Jazz News

The 2004 Hartford International Jazz Festival Invites the World to Come Party!

Source: All About Jazz
August 30, 2004

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Nonesuch Releases Bill Frisell's Unspeakable: a Collaboration with Producer Hal Willner on August 24

Source: All About Jazz
August 29, 2004

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Nonesuch Releases Brad Mehldau Live in Tokyo, September 14

Source: All About Jazz
August 29, 2004

Label debut highlights pianist's wide-ranging musical influences

Brad Mehldau recently was described by The Washington Post as “one of his generation's most gifted and thoughtful pianists." On his Nonesuch debut, Brad Mehldau Live in Tokyo, he interprets material from artists as varied as George and Ira Gershwin, Thelonius Monk, Nick Drake, and Radiohead. The record, which was recorded during a recent solo performance in Japan, will be released on September 14, 2004.

Mehldau first came to the attention of jazz ...

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All About Jazz Update: August 2004

Source: All About Jazz
August 28, 2004

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World Jazz Band Siora Releases "Vis-a-Vis" on Miowan Records

Source: All About Jazz
August 27, 2004

Where can songs as distant in origin as an aria from “Carmen," an Israeli folk song, a Rumi poem in Farsi, a French Christmas carol, an Italian love song, and a Brazilian samba exist together in a borderless musical world? Using the universal language of jazz, Philadelphia's SIORA transcends boundaries, drawing us back to intimate human connection, while catapulting us “Face to Face" (Vis-a-Vis) into cultural counterpoints.

The SIORA sound is contemporary world jazz featuring the rich contralto of Phyllis ...

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Dates for Next Abu Dhabi and Dubai International Jazz Festivals Announced

Source: All About Jazz
August 27, 2004

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Saxophonist Noble 'thin Man' Watts Dead at 78

Source: All About Jazz
August 26, 2004

DELAND, Fla. - Blues and jazz saxophonist Noble “Thin Man" Watts, who led the house band at Sugar Ray Robinson's club in Harlem and played on rock 'n' roll tours with Fats Domino and Jerry Lee Lewis, has died. He was 78.

Watts, who had been in a nursing home for months struggling with emphysema and pneumonia, died Tuesday at The Alliance Community in DeLand.

Watts released a series of singles on Baton Records, including the instrumental hits “Hard Times ...

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New Releases from Six Degrees Records

Source: All About Jazz
August 26, 2004

9.14.04 dZihan & Kamien Orchestra Live in Vienna For this stunning live album, dZihan & Kamien put together a 22-piece “dreamteam" of master musicans from around the world. Live in Vienna features electrifying new interpretations of the downtempo duo's signature blend of cool jazz, dancefloor beats and Eastern strings.

9.28.04 Bossacucanova Uma Batida Diferente On Uma Batida Diferent (A Different Beat), Bossacucanova continue to mix the clasic sound of samba and bossa nova with contemporary electronic ...

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