Jazz News

Rich Siegel Orchestra plays Fall Ball

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2005

November 17, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] This Saturday night come to one of New York City's best kept secrets: the “Fall Ball" at International House. Practice your favorite ballroom dance steps at an elegant formal ball with my 8-piece orchestra: Saturday Nov 19 from 8:30pm to 1 am THE RICH SIEGEL ORCHESTRA Fall Ball at The International House (in the ballroom) 500 Riverside Drive (near W. 122 St., across from Grant's Tomb) ...

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The Jazz Expressions perform @ Kavahaz November 19

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2005

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The Wycliffe Gordon Quartet At Creole Restaurant & Jazz Supper Club

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2005

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Susan Werner Sets "New Standards" with Marian McPartland on NPR

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2005

SUSAN WERNER Sets New Standards with Marian McPartland on NPR's Piano Jazz

Special Guest Performance to Air Week of Nov. 29 in National Syndication

“Werner has begun to turn heads among jazz and classic pop aficionados...Who is this woman who writes so cogently and with such flirtatious wordplay?" - Boston Herald

“Delightfully crafty and concise tunes that place classic pop mood-making in a contemporary light. In fact, if Bennett and k.d. lang ever collaborate in the studio again, ...

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Marsalis Music Launches Honors Series: Jimmy Cobb & Michael Carvin

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2005

MARSALIS MUSIC LAUNCHES HONORS SERIES WITH TWO LEGENDARY DRUMMERS

Jimmy Cobb and Michael Carvin are featured in Quartet Recording

Having established a commitment to documenting the music of emerging jazz artists, Marsalis Music now directs its focus to established, if often underappreciated, giants with a new Honors Series of recordings. Drummers Jimmy Cobb and Michael Carvin launch this ongoing project on March 7, 2006 with quartet discs produced by label head Branford Marsalis.

“We want to put the spotlight on ...

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Marley's Ghost taps Van Dyke Parks, R. Crumb on new album 'Spooked' out Feb. 21

Source: All About Jazz
November 18, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- Since forming 20 years ago, Marley's Ghost has built a singular reputation among discerning roots-music lovers for its ultra-tight four-part harmonies, instrumental virtuosity and animated live performances. On Spooked, the band's eighth album, yet its first to receive a full-fledged national release (on Sage Arts Records through Ryko Distribution), Marley's Ghost creates a musically sophisticated, thematically rich piece of work that serves as a belated coming-out party for a band that deserves to be more widely ...

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George Kahn's "Gnome Sayin'" Tops 800 Downloads in a Week

Source: All About Jazz
November 17, 2005

Pianist George Kahn's “Gnome Sayin'“ (Playing Records) was the first track to top 800 downloads in a single week at the AAJ Download Center.

The AAJ Download Center has been slowly building a following since its launch back on October 16th with guitarist Skip Heller's “The Shirley Scott Trio WAS the Time“.

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Julius Tolentino at Smoke Nov. 17

Source: All About Jazz
November 17, 2005

Come celebrate the CD release of Julius Tolentino's debut recording on the Sharp Nine Record Labe! “Just the Beginning" Thursday Nov 17, 2005 SMOKE 2751 Broadway New York, NY 212-864-6662 Julius Tolentino Sextet featuring Jeremy Pelt- trumpet Steve Davis- trombone Jeb Patton- piano David Wong- bass Pete VanNostrand- drums Fri & Sat Nov 18 & 19, 2005 Cecil's Jazz Club 364 Valley Road West Orange, NJ (973) 736-4800 Julius Tolentino Quintet featuring Steve Davis- trombone Jeb Patton- piano David Wong- ...

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