Jazz News

Claude "Fiddler" Williams, dies at 96

Source: All About Jazz
April 26, 2004

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Jazz violinist Claude “Fiddler” Williams, who was part of Kansas City's thriving music scene during the swing era of the 1930s and enjoyed newfound popularity in his later years, died Sunday. He was 96. Williams died at Research Medical Center, The Kansas City Star reported. His wife, Blanche, said he'd been hospitalized there since April 5 with pneumonia. His wife said Williams had continued as an active musician, and until he was taken ill his ...

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Three Nights Of Avant Jazz Improvised Free Natural Music In Tucson, AZ/ May 2,3 &7

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2004

Sunday May 2: The performance at Club Congress will chart new sonic territory with three freely improvised sets featuring George Haslam (Mal Waldron/Lol Coxhill/Borah Bergman) on baritone sax and tarogato, Glenn Weyant (The Running Dogma Collective) on tenor sax and processed found objects, and Lou and Michael Golden (The Sun Ra Arkestra) on a variety of instruments. Sets will be punctuated with readings by local poets and performance artists. Special simultaneous showing of the 1922 classic Nosferatu. The show starts ...

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16 Grammy

Source: All About Jazz
April 25, 2004

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The Jazz Museum In Harlem Announces Special Series Honoring Harlem Heroes

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2004

New York, NY -- The Jazz Museum in Harlem proudly announces a new bi-weekly series, “HARLEM SPEAKS" beginning Thursday, May 6, 2004, with a tribute to the work of one of Harlem's treasures, Melba Joyce. Executive Director Loren Schoenberg is launching the series to honor persons keeping the flame of jazz alive in Harlem.

“Jazz lives and breathes in Harlem today, not just in the gloried past of yesterday," says Schoenberg. “There are musicians, promoters, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists, among others, ...

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Battle of the High School Jazz Bands To Be Rebroadcast

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2004

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George Benson to perform at TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2004

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TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2004

The TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival will run from June 25 to July 4, 2004. For ten days, thirteen nights....over 1,500 musicians will entertain more than 500,000 music lovers during the 18th annual festival. Confirmed guests for this year include Oscar Peterson, George Benson, Wynton Marsalis, the Canadian debut of Stacey Kent, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Bela Fleck and the Fleck Tones, Beady Belle, Blind Boys of Alabama, Thom Gossage & Other Voices, Phat Hed, and more artists ...

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The Frank & Joe Show (featuring Frank Vignola & Joe Ascione)

Source: All About Jazz
April 24, 2004

THE FRANK & JOE SHOW To Release Debut Album “33 1/3" May 11th On HYENA

Featuring guitarist Frank Vignola and percussionist Joe Ascione, with special guests Dr. John, Jane Monheit and Janis Siegel

On May 11th, 2004 HYENA Records will release, “33 1/3," the debut recording from The Frank & Joe Show, featuring virtuoso guitarist Frank Vignola and master percussionist Joe Ascione. The record is an irresistible melting pot of musical dialects so seamlessly integrated as to create its own ...

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