Jazz News

Andy Stein's Blue Four to perform in outdoor concert!

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2005

Paul Lustig Dunkel, Music Director and Conductor, and the Westchester Philharmonic continue Midsummer Music at Lasdon Park and Arboreteum with jazz featuring Andy Stein's Blue Four. This series of outdoor concerts scheduled at the picturesque Park has drawn nearly 1,000 picnicking families and friends listening to music from Mozart to traditional Irish. ?We finally have an opportunity to play in the backyard of our Northern Westchester neighbors, and we are enjoying it tremendously,? remarked Maestro Dunkel. ?In fact much of ...

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DVD Release From Terry Bozzio, Alex Machacek and Patrick O'Hearn

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2005

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Serial Underground – the non sequitur 6-pack brought to you by Composers Collaborative Inc. & The Cornelia Street Cafe

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2005

Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street Greenwich Village, NY 10014 Tel: 212-989-9319 Fax: 212-243-4207 Web: corneliastreetcafe.com between West 4th and Bleecker Sts, Greenwich Village 1,9 Subway to Sheridan Square; A, C, E, B, D, F to West 4th St. “a culinary as well as a cultural landmark" Mayoral Proclamation, City of New York 1987 Serial Underground – the non sequitur 6-pack brought to you by ComposersCollaborative inc. & The Cornelia Street Cafe 8:30 pm tue wed thu fri sat sun ...

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The Spirit Of Django Reinhardt 2005 Hot Swing Jazz - Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall July 27 – 7 pm

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2005

The GRAND MARNIER FOUNDATION presents “The SPIRIT OF DJANGO REINHARDT" 2005 - HOT SWING JAZZ - ! Returns to Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall July 27 – 7 pm DORADO SCHMITT, Legendary Guitarist, a Favorite, Returns !!! FLORIN NICULESCU, Major Swing Violinist from Rumania Arrives !!! The young Virtuoso JOSCHO STEPHAN and Trio from Germany - Debuts !!! Plus *** Special Guest: PAQUITO D'RIVERA and More…' The SPIRIT of DJANGO REINHARDT Concert event returns to Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall ...

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John Fedchock NY Big Band at Marie's Jazz Bar Tuesday, August 2nd Sets 9pm & 11pm

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2005

John Fedchock New York Big Band Makes Special Appearance at Marie's Jazz Bar and Performance Center for the Arts Tuesday, August 2 John Fedchock's New York Big Band makes their long-awaited return to New York City's small jazz clubs with a special performance at Marie's Jazz Bar And Performance Center For The Arts on Tuesday, August 2. Made up of New York's jazz elite, John Fedchock's New York Big Band is stocked with NYC's premier soloists featured in a variety ...

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New Children’s Book Designed to Get Kids Interested in Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2005

Jazz Isn’t Just for Cool Cats: It’s Also for Kids.

New children’s book designed to get kids interested in jazz.

All That the Dog Ever Wanted (Fields of Gold Publishing, Inc., Nashville, TN) is a whimsical, artistic approach at introducing jazz to a young audience. This picture book for children is about a dog named Django who wants to learn to play jazz in order to gain approval from his owner. In the end, Django learns to work ...

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Stomu Yamasta/Steve Winwood/Al DiMeola/Michael Shrieve- Go and Go Live Sessions

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2005

2005 Release, available only as an import Stomu Yamashta who was an exceptional percussionist and keyboardist from Berklee had an great inclination for fusion, jazz rock in mid-seventies, put this over the top group of exceptional and equally adventurous musicians featuring Steve Winwood (ex- Traffic, Blind Faith, Spencer Davis Group) and Michael Shrieve (Santana, Jonas Hellborg/Shawn Lane); guitarist Al DiMeola, bassist Rosko Gee (ex-Can, Traffic) and Klaus Schulze on the synthesizers. ! This has been a classic record and thankfully ...

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Kazumi Watanabe, Horacio 'El' Negro Hernandez and Richard Bona's MoBop DVD

Source: All About Jazz
July 21, 2005

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