Jazz News

Leading Underground and Indie Music Site opens online music store

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2005

MADISON, WI, December 5, 2005 - Underground and indie music fans just gained a huge new source for downloadable music. Broadjam.com, one of the world's largest websites serving unsigned musicians, has now empowered fans to purchase original music. And the company's payout to artists is among the highest on the Web. Broadjam.com is currently home to over 40,000 artist members, and 170,000 songs have already been uploaded to the popular site. One feature that makes Broadjam appealing for fans is ...

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David Amram (Mon) Arturo O'Farrill (Tue) Speakeasy (Wed) Gnu Vox (Thurs) & More This Week at Cornelia St. Cafe

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2005

December 5, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich Village, NY 10014 Tel: 212-989-9319 Fax: 212-243-4207 Web: corneliastreetcafe.com between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1,9 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, F to West 4th St. This Week at Cornelia Street Cafe Dec 5 - Dec 11 Monday Dec 05 6:00PM TWO NOVELISTS Angelo Verga, host John High; Andrea Libin new work from ...

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A Piano-Plus Jazz Series Dec 5th Jim Ridl Piano Jazz Duo with Diane Monroe on Violin

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2005

December 5, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Reminder!!! RobertaOnTheArts.com and A.C. Pianocraft, Inc. www.RobertaOnTheArts.com and http://www.acpianocraft.com/ homepage.asp Are Pleased to Announce A Piano-Plus Jazz Series December 5, 8:00 - 10:00 PM! December 5, 2005, Jim Ridl Piano Jazz Duo with Diane Monroe on Violin See Jim Ridl CD Review: http://www.robertaonthearts.com/id454.html All Concert Profits to be sent to The New Orleans Musicians' Clinic http://wwoz.org/clinic/ $20/Ticket, At the Door, Includes 8 - 10 PM Concert, ...

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Les Paul (Tonight) Mingus Big Band (Tue.) Dec. 7-11 Steve Smith & Vital Information at The Iridium Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2005

December 5, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS QUARTET EVERY TUESDAY THE MINGUS BIG BAND This Week at The Iridium Dec. 7-11 STEVE SMITH VITAL INFORMATION FRANK GAMBALE, TOM COSTER, BARON BROWNE _____________________________________________________________________ ________ Next Week Dec. 14-18 CECIL TAYLOR PRESENTS AHA CECIL TAYLOR-PIANO TONY OXLEY-PERCUSSION JACKSON KRALL-DRUMS ...

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Mike Marshall and Chris Thile, "Live Duets" Available January 24, 2006!

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2005

"The two best mandolinists in the world and right up there among musicians of any persuasion." --THE TENNESSEAN

LIVE DUETS is a full-scale event! A must-hear for lovers of top-notch musicianship and creativity ... and a chance for all to experience two masters stretching out!

Mandolin masters Mike Marshall and Chris Thile supported their historic collaboration on 2003's INTO THE CAULDRON with a small run of must-see tour dates. At those precious handful of shows, two of the most talented ...

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Tonight! Annual Coltrane Tribute at Sweet Rhythm, Mon., Dec. 5, 8 & 10pm sets

Source: All About Jazz
December 5, 2005

The John Coltrane Ensemble Directed by Reggie Workman

Featuring Students from the New School University Jazz & Contemporary Music Program Performing Classic Coltrane Selections With New Lyrics Created and Sung by a New School Student Monday, Dec, 5, 2005 Sets @ 8pm and 10pm General Admission-$10.00 Free for Students With I.D. @ Sweet Rhythm 88 Seventh ...

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"My Favorite Things" for the week of 12/04/05

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2005

http://www.mftjazz.com We open this edition of My Favorite Things with new music from pianist Robert Glasper and close the hour with traditional music of the holiday season. Along the way we also listen to a reissued recording of classic stride piano as well as music from Miles Davis among others. Join us for all this and more on this week's edition of My Favorite Things. This week's tunes: Riot - Robert Glasper - Canvas East of the Sun - Heath ...

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Charlie Brown's holiday staple humbly marks 40 years

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2005

Years before the VCR, the Schulz family had tapes of “A Charlie Brown Christmas." But that didn't mean the special's creator, the late Charles Schulz, didn't lament a missed opportunity to see it “live." “We did try to watch it when were home and sometimes we'd be out and he'd say 'Oh drat, it's on tonight," remembers Schulz' wife Jeannie. “For some reason, when you watch it on television at the time that it's broadcast, I think you have a ...

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