Jazz News

Dmitri Matheny Home Season Tonight!

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2004

Join us tonight for the DMITRI MATHENY HOME SEASON March 31 through April 2, 2004

Wednesday, March 31st 6:30 pm Sold Out! & 8:30 pm

San Francisco Performances presents

GRANT & MATHENY Darrell Grant, piano Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn

Salons at the Rex Hotel Rex, 562 Sutter Street, SF $15 GA 415-398-6449 http://www.performances.org

Recommended Parking: Sutter-Stockton Garage, 410 Stockton at Sutter ...

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Neil Sadler Band @ L.A. Harbor College - 5/29/04

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2004

Neil Sadler Band Saturday, May 29th, 2004 Los Angeles Harbor College Music Recital Hall 1111 Figueroa Place, Wilmington, CA $10.00 General Admission http://www.neilsadler.com Info: http://www.liraproductions.com [email protected] This is a holiday weekend, so a good time for a trip to LA! It's looking to be a 10-piece ...

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The Thirsty Ear Blue Series @ The Blue Note

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2004

Three upcoming shows featuring Blue Series Artists at the Blue Note NYC (131 W 3rd Street) 212-475-8592.

DJ Wally w/ members of the Blue Series Continuum will perform two nights (Friday April 30th & Saturday May 1st) during the Blue Note's “Late Night Groove Series". Show starts after midnight around 12:30am.

The following Monday May 3rd the Matthew Shipp trio with William Parker and Guillermo E. Brown will play two sets at 8pm and 10:30pm. Matthew is currently finishing post ...

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28th Telluride Jazz Celebration: August 6-8, 2004

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2004

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Vibraphonist Stefon Harris Releases New CD,

Source: All About Jazz
March 31, 2004

Stefon Harris, the 3-time Grammy-nominated vibraphonist/marimbist, turns a corner with the April 20th release of Evolution, his 5th recording as a leader for Blue Note Records. His February 2003 release, The Grand Unification Theory, was an expansive concert-length jazz suite for a 12-piece ensemble of which the Los Angeles Times critic Don Heckman wrote “the progress in Harris' work and ideas that has taken place over the last few years simply affirms the original view of him as one of ...

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Jazz Vocalist Jane Monheit appearing in South Jersey 4/24/04

Source: All About Jazz
March 30, 2004

Appel Farm Arts and Music Center presents Jazz Vocalist Jane Monheit Appearing at Williamstown Performing Arts Center 700 N. Tuckahoe Rd. (Route 555), Williamstown, NJ On Saturday, April 24, 2004 at 8:00PM Tickets: $23.50, Reserved seating 1-800-394-1211 or visit www.appelfarm.org

Jane Monheit is the most talked-about new singer in Jazz. Her two albums have raced to the top of the Billboard charts while her vocal style has been compared to that of the legendary Ella Fitzgerald. Her live shows have ...

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JAZZ @ USC 2004 beginning in April

Source: All About Jazz
March 30, 2004

USC Spectrum is proud to present it's 8th annual weeklong festival of jazz, JAZZ @ USC '04, featuring legendary jazz artists as well as cutting edge contemporary performers! See WAYNE SHORTER, PONCHO SANCHEZ, BRAD MEHLDAU, THE BLOOMDADDIES, the USC THORNTON JAZZ ORCHESTRA with guest PATTI AUSTIN and more from April 12-17. Please call USC Spectrum at 213.740.2167 for tickets and information, or visit www.usc.edu/spectrum. The complete schedule is as follows: TUESDAY, APRIL 13 - PONCHO SANCHEZ LATIN JAZZ BAND General ...

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Carla Cook and Regina Carter Perform Together For The First Time

Source: All About Jazz
March 30, 2004

Detroit Divas Whip Up Recipes for Scintillating Jazz Special One-Night Only Concert April 30, 2004, 8:00 PM

Back in Detroit, after they met in 9th grade Spanish class, Carla Cook introduced Regina Carter to jazz and a best friendship was born. Today, each of these talented women has made tremendous waves in the jazz world, one for her soulful singing and the other for her dexterity on the violin. They have journeyed through their professional careers ...

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