Jazz News

Early Jazz Legends and Legends in the making at the Lighthouse California 1950's & 60's

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

Early Jazz Legends and Legends in the making at the Lighthouse California 1950s & 60s Some unbelievably talented people during that time frame, never before or since has there been so many with so much talent, and to see a lot of them share a stage made it even better. Didn't happen with all of them but enough to just thrill those fortunate enough to be there. Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane, Dizzy and Frank Rosolino , (now that was ...

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Alma Micic live at Jazz Standard

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

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Higher Ground Fund Announces Grants for Greater New Orleans Area Musicians

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER's HIGHER GROUND FUND ANNOUNCES GRANTS FOR GREATER NEW ORLEANS AREA MUSICANS AND MUSIC INDUSTRY-RELATED ENTERPRISES

Applications Available at http://www.FoundationsForRecovery.org.

New York, NY November 1, 2005 The Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Fund, established by Jazz at Lincoln Center and administered through the Baton Rouge Area Foundation, announces grants for musicians and music industry-related enterprises from the Greater New Orleans area. Individuals and organizations affected by Hurricane Katrina can download applications and review eligibility requirements at www.FoundationsForRecovery.org. The ...

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Daylle Deanna Schwartz: Billboard Books author and music guru comes to Philadelphia on national book tour

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

Indie Music Nation Top Billboard Books Author Takes Her Lessons on the Road Philadelphia is 32nd stop on 3-Month Indie Music National Book Tour

Daylle Deanna Schwartz, author of the best-selling Start & Run Your Own Record Label and The Real Deal: How to Get Signed to a Record Label (Billboard Books), continues her 3-month Indie Music National Book Tour in Philadelphia. She will share some of the lessons in her latest book, I Don't Need a Record Deal! Your ...

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College Jazz Night: Jazz appreciation at its finest

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

To all you aspiring jazz performers or aficionados, this is your chance to shine. Tony Miceli, a multi-talented vibraphonist, is putting together a College Jazz Night at Chris' Jazz Cafe located at 1421 Sansom St.

Miceli is an adjunct faculty member at the University of the Arts and Rowan University, as well as a Curtis Institute of Music master class instructor. This event is to benefit people who are looking to network themselves, and to make connections with other artists ...

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Wallace Roney: Becoming Part of the Whole

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

The hush on stage at Joe's Pub was circumvented with the squeal of brass. It's piercing shrill evolved into a cacophony of instruments screaming, wailing, writhing, throbbing, breaching the silence with a language and tonality that took on a musical expression all its own. It had an intelligence that created and recreated itself while giving order to chaos. The Wallace Roney Band was playing pure jazz. They were playing the songs within their new CD Mystikal.

And indeed, an aura ...

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Jazz/funk/fusion band Berkana to perform Nov. 7 at NYC's 55 Bar

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

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Christian McBride Returns Home for the Kimmel Center's Third Annual Philly Jazz All-Star Night

Source: All About Jazz
November 1, 2005

Philadelphia Natives and Jazz Greats Christian McBride and Odean Pope to Perform in the Third Annual Philly Jazz All-Star Night at the Kimmel Center

Christian McBride Also Featuring Special Guest Ravi Coltrane on Saxophone

Please Note the Previously Announced Saxophonist Michael Brecker will not be Appearing

On Friday, November 18, at 8pm, Kimmel Center Presents invites some of the most talented Philadelphia-native jazz musicians working today back home for the third annual Philly Jazz All-Star Night. Featuring international ...

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