Jazz News

Dave Douglas Kicks off International Multi-Media Tour

Source: All About Jazz
October 8, 2005

DAVE DOUGLAS KICKS OFF INTERNATIONAL MULTI-MEDIA TOUR WITH WORLD PREMIER OF KEYSTONE ON OCTOBER 1 AT THE PARAMOUNT CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

Keystone is Dave Douglas’ Twenty-Third Recording of Original Music and a CD/DVD Homage to Silent Film Legend Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle Available Exclusively at www.greenleafmusic.com on September 20!

On Saturday, October 1, 2005 at 8:00 PM, critically acclaimed trumpeter/composer Dave Douglas, and his newest ensemble Keystone, will present the world premier of Douglas’ new multi-media project: original music ...

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Tonight, Oct 7: Chico O’Farrill Afro Cuban Orchestra performs at 7:30 PM

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2005

The Chico O’Farrill Afro Cuban Orchestra, conducted by Arturo O’Farrill, will perform tonight, along with the Afro Latin Jazz Dance Company, at Saint Peter's Church, 619 Lexington Ave, at 54th St. This event is part of the All Nite Soul Jazz Festival 2005, October 2 - 9, celebrating forty years of Jazz Ministry at Saint Peter's Church. Live performances by living legends, artwork and photography by jazz musicians, documentary films, tributes to women jazz pioneers and newly commissioned works of ...

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Clare Teal duets with 60s Pop Legend Live in Scotland

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2005

Clare Teal performed Live on Stage with pop legend Tony Christie as part of BBC Radio 2’s Live from Aberdeen week. Clare performed songs from her latest chart hit album “Don’t Talk” as well as “I’m Beginning To Se The Light” from her 2003 album “The Road Less Travelled” . She also joined Tony in a unique duet of the oscar winning “A Whole New World” taken from the film Aladdin. The complete show “Friday Night Is Music Night” can ...

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Secada, Pizzarelli, Caldwell on Mister Rogers Tribute CD

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2005

Memory Lane Syndication, Inc. is proud to announce the release of ‘Songs from the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers, ’ a starry musical tribute to the amazing song- writing talents of Mister Fred Rogers. The release, which features an audio CD and “making of” music DVD featuring behind-the-scenes interviews with all of the artists, is slated to be available nationwide on retail store shelves the week of October 25th. Twelve top artists - who together have earned more than ...

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Jazz At Lincoln Center Celebrates Thelonious Monk

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2005

Jazz at Lincoln Center celebrates the great Thelonious Monk's birthday throughout October with a series of concerts and events dedicated to the legendary jazz pianist's style and genius. Beginning Tuesday, October 25th, in the Irene Diamond Education Center at 7:00pm, Jazz at Lincoln Center launches the first Jazz Talk of the 2005-06 season with Rhythm-a-ning: Thelonious Monk. Monk said: ÒA genius is one who is most like himself, and by this standard, Monk's brilliance was unmatched. Professor and Monk biographer ...

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Jazz at CCM Welcomes Clayton Brothers Quintet

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2005

The University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) presents “In a Whirl of Jazz 6, ” its sixth annual jazz benefit concert and supper on Sunday, October 23 at 5 p.m. in Corbett Auditorium. Hosted by the Friends of CCM, the event features a concert performance by acclaimed bassist and jazz arranger John Clayton and the Clayton Brothers Quintet with CCM’s Faculty Jazz Artists and Student Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Rick VanMatre. Also that evening, the Blue Wisp ...

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Finding Dixieland

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2005

The birthplace of jazz may have been affected by the hurricane, but what about its heritage and musical roots? By Megan Wright The Shorthorn staff Hurricane Katrina changed a lot about the South. Homes that have stood their ground for years blew away like newspapers in the wind. The streets resembled rivers, and people who had firm roots in their communities packed up and headed elsewhere. The face of the once culturally affluent New Orleans and ...

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24th Cape May Jazz Festival, A Tribute to Herbie Mann, November 11-13

Source: All About Jazz
October 7, 2005

The 24th Cape May Jazz Festival presented by Bank of America kicks off Friday November 11 honoring the late premier jazz flutist, Herbie Mann….voted Number One jazz flutist for 13 years by Downbeat Magazine. Long before “world music” was coined, Herbie was exploring the rhythms of Africa, India, Cuba, Jamaica and especially Brazil. Mann performed to a sell out crowd at the Cape May Jazz Festival April 1999 and November 2002. At his last appearance he asked if Cape May ...

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