Jazz News

You're a classic, Charlie Brown

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2005

A Charlie Brown Christmas is 40 years old already? Good grief! Like a package waiting to be opened, television viewers young and old know they can depend every year on a special holiday gift: a host of ageless shows celebrating the Christmas season. Parents, grandparents and grandchildren anticipate the arrival of the traditional family classics -- from “A Christmas Carol" to “Jack Frost." One of the most popular, about a “blockhead" and his friends, celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. ...

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After 40 years, it's still a good special, Charlie Brown

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2005

The plot is thin. The pace is slow. The music is decidedly not rock 'n' roll. But A Charlie Brown Christmas is a beloved piece of Americana, despite its flaws and idiosyncrasies, or maybe because of them. There's reason to consider this cultural icon now because -- are you sitting down? -- the animated TV special turns 40 this year. That's right, it was 40 years ago that Charlie Brown first decried the commercialization of Christmas. Forty years ago he ...

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Cynthia Hilts Trio at Kavehaz, December 8, 6-9 pm

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2005

CYNTHIA HILTS TRIO will play original and amazing jazz at Kavehaz. Cynthia's unique piano and voice bring out the fire of her compositions. She is joined by master bassist Ron McClure and the transcendant Peter Grant on drums. It promises to be an exciting early soiree with new featured compositions “A Hedonist Learns Restraint" and “Dulcinea's Regret". Kavehaz is a sophisticated groove, at the same time that it is extremely comfortable. The food is great and there is no cover. ...

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Makanda Project to perform free concert at First Church in Roxbury

Source: All About Jazz
December 4, 2005

On Tuesday, December 6, at 8:00 pm, Rosbury Action Program will present the Makanda Project in a free concert at the First Church in Roxbury. The First Church is located in John Eliot Square, off Roxbury Street. For information phone 617-442-4400. The Makanda Project is an effort by a group of Boston musicians to bring to light some incredible music that otherwise would have remained unheard. When the great multi-instrumentalist and educator Makanda Ken McIntyre passed in 2001, he left ...

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Tonight: AACM 40th Anniversary Banquet/Concert with Muhal Richard Abrams, Nicole Mitchell

Source: All About Jazz
December 3, 2005

AACM 40th Anniversary Awards Banquet

Muhal Richard Abrams performs in a rare Chicago performance

Sat, December 3 Hermann Union Building 3241 S. Federal St. Chicago, IL 312-922-1900

Muhal Richard Abrams, solo performance Muhal Richard Abrams/Nicole Mitchell duet

Reception & Dinner: 5:00-8:00 PM Concert: 8:30 PM

Hermann Union Building (IIT Campus) 3241 S. Federal St. Chicago, IL ...

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R&B singer Joe Jones dies at 79

Source: All About Jazz
December 3, 2005

LOS ANGELES -- Joe Jones, a musician-turned producer who sang the 1961 R&B hit “You Talk Too Much" and went on to become an independent music publisher and advocate for black artists' rights, has died. He was 79.

Jones died Sunday in a Los Angeles hospital of complications from quadruple bypass surgery, said his 40-year-old son Dwayne Jones.

The New Orleans native, who in recent years battled colon and prostate cancer, went into the surgery in good sprits.

“The last ...

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Larra Skye - The World Disappears - CD Launch - Tues. Dec 6th - Montreal Bistro

Source: All About Jazz
December 2, 2005

Larra Skye THE WORLD DISAPPEARS CD Launch Tuesday, December 6th at 9pm Montreal Bistro Toronto, ON - Young singer / songwriter Larra Skye launches her debut album THE WORLD DISAPPEARS at one of Toronto's most prestigious jazz venues, The Montreal Bistro. Larra, at 22 years of age, has had a lifetime of experiences that have led to her unique voice as a musical storyteller. On the shelves of her family's bookstore were Larra's tools for learning to play guitar and ...

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Sugarloaf Music Presents Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 at the Lycian Centre

Source: All About Jazz
December 2, 2005

December 2, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES PRESS ROOM For Immediate Release 10/31/05 Contact: Craig Wachsman Sugarloaf Music, Inc. 845-258-5518 email: [email protected] Sugarloaf Music Series proudly presents Grammy Nominee & Winner of the Big Easy Music Award for Best Cajun Artist New Orleans Own Bruce Daigrepont Cajun Band www.brucedaigrepont.com Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 7:30 pm at The Pavilion In the Lycian Centre Kings Highway Sugar Loaf, NY Reservations available (845) 986-6463 $25.00 includes admission and Free Cajun & ...

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