Jazz News

NEA Jazz Masters Set for National Tour

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2005

WINNERS OF THE NATION’S HIGHEST AWARD IN JAZZ, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS JAZZ MASTERS FAN OUT CROSS-COUNTRY FOR NEA JAZZ MASTERS ON TOUR

From the Maine Center for the Arts in Orono, Maine to the Anchorage Concert Association in Anchorage, Alaska audiences throughout the United States will have opportunities in 2005-06 to hear and meet some of America’s most legendary musicians: the winners of the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award.

These giants of American music ...

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Billiy Holiday Music Festival 2005

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2005

Fifth Annual Billie Holiday Music Festival Billie Holiday, born April 7, 1915 died July 17,1959 Fifth Annual Billie Holiday Music Festival is accepting jazz poems (poets), artist renditions, bands and singers who invoke the style of Billie Holiday. Please submit tapes/poems, etc. for performances Memorial Holiday Weekend May, 29-30 in various venues in Baltimore and North Arts District. The Billie Holiday Music Festival features big Bands, songwriters, and singers who have auditioned thru tapes. The singers invoke but do not ...

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Chris Burnett Signs Artist Management Deal

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2005

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kansas City USA – Kansas City based saxophonist, award-winning composer, and ‘Asr Records recording artist, Chris Burnett is now represented for bookings in the United States and worldwide by Paul Collins Artist Management International. Collins states: “Paul Collins Artist Management International is honored to announce the addition of Chris Burnett to our prolific musical family. Chris brings an institution of skills to our musical team. In addition to his passion for the music, ...

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Asia Society Presents World Premiere of Kinsmen/Svajanam May 5, 6, 8 at 8:00PM

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2005

April 28, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Asia Society 725 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021-5088 Phone 212.288.6400 Fax 212.517.8315 www.asiasociety.org Asia Society Presents World Premiere of Kinsmen/Svajanam with Saxaphonists Kadri Gopalnath and Rudresh Mahanthappa Thursday, Friday, Sunday, May 5, 6, 8 at 8:00PM At Asia Society and Museum 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street, NYC Two masters of the alto saxophone, one a living legend of South Indian Carnatic music and the ...

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Hip Graffiti Releases New CD, This is Hip Graffiti

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2005

Hip Graffiti was founded on the idea that jazz is for everyone, that it should be neither elitist nor exclusionary. The true spirit of jazz welcomes both the novice and the aficionado. Hip Graffiti prides itself on producing an eclectic blend of jazz -- from sultry to playful -- to be enjoyed by all types of music lovers. February 2005 marks the release of Hip Graffiti’s first full-length, entirely self-produced LP, This is: Hip Graffiti. The CD features 12 sensational ...

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TomorrowJazz.com Celebrates Ascension Into Top 10% of Internet Jazz Stations

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2005

KANSAS CITY, Mo – April 28 - TomorrowJazz Radio, an 24/7 Internet radio station dedicated to future jazz, recently hit the #39 spot in rankings of Live365.com. Live365 is the world's largest Internet radio network, with thousands of stations and more than 2.6 million listeners a month. The ranking is out of 395 Live365 stations that consider jazz to be their primary genre. While most of those top stations play swing, bop, smooth, and other types of jazz, there are ...

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CORNELIA: May Spoken word

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2005

April 28, 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 MAY Spoken Word May 1 6:00PM ENTERTAINING SCIENCE Roald Hoffmann, host David ...

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Tribeca Performing Arts Center presents "Lost Jazz Shrines"

Source: All About Jazz
April 28, 2005

April 28, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Tribeca Performing Arts Center presents Lost Jazz Shrines celebrating The Village Gate: Part II May 6, 2005 Spirits of Our Ancestors 7pm: Humanities Program Randy Weston on African Rhythms interviewed by Willard Jenkins 8:30pm: Performance by pianist/composer Randy Weston May 20, 2005 Mingus-The Guitar Aspect 7pm: Humanities Program Larry Coryell on Mingus Guitar Legacy interviewed by Bill Milkowski 8:30pm: Performance by jazz guitarist Larry Coryell honoring the music of Charles Mingus ...

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