Jazz News

Lenny Breau, Don Francks, Eon Henstridge Release "At the Purple Onion" on Art of Life Records

Source: All About Jazz
September 2, 2004

Art of Life Records is proud to announce our latest CD release.

Lenny Breau, Don Francks, Eon Henstridge-"At The Purple Onion" AL1009-2

Following in the footsteps of Lenny Breau's-"The Hallmark Sessions" CD (Art of Life AL1007-2), “At The Purple Onion" captures Lenny performing in a live trio date recorded at the Purple Onion club in Toronto, Canada in August of 1962. This 68-minute previously unreleased live recording features Canadian singer/actor Don Francks on vocals and acoustic bassist Eon Henstridge. The ...

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Sofia Laiti Trio at Trumpets Jazz Club on Wednesday September 15th at 8pm & 9:45pm

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2004

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AAJ Upcoming Jazz Releases Now Sorted by Name

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2004

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Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba to Tour U.S. in Support of His Blue Note Recording "Paseo", Featuring the New Cuban Quartet

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2004

First Recording in Three Years To Be Released On Blue Note Records, Sept. 28

Following the success of his Grammy Award-winning Blue Note recording, Supernova (2001), pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba will return to center-stage with the September 28th release of Paseo, after a three-year recording hiatus.

Recorded with an all-Cuban quartet, (veteran drummer Ignacio Berroa, electric bass player Jose Armando Gola; and soprano, alto, and tenor saxophonist Luis Felipe Lamoglia) Paseo represents Rubalcaba's decision to approach Cuban musical traditions from a ...

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Patricia Barber's New Release "Live: A Fortnight in France" and Tour Info

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2004

After a two-year recording, during which she was awarded a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship Award, the singular jazz singer-songwriter-pianist PATRICIA BARBER is back with her first live album since 1999's Companion. Her quartet (guitarist Neal Alger, bassist Mike Arnopol & Eric Montzka) has become a highly intuitively unit, a fact to which the ten performances on her new Blue Note recording Live: A Fortnight In France (release date: Sept. 7, 2004) testify.

“The most convincing jazz singer-songwriter since Peggy Leee, her ...

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The Lynne Arriale Trio @ Birdland in Celebration of Come Together

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2004

The Lynne Arriale Trio In Celebration of Her Upcoming Motema Music Release Come Together

appearing at Birdland Friday-Saturday, September 3rd & 4th, 2004 9pm / 11pm featuring Lynne Arriale (piano); Jay Anderson (bass); Steve Davis (drums)

“...no American pianist has made quite as strong an impression over the past five years as Lynne Arriale." ~New York Times

Come Together (Motema, 9.14.04), features 6 compelling originals, plus 3 signature ...

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Bluebird Records Continues Its Critically Acclaimed Centennial Collection Series

Source: All About Jazz
September 1, 2004

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Jon Regen Live at Scullers in Boston Tuesday September 7, 2004

Source: All About Jazz
August 31, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Singer, Songwriter and Piano Player Jon Regen, currently touring in-support of the critically-acclaimed EP 'ALMOST HOME,' brings his dynamic band and live show to Boston's famed SCULLERS Jazz Club on Tuesday September 7, 2004. Sets for this One-Night Only Performance will be at 8:00 and 10:00 PM. In under a decade, Regen has built a distinguished career, working with celebrated artists such as Jimmy Scott,James Carrington and Kyle Eastwood. In the tradition of ...

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