records. His first release, a self-produced album titled “Live In Concert" received ...

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Jazz Vocalist Lynette Washington Performing at CREOLE

Source: All About Jazz
December 6, 2005

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New Book about Miles' Most Misunderstood Music: "Running the Voodoo Down: The Electric Music of Miles Davis"

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2005

San Francisco--Though he's revered for his work from the 1950s to the mid '60s, jazz legend Miles Davis spent the entire second half of his career--from 1967 until his death in 1991--exploring electric music. Running the Voodoo Down: The Electric Music of Miles Davis examines this quarter-century of musical innovation in detail and reveals its importance to Davis's career and to music and culture in America and around the world. According to Milo Miles, music reviewer, “Fresh Air with Terry ...

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Original Lady-Outlaw Jessi Colter Readies First New Solo Album In 20 Years: "Out Of The Ashes"

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2005

In Stores February 21st From Shout! Factory, the New Don Was-Produced CD Features Guest Vocals by Shooter Jennings, Tony Joe White and Waylon Jennings

Jessi Colter is the real thing. Truth and beauty. No music is closer to the music in my soul. -- Kris Kristofferson

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Original country outlaw Jessi Colter breaks a 20-year silence as she prepares to release Out Of The Ashes, her first new solo album since 1984. Produced by longtime friend and ...

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Charley Harrison New CD: Keeping My Composure

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2005 CHARLEY HARRISON COMPOSER/ARRANGER AND CONDUCTOR ANNOUNCES PRODUCTION OF NEW CD, KEEPING MY COMPOSURE. Los Angeles, CA...Composer, arranger and conductor Charley Harrison is pleased to announce the production start of his new C3 Records CD, KEEPING MY COMPOSURE with the Chicago Jazz Orchestra. Special guest artists include vocalists Freddie Cole, Kurt Elling and Sara Gazarek. Instrumental soloists include Cedar Walton on piano and Bobby Broom on guitar. The eleven song CD of originals and standards ...

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