Jazz News

Vocalist Jackie Allen's 'Love Is Blue' Now Available on A440 Music Group

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2004

Love is Blue is Jackie Allen's follow-up recording to her critically acclaimed A440 Music Group debut The Men In My Life and further captures the vibe and mood which only Jackie Allen is capable of evoking. For this project, Allen has chosen to focus on the darker side of that most powerful of human relations, love. Hence the project's title, Love Is Blue, an evocative statement that implies as many yearnings and questions as love itself. An appropriate proclamation for ...

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John Jorgenson's Gypsy Jazz Release 'Franco-American Swing' Now Available on FGM Records

Source: All About Jazz
June 9, 2004

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Legendary Vocalist Mark Murphy Brings Rio to Iridium JVC Week

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2004

On the heels of a wildly successful Australian tour, Mark Murphy returns to Iridium for two nights highlighting his Brazilian and Latin favorites. Known for his radical reworking of standards as well as the lyrics to such classics as “Stolen Moments" and “Red Clay," Murphy stands as the most inventive vocalist of his generation. The legendary Ella Fitzgerald once declared, “He is my equal." A six-time Grammy nominee, Murphy has enjoyed a prolific recording career with 40 releases over the ...

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JVC New York Jazz Fest 2004

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2004

JVC AND BUCKINGHAM HOTEL MARK 50 YEARS OF GREAT JAZZ WITH ALL-STAR CONCERTS AND FREE ELECTRONICS

New York, NY: The Buckingham Hotel, the “home away from home" to generations of music legends, will welcome jazz performers and jazz aficionados alike to New York this June 15th-26th as the official host hotel to City's 2004 JVC Jazz Festival.

The storied property is located just across the street from Carnegie Hall, the prime venue for the New York festival's concerts, ...

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Nate Najar & Chuck Redd

Source: All About Jazz
June 8, 2004

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15th Annual Playboy Jazz in Brookside Park

Source: All About Jazz
June 7, 2004

By Ricky Richardson Summertime is here, regardless if you are ready for all of the good times that this season brings. This festive season officially began during Memorial Day Weekend. The weekend was celebrated in various ways: trips to Las Vegas, camping, daily trips to the beach and of course partaking in outdoor festivals. Saturday-Perhaps you were fortunate enough to attend the Old Pasadena SummerFest at Brookside Park in Pasadena. This event had something for the entire family as well ...

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Aging Musicians Revitalize Harlem's Jazz at Newport and LA Film Fests

Source: All About Jazz
June 7, 2004

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AAJ Navigation Enhancement: Jazz Radio Access

Source: All About Jazz
June 7, 2004

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