Jazz News

Cheryl Bentyne@Blues Alley

Source: All About Jazz
September 26, 2005

Cheryl Bentyne at Blues Alley

Manhattan Transfer vocalist and solo recording artist Cheryl Bentyne will perform music from her new recording “Let Me off Uptown” Wednesday, October 5th at Washington, D.C.’s premier jazz supper-club, Blues Alley.

Bentyne’s second solo release for Telarc, “Let Me off Uptown”, is a tribute album to jazz great Anita O’Day and has received considerable critical attention. A vocal powerhouse herself, Bentyne is known for her graceful interpretive abilities and vivacious performing style. At home with ...

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'ASR Records Artist Donates CD Sales to Red Cross

Source: All About Jazz
September 26, 2005

'ASR Records Artist Donates CD Sales to Red Cross FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas City USA -- 'ASR Records recording artist, Chris Burnett has elected to have all proceeds from online purchases of his debut CD, “Time Flies", go to the American Red Cross for Hurricane Katrina Relief efforts until further notice. “It is a small way of giving something tangible in return to anyone who donates to this important effort. Donors are ...

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Clare Teal & Ian Shaw get it together....

Source: All About Jazz
September 26, 2005

UK singer Clare Teal stunned a packed audience at Scarborough jazz festival by making a surprise appearance on stage during a concert by Ian Shaw. The singer, signed to Sony records, had headlined the festival the day before where she had played to a sold out auditorium and was presumed by all the festival goers to be on her way to Durham for a concert at The Gala Theatre, but Clare stayed behind specially to sing with her friend who ...

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2nd Annual Chet Baker Tribute: Toronto

Source: All About Jazz
September 26, 2005

M3 and Lula Lounge presents: A night of live performances to honour and remember the late, great Chet Baker featuring Danny Depoe's All Star Quintet. With special guest of honour: Paul Baker (son of Chet Baker) Few musicians have embodied the romantic, and ultimately tragic, jazz figure as totally as Chesney “Chet" Baker (1929-88). Unschooled yet eloquent in his music, and a fast liver who somehow managed to survive for nearly six decades, the Baker mystique has only reinforced one ...

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Guitarist Nick Colionne Signs With Narada Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2005

NARADA JAZZ SIGNS SMOOTH JAZZ GUITARIST NICK COLIONNE

Narada Jazz is pleased to announce the signing of smooth jazz guitarist Nick Colionne to its stellar artist roster. Colionne's new album, his career fifth, will be released in early 2006.

A native of Chicago, Colionne has made a name for himself with his Wes Montgomery-inspired guitar style, punched up by smooth jazz's funkier and soulful side. Colionne's chops and showmanship have garnered him rave reviews from press across the country, touting ...

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SFJAZZ Hurricane Relief Concerts

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2005

TWO SFJAZZ CONCERTS DEDICATED TO HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF

OPENING NIGHT OF SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ FESTIVAL WITH ABBEY LINCOLN WILL BENEFIT THE NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS’ CLINIC

LAVAY SMITH, REALISTIC ORCHESTRA ON SEPTEMBER 29 WILL BENEFIT THE RED CROSS

SAN FRANCISCO, September 22, 2005 — SFJAZZ Executive Director Randall Kline today announced that the Opening Night concert of the 23rd Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival with legendary vocalist Abbey Lincoln will become a fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina relief. As an organization committed ...

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University of Nevada, Reno, Announces Hurricane Relief Benefit

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2005

UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ANNOUNCES SPECIAL HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF JAZZ CONCERT FEATURING NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS

The University of Nevada, Reno School of the Arts presents Mark Braud’s New Orleans Jazz Giants featuring Troy Davis in a special Hurricane Katrina Relief Jazz Concert, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, at 4 p.m. in Nightingale Concert Hall on the University campus. The opening act will be the University Jazz Combo, featuring drummer Tom Goicoechea, a displaced student from Loyola University ...

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NYU Presents Fall Jazz Master Class Series: Sept. 29 - Oct.19

Source: All About Jazz
September 25, 2005

NYU PRESENTS 9TH ANNUAL FALL JAZZ MASTER CLASS SERIES – FOUR NIGHTS OF MUSIC AND INSPIRATION: SEPT. 28; OCT. 5; OCT. 12, AND OCT. 19

Featured Artists: Eddie Gomez, Mark Kramer, Eric Lewis, Maria Schneider, and Tony Malaby

New York University’s Steinhardt School and its Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions present the Fall 2005 Jazz Master Class Series, beginning September 28.

The Jazz Master Classes present an opportunity for students and the public to interact and hear the ...

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