Jazz News

Coltrane Still Has Steam: New Live Set Storms Jazz Chart

Source: All About Jazz
October 27, 2005

By Chris Morris Hollywood Reporter

In a surprising development, saxophone trailblazer John Coltrane accounted for two of the top three jazz albums last week, 38 years after his death.

The two-CD Impulse! set One Down, One Up: Live at the Half Note entered at No. 3 on Billboard's top jazz albums chart for the week of Oct. 29. Sitting at No. 2 was Blue Note's recently released album by the Thelonious Monk Quartet with Coltrane, At ...

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Pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs Performs at Kitano's, 12/2-12/3/05

Source: All About Jazz
October 27, 2005

Pianist Onaje Allan Gumbs performs at Kitano Jazz Club in New York on December 2 and December 3. Sets start at 8:00 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.

Harlem-born, Queens-raised, Onaje Allan Gumbs has enjoyed a career as first-call sideman, valued arranger and composer, producer, and most importantly, bandleader and recording artist. Many will remember him for his vital contributions to such Woody Shaw classics as Moontrane, and Rosewood, to which he lent his exceptional composing and arranging skills. Still others will ...

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Argentine vocalist Sofia Koutsovitis' Group tonight @ Cornelia St. Cafe!

Source: All About Jazz
October 27, 2005

Sofia Koutsovitis Group @ Cornelia Street Cafe Thursday, October 27, 2005 10 PM (Gretchen Parlato appears at 8:30) ONE NIGHT ONLY!

featuring: Sofia Koutsovitis, vocals; Dan Blake, soprano and tenor sax; Adam Schneit, alto sax /clarinet; Eric Bloom, trumpet; Leo Genovese, piano; Jorge Roeder, bass; Richie Barshay, drums; Jorge Perez Albela, percussion

“Sofia Koutsovitis is a remarkable singer. Her rich, warm alto is equally at home with quick latin rhythms and sensuous ballads.

Her ...

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Announce Fall Tour with 'The Sameness of Difference'

Source: All About Jazz
October 26, 2005

"The Sameness of Difference features JFJO's patented improvisational brilliance on a set divided by remarkable originals and startlingly arranged covers ...With an expanded and insanely broad songbook to choose from, the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey has deservedly become one of the most talked about Jazz trios in recent memory." - Cincinnati City Beat

Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey gets back on the road (as if they ever left) to support the release of their brand new studio album, The ...

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BET Jazz Fall 2005 Programming Highlights

Source: All About Jazz
October 26, 2005

BET Jazz: The 24-Hour Jazz Channel Fall 2005 Programming Highlights

With New Episodes of Journey With Jazz At Lincoln Center, Studio Jams, SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions, Montreal Jazz Festival, Non-Stop Hits and Jazz Legends

BET Jazz: The 24-Hour Jazz Channel presents a new fall season of original programming that kicks off on October 27 with the fourth season of Journey With Jazz At Lincoln Center. The exciting programming continues with new episodes of Studio Jams, SOLOS: The Jazz Sessions, Montreal ...

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Secret Society returns to CBGB

Source: All About Jazz
October 26, 2005

Secret Society, an 18-piece band led by composer Darcy James Argue, returns to the site of their first New York performance with a gig at the CBGB Lounge (313 Bowery between East 1st Street and Bleeker) on Wednesday, November 2 at 10 PM. The cover charge is $10. This edition of Secret Society welcomes saxophonists Jason Rigby (Trio Colossus) and Dan Willis (John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble) into the fold, as well as the return of Secret Society regulars Ingrid Jensen ...

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"Salute to Kenny Davern" Highlights in Jazz Thursday, December 1 8PM Tribeca Performing Arts Center

Source: All About Jazz
October 26, 2005

October 26, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] For Immediate Release HIGHLIGHTS IN JAZZ PRESENTS 3RD CONCERT OF THEIR 33RD SEASON “Salute to Kenny Davern" feat. The Statesmen of Jazz New York, NY October 26, 2005 Jack Kleinsinger's “Highlights in Jazz," New York's longest running jazz series, is pleased to announce their third series concert Thursday, December 1, 2005 - “Salute to Kenny Davern" featuring The Statesmen of Jazz with Wycliffe Gordon, Houston Person, ...

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Spike Wilner & Planet Jazz at Smoke Thursday, October 27th. Sets at 9:00, 10:30, & 12:00 am

Source: All About Jazz
October 26, 2005

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