Jazz News

El Eco at Freihofer's Jazz Festival Saturday, June 25th Saratoga Springs, New York

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2005

June 17, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] PRESS RELEASE: EL ECO BRAZILIAN ARGENTINE JAZZ NEWS UPDATE: EL ECO will be appearing at FREIHOFER'S JAZZ FESTIVAL at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saturday, June 25. The festival is co-produced by George Wein and Festival Productions, and takes place in Saratoga Springs, New York. EL ECO features: Hendrik Meurkens (GERMANY): harmonica (Ivan Lins) Kim Nazarian (ARMENIA/US): vocals (Grammy Award) Fernando Huergo (ARGENTINA): bass (Jeff Ballard) ...

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This Weekend at Cornelia Street Cafe June 17 thg June 19th

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2005

June 17, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] 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 June 17 thg June 19 Friday ...

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Catch the Next Wave in Toronto

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2005

The TD Canada Trust Downtown Toronto Jazz Festival presents The Next Wave Series, a fusion of live music and visual arts that will make your senses dance. Digital media artists accompany music as it is created to enhance your audio and visual experience.

All Next Wave Series performances will be at the National Film Board Cinema, 150 John St. @ 8 pm. This avant-garde series runs from Friday, June 24 to Wednesday, June 29 and includes a wide range of ...

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Rising Star Jazz Trumpet Player Maurice Brown to Perform at The Jazz Bakery June 21-26, 2005

Source: All About Jazz
June 17, 2005

Award winning jazz trumpet player and rising star in the jazz world, Maurice Brown will be performing at The Jazz Bakery in Culver City, Calif., from June 21-26, 2005. The young trumpet player has played with many respected jazz veterans and urban contemporaries. Culver City, CA (PRWEB) June 14, 2005 -- Award winning trumpet player and rising star in the jazz world, Maurice Brown will be performing with the Maurice Brown Quintet at The Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles (Culver ...

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Spazzy Winston Plays a Tribute to Bud Powell at the Museum of the City of New York

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2005

In keeping with the Museum’s popular exhibit, Glamor, New York Style, Paul Winston, an inheritor of that unique expression of urban style called “jazz," will be celebrating the work of one if its finest practictioners, Bud Powell.

Born in Harlem in 1924, Powell achieved his greatest expression as a jazz pianist in the style known as “Bebop." He was a great influence on most of his more well-known contemporaries like Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis.

The program includes ...

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Guitarist/Composer Björn Wennås' Static Coming July 12th

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2005

BOSTON, MA -- On July 12th, Swedish-born guitarist/composer Björn Wennås will release Static (Beartones 003), featuring fellow Boston scene veterans Carmen Marsico (vocals), Phil Grenadier (trumpet), Michel Reis (piano), Bruno Råberg (bass), and Ziv Ravitz (drums). Static's eight tracks are performed by combinations of musicians ranging from duo to sextet, and feature both original music and unusual arrangements of seminal pieces by Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk and John Coltrane. Wennås will celebrate the CD's release live July 24th at the ...

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Hilario Duran Trio & 20 Piece All Star Big Band

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2005

Hilario Duran and his trio, comprised of Cuban-born Duran, renowned Canadian bassist, Roberto Occhipinti and Grammy award winner, Cuban-born percussionist Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez, have taken the wonderful classic Cuban music called Danzon to new heights. New Danzon, a fresh and vibrant Latin jazz offering, blends the traditional with sophisticated be-bop and technical musical mastery. Captured on disc by Alma Records and distributed by Universal Music, this fantastic CD was released September 2004.

Hilario began his formal musical training at ...

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2nd Annual Canadian Guitar Festival

Source: All About Jazz
June 16, 2005

The 2nd Annual Canadian Guitar Festival kicks into high gear on July 22nd at the Odessa Fair Grounds, just 11 kilometres west of Kingston (near Highway 401). The theme of this year’s three-day outdoor celebration is “Virtuosity Meets Song”. Featuring many of the world’s most prominent guitarists, and in keeping with the theme of this year’s festival, many of these virtuosi are also adept vocalists.

This year’s festival is headlined by the Algerian-born French guitarist, Pierre Bensusan, who graced Southern ...

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