Jazz News

The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings

Source: All About Jazz
May 7, 2005

Mosaic Records Announces The Release Of The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings

Count Basie's meteoric rise during the late 1930s as one of the nation's top bandleaders was generated by exciting soloists, unique vocalists, interpretations of the blues and hard swinging riff arrangements fueled by a killer of a rhythm section which was dubbed the All American Rhythm Section. This fiery organization held forth at the Savoy Ballroom and waxed best selling records for a number of labels ...

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French Pianist Joins Kansas City Jazz Label, 'Asr Records

Source: All About Jazz
May 7, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Article by: Victoria Dunfee Kansas City USA -- 'ASR RECORDS announces the addition of Sebastien Paindestre to our artist roster. Pianist, composer, teacher and co-organizer of jazz concerts in Malakoff ( La Fabrica'son, France, near Paris). He started playing music rather late. Indeed he took his first piano lessons in 1988. Following the advice of Alain Béguin, percussionist and teacher ( artistic co-director of the 'Nuits des musiciens' ), ...

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Start Your Week On A Blue Note!

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2005

Tune Into Freedom Jazz Dance this Sunday from 1-3! WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond Independent Radio---Radio For The Rest Of Us Streamcast at www.wrir.org Join me this Sunday for two hours of modern jazz from bebop to freebop and beyond. This week's journey through modern jazz includes selections from Art Blakey, Miles Davis, Sam Noto, the Dave Holland Big Band, Terry Gibbs, Horace Silver and many more. I'll unearth more vinyl treasures during my Records From Aunt Ruth segment and you ...

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Pip and Remy Martin Presents The 2nd Annual Mother's Day Blues And Jazz Extravaganza

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2005

A.J. Jamal To Host Mother's Day Jazz At The Ford Bring Your Picnic Baskets Sunday May 8, 2005 Featuring Barbara Morrison & The Bu-Crew Ron Bishop - Piano Charles Small - Guitar Rudy Taylor - Bass Daniel Bejarano - Drums Hosted By: A.J. Jamal Top off your Mother’s Day celebration with an event that will inspire, rejuvenate and renew the entire family. Celebrate “Mom” or life ...

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Krishnendu das aka Babukishan: Baul & Indian rhythms combined with the Reggae produced his own brand of World Music

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2005

Krishnendu das aka Babukishan comes from an old and very traditional Baul folklore family. His grandfather, Guru Shri Nabani das Baul, was a much celebrated singer and poet that was instrumental in bringing the Baul culture to fame with the respected and admired status they enjoy today.

He often collaborated with the writer of India's National Anthem, a great poet, and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, Rabindranath Tagore. In popularizing the music of the Baul, Nabani ...

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Kingston Jazz Festival Sunday, June 26, 2005 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. Free Admission To All Events

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2005

May 6, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Planet Arts in collaboration with the City of Kingston, New York presents the KINGSTON JAZZ FESTIVAL Sunday, June 26, 2005 12:00 to 7:00 p.m. + by the river in the Rondout section of the city FREE ADMISSION TO ALL EVENTS The ALL-STAR lineup includes: The Jon Faddis Quartet (Tribute to Dizzy Gillespie) The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (Thad Jones legacy) with special guest Joe Lovano The Renee ...

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Borah Bergman & Dee Pop @ 5C Cafe this Saturday 5/7/05 7pm - 9pm

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2005

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Jazz Band Classic performs

Source: All About Jazz
May 6, 2005

May 6, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Contact: Allegra Klein, (212) 581-5933 [email protected] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JAZZ BAND CLASSIC CONcludes ITS THIRD SEASON WITH THE MUSIC OF BENNY GOODMAN AND FEATURES CLARINETIST VICTOR GOINES. Swing-Era Big Band Performs at Church of the Good Shepherd near Lincoln Center on May 10, 2005, at 7:30pm. Jazz Band Classic wraps up its third season with a peformance with clarinetist Victor Goines performing such Benny Goodman classics as “Let’s Dance," “Don’t Be ...

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