Jazz News

Art and All That Jazz and The Plymouth Jazz Crawl

Source: All About Jazz
August 13, 2004

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Festival Miami 2004 Celebrates 21st Gala Season

Source: All About Jazz
August 13, 2004

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GilesJazz Releases With Love From Sue From New Artist Sue Giles

Source: All About Jazz
August 12, 2004

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Guitar genius Tony Mottola dead at 86

Source: All About Jazz
August 12, 2004

DENVILLE, N.J. -- Tony Mottola, a guitarist who played with Frank Sinatra and on NBC's “The Tonight Show" over the course of a 50-year career, has died. He was 86.

Mottola died Monday at Saint Clare's Hospital of complications from double pneumonia and stroke.

Longtime friend and colleague Bucky Pizzarelli described Mottola as being able to read any piece of music put in front of him.

“He could interpret something and it was really Tony Mottola," Pizzarelli told The Star-Ledger ...

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Skip Heller Tour Dates & CD Blowout Sale

Source: All About Jazz
August 12, 2004

Skip Heller August 2004 Tour Dates

Sun, Aug 15: Tritone, Philadelphia, PA with Lucas Brown (organ) and Jim Miller (drums)

Thu, Aug 19: Fairhope Eateries, Fairhope, AL with Chris Spies (organ) and David White (drums)

Fri, Aug 20: Satori, Mobile, AL with Chris Spies and David White

Sat, Aug 21: Flying Monkey, Huntsville, AL with Chris Spies and David White

Skip Heller CD Sale at CD Baby

Couch, Battle In Seattle, and ...

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Susan Getz Releases 'Jazz Boxx', Her Much Anticipated First Full-Length CD

Source: All About Jazz
August 12, 2004

Susan Getz, who arrived on the West Coast jazz scene last year with a sold-out debut at the Empire Plushroom, has gathered an ensemble of some of the Bay Area's finest instrumentalists including pianist Leonard Thompson, bassist David Ewell, drummer Jemal Ramirez and trumpeter Joel Ryan, for her first CD, Jazz Boxx.

No less a jazz expert than famed producer Teo Macero said upon listening to Jazz Boxx, “It's nice to hear a new voice. Susan Getz is on the ...

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Berklee College of Music's Online Extension School Announces Courses for College Credit and 17 New Certificate Programs

Source: All About Jazz
August 11, 2004

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Bobby Sanabria y Quarteto Ache featuring Legendary Congueros Candido & Patato at Satalla August 21

Source: All About Jazz
August 11, 2004

"Sanabria is one of the most informed, astute and passionate champions of Afro-Cuban music on the scene today." -- Down Beat Magazine

In the world of Caribbean based music--especially when speaking about instrumentation and implementation of such music--even as understood by those that are more familiar with the intricacies of Afro-Cuban rhythm--the drumset, conga drum and/or percussion instruments are a pivotal element in the proliferation and establishment of Latin Jazz. Essentially, the percussive polyrhythmic side of Latin Jazz can be ...

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