Jazz News

Kingston Jazz Festival Sunday, June 26, 200512:00 to 7:00 p.m. Free Admission To All Events

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2005

June 22, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] KINGSTON INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL (Kingston, New York) Planet Arts is pleased to announce the kick-off of the Kingston Jazz Festival (Down by the river in the Rondout section of Kingston, NY). The FREE event will take place on Sunday, June 26 - 2005. Non stop jazz will start at 12:00 noon and continue through 7:00 PM. The ALL-STAR lineup includes: 12:00 PM The Groningen Art Ensemble ...

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Alligator Recording Artist Guitar Shorty to Perform in Levittown

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2005

"Raucous, incendiary blues and explosive, bone crunching guitar." - Living Blues

Master bluesman Guitar Shorty will celebrate the release of his Alligator Records CD Watch Your Back with a live performance in Levittown. Credited with influencing Jimi Hendrix, Shorty has been electrifying audiences for five decades with his supercharged live shows and his incendiary recordings (beginning in 1957 with a Willie Dixon-produced single on the Cobra label). Shorty's album Watch Your Back was nominated for two W.C. Handy ...

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"Elevator to the Gallows" film re-released with classic Miles Davis soundtrack

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2005

In June 2005, Rialto Pictures will re-release Louis Malle’s 1957 French thriller Elevator to the Gallows (aka Lift to the Scaffold), starring Jeanne Moreau. The film is not only renowned for starting the French New Wave, but also for Miles Davis’ legendary score — arguably the most famous jazz film score ever recorded.

In Jazz Magazine, Jean-Louis Comoli wrote: “Without the music of Miles Davis, Lift to the Scaffold would have remained a relatively minor film. By participating in the ...

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Blue Note Records Announces the June 28 Release of Bill Charlap Plays George Gershwin: The American Soul

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2005

On The American Soul, pianist Bill Charlap augments his acclaimed trio (bassist Peter Washington & drummer Kenny Washington) with an A-list horn section that includes alto saxophonist Phil Woods, tenor saxophonist Frank Wess, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, & trombonist Slide Hampton, as he delivers a fresh take on the well-worn Gershwin songbook like only Charlap could.

Charlap also takes the helm of one of New York City's premiere Jazz institutions when his inaugural season as the Artistic Director of the 92nd ...

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EMA Production Announces Booking Division

Source: All About Jazz
June 22, 2005

NEW YORK / June 17, 2005

EMA Production has just announced the addition of a booking division to their expanding repertoire of entertainment services. Having signed to their roster vocalist Antonia Bennett, Italian saxist Ada Rovatti and many others, EMA is proud to represent quality live music by emerging artists, established musicians as well as industry veterans.

Founded in early 2005 by Martina Smitka, the diverse and extensive roster of artists allows EMA to offer showcases for every type of ...

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The Jazz Gallery To Observe 10th Anniversary Sep - Dec 2005 With Special Series Celebrating Musicians & Themes That Helped Establish Venue Over Past Decade

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2005

Festivities At Lower Manhattan Performance-Gallery Space Acclaimed for Eclectic Music , Visual Arts & Literary Programming Begin Sept 6 & 7 With Photo Exhibition “Los Musicos en Cuba” & Trumpeter Roy Hargrove NEW YORK, NY (June 21, 2005) The Jazz Gallery -- a visionary not-for-profit performance and exhibition space in lower Manhattan praised by the artists it presents, its patrons and the media for the eclectic musical, visual and literary programs it curates -- will commemorate its first decade with ...

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Latin Jazz @ The Blue Note (NY) with vocalist Adela Dalto

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2005

Monday, June 27, 2005 Latin Jazz at Blue Note, the world's most famous jazz club featuring: ........ADELA DALTO(vocals) plus: Edsel Gomez (piano), Adam Cruz (drums), Jacques Schwarz-Bart (sax), Pernell Saturnino (percussion), and Ricky Rodriguez (bass) Shows at 8:00 and 10:30pm The Blue Note 131 W. 3rd Street, NYC 212-475-8592 BIOGRAPHY -

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Trombonist/Composer Phil Ranelin selected "best jazz artist" by LA Weekly Music Awards

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2005

PHIL RANELIN RECEIVES BEST JAZZ ARTIST AWARD Master trombonist/composer, Phil Ranelin, was selected by the LA Weekly as the 2005 “Best Jazz Artist” as part of the Annual LA Weekly Music Awards!!! This local recognition of Ranelin comes in the wake of his year-long artist-in-residency at Westminster Presbyterian Church where he presented a concert in tribute to Hampton Hawes, honoring Hampton Hawes Day in Los Angeles (November 13th “henceforth”) and four Jazz Appreciation Workshops in Councilman Martin Ludlow’s 10th District. ...

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