Jazz News

Legendary Entertainer Bill Cosby to Perform During Grand Opening Week at Cecil Brooks III

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2003

Legendary entertainer and avid jazz fan Bill Cosby is scheduled to perform two standup comedy shows at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on November 5th to celebrate the official grand opening week of world-renowned jazz drummer, producer, composer and bandleader Cecil Brooks, III's, new jazz club in West Orange, NJ, that bears his name, “Cecil's." This is Cosby's first club appearance since the early 1970's.

During Cosby's reign on the CBS Television Network, Brooks served as the drummer in the ...

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National Endowment for the Arts Releases Further Details of Jazz Musicians Study

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2003

Washington, DC - The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has released further details of its extensive survey of jazz musicians titled, “Changing the Beat: A Study of the Worklife of Jazz Musicians." The report contains extensive data from about 2,700 jazz musicians located in New York, Detroit, San Francisco and New Orleans. The survey was designed to provide an understanding of the jazz environment in each of the cities involved and to provide a detailed needs assessment from jazz ...

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Alejandro Sanz On

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2003

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What Price Music?

Source: All About Jazz
October 21, 2003

By Amy Harmon

Since the introduction of vinyl records after World War II, recorded music has assumed many shapes and sizes, each one coming with a higher price tag than the last. Eight-track tapes cost a dollar more than LP's when they rose to popularity in the late 1960's and cassettes commanded a premium over eight-tracks. When CD's debuted in the mid-1980's, record labels sold the shiny discs for $18, more than double the price of what they charged for ...

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Friends and Colleagues to Pay Tribute to Carlos "Patato" Valdes

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2003

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AAJ RADIO: Jazz Excursion Playlist New Adds for Week of October 20, 2003

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2003

Hot Pick on the Jazz Excursion The Jazz Excursion with John Sutton Tune in Mon.-Fri., 11am-1pm ET Listen | Contact John

Garrison Fewell Red Door Number 11 (Splasch) Pat Martino Think Tank (Blue Note) Andrew Hill Passing Ships (Blue Note) Cassandra Wilson Glamoured (Blue Note) Upper Left Trio Cycling (Origin) John Hammond At The Crossroads (Vanguard) Red Holloway Coast To Coast (Milestone) Samuli Mikkonen And 7 Henkea (SM) Samuli ...

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Ram

Source: All About Jazz
October 20, 2003

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Westchester Jazz Orchestra debuts

Source: All About Jazz
October 19, 2003

Saturday, October 18 marked the premiere of the new Westchester Jazz Orchestra at the century-old Irvington Town Hall Theater, located about 25 miles north of New York City in the historic Hudson River town named for its most famous native, Washington Irving, the father of Rip Van Winkle. Founded by Emily Tabin, Peter Hand and Joey Berkley, the WJO's mission includes outreach programs for bringing jazz to the schools; in fact, there were a number of young people in attendance, ...

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