Jazz News

Pianist/arranger Tom Talbert dead at 80

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2005

LOS ANGELES - Tom Talbert, a self-taught pianist who arranged music for jazz greats such as Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton and Claude Thornhill, has died. He was 80.

Talbert died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a severe stroke, his family said.

Talbert became interested in arranging at age 15 after hearing big bands on the radio. During World War II, he joined the Army and became an arranger for a military band at Ft. Ord that ...

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Jim Saltzman Group at Greenwich Village Bistro - Saturday July 9, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2005

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Jazz Sizzles in New Exhibition at CAAM

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2005

Los Angeles – July 7, 2005 - In the words of New Orleans jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton, jazz was born with a “Spanish tinge." A bilingual traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian, “Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta,” will open at the California African American Museum on July 16, 2005 and remain on view until October 8, 2005. “Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta” tells the story of the evolution of Latin jazz in the United States. The exhibition offers a concise ...

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Patti Wicks Trio performing at The Jazz Standard in NYC

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2005

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The Manhattan Jazz Society Ongoing Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2005

The finest musicians in Manhattan will be appearing at the “Ongoing 2005 Jazz Festival” in the premiere performances of The Manhattan Jazz Society.

Marie's Jazz Club Thursdays in August (4,11,18,25) Sets at 6:30PM & 8PM 51 West 46th St NYC 212-944-7005 $10 Cover Charge

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The Cutting Room Tuesdays in August (2,9,16,23,30) Sets at 10:30PM & 12AM 19 West 24th St NYC ...

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The Alex Bellegarde Quartet: Winner of the Grand Prix de Jazz General Motors 2005

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2005

The Alex Bellegarde Quartet: Winner of the Grand Prix de Jazz General Motors 2005 Radio-Canada’s ‘Prix Étoiles Galaxie’ awarded to Sage Reynolds

Montreal, Friday, July 8, 2005 – The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal — in close collaboration with General Motors du Canada, partner and official presenter of the event for the sixth year in a row — is pleased to be awarding the Grand Prix de Jazz General Motors today to Alex ...

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Ribs & Brisket Revue/Vampire Suit/Luminescent Orchestrii & More This Weekend at the Cornelia Street Cafe

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2005

VESSELS OF SONG FESTIVAL July 8-10 at the 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 This Weekend At Cornelia Street Cafe Friday July 8, 8:30pm RIBS & BRISKET Revue (Paul Shapiro, saxophone, vocals; ...

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Sarah Manning On Artist Share

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2005

July 8, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Sarah Manning On Artist Share July 8th, 2005: While all eyes are on New York, Bay Area jazz artist Sarah Manning has been quietly emerging on the national jazz scene - with a sound all her own. According to Nat Hentoff, the twenty something alto saxophonist and composer “can swing as naturally as she breathes…an enlivening presence in the new generation of jazz makers. Manning plays ...

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