Jazz News

Hank Johnson Trio to be featured at Afrikan Poetry Theatre in Jamaica, Queens

Source: All About Jazz
June 12, 2005

The Hank Johnson Trio will perform live on August 20th, 2005 Saturday night from 8:00 P.M. at the Afrikan Poetry Theatre located at 176-03 Jamaica Avenue. On the bill also is Vocalist Diane Allen Trio and Thom Mitchell, vocalist. Rashid and the Jazz Effect and Knight Session Quartet will also be featured on the bill. Tickets may be obtained in advance: contact Cornell Mcknight at (516) 902-8858 or John Watusi-Afrikan Poetry Theatre (718) 523-3312. Price of tickets are $10.00 for ...

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Hank Johnson makes rare debut at LUNDY'S in Sheepshead Bay!

Source: All About Jazz
June 12, 2005

On June 13th thru June 18th, 2005 and thereafter on weekends Fridays and Saturdays Hank Johnson is performing solo jazz piano at the famous Brooklyn Landmark Restaurant known as “LUNDY'S, located at 1901 Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay. Hank works those ivories! Yes, he takes requests! There is a pianist 7 days a week there. On Sundays DUG DEBBON is the pianist in residence. The great sea food , atmosphere make Lundy's an ideal way to hang out and socialize. ...

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Jazz singer Sarah Fenwick releases www.sarahfenwick.com

Source: All About Jazz
June 12, 2005

Sarah Fenwick, an independent jazz singer based in Cyprus, has released www.sarahfenwick.com. The site features a track from her CD Love Life titled Black Coffee. Love Life was recorded in Cyprus, and is made up of jazz standards. The singer has been active in the jazz scene in Cyprus for over 10 years, and has performed in a number of countries, including Italy, Israel, and Kuwait. The musicians who perform on Love Life are an eclectic group from Israel, Cyprus ...

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Kris Tiner/Mike Baggetta: Music for Trumpet and Prepared Guitar

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2005

KRIS TINER (trumpet) & MIKE BAGGETTA (prepared acoustic guitar)

East Coast CD Release Tour There, Just As You Look For It (pfMENTUM CD025)

For audio files and reviews: www.pfmentum.com/tinbag.html For more info: www.kristiner.com or www.mikebaggetta.com

June 21: A.P.E. Arts, Northampton, MA (www.apearts.org) June 22: Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA (www.zeitgeist-gallery.org) June 23: Radio Bean Coffeehouse, Burlington, VT (www.radiobean.com) June 24: UBU Studio, Portland, ME June 26: CBGB ...

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Canadian Jazz Guitarist Shan Arsenault's Jazz Beat Sessions released

Source: All About Jazz
June 11, 2005

Canadian Jazz Guitarist Shan Arsenault is pleased to announce the release of his latest work “The Jazz Beat Sessions." The CD is a compilation of two previously recorded sessions for the popular CBC radio two program “Jazz Beat." The sessions were originally nationally aired on this program. “The Jazz Beat Sessions" features seven of Shan's original recordings as well as some of the finest musicians in Halifax; Shan Arsenault - electric guitar, Jamie Gatti - bass, Tom Roach - drums ...

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Michael Marcus-Edgar Bateman --"Dewo-ology"

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2005

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The Bill Warfield Quintet @ Club 316 on Thursday 6/16

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2005

The BILL WARFIELD Quintet as part of The Emmaus Main Street Program Summer Jazz Series: Jazz Night in Emmaus: “Every Third Thursday" Club 316, 316 Main Street Emmaus, Pennsylvania Thursday, June 16, 2005: 8pm-10:30pm FREE (ticket required, see below)

Featuring: Bill Warfield (trumpet), Dave Riekenberg (tenor), Tim Harrison (piano), Bob Bowen(bass), Scott Neumann (drums).

“Warfield's kind of music is a mixture of adventurous modernistic pieces, jazz-tinged salsa, and post-bop hipness...As ...

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Steve Tyrell signs with TKA

Source: All About Jazz
June 10, 2005

BOSTON, MA - June 10, 2005 - Steve Tyrell, acclaimed vocalist who brought the singing of standards back with his sexy swagger, has signed with the booking agency, Ted Kurland Associates for worldwide representation.

Tyrell's first album, A New Standard, released in 1999, topped the Billboard Jazz Charts for a phenomenal 100 plus weeks. His follow-up Standard Time stayed on the Billboard Jazz Chart for an unprecendented two years and hit No. 2 on the chart.

Steve has also had ...

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