Jazz News

BET, BET Jazz Networks Set Compelling Black History Month Programming

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2005

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Legendary Trumpeter & Composer Bill Dixon at Wesleyan Feb 11 & 12

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2005

Middletown, CT, January 26, 2005 - Legendary trumpeter and composer Bill Dixon, a seminal figure in contemporary jazz and new music, will give his first U.S. solo trumpet performance in over 15 years during a one-week residency at Wesleyan University's Center for the Arts. The residency will culminate in a solo performance including pianist and MacArthur Fellow Ran Blake on Saturday, February 12 at 8pm in Crowell Concert Hall. Tickets are $10 for the general public and $6 for non-Wesleyan ...

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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey in Philadelphia February 24th @ NXNW

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2005

"JFJO burns with a quiet intensity rather than dramatically explode. The musicians play with a coiled looseness, improvising with quicksilver yet deliberate force. You can hear the band's power and inventiveness creatively eroding structure, and the tension produced from that is exhilarating." - Jazz Times

“Reed Mathis delivers soaring, violin-like arco passages, Brian Haas's sparkling, fluid piano runs cluster up and turn heavy and dark just when they need to, and Jason Smart's drumming is clean and impeccable." - Chicago ...

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University of Nevada, Reno Faculty Ensemble The Collective to Jazz Up Reno in February and March

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2005

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Trombone Page of the World has been updated!

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2005

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John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet & Rob Price's Group at the Slought Foundation in Philadelphia

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2005

Ars Nova Workshop presents:

Thursday, February 3 | 8pm John Hollenbeck's Claudia Quintet with John Hollenbeck, drums, percussion Chris Speed, clarinet Ted Reichman, accordian Matt Moran, vibraphone Drew Gress, double-bass

The Claudia Quintet's newest release, I, Claudia (Cuneiform Records) demonstrates that “innovative jazz...can be delicate, witty, ethereal and radiantly lyric" [Chicago Tribune]. Their music is highly seductive, ripe with compelling, propulsive grooves, dynamic sensitivity ...

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The Ben Waltzer Group at Cornelia Street Cafe Sat., Feb. 12th 9PM

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2005

February 3, 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 “a culinary as well as a cultural landmark" Mayoral Proclamation, City of New York 1987 Sat., Feb. 12th 9PM The Ben Waltzer Group “Mr. Waltzer is an imaginative pianist and composer, and he's part of a valid new underground in the jazz of this city, building on a foundation of ...

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Saxophonist Julius Tolentino Launches New Website

Source: All About Jazz
February 3, 2005

February 3, 2005 To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected] Saxophonist Julius Tolentino Launches New Website Saxophonist Julius Tolentino has made his mark on the jazz scene since his arrival to NY in 1997 apprenticing with bandleaders Eric Reed and Illinois Jacquet. Since then he has performed with such distinguished artists such as, Philip Harper, Antonio Hart, Vanessa Rubin, Cecil Bridgewater, Charlie Persip, Dion Parsons, Marcus Printup, Craig Handy, Billy Drummond, Wes Anderson, Wycliffe Gordon, The ...

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