Jazz News

Women in Jazz Swings Into Fort Bragg

Source: All About Jazz
September 7, 2004

"Women in Jazz" Swings Into Fort Bragg for Second Annual Festival Friday and Saturday, October 15 and 16, 2004 Both Shows Begin at 8 PM Just off Main Street in Fort Bragg, behind North Coast Brewing Company Advance tickets available locally at Tangents and Harvest Market. Student and Senior Tickets at Savings Bank of Mendocino, Fort Bragg Branch FRIDAY SHOW Christy Dana (trumpet) “Interesting, challenging, beautiful music you can listen to, move to, relax to and relate to.over ...

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The NJPAC Jazz Ensemble (WBGO Jazz-A-Thon)

Source: All About Jazz
September 7, 2004

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Valery Pomonarev Quartet featuring Ron Jackson

Source: All About Jazz
September 7, 2004

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Women's Jazz Forum

Source: All About Jazz
September 7, 2004

Jazz musician Turiya Mareya will be moderating a new forum for Women Jazz Artists. This will be a resource to exchange information and support.

Turiya Mareya is one of a very rare breed, a Female Jazz Instrumentalist and Composer who has pursued a career playing Latin and Straight ahead Jazz with a Social Change Context. Her unique approach is based on World Music influences and drawing on the trance inducing and spirit calling focus of African and Indigenous approaches to ...

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25th Emmy Nomination for Simpsons Composer Clausen

Source: All About Jazz
September 6, 2004

Berklee College of Music alumni Alf Clausen, Ernest Troost, and David Schwartz, and Berklee faculty Sheldon Mirowitz, have been nominated for a total of five 2004 Primetime Emmy Awards. The nominations include two for Simpsons composer Clausen, marking his 25th Emmy nomination. There are also two nominations in one category: Mirowitz and Troost for Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Dramatic Underscore). The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be broadcast on ABC TV, Sunday, September ...

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The Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra: Radical Pop Music From The Ragtime Era

Source: All About Jazz
September 5, 2004

Jazz at The Cajun 129 Eighth Ave. (btwn. 16th & 17th Streets) 212-691-6174

The Cajun is pleased to announce the appearance of The Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra every Thursday beginning September 9th between 8 and 11 PM.

The Manhattan Ragtime Orchestra is a brand new eight-piece group that was formed by world-renowned clarinetist Orange Kellin this year to play classic rags and other related forgotten American popular music from the ragtime era, approximately 1900 - ...

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The Brown Indian Band Features Accomplished Indian Classical Musicians in Concert with Jazz Musicians

Source: All About Jazz
September 5, 2004

The Brown Indian Band has been formed by virtuoso jazz bassplayer Colin D'Cruz and features accomplished Indian classical musicians in concert with jazz musicians. Indian classical music is basically a lot like jazz in the sense that they both involve improvisation. Whereas Indian classical is linear and uses just one scale (raga) to improvise within a composition, jazz has a much broader palette for musical improvisations, where a composition can use multiple scales for improvisations through complex harmonies. Indian classical ...

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Christian Winther Quintet "Blue Function" new release on SteepleChase

Source: All About Jazz
September 4, 2004

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