Jazz News

Jazz Organist Bernie Thompson Dead From Heart Attack

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2005

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Alaadeen played on WRTI, Temple University Public Radio

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2005

Thanks to WRTI radio station and Jazz Programmer, Jeff Duperon for adding Alaadeen's selection “Time's Up" from the brand new CD, “New Africa Suite" to his 7-9 pm “Straight Ahead" radio program. See Jeff's playlist: http://www.wrti.org/programming/playlist/searchindex/jul_05/pljul1605_jazz.html Jeff Duperon hosts a hard-driving, two-hour romp through the jazz we have come to know and love as mainstream. The last Saturday of every month, Bob Perkins and Harrison Ridley, Jr., host Jump Street Jazz, the new spot for local jazz luminaries. WRTI, Temple ...

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Hometown Scamps Return to 2005 Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2005

KANSAS CITY -- Kansas City is where it all started for the Scamps, a veteran Rhythm and Blues band that launched their jazz careers more than six decades ago. Now, the group is home again and part of a key lineup of entertainers scheduled to perform at the Labor Day 2005 Kansas City Music Blues and Jazz Festival at the Woodlands Horse Track. This historic vocal group came together during their days in the Civilian Conservation Camp (CCC) workforce of ...

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Next Stop: NYC subway musician compilation drops this week

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2005

FOLLOW THE TRACKS TO SONGS FROM THE UNDERGROUND: NYC SUBWAY A Compilation Featuring the Best NYC Subway Performers (New York, NY- July 7th, 2005) Headset Productions, a New York based artist development company, is set to release Songs from the Underground: NYC Subway late this summer. The album, which will be distributed nationally through traditional and alternative outlets, is a compilation disc of musicians and artists who share their talents with commuters and hone their craft in the subways of ...

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Inside Passages with Ingrid Jensen, on Artist Share

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2005

July 20, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Inside Passages with Ingrid Jensen, on ArtistShare Trumpeter Ingrid Jensen has been highly visible on the jazz scene for over 12 years, making award winning recordings, performing globally at festivals and clubs, and establishing herself as a first rate educator at high-schools, universities and jazz camps. She currently has four CDs out as a leader and can be heard on countless others, including Grammy award winning Maria Schneider's, Concert in the ...

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Gary Lucas Upcoming Shows

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2005

July 20, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Gary Lucas Upcoming Shows Thursday, July 21st 35MM Theater, Moscow, Russia - -Gary Lucas plays his original solo guitar score accompanying the silent film “The Golem" (1920, d. Paul Wegener and Carl Boese) Saturday July 23rd “House Of Cinema" (DOM KINO), St. Petersburg, Russia—Gary Lucas plays “The Golem" Monday July 25th Club Moloko, St. Petersburg, Russia—Gary Lucas and guitarist Alexei Pliousnine Saturday July 30th The Livingroom, ...

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'Asr Records Signs Pianist Sumi Tonooka

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 'ASR SIGNS TONOOKA Article by: Victoria Dunfee

Kansas City USA -- 'ASR RECORDS announces the addition of Sumi Tonooka - the established New York based pianist, composer, clinician and producer to our artist roster. Sumi Tonooka has been surprising and delighting audiences — and quietly piling up accolades from jazz writers and her fellow musicians. Leslie Gourse, of Jazz Times, describes her artistry with such phrases as: “Fierce, fascinating composer and pianist . . . ...

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Polar Bear nominated for Mercury Music Prize

Source: All About Jazz
July 20, 2005

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