Jazz News

Jessica Williams concert tomorrow in San Francisco

Source: All About Jazz
November 2, 2005

We are thrilled to present legendary jazz pianist Jessica Williams in a special solo performance at our San Francisco store on Thursday, Nov. 3 at 8PM.

This is a rare opportunity to spend an intimate evening with Jessica as she presents the music of Ellington, Monk, Miles, Coltrane, and her originals on the Fazioli concert grand.

JESSICA WILLIAMS. solo piano; THURSDAY, November 3 at 8PM PIEDMONT PIANO CO., 660 3RD St. (between Townsend and Brannan) SAN FRANCISCO

$20 donation requested, ...

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Courtney Pine's Inspiration

Source: All About Jazz
November 2, 2005

The jazz musician reveals the cultural milestones in his life

Courtney Pine's debut album Journey to the Urge Within (1986) was the first British jazz album to make the top 40 in more than a decade. Smart-suited and prodigiously talented, the young saxophonist became a poster boy for British jazz, despite the fact that he was still playing predominantly American music.

Then something happened. “At the beginning of the '90s, I was doing the American set list," says Pine. “It ...

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Miss Max Records Announces New PT Gazell CD, "Swingin' Easy... Hittin' Hard"

Source: All About Jazz
November 2, 2005

Kingston Springs, TN PT Gazell has created a stunning new disc, Swingin Easy...Hittin Hard, that mixes elements of Jazz, Western Swing and Standard American Popular Music into a captivating collection of pure joy. From the first note, PT announces his intention to keep your toes tapping, your head boppin and your smile firmly in place. He achieves these lofty goals on the most common of instruments, the diatonic harmonica. He explores places with this deceptively difficult little instrument in ways ...

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The Birthplace of Cool? A Look at The Lighthouse California

Source: All About Jazz
November 2, 2005

Called by some “Birdland of the West", this venerable nightclub was the impetus of the West Coast jazz movement that started in the mid-1950s and lasted to the 1960s, guided by the Sunday Jazz Jam hosted by Howard Rumsey. Originally built in 1934 mere feet from the Pacific Ocean, the Lighthouse was a WWII hangout with a Polynesian theme that saw better days until John Levine bought it in the late 1940s. At the prodding of Howard Rumsey, he started ...

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AAJ October 2005 Visitors: 800,552

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

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Selected Vocal Works of Steve Lacy

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

Performed by Monika Heidemann, Josh Sinton, Oscar Noriega and Khabu Gnu Vox Vocal series curated by David Devoe Cornelia Street Cafe Thursday, Nov. 10 @ 10:00 P.M. $10 Singer Monika Heidemann, joined by reedists Josh Sinton and Oscar Noriega and guitarist Khabu will perform one set of vocal works by the late saxophonist/composer Steve Lacy as part of the Gnu Vox vocal series at Cornelia st. Cafe on Thursday, November 10,at 10:00 ...

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Jazz Musicians for Justice to Hold Benefit Concert for Bassist Tarik Shah

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

November 1, 2005, New York, NY - Jazz Musicians for Justice, a coalition of the creative, will hold a 6-hour benefit concert to raise money for the legal defense of musician / bassist Tarik Shah, Sunday, November 13 from 1:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Windows Over Harlem, 125th Street at Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. in the Harlem State Office Building. The event will feature internationally renowned musicians Bertha Hope, Onaje Allan Gumbs, George Braith, Kim Clarke, Donald Smith, Salim ...

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New Orleans Charity Fundraiser 17 November @ 333 in London

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

A groundbreaking musical event is taking place on 17th November 2005 at London’s legendary 333 Club, to raise money for the victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. ENSEMBLE is a unique collaborative project showcasing some of world’s leading Jazz Musicians, DJs from Drum N’ Bass (A.I, Storm), Breaks (Paul Arnold), and beyond. All the proceeds from this event will go to the Red Cross, who are providing essential relief aid to the thousands of people who are now homeless as ...

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