Jazz News

Harlem Speaks Presents Author and Journalist Herb Boyd Thursday, August 25th 6:30pm-8:00pm

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2005

August 22, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Jazz Museum in Harlem 104 East 126th Street New York, NY 10035 www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org Harlem Speaks Presents Author and Journalist Herb Boyd Herb Boyd (August 25th) New York, NY (August 18, 2005) With 40+ years of journalism under his belt, Harlemite Herb Boyd can speak with authority about his field, especially as it relates to jazz. He’s a long-time devotee of the music ...

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Les Paul Tonight-Mingus Big Band Tue.-Ed Palermo Plays Zappa Wed.-Aug. 25-28 Eric Reed's Dolphy Project at The Iridium Jazz Club

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2005

August 22, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB 1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st) NEW YORK, NY 10023 RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121, www.iridiumjazzclub.com Sets at 8 & 10PM EVERY MONDAY LES PAUL AND HIS QUARTET EVERY TUESDAY THE MINGUS BIG BAND EVERY WEDNESDAY ED PALERMO BIG BAND PLAYS THE MUSIC OF FRANK ZAPPA Every Sunday Starting at 11:00AM Gospel Brunch featuring BISHOP NATHANIEL TOWNSLEY, JR. AND THE GOSPEL JUBILEE This Week at The Iridium ...

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Beta Monkey Music Releases Jazz Essentials: Acoustic Drum Loops and Samples for Traditional Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jazz Essentials: Acoustic Drum Loops and Samples for Traditional Jazz It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing! As the first release in Beta Monkey Music's Signature Series, the new Jazz Essentials offers authentic and expressive drum loops for traditional jazz. The royalty-free collection features more than 400 loops in pure and true detail, covering authentic jazz phrasing from a cool and relaxed 100 bpm, a blistering bop at 325 bpm and all points ...

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Synthesizer Innovator Robert A. Moog Dies

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2005

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Robert A. Moog, whose self-named synthesizers turned electric currents into sound and opened the musical wave that became electronica, has died. He was 71. Moog died Sunday at his home in Asheville (NC), according to his company's Web site. He had suffered from an inoperable brain tumor, detected in April. A childhood interest in the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments, would lead Moog to a create a career and business that tied the ...

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Guitarist Gene Ess "Sandbox and Sanctum" New album release.

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2005

“Sandbox and Sanctum” is Ess’s latest work. It is a series of eight (8) original compositions tied together into a song cycle for quartet. The music takes us through an audio journey of all things innocently joyful and sacred in our lives. The performance on this album is filled with individual fire and collective coherence. The album features master bassist Harvie S, along with expressive drummer Gene Jackson and Grammy nominated, Donny McCaslin. Both McCaslin and Jackson add their prodigious ...

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Cynthia "C" Basinet Honored with Nobel Prize Nom

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2005

Recording artist and actress Cynthia “C" Basinet is among this years Nobel Peace Prize nominees. Known for her hit “Santa Baby", this talented musician is also a humanitarian. She is honored for drawing attention to the plight of 200,000 refugees living in the Western Sahara desert. The refugee camps are 80% women and children, and their plight touches Basinet deeply as a woman, and a single mother. Only 12 women have ever won the Peace prize (80 men and 12 ...

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169 Bar Hosts Jazz Vocalist Sarah Lynch with Greg Skaff, Phil Palombi & Mark Ferber

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2005

New York City-based vocalist Sarah Lynch appears Monday, August 22nd at 169 Bar with Greg Skaff on guitar, Phil Palombi on bass, and Mark Ferber on drums.

Greg Skaff's latest CD, “Ellington Boulevard", is on the Zoho record label and has garnered critical praise. In addition to leading his own trio, he also works regularly with Bobby Watson, David “Fathead" Newman, and Gloria Lynne.

Bassist Phil Palombi, who plays both internationally and in New York, performs and records with such ...

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Karmyn Tyler now on i tunes

Source: All About Jazz
August 22, 2005

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