Jazz News

Lorraine Feather joins Bill Elliott for a "Such Sweet Thunder" release party in LA

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2004

On on Monday April 26th, Lorraine Feather will front a big band headed by Bill Elliott for a combination release party/Duke Ellington's 105th birthday bash at the Catalina Bar and Grill in Los Angeles. Feather's album, “Such Sweet Thunder-Music of the Duke Ellington Orchestra," was released on March 23rd on the Sanctuary label and is Chartbound in its fourth week of radio promotion. The album features ten Ellington instrumentals with Feather's lyrics and vocals. The eleventh track is “Mighty Like ...

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SIRIUS Jazz Chart: April 14-20, 2004

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2004

SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO PURE JAZZ/72 APRIL 14-20, 2004 MATT ABRAMOVITZ LW TW Artist/Title (Label) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 7 Diana Krall/The Girl In The Other Room (Verve) 5 7 Bob James/From the Top (Koch) 6 7 Alan Broadbent/You and the Night and the Music (A440 Music) 6 7 Ray Vega/Squeeze Squeeze (Palmetto) 4 6 Brad Mehldau/Anything Goes (Warner Bros.) 6 6 Dave Glasser/Begin Again (Chiaroscuro) 6 6 Robert Jospe/Hands On (Random Chance) 6 6 Wynton Marsalis/The Magic Hour (Blue Note) 6 ...

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Brubeck Drummer, Joe Morello, on Drumradio.com

Source: All About Jazz
April 19, 2004

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Dmitry Ishenko Trio featuring Steve Lacy live at the Zeitgeist Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Source: All About Jazz
April 18, 2004

The Dmitry Ishenko Trio is making its Boston debut at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Cambridge, MA on April 21-22, 2004. The trio features bassist Ishenko, soprano saxophone giant Steve Lacy, as well as guitarist Geoffrey Miller. Featuring compositions by Lacy, Monk, and Ishenko, the group's sound is chamber-like and intricate, yet also agressive and angular at the same time. This is the first time that Steve Lacy appears with this kind of instrumental lineup, and the shows are guaranteed to ...

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4inObjects Performing at 55 Bar

Source: All About Jazz
April 18, 2004

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Contemporary Guitar Styles Long Weekend at Dundee Guitar Festival

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2004

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New CD Release from The Vinson Valega Trio: "Consilience"

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2004

Consilience Productions is proud to announce the CD release, Consilience, by The Vinson Valega Trio. Recorded in New York City in August 2002, this trio consists of Anton Denner on saxophones and flute, Gary Wang on bass, and Vinson Valega on drums.

Playing together for over four years now, this recording documents a unique, chordless trio that suffuses a soulful approach with an airy aesthetic. Because this is a working trio, the music created on this recording reflects the loose, ...

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Mocean Worker Returns With "Enter The MoWo!"

Source: All About Jazz
April 16, 2004

MOCEAN WORKER Returns With ENTER THE MOWO!

Featuring Bill Frisell, David “Fathead" Newman, Steve Bernstein, Houston Person, Jane Monheit, Curtis Fowlkes, Hal Willner, Nina Simone and Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Available now on HYENA

“...Fantastic..." - The Philadelphia Inquirer

“There's a growing body of work combining jazz and electronica, and the best record the fledgling genre had produced, until now, was probably St. Germain's “Tourist." Adam Dorn, aka the Mocean Worker, has bested St. Germain with his new album, Enter the ...

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