Jazz News

Great music and videos from Jazz Kamp Kranj, Slovenia

Source: All About Jazz
March 18, 2005

http://www.jazzkamp.com Check out this exciting web experience. And if you’re interested in improving your music skills and catching some great concerts in a super place, check out Jazz Kamp Kranj this summer. They’re offering workshops for Jazz musicians by professionals such as Prof. Erich Bachtraegl, Prof. Heinz von Hermann, Boško Petrović, Primož Grašič and many more. If you’re a jazz lover checkout the area during the day and enjoy the free open-air evening concerts. This event is the second year ...

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Avant garde hip-hop jazz, recorded by Sun Ray (circa 2000)

Source: All About Jazz
March 18, 2005

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Clare Teal & Ian Shaw team up to raise money for M.E. Charities

Source: All About Jazz
March 18, 2005

On Sunday 29th May 2005, Clare Teal, Ian Shaw, Tony Smith (Roy Ayers' guitarist)and other celebrities from the Jazz world will be performing a unique concert at the 606 club in London to raise money for charities that suport research into M.E. The event will be a truely exceptional experience and will sell out very quickly so please book early if you want to guarantee being there. We don't have the full details yet, but as it is a Sunday ...

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Moogfest: A Celebration of Synths Inventor to be Honored at B.B. King’s May 31

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2005

Fifty years ago, American maverick inventor, Robert Moog began developing instruments that altered the course of modern music for all time and have since become an integral part of our musical culture. Moog’s namesake analog synthesizer helped catapult the careers of such a diverse list of artists as rockers Edgar Winter, Todd Rundgren, Gary Numan and Devo, funkster Bernie Worrell with Parliament-Funkadelic, disco producer Giorgio Moroder with disco diva Donna Summer, fusioneers Chick Corea with Return To Forever, Herbie Hancock ...

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Adventure Music America Launches With May 10 Release of Psychograss's "Now Hear This"

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2005

ADVENTURE MUSIC ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW IMPRINT EMPHASIZING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF ACOUSTIC MUSIC

First Project From Adventure Music America To Be Psychograss' Now Hear This

Adventure Music, the three year old independent record label that is home to a host of acclaimed Brazilian and South American artists, with fourteen releases to date from such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Ricardo Silveira, Moacir Santos, Tom Lellis, Nelson Angelo, Claudia Villela, Ricardo Peixoto, Gui Mallon, Weber Iago and Maria Marquez, as well ...

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Musicians: Health & Pension Benefits Seminar on 3/28

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2005

HEALTH AND PENSION BENEFITS SEMINAR for Jazz and other Freelance Musicians March 28, 2005 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Local 802 AFM Headquarters 322 West 48th Street, New York

We invite you to attend this important seminar to learn how you can access the health insurance and pension benefits available to musicians.

3PM - 5PM: Health Insurance for Musicians - What are your Options? Panelists: Gloria McCormick, Administrator, ...

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Sable Winters Performs at Club de Jazz in Santiago, Chile - South America

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2005

Renaissance jazz connoisseurs are asking, "Who is Sable Winters?" Answer is she's a fresh self-assured and dynamic voice that's a blend of Sarah Vaughan, Betty Carter and Carmen McRae. Yet during live performances she clearly stands proudly apart from her mentors. Destined to become an esteemed member of the updated new history of jazz, Sable's rich vocal vibrato and sensuous entertainment style cannot be land-locked. It's otherworldly.

Sable Winters' booking and marketing camp remains mindful of her international performance ...

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dave stryker organ trio at dancing goat this fri. mar 18 9 and 10:30

Source: All About Jazz
March 17, 2005

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